_CHARLESTON DAILY NEWS....DECEMBER 9,1865.
ODly a fair Held to Moan tho victory. Ilero tho human
mlntl gooB forth unshackled in tho pursuit of science,
- t o collect stores of knowledge and acquire an ever-in
creasing mastery over tho forces of nature. Here the
national domain Is offered and held in millions if sepa
roto freeholds, so thut our fellow-eitizouc, beyond the
occupant? of any other part of tho earth, constitute in
roollty a people. Here exists the democratic form of
government; and that form of government, by the con
fession of European statesmen, "gives o powor of which
no othor form Is capable, because it Incorporates every
man with the State, and arouses every tblug that bc
1 ongs to tho soul."
Whoro, in paBt history, does a parallel exist to
tho public happiness which is within tho reach ox'
tho pooplo of tho United States? Whore, in any
?part or tho globo, can institutions bo found bo
euitod to th' ir habits or so entitled to their lovo
aa their own freo Constitution? Every one of them,
fhou, in whatever part of tho laud ho has his home,
? must, wish its porpotuity. Who of thorn will not
now acknowledge in the words of Washington, that
"ovory stop by which tho pooplc of tho United
States havo advanced to ?.ho character of nn Inde
pendent nation, seems to havo beou distinguished
. by simio token of Providential agency?" Who
will not loin with mo in tho prayer, that the invisi
ble hand which has led us through tho clouds that
gloomed around our path, will so guide us onward
to a perfect restoration of fraternal affection, that
wo of this day may be ablo to trnn.init our great
. inheritance, of State Governments in all their
rights, of the General Government in its whole
constitutional vigor, lo our posterity, and they to
theirs through countless goner at ions?
ANDREW JOHNSON.
Washington, December 4, 1803.
' _UHE STATE LEGISLATURE.
[Fiioii our. ows conuKsrosnEtrr.]
CoLUMitiA, December <J?1 sent you, to-day, a
fcolographic summary of Message No. 1 of His
Excellency the Governor. Tho Message is deserv
ing of attentive perusal. It abounds in good senso
and practical suggestions, and will convinco the
most skeptical that tho man whom the citizens of
the .Stato have chosen to guido them through the
transition state in which they now are, is eminent
ly worthy of tho position which ho is called upon
to All, and that, though tho task is difficult, it
will bo ably performed. Tho Message was read in
the Ilouso by the Hon. W. H. TJIBSCOT, and is as
follows :
QOVEKNOIl'S MESSAGE.
Executive Dei''t., South Gaiiolixa, i
Decemher 5, 1805. J
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Represeitla
lixe8 '
It is my duty to "recommend to your considera
tion sucli measures aa I shall jurtgo necessary or
?expedient." The messages of tho Provisional
Governor, at your special and regular sessions,
havo brought to your attention many of tho sub
jects meriting your consideration at the present
time. Some, however, havo not been noticed, and
othors, in my Judgment, aro of suflicicnt impor
tance to bo reiterated.
Tho people of the State arc not in a condition to
;pay the usual taxes heretofore collected, and heneo
the necessity of omitting all appropriations which
tho efficient administration of tlio Government
docs not imperiously require. Tho annual appro
priations for Free Schools and for the Military
Academy should bo suspended for tho next year,
and tho appropriations lor tho College, for Public
Buildings, for Contingent Accounts and Claims,
materially reduced. But, with all the economy
that can lio prncticod to keep your State Govern
ment in operation, it will require such a sum to
moot necessary expenditures, as will bo oppressive
on tho people to raiso. Tho Courts can not bo
oponed if your Judges fail to receive their salaries.
' Tho functions of the Legislative aud Executive De
partments of the Government can not bo perform
ed it their pay is withheld. When you shall have
determined the amount you intend to appropriate
for the fiscal year, how can tho money be raised to
moot it? It "must bo dono by taxation or loan.
The anomalous situation in which we are placed
.-precludes the hope that any loan can- bo effected
without ruinous loss. If this is true, then our only
resource is taxation.
Tho Treasury is empty, and taxes will not be paid
. into it before the first of Juno. How is your Gov
ernment to bo kept in operation until that timo?
I recommend that the Treasurer be authorized to
issue certificates of indebtedness, payable to bear
er and receivable in payment of all State taxes.
' Those certificates will he taken by tho creditors of
tho Stato, and will preserve their par valuo, if tho
issue is limited to one-half of the. taxes to bo
levied. By imposing this limitation, tho public is
effectually protected against a redundancy in the
issue., and its redemption is cortainly secured dur
. ing the fiscal year.
