The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-02
THE PROSPERITY OF THE STATE.
WHAT TIE NORTHERN JOURNALS SAY OF
SOUTH CAROLINA.
An Encouraging View ofour CONNER
cfaI Situation.

! Ctal S1tU0IlOns
Deep attention is nov paid by oil the lead
ing Northern papers to oil statistical reports
which show what is the actual condition of the
| Southern States, and We are grati6ed to sec
that South Carolina is looked upon az one OF
the leaders in the march of Southern indus
trial progress.
The following leading articles, devoted par
ticuIarly TO this State, prove that our efforts to
make our position known and understood, are
already producing an excellont effect:
PIem for q Dcbasod Negro Rule.
[Erom the New York Times. Rad.l
A very striking statement, combined with a
| still more remarkable argument, comes to us
from South Carolina. In 1859, says HE
CHARLESTON NEWS, the twelve cotton States
will show more true prosperity than any
other section OF the worl1." it goes on TO es
| innate the crop Of cotton for the present year,
which it fixes ut 5000 900 bales. be average
/ value of oil the crops will amount to $64 per
head Of the population. Every one will be
| glad 10 learn that the States in which We have
| often been told all industries were extingulsh
| ed, are already making such rapid progress to-
ward recovery OF their former position.
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| little more into detail. Assuming that he has
| taken the necessary pains to insure accuracy,
| there is great reason to congratulate South
| Carolina on the Justification Of the melancholy
| predictions which have long been uttered re-
| specting her. She will, we are told, yield pro-
ducts this year worth $50, ,OOO. OOo or an aver ave
GOO. and all this, he adds, disparagiugly, ''un-
| der debasing negro rule" We can only aay
| that the State appears to flourish very we'll l.
| der the in1ictlon. 1t seems to suit her. We
were given to understand that there would be
no more cultivation going on in any part OF the
State when once negroes obtained the ascen-
dancy. Has this prophecy been justified by
events? II the Charleston logic is worth any
thing, we must all agree that it makes out u
very strong case for the negroes.
There is another fact mentioned by the same
writer which must have taken most Southern
people Sy surprise. "There are now no less than
200 900 whites cultivating cotton with their
own hands, This statement is not qualified
| in any wayne are not even told, what doubt.
less IS the fact, that the whites thus employed
| in cotton growing are at work on the up!and5.
| But the time is by no means remote when we
we're positively assured that white labor never
| could be extensively used III South Carolina. 10
argue against the assertion was to expose
oneself 10 unlimited obloquy. What do we
| 6nd now2 That one-third OF the population
of South Carolina are actively engaged in the
very work which it was believed the negro was
specially created to perform. The negro alone,
and in an enslayed condition, was deemed
equal to the cultivation of cotton. Hc would
/ never work as freeman. Every ono Of these
| anticipatiops has proved erroneous. The white
can grow cotton If he likes, and the negro Is
very willing to work If any one will pay him
proper wages. South Carolina will settle the
| cotton controversy in England il sho continues
to advance at her present rate. The inferior
staple grown in India will not hold the market
even against the "short staple" of South
Carolina, and, in the face OF such competition,
the English Government will scarcely think it
worth while to expend money for the eneour-
| agement of cotton growing in their Eastern
Empire.
Southern Prosperity.
From The New York Commercial Advertiser. Rad.]
We're the question to be put to the whito
people OF the Southern States to-day whether
they should or should not have slavery re-
stored, they would vote against It's re. estab-
lishment by an overwhelming il not almost
unanimous minority. Such was the remark
made to US yesterday by O Southern gentle
man, who occupied a high position in tue C1n-
federate army, and whose opportunities Tor
knowing the changing views OF those who
erred with him are by no means few. And,
Judging from the general tone OF the Southern
papers, and tho speeches of such men as Henry
a. Wise, we inter that the remark ID founded
on fact. Though five years have not passed
since the war closed, the late owners OF slaves
have become thoroughly convinced that free
labor is more profitable than slaye; that the
former system finds them with much more
money at the end Of the year, and relieve,
them from great care and responsibilities.
We were struck with another observation
made by this gentleman, viz: That The South
ern people are really richer now than ever be-
fore. Property in slaves could not be regard
ed as wealth or source OF wealth. Further
more. the people. prior to the war were al,
ways 10 debt, no matter how large their landed
e,tates. While the bulk OF their staples were
''mortgaged" in advance BY the factors, the re-
mander was consumed in paying store bills
contracted at the North. and IN supplying
slaves--the old and worthless as well as tho
efficient-with clothing and the necessaries OF
life. After the war, however, they possessed
no credit, were unable to effect purchases on
| time, and consequently now have no debts to
| pay. What they now have they own them
selves. Furthermore, they are not Obliged 10
support, during the unproductive 81 ason, an
idle population, as was the case under slave
| rule.
Many OF our Southern contemporaries very
senslbly concur in this view Ut the case. For
example, the CHARLESTON NEWS attrms that
the twelve cotton States will this year 'show
more true prosperity than any other section OF
the world" 70 prove its assertion THE NEWS
shows, to its own satisfaction at least. that
this years cotton crop will amount to 5000, 600
bales, and that the average value OF all the
crops will amount to S64 per head of the pop.
uation. South Carolina is doing even better
than this average, and will yield this year pro-
ducts worth $50,000 900, or an average OF about
SIS per head. 10 crown all, The News informs
Us that all this is being accomplished under
debaslng negro rule"
II the Palmetto Safe is able to accomplish
such wonders under negro rule, what pros
porous future awaits her under white mans
governnentW
Wealth and Trade of the South.
From the Baltimore Sun.
TRE CHARLESTON NEWS predicts that for
1869 the cotton States will show more true
prosperity than any other section Of tho
world" 1t goes on to estimate the crop of
cotton for tho present year, which 1t fixes at
100000 balos. The average value of all the
crops Will amount to $64 per head of the popu-
latlon. THE NEWS also predicts that South
Carolina will yield products this year worth
$50 700 900, or an average of $74 81 per head in
population OF 670 600. Ii the necessary
means to insure accuracy in this statement
have been employed, this affords subject Of
great congratulation to South Carolina, which
only few years ago was apparently ruined
Another remarkable fact is mentioned by the
same journal: There arc now no less than
2GO, 900 whites cultivating cotton with their
own hands" This probably refers more cspe
o;o To- o. rim uD1ondI II,