The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-11-10
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|issssNoWs there cap, be mo mola fixed
iom siHe pofitical, scofiomyu than tibet
uIthtS inlhs5 form tAe4 basis of the
koSpeSitH sud power, lSSf -ths American
8eople. 1t is the great foundation Of our
8ational wealth. and 9cunseQuence-the
rimary tsoarce OF all eat. rsespeFity. It
Peds Iss:' 10 a. great degfeS it clothes
3. Without it we could not have manu-
fStures. and shonldnot have commerce.
furnishes our factories with. their raw
Anterial, and it fills, our ships with their
Argoes. Social indnstgy depends upon
\; individual life depends upon it. There
= no man in the country who is so
fealthyA as TO be independents of the
access OF this great interest," nor any SO
3oor as toebaqa affected iby its. pros
3erity or its decline This country has
PECULIAR. :. facilities for y advantageously
3rosecutipg this, great department of
4umsn )abor.7 The variety OF its climate,
ane abundance and cheapness of its fcrtile
1oil, are such as no other nation on the
urface OF the globe can boast. It is no
lredit to our vaunted enterprise that we
pave never yet made adequate use OF
ihese signal 'hdsaDtages-that the time
las never yet been when the proportion
}t our faEmers 10 the whole population
Fas las large as it should have been
fhen the number OF those engaged In
2rofess1onS and trades were not, at the
)ery LEAST Twice as7 great as the actual
Necessities of society required. There is
leason go ,apPrehend that this dispro-
portion Will increase This restless,
2dventurous spirit is ever tending to take
pore complete possession Of our people.
EVERYBODY IS getting more Injected with
me NageFnes9 TO get rich in haste. There
|s growing impahence OF the good old
plan OF earning competence by steady,
persevering labor and frugal living. The
fonng men OF the day have tired OF the
|soiatlop and monotony OF agricultural
ne, ana pant Tor something more stirring
ma exciting, and something that seems
70 promise quicker and more splendid
feturps. They have seized npon the first
opportunity to launch away into the tide
of trade ana speculation. And that tide
once embarked upon. 1t is very seldom
mat they hnd their way back to the
piowed nelds: A large. proportion of
Them have not succeeded in their new
pursuits; tens OF thousands OF them have
faileds and become bankrupts
pure force of acquired habit, clung to
with all the greater tenacity..
:, ~ cannot be too we'll understood by
these young malcontents in tho country
mat failure thefeIalmoat infallibly fore
sokens failure here. The same qualities
ana =, haoits which stand ~ their way in