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charged $1 51). [April 20, 1855
^~~3?as^ll any .
r> ,
, J ";vi -The Tax BilL
' r Tb? following is the mnst important part
Iblil passed at the late session:
..-4 . : . * .
, E?^t.enactedf ire., that a tax for the
- ^n<i in the manlier hereinafter niwitioned,
shall he raised and paid into the pnh,
/'tlid treasury of this State, for the. use and
thoreof/Jthat is to say : sixty rents
every hundred dollars' of the
'.valueof all the lands granted in thin State,
.-According-' to the existing classification as
.8ieretofofe' established; seventy-five rents
per head,qn all slaves; two dollars on each
/';;;; : ;W;i)i^tittil?t!o or mestizo, Egyptians
^'V^^'flndi-fiidifetM.'. ffreo Indians in nmit v witli
'litis government excepted,) between the ages
years, except su?-h as
?ball be clearly proved to the satisfnrt iop of
incapnble, from maims or
*.-* oflprocnring a livelihood ; twenty'}'
-v'fiivayexfcad valprcm on every hundred dolJai?:bf.ille
value of nil lots, lands and build-.
^/=??^tiiui:ahy city, town, village or boi-QOgh
in'tlus State ; sixty coats per luindrod
employments, faculties |
n ^ndjprofcssions, including tlie profession of
(whether,- in the profi-ssion of the
'CVl/l*^i&0?E.rofU?,l>o-derived from the cosis of
',?our<scs of profcwiotial in^j^BiV^ex'pUn'ff'olernrviijen,
sehoolmasterp.
" and'o'cliftqio-s, and on (lie
received by vendue
-. - merchants' forty
lC^^p^^p^'^f^?dullHrs on the enpit.-il j
vf: ban^Mf^ch for iheir pr&^rit^charlen have ;
I not Sf"te(; lwi'"tj'!
| _ all c<?mpnniw< ; one
?iv ;T^'pfTerfSiifttis'- t&lilian in- this j
State b^ mwi^ratcd .msurarj eo company-*,;
K7 "and by thej^^i^^\p01ri8iiranm ex>[niianies
L>C .and uriderVrnt^ wfth'6ut"lln*?:SuiU': twfcn-'
fef -ty-five centssale* of
Bf&IV - wares ^4y;m^6I?an(Hi?ct' enif?r.ncinijj
BjjUk alltbe articles of trade for bailor or.1
exchange, State and
the unmnnuf^rtBi^ ip^oducte of. ^y of lbe
Bfe- any. peiitpo sbdUta^'niaclc frJjn
dky. or^RtUia|V ;6f tfi e f pi Vscnt-j
$Hg& year, to the first dayfdf Januaryin thenar
tiiouwind eight bn';?Jmi
fifty-six, either on hft^teiyor tlii'VeW S^
r- .tal, or borrowed capital, or on mW.uut of
Iise! s - mm** ?<i
The Barefooted Printer Boy.
'11 it* Pittsburg Mornitty Ariel under tliis
caption, gives a short story ol a Uihtin-1
guished citizen of Pennsylvania, as follows: j
Smin- 111ir(y yi-ars ago a barefooted boy |
floated down tin- Susqiieliannah river, on an i
humble raft, and arrived at llmrishutg, Pa.
Hfi'eniho tVom iho North, and belonged to
a large family, witft :ill his worldly goods
tied up in a liltlu poek?-l handkerchief. He
sought and obtained employment in a printing
olliee as an .-ippreiiticc. From an upnrt'hllf'O
tf> n imti novniMti ? frnin n itMirna.r.
I'" ~ '~ " ? ?" """ ' " J J
mnu to a ivporter; tiien to an editor; the
barefooted boy worked his way against obstacle*
wlii.li the siniirgling poor only
know. Th<i )><;rsevciinj? follower in Franklin's
steps began to realize the fruits of his
p.'itietif toil and privation. The voitngnspirnut
l>ec*iuie prinrer to the State, and bv
frugal management was soon enabled to nc!
complish the object dearest to his heart?
the establishment of his mother in a'home
above want?in possession of every other
comfort she could desire.