All tho direct tax due tho Government of tho
United States has not yet been paid. The laws of
Congress now prohibit tho l?tate from assuming
tho tax; but I feel very confident that the samo
privilege will bo accorded to South Carolina that
has been enjoyed by most of tho States of tho
Union. I, therefore, recommend that Congress bo
. memorialized by tho Legislature, bo to modify the
. existing law as will enable the Stato to assume the
?tax, and that the Secretary of the Treasury be re
quested to suspend the collection of the same until
Congress may have timo to consider the applica
tion. You can provide by law, at your present ses
sion, that in the cvont the privilege is granted the
' Stato, that tho Governor bo authorized to consum
. mato the arrangement with the Treasury Depart
ment at Washington. And, in this connection, I
.may bring to your attention tho condition of tho
Hands on and near the seaboard, where this di
rect tax haa boon collected by Bales undor tho
various Acts of Congress. Much of the land in
that section has been sold at enormous sacrifices,
.-and is inflnitoly moro valuable in amount than
-the whole tax; and, if general statements are to
be trusted, these sales have reahzed for the Gene
ral Government nearly tho wholo of tho
diroct tax apportioned to this State, and that, too,
?without taking into consideration tho valuo of tho
lands purchased or roaorved by tho Government
itself. Thcso facts should,?! think, be brought to
-she attention of the Government by the action of
the Legislature, and tho Exocutivo authorized, if
possible, to effect with the General Government
same amelioration of the enormous and ruinous
sacrifice which haa thus boon imposed upon a por
.tion of the citizens of tho State.
The exhausted condition of the country, and the
?completo prostration of our finances, require that
debtors should bo Btill further protected by par
tially staying tho collection of dobts. It would be
wise to recast tho existing Jaw upon tho subject,
and provide that tho creditor should havo tho pri
vilege of suing bis debtor to judgment, so that a
lion upon his property may be secured; that tho
-interest and a part of the principal should bo col
lected annually; that tho whole aura may bo col
lected when tho debtor attempts fraudulently or
clandestinely to remove or disposo of hia proper*
.ty; that tho law ahould not apply to debts con
tracted after ite passage, nor ahould any indul
gence bo given in casoa of trespass or for torts to
porsona or property committed boforo or after tho
passage of the act.
Serioua inconvoniohcoa ofton result from the
difficulty and delay in securing chartere for rail
road, manufacturing, mining and other compa
nies, intended to develop tho wealth and resources
of tho State. Much timo is necessarily consumed
in the consideration of each application, and tho
. alatuto book is encumbered with those numerous
acts of incorporation. To facilitate tho forma
tion of all companies whore mon aro willing to
venturo their means to dovclop tho industry,
wealth, prosnority and resources of tho Stato, I
recommend tho passage of a general act of incor
poration, and whon its provisions are complied
with, that tho subscribers to tho capital stool, bo
declared a body politic
By Act of the General Assembly in 1887, tho
Stato lont its orodit to securo a loan for tho Lou
isville, Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad Com
pany, aud authorized tho Comptroller-General to
ondorao tho bonds of tho Company, pledging "tho
faith and funds of tho State to tlio faithful perfor
mance of tho contract." The bonds, amounting
to two millions of dollars, wore issued and en
dorsed, and will fall duo tho first of January noxt.
The Company cannot pay the bonds, and tho
Stato is unable, at tho present timo, to make good
tho endorsement. It is bolieved that the princi
pal bond-holders are willing to extend the deb
for twenty years longer, if the State will renow
her guaranty. Tho Stato baa a statutory mort
gage on tho road; and upon its renewal I recom
mond that authority bo given tho Comptroller
Genoral of tho Treasury to ronew the endorse
ment of tho now bonds that may bo required to
'liquidate tho old bonds. Mo increased liability
on tho part of the State will be incurred, and wo
may reasonably nnticipato that, within tho next
twenty years, tho company cau pay the bonds,
fu'incipnl and interest, and'savo the State harm
ess on its guaranty.
I communicate, iierowilh, a resolution of tho
Board of Trustees of tho South Carolina Colic?o,
recommending thnt the Collogo bo converted iato
an University. I hoartily concur in tho propriety
of tho proposed change*. By adding to tho pre
sent professorships, schools for tho study of law,
medicino and modern languages, a thorough sci
entific, classical and professional education may
bo obtained by tho young mon of tho State. Tlio
increased number of students which it will attract
will make the University nearly self-supporting:
and with an appropriation of seven hundred and
fifty dollars to each of nino professors, this vener
able and much revered institution may bo contin
ued. It would bo a reproach if such an inconukl
crablo sum was refused, and tho alma mater of
McDufllo, Harper, Preston, Legaro, O'Neill and
Pntigru permitted to pass away and perish.
