The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-02-03
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- Read and Inwardly Digest.
The following article which. we copy
from the MACON Georgia. 7slsgaql and
Messenger, should be read by every, one
who feels an interest in his or her own
Future welfare. We do not know when
we have read an article Chat embodied so
much good, sound, practical advice to
our people,. Retrenchment and heroic
self.derlial must be the watchwords in
every household: Z: a.. .;.'f,i. II -, f.
D. One of, our. bank presidents. a saga.
cious, cultivated gentleman, and witha!
possessed Of much practical wisdom and
the highest integrity, considers the i'm
mense loss of meat in Georgia, resulting
from theextraordinary warm spell, which
continued for so many weeks through the
Livery heart of the .hyperborean 1season, as
one of the greatest calamities that ever
kbefel the State, It daunts the rising en-.
ergies of the people; dashes fond hopes
and proud aplioipations Of Independence
[ from the Calling yoke Of the West ne.
'cessitates new sacrifices and terrible suf-
fering, and brings the farmer once more
face to Eice with the direfuf consequences
of subjugation and emancipation. -
=. In the present tottering condition of
the finances, when resumption is insisted
upon by Congressional enactment, and
there is neither bullion, or coin for. the
redemption Of two billions of paper, un-
| less the alchemist can transmute base
metals into gold, and create something
out of nothing, credit must expire. And
even if The capitalists were willing to
take thu chances of q reaction in trade,
there still remains the sable spall'of the
thomestead and bankrupt laws, which
have rung, the death knell:to all conf
dence between man and, man, and. re-
duced 20 hard pan every. commercial
Hence, The luckiess farmer who owns a
few acres and one or two, mules only,
supplemented by his own honest heart
and Drawn and muscle, must pine and
languish for deliverance from the mis-
fortunes OF bad season, without being
able to obtain peeuniary assistance, for
sooth, because Radical, mongrel. State
Convention decreed that nineteen twen-
tieths of the people should retain in per-
petuo their entire property, no matter un-
der what circumstances, and in. defiance
of The most sacred obligations. +"
y Merchants and banks too, nevertheless,
have continued to advance, and, despite
the apparent large profts.and: usurious
intarest charged for their own protection
against fraudulent creditors 1.-THE honest,
alas, being forced, 10 assume the risk OF
the unreliable have steadily grown poor
er and poorer, and not a few have sue
cunabed, and are now penniless. One OF
the most opulent and extensive mer-
chants and private bankers in Southwest
Georgia, told the writer recently that she
had. not made dollar in three year." "
and nearly all that he, was worth was
credited out, while every day homestead
and bankrupt notices come pouring in,
and the law was made, the cloak for ig-
noring all .benefactions. and obligations.
No wonder then that the poor and un-
fortunate, who have lost their meat and
made short crops, have a year of sorrow
and tribulation before them. 80 =
=. These laws and the treachery Of pat
rons, have paralyzed the hands of the
bankers and capitalists, aud NOW there
is 10 more hope. of relief from these
sources. What then are the only partial
remedies? D., -, .r,...,.
First-Retrenchment, in its seyerest
sense. Discard fpe clothing and super:
fuous luxuries Tenounce Fwhiskey and
tobacco; give UP travelling, and stay at
home; discharge house servants, and do
your own work it willlmake yon happy
and independent; DONE attempt what
you are unable to accomplish. In other
words, be- manly and honest, aud curtail,
at any and every sacrifice of feeling and
comfort, your expenses within your in
come. TO clio otherwise, is to plant
thorns in your own pillow, ard hasten
the day Of exposure, poverty and shame.
Then aecondlyL-Renounce the insane
hope of paying your debts and growing
| rich by planting cotton. 1t is delusion
and fallacy. The cost of producing that
staple is now within fraction of its
market value. 1t will bring you to want
if persisted in, and prove an ignis tatuus,
ever shining and alluring, but vague and
deceptive. Better far plant potatoes,
rice, sugar cane, wheat, and other cereals,
and turn your attention to fruit, wine
culture and stockraising. There is no
discount these productions, for, after be-
slowing comfort and abundance at home,
the surplus will always be in demand by
the multitudes of consumers all over the
world. But just here, let every farmer
pause, and resolve himself into com.
mittee of one to petition and urge upon
the General Assembly, the propriety and
necessity Of enacting dog law and call:
ing convention to repair the errors OF
our present constitution. Property must
be protected and theft punished at the
whipping post, if we ever hope TO relieve
our iails Of the crowd of contented ptis-
oners who draw rations out of the public
crib, and inspire respect for the laws.
Third and lastly-Reduce the size OF
your farms, and cultivate every acre pos
sible with aid of the family, renting out
the remainder only to those who have
the means of sustaining themselves du-
ring the working season., or sewing 1t
down in oats. Such prudential action,
united with industry and economy, will
do much to retrieve the situation, and
restore prosperity to the country:
This advice has been given time and
again in the columns of the Telegraph, but
it cannot be repeated too often and should
be stereotyped and craven upon the souls
of every citizen and farmer. Retrench-
ment, honesty, less cotton, diversity Of
crops these are the talismanic words
that mean peace, happiness and indie
pendence.
- There are two words in the English
language that contain all the .vowels in
regular succession, and if a person is will.
ing to live abstemiously, and not regard
this statement facetiously, he will see