Hi brothers were his next, care, niul like
Napoic- i, he luid a strong arm with which
to aid tlii in?an inrimriil!il>lt> iii.Ki.vnffini...
that nothing could -long successfully obstrue.t.
In u lew ytfars they too, with his
sisters. win- independent of the world ; the
once ban-footed printer boy was in the possession
of lini'.ieiiee, stirrounded by a young
and affectionate family. He did not stop
here, lie was the friend of the friendless,
the patron of writ, nisd the encourager of
industry, He ros,; in honor and office, until
the poor, hare-footed hoy, who entered a
printing-office in Ilarrisbnrg, hiingty and
weary, and laid down his little bundle on a
pile, of wet pjiper, and asked to become a
printer's apprentice, was elected Senator in
Congress! That man is Simon Cameron, of
Pennsylvania.
Btato Agricultural Society.
A meeting of tho Executive Committee
was held on Tuesday, January 1, 185G, the
following members being present:
A. P. Calhoun, President; James U. Adams
Dr. It. W. Gihlics. Adam G. Summer,
O. M. Ltantzler, and K-dtuer.
The following riwlurions were adopted:
Resolved, That a Secretary and Treasurer
be appointed for the State Agricultural
Society, in, addition to whose duties as prescriln
d by the Constitution, tli<* duty of Editor
of an Agricultural Paper shall'be mldod,
and that for his jjeryieen'a compensation
of %1,'SOO slbdl ho given, and lie shall be
required to ke< )? an,office and reside in Co
I u m bin.
Resolved, That an Agricultural Paper
bp established by thi* Committee. nn?l be
published monthly, in the city of Columbia,
with the title of the uSonth Carolina Agricultural."
Resolved, That, the Secretary and Treasurer
Iks elected by the Executive Committee,
.on the .fiivt Tuesday of March next, and
that the President of the Society shall give
notice'of the salary -jriveTii and conditions
required of such officer; ?nd that all. applications
for the office shall be addressed to A.
P. Calhoun, President, to the cure of Dr. It.
\V. (Jihlji'k CVllnmhta
Resolved, Tliaf gentlemen wlio have cirt
Vulars and lists for the collection of in?-inl)i*rri
bo, and are hereby? requested to -continue
tlu'ir ettyrts, ami forward the I'cAfdtHto
thy Pvcsiiknit, at'Columbia.
The Committee Adjourned, to moot. - t?n
Tuesday, 4th March next. ,
j A. V, CAUIOUN. Pres't.
A. ^u>iMK*n, Swvy pro. tern,
i jjjjltf '
Democratic Convention,
Colombia, S. C.,. Dw. 10, 1855.
AVe ttt^ t?fid?'rM^|i^f, '^i-tubers of the
jJ#?^uVe oVmX}. . Carolina, are it) favor
of. i ho Stnt^'s Wiag/, ii tVei Sa-!
?t}on?ir J)W?ooiHtiu Conviction, whirl) m to
riVw>mble for the-pnrp<?sc ??f' nominating
ojlftdWrtte*- for1- !thu 1-Vf??ir1i'iiry nnd' Vioe.
^<^enry/ and' *;e tlmt
who iiro in , f;?v?r of l*jn<( _ii')>rej?nte<l< in
thai. -Cohveutioii; do .jts^mjjlc M'their .resistive
Obuit >^ale-daV in March. ,
next, ;inf) nppulut beh'gattw t/< nri'etin1-C<v'#1.
M^riVJi^"'for the
^1^ l)6tnodmliQ'Cotiv?iitioit;
B:,W; Obrtrlcs ,
Ni a.rngua.
The following description of Ni'Virnrua
will, at lite present time, be interesting ;
On the west it is washed by the Pacific
Ocean, and partly on the c;tst. by the waters
of the Caribbean Sea, the Mosquito Territory
running a largo share, of its eastern
boundary. Honduras borders it on the
north, and Costa Rica upon the south. Its
area is ab..forj^v-tutto thousand sauare
miles, and the population, is .estlimited at
two hundred,and fortyrseven thousand.?
