The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-12-07

proposals should be invariably ad.
verlised, restricting the amount of
County orders Issued, constituting
tho County Auditor tho perma,
nent Clerk Of the Board, by whom
all orders sheu!d bc signed and is.
sued. Q
The attention Of the last Gen.
eral Assembly was called to the
necessity of a change in the sys.
tenn of selecting jnrics. AS at
present conducted it is liable to be
and is perverted to great abuse,
on account of the character of the
persons placed upon them. 1t is
highly important that the Jury
box should bc placed beyond tie
reach of political influence or
prost!iuted to the purposes of men
who are themselves guilty of crime.
1t should be filled with our best
and most reliable citizens. The
appointment of a Commissioner of
Juries has been tried in some of
our sister States, and has been
found to work admirably.
The BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD.
l regret to inform You that but
little progress has boon recently
mnde upon the Blne Ridge Rail.
road. The libela policy pursued
by tho Legislature was obstructed
by parties, prompted by personal
aggrandizcnent and political pref.
ndices, entering into combination
to throw obstacles in the way OF
negotiating the bonds, which pre
vented their sale at the time, and
before these difficulties were over.
come, the war in Europe inter.
vened and rendered their sale i'm
practicable. I have no recon.
mendations to make OH the subject.
as all the laws necessary are in cx-
istence, and will, therefore, refer
You to the annual report of the
President of the Road for all tile
necessary information to an under
standing Of the details. 1t is ex.
tremely unfortunate that personal
ambition or political rancor should
be permitted to delay or interfere
with the progress and completion
of a work of such vital and trans.
cendant importance to the prosper.
ity OF tho State and its chief COM
mercial city.
EMIGRATION AND LABOR.
While / am willing and anxious,
by oil Legitimate means, to encour-
age and promote emigration to this
State of all peoples, WHO arc no.
mogeneous in customs and usages
with our own, that are willing to
labor, as well as those who will
bring into it skill and capital, l
cannot forego the expression of
my opinion that the passage and
enforcement of stringent laws for
the protection of lite and proper
ty,. and the free and unrestricted
expression of political opinions, is
all that is necessary to accomplish
that purpose in State that pre-
sents 80 many attractions and ad.
vantages to the emigrant and car
italist as ours.
LABOR AND CAPITAL.
There has been mi ch discussion
upon the alleged scarcity of labor,
and a variety of schemes has been
suggested for it's alienation but
thus far without practical result
The importation oi foreigners,
either Christian or Pagan, can
work but an inconsiderable infiu.
ence, rs these are as keeniy
alive to the facilities of i'm.
proving their condition as the
native whom they uttcn,pt to sup.
plant, and will dispose of ,nefr
services to those who will paw the
highest prices for them. NY own
impression is, that the present Ia
Dor OF the country. "native and to
the manor born," furnishes the
most economical, the most skillful,
and the most efficient system of Ia.
Dor for the South, and cannot ad
vantageously be substituted by any
other. A true appreciation Of the
mutual dependence of capital and
labor, and a disposition to arrange,
a'nicably and equitably, terms OF
agreement between them, would
go far to reconcile existing difIicul.
ties, and remove q fruitful cause OF
dissension and irritation among
our own people. Inducements
must also be held ont by which
the ranks of the productive class
may be largely recruited from
those who are non.producers, and
whose complaint is that they can
"get nothing to do" and also by
grants Of lands to tenants i'm tee,
the payments, properly secured,
running over long series of y cars,
to those who NAV settle in fa,nilies