The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-03-14

OF the call for State Convention, the
officers OF this Convention were con-
stituted an executive Board for Linn
county, and were instructed to 90 as
delegates to the State Convention, to
meet at Salem on the 10th OF April.
Each Club now organized or which
may organize prior to the State Con-
'vention was empowered to elect one
delegate to said Convention.
Mr., Philip Low was called upon,
but did not think he could add any
thing to the able remarks made by
other gentlemen.
NJ. James Finlayson, the "Bobby
Burns of Linn" delivered q short and
stirring speech to his brother farmers,
in which he exhorted them to stand
by their organization and to subscribe
stock to the astoria and ALBANY
Farmers Company" and thus materi.
ally and substantially aid this import.
ant cause. He said the money must
be made up, warehouses must be
built before our incoming crop was
ready for harvest, or the farmers
would be for another year ut the
mercy of Speculators, cormorants and
leeches. He closed by reading the
following Characteristic and original
poem in his broad, rich Scotch
brogue:
| Now farmers all. arise In might.
To crush those souiless traders down!
Unite--come forth--iemand your rights,
Your work with glory will be crowned.
You are oppressed on every side
BY those Internal moneycd men:
| They take your wheat for less than cost.
Aud crush you to the earth again.
II you stand back and don't unite,
Our bat,lemcnts will surely fall.
Now rally round the farmers flag
Unite. Show front. both one and all.
Sturdy yeomsnry. come forth
| With banners dying In the breeze:
Protect your rights at any cost,
With railroads, rivers. traders, seas.
| We have an enemy To fight,
Who Is so powerful. we'rc told.
| They soon will crush The farmers down
| Because they're armed with swords OF gold
Our success now with you depends
| Upon the action you may take.
! Show To the world that you men.
And for protection wide awake.
! Let anxious tTnders mock and Anecr,
As long ago. In Sohh's day.
| Lrt's build our ark and straight It steer
| The hood will wash tkgtn all away.
| The farmers. then. will rise above
Those eircnmyentionis;a 80 bold.
| The profits then will como To you.
And liue your purses well with gold.
II every farmer does his part.
Thosc sha-pcrs soon viii disappear.
They soon viii get Jueiass place
Think before another year.
The Convention gave heart,
cheer 10 Mr. Finlayson 5 stirring lines
and adjourned subject TO the call ot
the Executive Board.
The deliberations Of the Conven
tion were earnest, though temperate
and conservative, aud cannot fail Ia
be fruitful of good results TO our pro.
ducing population aud to Our State ai
large. OF course if our farmers re,
ceive better prices for their products
better times will dawn upon us and
the present stringency in money mat.
ters will be relieved. Heaven speed
the day when our honest farmers
shall be Independent Of the schemers
and capitalists vino have heretofore
swallowed up their substance in com.
missions, transporiatious, storage, in.
terests, and percentages. These far.
mers' clubs are tending in the righ,
direction. Let them go on in the
work.