The females are said to greatly exceed the
males in number. Not more than twenty
tlioiisand of the people are whiles, the rest
being negroes, Indians,-imd mixed races.?
Most of the-population live in towns, many
of them going several miles distant to labor
in the fluids. The plantations are scattered
pretty equally over the country, and are
reached by paths so obscure as to nlmost
escape the notice of travellers, who are thus
liable to fall into the error of supposing J hat
the country is almost uninhabited. The
dwellings of the inhabitants are usually of
canes, thatched with palin, although the
better classy construct-their residences of
adobes,and by the help of fruit and shade
trees, planted in the court, yard, t ender many
of them exceedingly pleasant.
A range of mountains extends along the
\ve::t coast ?<f the,Slate, at a distance of a
fe\V miles from the sea, but attaining no
great elevation- until thay approach tin; confines
of 'Costa Ki?:a, when tliey reach the
height of five to eleven thousand feet. In
the central |>art of the State is an immense
level"! ract, known as the plains of Nicaiagua,
comprising in its area the lake of that
name. Numerous volcanoes exist along the
Pacific const. There nro a considerable
number of riveis, but none of them, except
(lie San Juan, nre navigable in a commercial
sense. Veins of copper and silver ore
of exceeding richness are found in many
pruts, but they remain nlmust all of theni
either unexploredor only superficially
worked. Gold, also, is said to exi>t. [Tlie
climate is healthy, though, various. In the
interior and mountainous parts, the temperature
is more dry and cool than on the
coast, where it is hot and approaching to
humid. The greater portion of the State
consists of plains and'gentle slopes, formed
of a rich black Ipoto, o? winch but a small
portion is made availably. . The productions
are 'indigo, sugar, coffee, cotton of superior
quality, corn, rice, wheat, die., besides
1 ~ ? ** ?
umiiouj-, illlU irilllH OI VniKJUS KUHK
The great bane of I lie country has been in
civil wais, nnd it was one of those which
enabled C<>1. Walker to achieve his almost
bloodless conquest. - ,
Test of Abolitionism.
All is not goM that shines, and the loudest
mouthed philanthropists and reformers
Sometimes cave in when put to a severe
practical test, like the following:
"I bad a brother-in-law," said Mose Parkins,
"who was one of the. rave nest, maddest,
reddest hottest Abolitionists you ever see.
I liked the peskey critter well enough, and
should have been very glad to see him cum
to spend a day, fetching my sis!er to see me
and my wife, if he hadn't 'lowed bis tongue
t/vrilll z*n Oiv 'Kn?if ""'1 ?I - - 1
%v .. vm uv? i'uin< mu\?'i v, jiihj
the equality of the races,-and the <iuty of
overthrowing the Constitution of the United
States, and a lot of nth*T things, some of
\vhi? )i made im* mad, and thy; Ivst. part of
'em right sick. I puzzled mvd>rnin?.a.pood
deal lo thrnlc lmtf I: could milled hit"u shut
up his noisy headabout abolition.
Wall, onetime when brother-in-law come
over to stay, an idey struck mQ. I hired a
nigiTfrtQ help me iu haying time.- He was
the lligges t,j*trAi\cres', greasiest nigger you
ever mo. '* Hlw-k! he wag blacker tlian n
mack'Of n??U jfcst ns sliinoy n? n
new heaver hat, I spoke to him. "Jnek
st z T, <4wVcii yon hear the bi'enlifaM"- ttell.
ring, <l<?n"*tily'o*u say'ft vt'ord,' hut you como
into the parlor innd sit right ??Own nmong
ttrofortk* nnd cat your brenkfnsf yheniggejfe;
f^toiAfrttft ?&*$?' hfc?d ;n$out n
feet*' '?Yoifaj^?),ipfysw>"scz-Jie,. "JokinT'
sess I, *Fw?"SqKe.r'ns a'dcncon?** *6z
he<,JTshart1t '1i*ve tirrN? 'to wrtrfh my??lf and
HHU HC, aat au\yn^.'40P?iin<? ;?j?<J5)rQtlier-in-:
law. He strtslt^ n w?,r<J.