I also recommend that tho Board of Visitors of
tho Military Academy be authorized to change its
organization, and, if possible, continue it a self
supporting institution. The building in Charles
ton is adapted to tho purpose, and cannot bo well
appropriated to any other object. Its occupation
would, to a great extent, preservo tbo property
from waste and destruction. With a competent
corps of instructors, a practical education could
bo secured in less time and at less cost than in
other collcgiato institutions, and tho military fea
ture in its organization would secure tho habit of
discipline so essential to success in all tho pursuits
of alter lire.
I am informed that there is a quantity of prop
erty of various descriptions, belonging to the
State, in different localities, which is wasting
or being appropriated to tlioir own use by individ
uals. In the general wreck as much should ho
saved as possible; and such articles as may not
hereafter DC needed by the ?Stato should bo col
lected and sold, and tlio proceeds paid into tlio
Treasury. An agent should bo appointed, with
full authority to take possession of all such public
iu'oporty, and sell the samo. Where property has
leon appropriated by individuals, the agent should
be authorized to compromiso with them; and if he
cannot negotiate a just settlement, that he insti
tute suit, in the naino of tbo State, against the
trespasser?in which action no stay of execution
on judgment should be allowed "tbo defendant.
This agent should be compensated exclusively by
commissions ou all amounts which may bo paid
into the Treasury.
You have been diligently employed, since your
meeting, in maturing laws for tlio organization of
the militia, and for the regulation of the rights
and duties of frceilmcn; and I doubt not that you
will perfect your legislation on theso subjects be
fore your adjournment. Our policy toward tho
frcbdinan should bo kind and humane. If his
rights of person and proporly aro not fully and
effectually secured by our local legislation, wc can
not hopo" to bo relieved from tho presence of tho
Military and Provost Courts. The authorities of
the United States will not remove tlioir protecting
hand from the negro, whom tbcv have manumit
ted, and in whose freedom wc have acquiesced,
until we provide by our laws to give him full pro
tection in all his civil rights. His labor is n*c.
aary for the successful prosecution of tho agricul
ture of the State, and it will bo best commanded
by making him cheerful and contented.
*I commend to your favorable consideration ap
propriations for tbo support of tho Lunatic Asy
lum. It is a noble charity, and tbo energy aud
self-sacrifice of tho Superintendent for tlio last
nine months in maintaining, without any public
contributions to its support the inmates, entitles
him to the proud distinction of a benefactor of
his race. It is high time that tho burthen should
bo taken from his shoulders and placed upon the
State.
The destitute condition of district paupers, the
dilapidation of public buildings, aud tho neglect
and destruction of roads and bridges, require
that all the District Boards should bo promptly
and efficiently reorganized, and tho laws govern
ing thorn rigidly enforced. JAMES L. OKR.
Iu the House, to-day, a bill to regulate tho meet
ings of the Court of Appeals was road for tho llrst
time. If I beard tbo bill corroctly, it pr?vidos
that there shall be two sittings of the Court, ono
in April aud one In November, but no caso shall
bo beard from any District during the sitting of
Court-iu said District.
Col. Cit.uiAM introduced resolutions to go into
a voto for Chancellors immediately after tho elec
tion of L-w Judges. Tho House agreed to this,
but as the resolution to elect Judges was not
agreed to in the Senate, the whole matter fell to
the ground.
Mr. Mu.moan gave notico of intention to in
troduce a bill to incro.ise tho fees of constables in
certain cases.
Mr. Elliott gave notico of intention to in
troduce a bill to change the place of meeting of
the Court for Beaufort District temporarily.
Mr. Russell offered a resolution, which was
agreed to, to tho effect that it bo referred to the
Judiciary Committee to inquire into tho liability
of executors and guardians, and also as to liabili
ty for tho purchase of slaves since I860?said com
mitteo to report by bill or otherwise.
Mr. Bussell said that he doubted whether there
was any remedy, but still it was duo to the people
that the Legislature should express an opinion.
A bill to appoint Commissioners for tho Town of
Eirkwood was read a second time.
Mr. B.-uKsn prcsontcd tho momorial of tho Sonth
Carolina Railroad, which ho asked to bo referred
to tho Committee of Ways and Moans. This me
morial prays that the Company may, for tho prin
cipal aud interest of the dobt now due, issue now
five per cent, bonds, payable in London; and that
tho State take a mortgage of the funds aud prop
erty of tbo Road, aud pledgo tho faith and funds
of the State for their payment, aa they are pledged
for the bonds due La January, 1866.
He also presoutod the petition of tho Palmetto
Savings Institution, praying act of incorporation
under another name; which was referred to the
Committee on Incorporations.
