The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-02-15
N, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY Is, 1873.

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gentlemen composing the congress. Wher
they asked why be opposed 1t, he replied thai
the lands, if appropriated, should be given tc
the agricultural societies of the South, which
were composed of honest meu, who would
apply them properly; but any lands given tc
| the Government OF South Carolina would un.
doubtedly be stolen. 1t was time that the
honest men OF the South should try 10 get the
| assistance OF the general government, because
| If they did not the dishonest State Govern
ments of the South would.
President ColquItt favored the motion tc
strike out, because he was unwilling that the
Convention should commit Itself for any meas
ure hat was cacualed 10 produce division
of sentiment among the people of Georgia
and he held that the subject under eonsidera
tion had thai tendency.
Some routine work concluded the business
| OF the Convention, and President Colquitt de.
livered an address congratulaling the Conven
tion upon the good order which had prevail.
ed, and hoping that the agriculturists of The
South would be blessed la the present veal
with propitious season and an abundant bar
| vest The Convention then adjourned cine
die, to meet 10 August next at Athens. Ga.
Thus ended the Convention. 1t has &C.
complished Its work right well and established
lesson pregnant with meaning and interest
Foremost In interest, If not In Importance, to
the people of South Carolina, Is the fact de-
veloped by the Convention, that in spite OF
political disadvantages they are not behind
The Georglans In actual prosperity. By Gen.
eral Colqnitt, the president Of the Conven-
lion, and by every other prominent Georgian
who spoke upon the agricultural condition OF
Georgia; the planting interests of that State
were alluded 10 ln such terms as Farming at
discount" prospects are gloomy and dis
couragIng," and "The credit OF the farmer Ia
depreclaied." While on the other hand, Col.
D. Wyatt Aiken forcibly and ably demon
strated that the agricultural interests OF South
Carolina are In highly satisfactory and en-
couraging condition.; that The credit OF her
planters is excellent; that they are firmly
bound together by lies OF common Interest
and an advanced course OF common &C.
tion, and that five thousand ,,,st Of
lnking ins' tuition for mutual benefit, with
q capital or four hundred thousand dollars.
That the Importance OF this fact was fully ap-
preclated by the Convention Is significantly
illustrated in the additional fact that in
less than twentS-four hours fully half It's
members enrolled themselves under the Pa
irons banner and followed The lead OF South
Carolina, thus establishing the supremacy OF
her position.
Another fact of even greater tmbortance. is
the demonstrated recognition OF the Identity
of interest between South Carolina and Geor-
gla. When the Hon. George a. TreDnolm
arose, and proclaimed that the prosperity OF
the one State slgnihed the prosperity OF the
other State, his words touched chord OF
sympathy whose vibrations found an echo In
the breast OF every man present. and were
welcomed with storm of applause, such as
was not heard before or afterwards In the
halls OF the Convention.
But the great fact of the Convention, great
est In interest and Importance, not only 10 the
South but also to the country at large, is the
general waking up Of the people to reallza-
lion of the great issues OF the present. The
establishment of direct railroad lines from the
coasts OF Georgia and South Carolina to the
West and Northwest; the establishment OF d.
rect steam Communication from the same
coasts 10 Europe; the Introduction into the
South OF skilled labor and capital by placing
before the world It's advantages in mineral
resources, agricultural pro1ncts, climate, &C.,
and through these means the development OF
the mining and manufacturing interests and
diversified pursuits In agriculture, which
have hitherto been dormant 10 the South.
This is the lesson of The Convention. IL
may or may not be productive of Immediate
practical results, but 1t certainly foreshadoWs
new course of aclion By the Southern peo-
pie, which will undoubtedly come into play
at no distant future time. sPRiTE.