T.hcro wnpn'f WJ&mtyjtifot; jr.^Slmi.
f,-: Ann ' V(> was
irfirttraife ?ij$&
**>%.;?& jrut#oiW^n-;<W'
nen-r op<9Cil :/ , >'.v. ..' . ;'._
uw.il-avfn.twujjw.mi wmmmjum. ii j? iimi i?mliiki
Remarks *of Messrs. Thomson and Noble
on tho Savannah Valley Railroad.
Wti are indebted to a friend for copies of j
the Times containing a report of (lie debate j
on the question of amending the charter of'
the Savannah Valley Railroad Company.
The whole debate Would doubtless prove of
much Interest to those who have not seen it,
but rv fi(irf'nSom only for the following
extracts.
I AtJbne stage of tlio debate, Mr, Thom-*
! 80N Slid : - . '/T
This is' another question in regard to
railroads that this House seems to on divided
upon. I nm solry that I fori constrained
to sa}T to the House the tew words
I desire to say upon this-^nutter, for T
would, at all tii.ic?, rather he silent liian
speak. But I am compelled to do so, Ht.
this time, bueausu the question before us is
one that aftects the interests of a largo
number of whom I represent.
Ami permit nie here to say, in the nutRet,
that the opinions of getitleUicn here j
, seem to differ very much according to tin-1
circUHistniir.es t so miii-li *i? ?lmt T ..t?i f,i
bly reminded by the m<*tiiU:is from Kdgefh:ld
of ati old fable told by /Esop, of tlie
farmer and lawyer, about tlii: ball and tlio.
ox. Just as long as the Edgefield bill was
before tlio House, the gentlemen Raid let u<
go over to Augusta without restriction; but
when we ask the snm?$ thing, tln-ir view? are
suddenly changed, and we have a sound
ujion another key.
What is the argument uvd here? Whv
that Hamburg is tu be uti'eetcd liv this railroad.
Now, I want members tobrurin
mind, that the argument is, not that, tlio in'terests
of the State will be injuriously affected,
hut that IIanibur?r will be iifti-ntwl.?
Suppose wo aeeept the proposition of the
gentleman frpin Hamburg,.(Mr. Lundriim.)
and T ask you if flu; interests of a. I.irge
portion of lli<; State, lying upon the Savannah
river, would not lit- Mierifieed to life interests
of Hamburg? Tliat is the plain)
proposition. Taking it. for granted that the
gentleman is right, as regards tho.efiecis of
this road upon Hamburg, .the question U.
s!::V.|jtliuge portion <>f the State,* upon >.!>?
SavarSfah river, he snt-rifleed to IIainliurg?j
Noiv, I think that, upon the proposition we
have advocated here, ilial five trade is rijylii.'
and the tariff is wrong, this LegM.-iiiire i
ought to let Us (jo where we please, wid? <nir
produee, and not eompel lis.to 'go o IJanihurg
and sell it there.
Now,.how is it with regard to Anderson.
a i.? :n . ? t.i~ a i i - >
IIH- JIIIW UHJiVllUIII W1WT rlClh f UUlI
portion of those Districts lying upon the
Salu<1a river. is accommodated hy I ho Greenville
and Columbia Railroad, but tliAt portion
lying upon the Savannah liver lias no
railroad. And how many bales of cotton
do they send to market every year? ' I suppose
liu'V send over one hundred ..thousand
bales, and their only mode of transportation
is down the Savannah river, unles? they
haul it across the eoutitry to the Greenville
and Columbia K idroad. Now what do
they ask-of you ' Permission to build this!