Mr. Dukyea. presentod the petition of the
Charleston Dredging and Wharf Building Com
pany for an act of incorporation; which was re
ferred to tho same Committee.
The report of the Judici ary Committee against
admitting tho books of planters and formera in
evidence, was laid on the tablo, and the bill takon
up, when tho Special Order was called for. Under
this call, tho bill to regulate tho collection of dobte
was taken up for a second reading. After the
reading of this bill, on the question of Bonding it
to tho Senate, Mr. Riouardsok, of Suinter, callod
attention to ' tho fact that tbo bill had boon un
favorably roportod on. Mr. Talley thou moved tc
lay tbo bill on tho tablo for tho purpose of taking
up the bill to amend the Stay Law, which had
been favorably reported on by the Committee ;
which was done. Tho bill was then amondod, and
ordered to bo printed and mado tbo special order
for Friday.
A stay law, apart from being unconstitutional?
the romedy certainly being a part of tho contract?
is subject to an objection whioh it would scorn
would appoal to overy debtor. It aimply invito?
tho foreign creditor to eue in the Courts of the
United States. If thoso Courts were closed, it
would bo a matter of worso than doubtful policy.
No restriction ever has operated other than to the
injury of thoso whom it was intondod to benefit.
Justice to oacb has generally been found to bo
meroy to both. The rights of the creditor should
bo a? sacred as thoso of the debtor; but with tho
United States Court open, it sooms worso than
useless to attempt to protect against your own
citizen what thereby certainly becomes the pro
perty of a stranger. Tho Stato would, to-day, be
far less indebted if her (Tourte had been open du
ring tho ontiro war. This is frcoly admitted by
many of thoso who now desire a similar law. Dooa
not this fact provo that an expedient, not founded
on wise general principle.*?, is apt to bo injurious ?
If, however, u Stay Law of botoo kind must bo
had, tho bill under consideration presents as few
objections as any. It provides for taking judg
ment and payment of part of dobt and interest
after 18GC.
Tho Emigration Bill of Colonel Wage*?_c was
thon takou up awl read for a second: timo. On
motion to striko out tbo 'eighth section-,. Colonel
Waoeneu mado a powerful argument is> dofoncc- of
tho echomo, bringing out many facts known to but
few in this Stato. At tho close of hiB remarks the
bill was mado tho special order for Fridny..
COL. WAOEN?n'!* SPEECH.
Mr. Speaker: * * * * *
Great necessities demand great oxcrtionsi and
great difficulties extraordinary resolution. If there
over was a period, since South Carolina has boon a
State, that demanded eidightcned patriotism, in
domitable euorgy and fearless liberality in her
childreii.tliat period is now. Prostrated by a pro
tracted and devastating war; plantations despoiled;
cities in ruins; our former system of labor totally
disorganized; bereft even of our stock and f'aiuii
implements; nothing Bcems left us but an abiding
faith in an over kind Providonce, and our own un
fullering determination to strive and do manfully
under every disadvantage unto tho end, till uncu
moro tho smiles of fortuno and prosperity shall
illumine our land. But we must go to work nu
dcrstandingly. The root of every human polity is
the industrial class. From it the Stato derives
nourishment and strength. Well organized and
fruitful labor is a ncvoi-fuiling source of wealth,
and an orderly, frugal and industrious population
is the Bolid corner-stone of capital and power.
Tlio prosperity of all com nullities rests on tho
labor winch extorts treasures from the soil or
shapes thorn carofully afterwards. And its degree
depends on tho intelligence ami willingness of the
laboring class in doing its work. Have wo that
fruitful labor and that indns.rous population ?
Will tbo frecdmen work steadily and with a bright
look to the future ? Will bo savo and lay by his
earnings, and provide in timo for tho wants
of his family, and or his old ago and weakness V
Will be strive, every day and every hour,
liko the whito man, to make himself a homo
of comfort, and will ho increa3o the
solid resources of tho State ? Wc may not closo
our oyes to tho mournful fact, that our unfortu
nate revolution has resulted in tho total annihila
tion of our industrial system, and that tho spring,
from which formerly streamed our groat prosper
ity, lias totally coascd to flow. Tho negro, that
was onco onr laborer, and as such a producor,
has assumed othor relations; ho is for tho moment
mostly a consumer; ho was onco a source of pros
perity, and ho bas now become a sourco of irrita
tion, droad and calamity. It is true, there are yet
hopes that the freedinau, under a judicious sys
tem of municipal regulations, may become orico
moro useful and valuable. I do not despair that
eventually such may be the case. But I am nut
sanguine of our present success; and thou, can
we afford to wait for him, when cagor poverty ia
?taring us in tho facoV Should wc not rather
arouso our dormant energies at once, and adopt
forthwith tho measures, which experience and the
example of other States point out to us, as the
suro road to wealth, greatness and power ? It
seems obvious that our upper and muidlo dis
tricts will, in a fow years, bo deprived altogether
of the sparse colored laboring population which
tbo war has yot left them. Tho frccdman is pres
sing down to the coast. Tho Sea Islands and tide
regions will become his home; his aegira uniform
ly points that way. Who shall tako his place ?
