Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-06-25

cial industry. Both these arts woro little
known Or practiccd in ancient times. Nayi-
CATION was confined to Lake and c~oasting trade,
and oven this was pursued only SO far as me-
ccssity,sor tho desire for foreign l%uxurics,
prompted In thoso days, the people be-
lievcd thcro was just so much wealth in the
world, and that what ono gained in trade, an
other lost. Tho Roman looked on tho pros.
pcrity Of Carthage as a drawback to the
growth and wealth of his native city, and
hence tho strifes and wars growing out of mu-
tual jealousy which ended in tho destruction
of Carthage. We layo discovered tho radi-
cal error Of this idea, and now regard tho
prosperity of different countries, related to
and dependent upon each other. Whatcvcr
affects injuriously tho interests of America, is
felt as far as civilization and are
known, per contra, whatever increases
American prosperity gives additional impetus
to the interests of every nation in any way
connected with us. While We admit that cv-
cry people should chiefly pursue that avoca-
ti)u best adapted to their soil and climate, it
is equally clear that industry should be SO d.
vcrsifcd, as to make every people a self sup.
porting one. Just as tho highest character
of civil liberty and self government is found,
whore justice and law arc administered local
ly, to a great extent in every County, SO the
highest state of national wealth and strength
can only be realized, where individual indus.
try is SO diversified rs to mako each section
independent. In the late war, the South
possessed no manufactures or shipping, and
hence her weakness. Even as a Union, indis-
soluble and perpetual, in wars with foreign
powers one section might be separated from
the other, and should possess, resources for
such an emergency. Apart from these considc-
%rations Of policy, it has been clearly demon
stratcd that We can convert cotton into yarn
here cheaper than, it can be done at the
North.
Every one is aware that the manufacturer
and the merchant, the one by converting it
into cloth or yarn, the other by giving it a
market, add a new value to the raw material.
At present this new value is lost to us. If
we ship our cotton North, its value is often
quadruplcd by the process of manufacturing,
and the money originally obtained for the
whole, is returned for a new substance of ono
fourth the amount. If VIC had manufacto.
rics not only would tho value of the raw ma
tcrial remain among US, but also tho super.
added values arising from tho manufacture
and shipment of it. The effect Of this on
Southern prosperity is incalculablc. we want
immigration. This would bring it, for the
population of q country will keep pace with
the facilities for employment aud the abun-
dance Of money. We would become tho
growers of the great staples of tho world, its
manufacturers and exporters, and money
be plentiful. Again in increasing our popu-
%lation, VIC would increase our wealth, for it is
an u%ndisputcd maxim, that the wealth of a
country is in the direct ratio of its population.
If we could double our population, wo would
double the demand for lands, and hence their
value. 1t is another fact, that taxes arc in
tho inverse ratio to wealth. In other words
if wo should become twice as rich as
now, our taxes would be only half us much,
or the per cent would be reduced one half
From this we see, that manufactures increase
the population and wealth of a country and
reduce its taxes. The prosperity of the North
is built upon the lost opportunities of tho
South. This should not be and wo trust that
the tine is not far distant when the South
will avail itself Of the natural advantages be-
slowed on it by Providence. This would
give it power in the Government which might
serve to build up anew the foundations of re-
publican liberty.
An Improvement in Artificial Teeth.
The workmanship Of DIR. d. L. BoozER, of
Columbia, surely constitutes the highest order
of art in this speciality, and speaks in the high
est terms Of tho scientific skill of the Doctor,