The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-02-19
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Mai. Calhoun, of the. Columbus (Ga-) Esaq,a-
rer, has been lecturin TIE Changers OF Seaie,
Ala. He told some very heneiy yet Whole-
some truths We qNote few OF hls remarks K 5, I:
90 hand Sthenaselres as they did forthe Com
fedaTsev. sun in ghours
coursa would not sfIine on a land dsmoTss glori-
GUS successful , j,
He goes Or tos snow the peoIyie mat " ls not
theIoYapVice ox cotton that makes @ haId55times,
and forecast. Men are the architscss4 OF their
Cotton Is a tyrant. !v4
eyes, Cotton, he is the. tyrant king that has
too long lived on the lfesbfood OF his!sg1l ects,
who has Impoverished them by dazzling
dreams. of wealth, and sickened the hearts OF
the people: by hope long deferred. I will not,
however, throw the whole blame on King Cot
ston. He had, and still has, allies nearly, as
dangerous. One is extravagance, the otner
false pride; and still another called inconslsr
tency,s which, while catering to Fthe splrrt OF
patriotism in the. planters heart, gives him. on
the other hand, perfect contempt tor Sougnern
enterprises, Southern 1manufactorles .lnqeeu'
for everything Southern but King Cotton nina, IL
self, and, then, king is fed by food calleo
fertilizers. which he demands from his sub
.jects, and the more they feed him the tnnner NE
the old King gets, and the thinner ne gets tne
more Infatuated become his subjects ana TO
feed the King on Fertilizers M thegroo themselves
=
rs tells the people to make their own bread
and meat. and be more anxious to be happy
and comfortable than rich. The means ne ne
points out clearly. Organize as farrners; seii
more than you buy; improve your homestead,
and count Improvements as capluai 1aiu ma up
farming honorable by being Intelligent and in
dependent: beautify the homestead, as means
of cultivating taste and refining, life; and,
above all, get out of debt.
Major Calhoun is Northern man, and mere
is what he says:
tried to show-by casting my lot with her. !
see, in the no distant future, the South freed
from the thraldom Of New York, and her
planters freed from the slavery of debt ana the
bonds of ignorant culture. see southern
port obtaining the money our section now gives
to the great metropolis, and foreign ships
whitening Southern ports with their sails, as
they.come to bear us the produce of their lands
or the labor Sof their shops, and take back IN
exchange that fabric for which the clVlllzed
world opens it's purse-cetton. But the oay is
nearing, if we be but true to ourselves, when,
instead of shipping to foreign or Northern
ports the raw material, we can send them with
profit to ourselves the manufactured articles:
I can see the time, though may have passed
away, and you and your descendants, when
will be the recognized home of every kind OF
manufacture; and when, instead OF cotton Pc
ing King, cotton will be our subject and the
whole World our tributaries, for the world
needs nothing that, with intelligent labor we
cannot produce. The day of dreamers, the day
of demagogues and politicians, is passed @ and
the day of earnest, honest workers has come
and it is for you, the farmers, within the hear,
ing of ny.voice, toedecide whether you will
live TO- see it or not. Follow out the course
you have been pursuing, and your last hours
win be troubled by visions of mortgages and
liens. Pursue the pathway Of honesty and
common sense and you will live to see the
South prosper; her mines worked, her tacto-
ries smoking with the incense of industry !; her
fields well titled her people eating homemade
food and wearing homemade clothes, while
their hearts in charity are open to the world