road at their own expense and wi^li the |
means they ran obtain. And wlmt is the j
argument with which this roquc$t is met,
here? Why, we must go to Hamburg." of
that town-will be injured. What will Ham
l>oi7T f'<> l(>r tlie road i Why, sir, she is
unable to raise subscriptions now, and the
pmfl will he lost ynless (his amendment
passes. It is said, the^road is to Ik" secured'
nt' the expense of Hamburg, and by ni-l from
' Augusta. Soppose, that is the c.;wef at>dtluil
Augusts ia willing to furnish $.r)(i0,000
for, the construction of this road when (.lie
cbnrter is granted ; the trade must "go to'
Charleston; I Venture the assertion, fh;it out
bf.one hundred and fifty thousand bnlee of
.cotton that go to the city of Aiigiisfiy-paef
liOndred and twenty tlwmsand bales go to:
' the "city Vofl^^rJ^pji^' And why f fic-.j
'cause, In tlio first place/'Charleot?h'i#.i-b4t-<f
Ut poll th:i? Siivani)all ; in the rijpsi'pIai'L*, j
itia;??|r?fe.^<{Wand
<iwurtiK'KWIW linjrcmuii*. wim t
CHiiiVftl ami (alt-nt. .Cliurlqsfoh h ft
pJaco, imd 1-bifiMt^ii'fflVy ^wilT1 <^i^''thte
"prtxluce^ Allowing (rot* '
Oeoi^ift Railroad la tbo Sou'li "Cnrolius
Ejiilromi Mfl i^aUowe^.
will be Ihftt the wliolo?pUon n>Hrk?l of Au-".
gq'stn ivtij op to Charleston.tetesU-oftlie
Jc^ityorf CbHrte*t6n tfid'tf^frvntirt^
Inteteilfr-^ipon rlver:tO' be
: ^crifi?^ :>lbope*pWlk ^
1 a 2 wrmronpcnp r.'- pj*': g"'' -,-T ?L~ -r." gggqggF .
This proposition was discussed :it large in j
iltal Convention ; it was the great question
befoie flie stockholders; it "14* as road or nor
road. They felt and knew that upon that
very question now before, the JTouse, upon
this very point, depended the question whether
they were to have a road or not. Thore '
was nn animated discussion. IIai?hurg
i was represented upon that occasion, by a
gentleman who h<-ld stock himself, and was '
there, al*ot as proxy for others. When the '
I Convention came'to the conclusion to moke!'
! n.is.applirfftion (o the* Logish'itnre.^fhaljfoti [
| tletnnn wrapped his' rOnt aliout him, put on j
ins iiat, and left the hall, witluJrawing.from :
the Convention tlio. stock of Hamburg.
That is what occurred there. Tliis crentlem:in
left the Convention, and did not np- 1
pear ngain. He shook tlio dust off liir; feet, 1
and would have nothing more to do with 1
[thorn. The question then was, tins stock of 1
Hamburg having, been withdrawn, could j
they go ihi under tiic charter? I do not
know whet'her the gentleman from Greenville
is informed of those things or not. Hut.
they came under my obsurvation, and I '
felt constrained to mention them, when 1
saw the zeal o| his, in behalf of those very
petrous who repudiated the road on that
occasion, and held that they were not bound
to scum ny if. it was (lie cIc*l?l??*ijito opinion
of a large majority, an overwhelming :
majority of that ' corporation, upon thatoccasion,
to take llii-* stv|*, and have this 1
(pad if they couhl. . J
There was also another thing. Tt was 1
determined hv theslorkhoUiers upon tlia* oc- 1
j casion, tlmt this road ought. wot to he attempt- 1
ed with less than one million of dollars, ior!
otherwise they would ho compelled to*n'e- !
rifire n!I th-*ir subscriptions. It was further j
known in lliat Convention, that cfi'nr.U had ]
been mad^ for .years fur the benefit of the 1
; town of Hamburg, to raise the nionov and I
construct' lire road according to the original ! i
i route; and it wi?? declared iti that Conven- J
j lion, that those efforts had utterly failed, and
j that without. this amendment the whole
i scheme would fall through. And they have
come to this "body knowing their fate is
.sealed, Mules* they .get this amendment to
their charter. And i would now m>k; are
^ihe people of this State to.be tpld that they '
Olll-tf Dm hound to tins cj'ty and wR&jk city !
