The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-11-28
Accepting the Situation.

Accepting the Situation. j..
Since the surrender of Robt. E. Lee. much
has been said in the South about accepting the
situation of things. In q political point Of
view, there has been very little discretion left
to most Of the southern States. The present
condition of things has beenforee upon them,
willing OF. unwilling, and there is not much uch
probability, that in practical point of view,
any change will take place in the southern
States at an early period. The government of
most of the southern States will remain incthe
hands of the present incumbents for long
time. This is especially true of South Carolina:
It is hardly possible for any great political
change to take placesin this State during the
present generation. Our people may just as
we'll SSaccept this now, as wait ten or twenty
years and then do it,, We are firmly CONVINCED
that no advantage, either for the Individual or
for The community, can be secured IN any way,
or to any extent, from meddling in politics.
Now, as all the elections are oyer: we IT I'VE I'VE
may take the liberty would most earnestly st ysf aG-
wise our people TO do as the fox did which
strained every nerve to-reach ripe bunch of
grapes but was not able This animal, noted
for its cunning, said, concerning the grapes,
when exhausted by useless labor: "They are
sourr' Our people have struggled manfulIy
to bring about political reform and failed 20
signally faileds Let us now, as a brave people,
quit politicsand go to something else. If our
object lis only TO make money, there are few
better places on the continent than the State of
South Carolina. Our taxes are high and labor
uncertain, but in spite of both these drawbacks,
as much money can be made in South Carolina
by farming, in proportion to, the amount Of
capital necessary to be Invested, as in any State
in the Union. - ~ .,A'. :,
Some Of our readers'may be disposed to call
this declaration into question. All we ask is
a careful examination of the. facts in the case.
Money is power, and land is power. IT will
keep any law making body in tieword busy
to deprive the eland holders from exercising an
influence in society and. from controlling their
euactments. The men who own the soil con- +
troll the bread and meat market, and conse-
uuently exercise an influence over, all in the
society who eat. With regard to taxes, it mat
ters very little to the property holder whether
they are great or small: The poor m&n, VINO VINO
has no capital but his labor, has to pay them
ali OF the heaviest part of the burden falls up
on him. A few days ago we heard a planter
of this county declare that he would not take
twenty dollars per acre for his land. The rea-
son he assigned was that land was better in
yestment than money loaned at one and one
half Der cent. per month He positively
declared that his lands had paid MIN, the pres
ent year, from twenty to thirty five per cent:
on the capital invested. Let us make the
calculation. Three acres of ordinary land will,
one year with another, make bale of cotton.
The land will cost not more than ten dollars
per acre. This; would make the three acres
worth thirty dollars. The bale of cotton would
sell for seventy dollars. Suppose it takes one
half K, produce It this would leave thitty-fve
dollars. Suppose that it takes one half OF this
thirty-five dollars to keep up repairs, pay taxes
and supply the means for cultivating the land;
This would leave clear gain of seventeen
dollars and fifty cents, or q little more than
ffty-eight per cent. on the capital invested. A
thousand dollars thus invested would make,
in round numbers, five hundred and eighty
three dollars
If labor is uncertain, it surely cheaper and
more profitable than it ever was. Once there
was money invested in the labor of this coun-
try; now there is none. This is one condition
our people should accept. It may be SAID that
labor will become scarce in this country. There
is nothing gained BY anticipating evils. There
is not much danger of such a state OF Things:
It will be time enough to talk about the scarci-
ty of labor when that crisis is upon us. =
Our people; generally, are prUdigaf IN their
habits. Few men in the State OF South Caro-.
lima have ever learned the art Of saving We
must make d change in this respect. The
amount annually expended by our people in
toyyss. Ind rgw 'gaws, is enormous We have
AZ q whole. contracted the habit Of buying
whistles for ourselves for cur wives and for our
childfefn.h Dumb watches, brass jeWelfy and
wooden nutmsgs find q good market everywhere
amongst our ripeople. All this must come to an
end. There lis no economy and far fess'sense
id people who can make fifty-e -eighS per cent:
of'their capital by farming, in squandering 1t
Ia purchasing Chips and whetstofes. 'p',o d,
| Therefs one other condition which wei Jas q
whole. must accept. We must each and NI!of
his attend to our own business closely. " The
only way that we can make the shop keep us,
is sl;for us to keep the shop! We are 'evadehtty
nassinc through q crisis. How long before we
will get through no one certainly knows One
thing ia sure, those who get ahead now will, in
all human probability, come out frst and bests
THOSE who got o. good start after the kevoiu-
ti8nary war kept it for q long time some
forest chted men at that time laid the f0undat
Of. fortunes Which remain toithe' present day;
-Fd7odr people genetaliy, we would say strugi
gle ndahfuHy.' Never despair. iLet the' man
wk0 isl in debt get outas quick as possioie5 e'eu
if>ie has to- sacrifice some of. his property;
and let the man who is9out of debtinvest every
dollar property Of some lind h a.. a bsopsry psnsns q,
some day'in South Carolina. We beliere 10 tls
the the duty Of eli our people'to become property
holders and to educate their Children With
outiany education and possessed ofno property
a man holds d positionin society not much, If
any; higher than asmohkey. Such an fndiFid..
uaf is forced, ,lhy surrounding circumstances; TO
do the dirty work ofitle comnunity9in which
he lives.Al Yorkville Enquirer az .t-ii'u'@!i
"A NOBLE YoUrH WHO CoULDN'T nDRINK
WrSEAThere was noble ;youthwh6 on being
urged tortake wine at the table aofiabfamdus
statesman in Washington, had the moral cour-
age torefuse He was a poor young man, just
beginning the struggles nof life. He brought
letters to the great statesman, ,whol lkindlyiinvt-