Shall our uplands remain idle for tbo want of
sufficient laborers? Do wo prefer to tako tbo
chances of events, or will wo not rather ourselves
shape our destiny ? I may not pretend to greater
wisdom than others, but I cannot hesitate to warn
my fellow-citizens when I think I seo thorn on tbo
brink of a precipico. Lot us not flatter ouraelvos
that tbo days of slave-labor may ever more return
unto us. Not ono of us all understand tbo frccdman
as ho now is. Whoever attempts to work him as
formerly, aud trusts to realize prosperity from his
services, will find, ero long, to bis bitter cost, that
he is mistakeu; aud the golden opportunity will,
porhaps, have passed away, when a buto founda
tion of comfort and riches might have been laid.
Capital, that may now, perhaps, be borrowed upon
tbo strength of this unfortunate hope, will surely
be sunk, and the lands that arc now held unto so
tenaciously, will be takon to pay for the deplora
ble mistako. How much wiser will it bo, and how
much safer, to sell a portion of the land as Boon
as possible, to tako tbo funds roalized in that man
ner for investment in a smaller but safer and
pleasantor business, and to build up, not only
every individual prosperity, but the fortunes of the
Stato at large I
If we examino the statistics of tho United States,
wo will find that tho extraordinary growth and
prosperity of tho Northorn and Western States is
owing, in a groat measure, to European immigra
tion. Over five millions of Europeans have en
tered tho United States, during the last forty yoars,
to 1860. Add to these the children and descend
ants that havo beou born to them during that
term, aud wo can account for the astonishing in
crease of tho population. In ono of the Westorn
States the European population is fifty-nine per
cent, of the whole. If we examine further, we shall
find that it ia not the old and decropid who eini
f;rate?nor tho very young, nor tho weak and siok
y; but mostly a people in robust health, of useful
and energetic ago, with will aud courage to do,
and with habits to prosper. It is true, indeed,
that there are oxcoptions, but gonerally tho abovo
description will bo correct. I am not prepared to
prove this, by figures, in reference to immigrants
generally, but I nave had opportunity to collect,
from time to time, facts in regard to the Gorman
portion of them, of whioh I may mako mention.
During tho last mouth, 10,687 Germans arrived in
the city of New York, and those were all well-to-do
people, with a few exceptions. It haa been proved,
by official information of the German Emigration
Commission of Berlin in Prussia, that the German
emigrants, on an average, carry with them hi caBh
about one hundred dollars each. In 1851, accord-:
lug to the official returns of that Commission,
119,000 persons emigrated from the various States
of Germany, taking along with them seventeen
millions thalors in gold. In 1852, according to the
same returns, 113,000 persons emigrated, with a
capital of fifteen millions thalors in gold. Other
yearly returns give us an approximate estimation,
and provo conclusively that the immigrant does not
gonerally come with an emptv hand. Besides, they
. gonerally come with a knowledge of a trade or some
useful business, already educated and prepared
for an active and industrious life. Has any one
over oaculated how much it costa to support aud
, educate a person before ho becomes able to sus
tain himself and bo useful to the Stato? Much of
1 this largo expense has been saved the American
1 communities for their immigrant population.
1 Now, most of these are a farming or mechanical
fiooplo, with health and strength and industrious
labita. May we not, then, admit that they are a
1 Bourco of wealth and prosperity to any Stato that
is fortunate enough to furnish them a refuge and
[ a homo? During tho dcoade from 1850 to 1860,
the eight groat Western States of Ohio, Indiana,
' Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa
> and Missouri, gained, in the valuation of their
- taxablo property, the immense amount of nearly
, three billions of dollars! Into these extensive
1 territories the stream of European immigration
; has steadily flowed, increasing their population
I from 5.403,595 to 8,957,690 in ton yoars; and tho
. quantity of improved lands from 26,680,361 acres
in 1850, to 51,826,895 acres iu 1860. Tboir cereal
Sroduots have increased from 309,950,295 bushels
11850, to 558,160,323 bushols iu 1860; their swine
from 8,536,182 in 1850, to 11,039,352 in 1860; aud
their oattlo from 4,873,712 in 1850, to 7,204,810 in
1860. The effeots of this influx of population in in
i creasing tho pecuniary wealth as well as tho agri
cultural products of tho States in question aro,
thoreforo, signally manifest.
