Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-04-13
REDISTRHCTING THE STATE.

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REDISTRHCTING THE STATE.
The absorbing question now before the
people, and which has engaged much news
paper discussion during the last few days, is,
Shall there be an extra session of the Legisla-
ture for the purpose of redistricting the State
A meeting of the State Executive Committee
has been called to deliberate. on the subject,
and after full and earnest consideration they
adopted resolution to the effect that an
extra session of the Legislature should be held
for the purpose indicated. This resolution,
though not communicated to the Governor in
formal manner, and which is entitled to
no other consideration than the mere action OF
political advisory board, was not reached
without mature deliberation, and we are fully
persuaded that the committee, acting with
the lights before them, arrived at proper
conclusion.
In our opinion there are many reasons why
the State should he redistricted before the
next election, and we think the executive COM
mittee have acted wisely by promptly meeting
and discussing the subject. We know there
are men ready to urge the objection of expense,
which an extra session would undoubtedly en-
tail; but the few thousand dollars thus spent
might constitute but Il small burden in COM
parison with evils that redistricting of the
State would prevent With the field open for
two congressman at large there is danger of
mobilizing the Republican vote, which other
wise would probably remain disatfected; and
whether Republicans were elected or not, the
excitement and arrangement to labor which
such canvass would most assuredly cause,
would. in dollars and cents, more than out
weigh the cost to the planting community
alone of an extra session: while it will not be
denied that with proper organization. and the
Federal patronage and encouragement that
such contest would enlist for the Republican
side, the election of two Republican Congress-
men from this State might be an assured fact.
And what is of no less Importance to consid-
er, is the possibility that with Republican
Congress to decide cases of contest or election,
only those two Republican Congressman at
large might be admitted, on the presumption
that if the State at large elected Republicans,
so should each and every Congressional district.
Other reasons could be given, why, in the end,
an extra session would be an economical meas
ure but these are deemed sufficient. The ex-
pense of an extra session would be light
matter in comparison with the evils to follow
even partial re-establishment of Republican
rule and domination in our State. All classes
and parties within our borders are now at
peace, and infinitely better would it be that
these amcable relations be not disturbed by
an exciting State political canvass.
The session, called for this purpose alone,
need not necessarily be lengthy, as the work
could be done inside of two weeks, and it
might prevent condition of affairs that would
entail misery upon our people for years.
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DIVERSIFIED CROPS.
The New York Times, commenting upon
the fact that Southern newspapers insisting
upon departure from the all cotton policy
are entirely right, is equally satisfied that the
advice, repeated from year to year, will not
be needed. The Times says:
The facts set forth against the "all-cotton"
plan are mdisputable and convincing. They
gain in volume every day as the results of ac-
tual experience are gathered and classified.
1t is not only proved that the individual
farmer who puts his trust solely in the delu-
sive staple can hope for no deliverance from
the state of servitude in which he is kept by
the ruinous credit system, but that the South
as whole cannot afford to 60 on paying
S160, 100000 year for Northern hay, grain,
bacon and flour. No doubt this truth has
been suggested in general way hundreds of
times to those in this city who have seen baled
hay from New England loading upon steamers
bound for Savannah and Galveston. Yet the
mass of southern farmers for the reason we
have pointed out, are slow to learn this les
son, reform is making less headway probably
than it's jealous advocates imagine. Accidents
interrupt it's progress. The flooding of the
cotton lands in the Mississippi Valley, for in
stance has had the effect of greatly increasing
the estimated acreage to be planted to cotton
in Alabama and the Atlantic States. The far
mers are unable to resist the prospect OF high
prices The realization Of the dream of gen.
orally diversified farming in the South Will
doubtless be a pleasure reserved for future
generations.
Any sudden reformation, as the Times sug-
gests, is hardly probable, but the progress
already made in the South is gratifying, and
the improvement in the agricultural system of
our people increases year by year. 1t is fact
that more small grain has been planted this
year than ever before in the South; and
though it may be the result Of the severe les
son of last Summers drought, yet the lesson
will not he without it's beneficial effects here
after,