Arc they to.he hound without and within? 1
Are they to he stopped from going tO' the
very place where the natural course of trade '
and business would l?-nd them? Ilas'it
come to this now? I hope not.
Mr. Xodi.k. at the conclusion of the re
murk* of Mr. Landrum in opposition, atT- j,
dressed the House:' '
Mr. Noble. If the clinir will :il!o\v tup, T f!
will say a few words in reply to the remarks
of the gentleman last on the floor. 1 recollect
last winter,'with other gcuilcmeu ou
this floor, that I voted, much to my heart's 1
content, for the Rabun *Gnp appropriation.
I did so, not from any.mere expectation of !
profit to my own district^ hut because I
considered it to he the great connecting link
between the southern seaport and the great '
producing west. It wns giving us a connection
with a country as fertile as the botioiriV
of the Nile; a country that yields to
our cemmerco its moat valuable commodities
; that gives lo our great Atlantic, cities
all of their wealth. I thought wo in South
I'Carolina ought to do something to bring a i
part. of. that commerce ;into our own State.
For this ruasnn * I voted for- the npp'ropria
lion* It vvjispotiit nil from irseojional- fefel- j
in<y, and- in that view, I refsp$flfully differ :
from n)y/rifch<l froin Grebnvilk>?.(Mr. Perry.)' '
It might bib inferred from Lis remarks, tlint !
Ito vfoled; for tjfe Tinhhft Gap. Railroad, be- i1
cauRO-ft had'a ootnmon.track, for a eoijnld- j
ernble diftlanco, will) tho..Gr?oi>yil!o .R?il- 1
road,Jfowt_s?r, altboUgb a friend Jo vhe 1
Greenville road, I shall noi, for that reason, J
vo?b against any5 competm^ Rhflroiid: being< *
ibutlti irv So'utlr. Carolinri. ^ I was always a
?d ,tyil.lfa^noml?n<i aitbgeri- 4
.bed tai^grgj* i(> Uutjf |l\at rpnd .opposes ?n_v ;
ol'fie/lirojm bivjjiisp 6be .ronrs itft cornptftii- 'i
Hon 'bfr a pftrt oi$t1?e |
prt>ducer that otheriUe:would. >rht? ?vwfc i*j
ngaip*tbiaGr?*n-.\
'viUt^rottft?, n* I shAll bfe ocfierte/LI.bBDe. to^'
?1TJIS : rtjitrondff wwlj
'm<*: mm* -^r W." lWve hpprpprihVvdl1
_ man in 11 i TOmna??*1
will bo doing them ? great wrong.- On ac- 7"*^?
i-ount of this oU\ connection, and 'also Tor / H- ^8
tlic advantages of the Kabuh Gap road, ' '
Augusta has stepped forward, after Ham- <-'{,U.J
burg Iiad failed to do her diity by the planter?
of Abbeville and Edgefield, and lib?ralLy *rj 'f.
offered to the Savannah Valley company ' :'f_
the aid of. five hundred; thousand dollars.
Shall we be told it is for the interest of the
Stafc that we bo made to trade-at Certain
favored markets within the SVnte, and carry " , v
our colfmj and- produce ovcr-favored.roflds, . . :x
that, c^lujfwfsc ittighV'be
want of our eu Jiom ! I thfnlc Ihe jusl ^cnLlmcnl^
iif- our S'ate arc too hi'iVh For'-fchis. ? -
Iii reference to my position, Inst' Wfnf.fr, j
with regard fn tlir? itninm'iGMp 'apprbpt^a-1.; o ij
tion, I can truly any, tlint if l |md thoifght
Lhe produce* brought to Anderson by tnat^ *
roail would not be sufficient to silstatn a
road from Anderson to: Hamburg, or Ail-.