There was a time in the Ufe of our .Stato
when our favorite institution was held to be
endangered by the advent of the European
immigrant. Bat that institution is now and
forever gone, never to be rovived: and the very
ruins of it admonish us that it is high timo
to lay another foundation, if we would eujoy tho
blessings of peace and plenty as heretofore. And
even if it wore not so, Ido think that the late
war has demonstrated to every upright and un
biassed mind, that the immigrant of the South has
been as true to her almost a? her native sons, and
may be hailed in porfect confidence and trusty
faith, aa a good neighbor, a worthy comrade and
honest Southern citixen. This, I believe, I havo
already proved on a former occasion and am able
to prove again by public records. * * ? ? *
The present most pressing noc-oasity of tin? ?St7ufh
is an industrious laboring population, and indeed,
nn accession of white men to balance the propon
devaneo of the colored. Virginia has already taken
sti'i?? iu this matter. Hor agents arc abroad and
her bivitations in print. North Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama, Mississippi, ovon Florida, all nre alive to
her example. A Northern friimd of our sonny land
sends his greeting to us in ?ho following words:
"Tho ?South in victorious to-day, and in lier pre
sent victory ?luv secures such a lien on iho future
as shu has never had buforo. With oil hor rights
restored, nothing can retard her progress in a ca
reer of prosp'crily such as tho world has never
yet witnessed. Lei her people ir/vitn among them
the right kind of itmnigration, to develop her re
sources; lot them bowaroof Yankee propagandism,
and they wi?ionco UWHO resumo their position as
rulers of tho republic C Heretofore tho North has
reaped nearly all tine advantages derivable- from
this yearly ?n.lux of labor. It is now Cor. tho Broth
to say whether sho will adhere ttr old customs
and thereby retard the- recuperation of all her
industrial interests, or become a competitor for
tho skilled labor that i? daily landing on our
?liorcs. Sho his oities. towns, railroads,, mills
and foundries ft? rebuild, nbuiidant mineral re
sources to bo developed, fields to bo foncod and
tilled, millions oC acres of improductivo land to
bo reclaimed and made productive, machinery to
bo constructed, conunoreu to bo invigorated, and
a thousand other things to bo done before her
rehabitation can bo made complete. She haB been
forcibly, wantonly, unjustly despoiled of tho labor
upon which her former prosperity was based, but
that cannot now bo remedied. She. is at present
powerless to right h?r wrongs; but the tuna is not
fur distant when, by a win?;, judicious use of the
means now available, sho will recover the material
status demolished by tho events of the last four
years. Her wealth was great while its basin re
mained undisturbed. Shivo labor W.is that basis,
and that system being uprooted bv tho will and
power of tho North, tho prosperity that grew ft-ota
it has perished. It ?snow a necessity with hot* to
establish another system. Tho means to do this
aro within her roach; it remains for her to aav
whether or not they shall bo employed." Will
South Carolina do it? Shall we follow tho example
of the great, tho uoblo mother of Presidents and
heroes, of Washington and Loo? Shall we follow
tho example of our Southern sister States? Ajs I
solemnly believe that wo can and must do it, fbronr
salvation and well-being, I pray to my God withiny
whole soul, that Ho will so bless, enlighten and
guide us in our deliberations and counsels, that
we may choose what is really good for our sorely
stricken yet noble Palmetto lautL * * * *
II wo find, then, that our colored population can
not, for tho prosont, bo depended upon, for tho re
cuperation of tho State; that our comfort, security
and future prosperity mako it desirable to havo
industrious whito immigrants come among us;
that wo havo resources to develop, lands to culti
vate, homesteads to occupy; that wo want labor
ers, aorvanta, farmers, meclmnics, artizans, the
grower of tho vine, and the man of capital and
enterprise, to build mills and faetones?if wo
agree that wo shall want all these, the question
will be askod : How shall wo get them ? Will they
come without invitation ? Wal they come without
knowing the advantages wo can offer? Will they
come without a fair prospect of prosperity ! May
wo not answer all these questions, best anil truest,
by asking ourselves how tee would choose? Now,
Mr. Speaker, I refer gentlemen to tho bill be
fore us. Let it bo examined carefully. It is an
answer to those questions, as fully as answer can
be given. This bill ia honestly intended for tho
benefit of the State, and, at the same time, to
establish the prosperity of tho immigrant. I will
not protend to say that tho plan is perfect?for
what work of mail is? It may be susceptible of
great improvement. Thoro may be many minds
in this Assembly bettor able than mino to coin
Brchend and ahapo this very important legislation.
lut, to do so, it ia necessary that an opportunity
should bo afforded al, to fully examino what has
been proposed. However, let us ace. first, is the
8tato at present ablo to carry out tho plan ? The bill
will outail an oxponso for tho first year of about
10,000 dollars out of tho contingent fund, for
which, according to my calculation, wo may per
haps obtain 2000 immigrants. It is true people
aro aoroly afraid of taxes; but would they refuse
to pay about four conta nor head to carry out an
important aud beneficial measure ? I think not.
