The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-12-19

gately speaking they have eathereta3s ta3sv u'
moss. The hot Southern blood circuInte,
at the fever temperature of its climate
ana SO horse-racing and fox.huutinp
christmas festivals and negro barbecue
during winter, and then the sitting sum
Iner seemed pent up prison and IN,
southern lord repaired to Northern re-
sorts, or opened his mountain villa. or le
| the ocean waves sigh TO HE nightly Wills
| while his yacht glded and danced h,
! DAY, amid the frOnded islands Of IN,
coast. This we know is changed. Tn,
gliding yacht has declined to the drsc
ging smack, the fiery racer has beeI
tanned to the plodding team. and th,
Southern planter, who, spy glass in hand
surveyed from his balcony the diatan
held of operation, an' signaled his wishes
through drlvlng overseers must descent
70 the foreman OF the furrow, who shal
regulate the task he exacts from. his Ia
oorers by the vigor he imparts Ia .iil
leading row. iu1 ,Iui' =
The instability of these stranded fac
tors and intermediate forces has proved
that the South is peculiarly an agricultu
raj country, and that its fields aud natu
raj resources are extensive enough tt
utilize all surplus labor Of the cities and
that when production ceases ali the
wheels of progress and prosperity com,
to halt
1t is sadly known fact that at the
ciosc OF the war every man that could
pick up his feet" stacked hoe and
shovel and beat dead march to CONNER.
cial centres. Iot only was it dishearten.
ing TO re-establish blasted hearths and
devastated fields, but it was unnatural
for men habituated to four years OF slug.
glsh repose, and who had only reused to
action when forced by command or stim.
ulated by excitement, to suddenly be
rallied no more, but nerve themselves To
the hardest of manual labor by the sweat
of their brow.
Moreover, the South had boarded be.
cause there was nothing to expend upon,
The accumulation of cotton poured forth
and its inflated proceeds flowed back in
all the attractive forms of novelty and
luxury to people long deprived. 1t is
said that if q citizen Of this globe were
removed to smaller sphere he could,
unclogged by graviation, leap sixty feet
in the air, and so the Southern people ol
that period who stood on the small basic
OF paper currency, could leap strangely
high into prices aud proceeds, and thus
at this strained, excessive standard they
plunged-into commercial unnaturalness
!: had its natural effects. The surplus
cotton whirled into Northern factories
Northern produce -whirled back, great
prospects seemed dawning. men bougii
largely, credited largely, and advanced
to visionary careless adventures who
speculaten iu the products of the soil: :;
We have traced its course and termi-
nation.
The surplus cotton became exhausted,
the empty Southern counters had been
replerished, then oveFstocked; the chill
dTen in the wilderness having consumed
the mama which their Moses and Aaron
factors doled out to them, cried out for
more, and when it was denied them, some
literally went in search of quail while
others returned to the supposed flesh pots
of the cities.
But the system of small farms already
recognized and being adopted will regen-
crate the Southern States. It is we'll
enough for cities to cry aloud and rear
up manufactures, but as long as millions
of acres and lucrative fields lie unculti-
vated, building factories to employ sur
plus labor is like generating gas to
breathe artificial instead of natural air.
Georgia is leading in the direction OF
improvement, having established agri-
partment at its capital, FOR improvement
must come by educating the higher
'classesin science and skilled labor. which
studies were neglected during the slave
period for the more abstract problems OF
politics and human relations. But when
the master spirits Of the South rally to
the original and grendest calling of earth
the crowd will quickly fall in line, for
the law of assimilation is strong, ruling
even the habits and thoughts OF the
masses, aud nhcu this army invades the
agricultural field the contest over nature
is easy and sure.
Old landmarks are being removed, old
characteristics are being etfaced, and
while these observations are drawn from
local standpoint, we consider them OF
general application for ab uno disce
omnes.
Nor do we darken counsel without
knowledge, for intelligent observers
..tfirm that where planter is discovered
c,tting in the shade and directing his
ul VIBRATIONS, the inference is clear that this
rian is being supported by one Of the re-
lsaning factors. His buildings are de-
caying, his fences falling down, and it is
only question OF time as 10 this man
holding reception in the bankrupt court
where he will serve his creditors on the
homestead and exemption.
But where farmer appears in the fur
row, followed by his children, where the
ihi0iiis patch is absorbing and expanding
into fields. beneath the firm and steady
advance of this worthy pioneer, the viii.
derness and solitary place shall be glad
and the desert shall rejoice and blossom
like the rose.