The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-21
Oh A RI EST ON.
SATURDAY MORNING. AUGUST al. 1859.
Tho Future OF tho sou,h.

The South has more brilliant prospect
before her than any other section Of these
Uuited States, and the fact is n,w begin.
ming to be seen aud acknowledged.
The wealth and power Of any extensive
section of country must spring from the
soil, whicn is primarily the source of all
prosperity. A ns,ion's wealth consists in
it's power OF production, and the amount OF
it's contributions I o the wants of the balance
OF the world England is an exception to
this rule, her great wealth being accounted
for by the fact that che acts as the broker for
the world, with London as the universal
exchange. Her wealth is the accumulation
OF oenIuriee; every nation in the world has
become indebted to her. and she to none
The prosperity Of country, az rule, may
De measured BY the proportion Of it's pro
ducts to its population, and It may, there.
fore, be unhesitatiugly asserted that during
1859 the twelve cotton States Of this ooun-
try will show more true prosperity than
any other aention Of the world!
We have every reason to anticipate Drop
Of about 8 600 600 bales oorton, which
valued at $1O8 per bale (ssy 455 lbs. at 25
ceuts) will give $S24, 900 900; also corn
crop Of 2s5 o0o, 900 bushels, valued a,
$2a0.0O0OO0; and sne sugar, wheat, to.
bacco. and other crops. will yield $780,
OOO.0 more. giving in all a product Of no,
less than $704 600 600. which. with a pops,
ulation Of not over IL ,000, 900 will show an
average Of $64 per head, whioh largely e1-
oeeds that Of tho Northern and Western
States. This State Of South Carolina, al.
though under debasing negro rule, and hav.
ing her life blood sucked by taxation, will
this year yield products worth $50. .O00. 900
which, with her population OF az over
10000. will show an average Of $74 81 per
head. Tais average, as before said, is the
correct gauge by which to ascertain q couu-
try's prosperity. The value Of real estate
is no true test Of nations prosperity, as
it may be influenced by a variety of causes
uuconnected with solid progress. An in
,ted currency will give real estate high
but fictitious market value; and this, in.
stead of being an evidence Of national prog
perity, is an evidence Of national weakness,
as was shown at the North about the olose
Of the late war.
The lands Of the South offer as 6ne in.
ducements for investment as those of tho
West, and they will most assuredly soon
increase greatly in value In any portion
Of the South fne lands under cultivation
can be bought at from SIS to SO per acre,
which in few years will be worth i've
timss the purchase money. Labor will soon
become plentiful, and ere another year
elapses Chinese will be at work in evsra
cotton State, superseding tho Africans
The climate is exceedingly salubrious, and
offers no hindranoe whatever to the manual
labor OF the white man, as 10 proved by the
fact that there are now not less than 200,
OOO whites cultivating ohtton with their
own hands. Aud another great advantage
Of the sou'h is It's educated aud refined
population Tho main objection TO the
West Is, that, like all new countries, IL has
no society and little culture, and It will be
many years before It can have any wbioh
will compare to that Of the Southern
! States.
With all these advantages It will not be-
long before the South again rules this ooun-
tfv; for 1t ooptains money and b, ain power.
which all the Radicals Of the universe oan.
not control