But, said a gontlemau iu committeo, there aro not
provisions enough in tho Stato to food our own
people, much less the immigrant. I ahould ho
sorry to think bo. Thoro may bo groat destitu
tion in some parta of tho State, but there certain
ly will bo a Burpl?8 in other parts. However, if
that roally bo bo, does not this very want prove,
moro than anything I have said or could say, tho
great neceasity of a ronowal of our working popu
lation? Do wo expect to behold a crop spring
from the earth spontaneoualy? Do we expect to
reap when wo can't bow? Or do wo expect that
the population, which has failed to mako a crop,
or to realize or to save it thia year, will bo moro
successful tho noxt ? Tho immigrant will mako
provisions for himself, or will purchase thom
either for cash or for an equivalent in labor. We'
should not ontortain this objection. If our insti
tution of slavery had boon in existence now, would
any man havo refused to purchase handa, if ho
waa in want of them and could havo obtained them
choap, for foar of starvation ? Why ahould we re
fuse, then a better, more available and cheaper
labor for the samo roaaon, which, in truth, has no
real foundation? Bosides, is there any pros
pect that we will ever bo any better off
under our present system? But I am
not alarmed. It ia the duty of tho State to
provide for all emergencies, and I am thoroughly
satisfied that our State will bo fully competent to
do so. Whenever South Carolina is restored to
her position in tho Union, and her financial state
ment fully and openly made, she will bo able, with
out over taxing her citizens tbis year one dollar,
to borrow, without discount or loas, on her own
never-violated faith, any amount of money that
she may need, not only for her poor and unfortu
nate citizens, bnt for all her projoots of improvo
monts and pubUc enterprise. Mr. Speaker, this
State ia not poor. She owes less than almost any
other State in the Union, and sho is immensely
rich in hor untainted fidelity, her bold and honest
uprightness, and her proud scorn of all and every
repudiation! Oh, noble South Carolina! pure and
unsullied in thy great distress! Let thy sona but
take heart aud boldly breast the storm, and a
bright beam of glory and greatneaa will illumine
again thine own desolated fields! God bless theo
evermore! Yes, Mr. Speaker, what South Carolina
wants is not so much tho means, but the will, the
strong and manly determination, tho all-pervading
consciousnoss that tho past is irrevocably gone, ana
a new world opening before na. When the pionoor
strikes his aio into the first tree in tho western
wilderness, to lay the foundation for hia log-cabin,
there seems to bo endless labor and difficulty be
fore him. But his courage duos not fail. And as
tho monarch? of tho forest fall, tho bright sun
amilea upon his path, and behold, in a few years,
hia homo is aurrounded with tho blessings of
heaven, and comfort and plenty reward
his toil and determination. Thus let South
Carolina atriko tho axe of progress into her old
prejudices; lot hor strike boldly and with a will for
a new existence She haB immense resources; let
her but will their development. Lot her not hesi
tate for a moment longor, for now is the day, noto
is the hour I The darkest minutes precedo tho
glorious morn.
Whoever truly loves tho Slate, let him ahow it
now. Besides, is not every individual's prosperity
increased by tho success of this meaaure ? There
are plenty land-owners in this State of ten, evon
twenty thousand aoroa. What do thoy want with
it all? Why not sell a portion of it to tho immi
grant, lot him cultivate it, help to increase our
products aud to pay our taxes ? Are 20,000 acres
of wilderness worth aa much aa 1000 acres in small
farms and high cultivation ? It is human settle
ment that gives value to the soil. Double the
population, and wo double tho valuo of our lands
and the resources of the State. Double our white
population, and we have double strength and secu
rity in every omergenoy.
Mr. Speaker: I will not tax tho patience of the
Houao any longer. I have done. If I have erred
in any of the premisos, I havo the consciousness,
nevertheless, that I truly meant it for tho beat of
all. I belieyo I can confidently point to my past
efforts as evidence that I sincerely love South
Carolina, and so I shall continue to love her and
atand by her in weal and in woe, until I find my
last resting-place in her sacred bosom.
The House, on motion of Mr. ?-L?nckki-, ad
journed to meet on Friday.
' - ??? .