2'istn, and al io the Greenvillo rond, I would
havo voted for the appropriation with" tilnch - ' ?.
reluctance. I would hata feared that two *.* '
millions was too great a venture b^r tho .
State, for such a doubtful and uncertain p .
benefit. That I was not wrong in this sup- :
position, is proved by the fart, that the ;
Greenville company immediately got a 6hartor
for a road from Ninety-six To Aiken," h.?* , *
knowing her present track wotild not carfy "."t '
all the frieght to come over the rnountairi*.. .*
When the Edgefield charter was up, I- ^ -y,
in favor of giving to this company this con- _ v" ' ;V
nertion Willi A ikon, provided tfiey saved v '
their charter in the time-limited. After
that, I xvos willing for the ljdg^fiotyl
company to connect. at Ninety-Six, or N*eV
Market, and thus, to some "'extent,; tap
the Rabun Gap road. I repeat again, I nfn
in favor of the largest competition, ccimptetition
in markets, and in the means of trnn- .
sit. Bv bnilding the Savannnh Vsilloy ; road, r
we wili ndd to the St^te' tho markets oJT/AiliTiwta
and Savannah'^-.tliesc- ninrkerp', in
addition to Charleston, Columbia and Ham- - *
burg, cannot fail to benefit "the agricultural-- '
interests, every where in the State. ;If -wo . ; A
arc able lo sell our produce forahigfier
price in Augusta and Savannah, than in .
Charleston or Columbia, shaH'^e not be Allowed
the opportunity ? It i? the doetriije :V* J|
of free trade, and aft free tltfde'-fnetf: wVS - ' i
........I ~o
j,oil*! 11 <io ism i -omce-.wtr iiRTe oecn
n State, we Imrebeen contending* for tito >i
right to sell for lhc\b&t~t>n<^?nd-buy In, -Jthe
cheapest markets, ^hcrovtr we could - ' /*
find then). II?vc wc not teeq ^Tstirijs^ttio ,
monopoly of the North, wMtffvvvouia rfe- -,'V. ' - V
quire us to trade in No\V:Y6>lc pr'B^tpij't - i
And are we on the Savannah 'River^td^bo V'
compelled to* trade with Gha^estbn'or'Cb- v '
lutribia) By rt'ftiwn^ !us-'this garter, .tre .
me driven to continue 'the otd WAgoij. trade,
nnd the precarious state of thfe.WfreK'- \
My friend from Greenville, (Mr/Perry,) ,
Iwis introduced Columbia.us onfi"of thfl nrnr
ties to lie injured. Suppose vCdlurftbU- is.
injured, what' then ?' Shall, she stand by
and forbid the rand, because a portion, of.
her interests i? notlooked;^HiC^^m^..;";
Ims always enjoyed- thtf favoritismof "the < '/ .
State in an eminent dfegrce. 'The'lar^e n~p- ,
propria! ions yearly made, for ,mngmficefit \ . '
public buildings, colleges, fltatc-bbaM*;,sw-' .
hmis, end with n large portion Of vine ; r ^ , *.J%
tronsuiy poiircd in)o hcT-. fap. aliputd 'wiJT^;, .- ^
Columbia,not to ,staT)d in. tbe'way of local V""
interests'in other parts of tlie;State.1
all parts of .the State, Col^mUiit: :o6gbt to - \
be the las^ to offer nn'. joW^ot|.;j.AndI' 'r ,
think, Mr. Speaker, that the Greehvil^JRaf!-.
W??u BHviimi I?vaii{jvusf r?
it^xnouth against uhj'*'"
b?on no;iJ\ehn favkiti^ & v e >
rot no nhii!l be'pfrom file tfe^y^gBR'l * *'$$2
this thno ought to be-: a&fV : ? )trn
Jogs, ami fl9k ;j>
t ought- to fear no comj>ptitron.
ross a iuw jsnnls
^.thy j ur indict ii of, ^ ^ ^ ^