Tho grave announcemont that the Prlnco Imperial will
hereafter dine with bis mother, and not in tbe nur
sery, occupies a prominent place m the French Court
journal.
*"
JR. _3. M O V _A_ L
OF
P. EPSTIN
FROM
373 to 268
CORSER KM AND WENTWORTH-STS.
Hha7.no beest a ci-vizirs op Charleston,
S. 0., for tho Uist fou: t??*n raarx, and oxtcnslvaly
ingagcd il tho mercantil?? line, l n?.w take this oppor
tunity of roturnliiR n?T tlinnlcs So tlir? jiiibli,. for tho
PATUONAOB WHICrtTIUCY H.WK EXTENDED, -vittv
topes for ycontlnuauca of Hi" sum?.
REOPENING
OF
P. EPSTIN,
lT THE WELL KNOWN STAND UNDER TUE
MASONIC HALL,
KNOWN AS THE OLD BAZAAR,
268, Corner of-King and Wentworth-Sts.
I-3P0RTER AND JOBBER OF
FOREIGN, DOMESTIC AND FANCY
DRY GOODS,
imo HAS ON HAND AND 18 NOW RECEIVING BY
EVEBY STEAMER. AT THE ABOVE STAND,
i SPLENDID FALL STOCK,
CONSISTING OF ;
OASSIMERES, CLOTHS,
BLANKETS* SHAWLS,
FLANNELS, DELAINES,
PRINTS, HOSIERY,
3LOVES, HANDKERCIE?EFS, HATS,
UTTU
YANKEE NOTIONS.
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
?nd would invite Country and City Merchants to?
all and examino my. Stock liefere purchasing elso
rhero, aa I will eell them at the LOWEST
WHOLESALE AND-RETAIL PRICES.
P. EPSTIN.
November M lmo
CHEAP GO0_S!JIIEAP GOODS!
CLOTHING, HATS, SHOES,
AT
P. EPSTIN'8,
No. 37a King-street..
MERCHANTS OF CHARLESTON AND DEALERS
GENERALLY?I would rospcctftilly call you. at
e&tlou to my Stock of the abovo liamod -roods,
CLOTHING, SHOES, HATS,
which aro adapted to all sections of tho country, aud
which I will uell AT THE LOWEST WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL PRICES.
AU aro respectfully Invited to call and o^omlue my
Good?, both at No. U72, TWO DOORS ABOVE GEOHUE
3THEET, and No. 2?8, CORNER OF KING AND WENT
WORTH STREETS.
P. EPSTIN.
November 22 lmo
B. POLEY,
WHOLESALE LIQUOR HOUSE,
FOR THE PRESENT
AT FARMERS' AND EXCHANGE BANK,
INFORMS HI8 FRIENDS AND THE PUBLIC THAT
he has returned from the North, and wo old call tho
attention of his customers to tho following celebrated
brands of
Ales, Whiskies and Gin
JOHN TAYLOR & SONS'
ALBANY IMPERIAL CREAM ALE
Pale and _A_iTibe?" _Aie
ALSO, THEIR CELEBRATED BRAND OF
A8TOE P_A._C__E XX
For Family and Medical uso, in butts, casks, and half
casks, for Bottling and Shipping
MASSEY, COLLINS & CO.'S
PHILADELPHIA ALE
(AND THE 80LE AGENT FOB CHARLESTON)
Which will always bo supplied fresh. Also, tho following
LIQUORS :
OLD NEOTAR WHISKEY?1810
OLD RYE WHISKY?18.0
OLD BOURBON?X?XX?XXX
HOLLAND OIN?fine quality.
All of which will be sold at small advance on former
prices. Call and seo at tho house of tho
FARMERS' AND EXCHANGE BANK,
EAST BAY.
November 30
?33. POLEY,
No. 85 Market-street,
CLOTHING, SHOE
AND
HAT STOBE,
WOULD CALL THE ATTENTION OF OLD AND
new friends to his One Stock of
OVERCOATS
JBOCK AND DRES8 COATS
VE8T8 AND PANTALOONS
SHntTS AND UNDER-8HLRTS
DRAWERS AND BOOKS
BOOTS AND SHOES
HATS AND CAPS
TRUNKS, CARPET BAGS
VALISE8, Ac, Ac.
AU of which will bo sold at the SMALLEST POSSIBLE
PROFIT8. Call and see._ Novembor 80
PUTTY UP! PUTTY UP!
N.M. GILBKETH,
No. 101 Market-street,
HOUSE, SIGN, AND SHIP VRTIST,
KESPECTFULLY SOLICITS ORDERS tfBOM HIS
old and new customer-.
GLAZING promptly attended to, PUTT-" for sals.
HoYomber 13