, 1873-07-10

quenco abroad.
THE FARMERS AND THE PARTY.
There has boon change Of heart n,nong tho
party newspapers. 4 fow months ago tho Adj
miniatration press wero anxious to Impress upon
tho farmers that, wlatovor else they might do,
they must mover go into politics. The fartncrs
have not seon 1T to follow tliB diaintorostod at
vico. Now tho same newspapers insist that, ii
tho farmers are determined to go into politics,
tho Republican party ia the only safo politics
for thom. Tho Republican party, 1t has
suddenly beon discovered, is q sort OF
patent medicine which Inns peculiar vir-
tue for treating tho anti-monopoly conf
plaint, aa we'll as MI tho othor public dis
easoH-oxcopt possibly -grabs. Like ono
Of Mr. Hclmbold's decoctions It only noodBliberal
advertising to work miraculous cures in all tho
ailments from which the body polite now suffers,
Or ovor shall DO likely 10 suiIor. Tho average
"puff Of this celebrated panucca nay bo well
illustrated by tho following from tho st. Louis
Globe, Which leaves the marks of having boen
writton nndor the patriotic associations of tho
Fourth OF July:
Tho rctiromont Of the Republican party n impossl-
b1o historic necessity will compel this natio III its
self Representation to that Its ynst powers md ill
tereste aro conldcd to none but Republican hands
until there other than Republican hauls Beck
Ing them. Tho progrcsa Of events will cttor this
truth in pillara Of fire tho skies, and every political
movement standing in the way Of Republican aaccnd
ecy will continue to be swept aside. It IT, therefore,
both needless and suicidal for tho agricultural casaes
to puraue their aims in hostility TO tho Republican
party, which ia in essential sympathy with them.
From this 1t would appear that tho Republican
party is very much In tho condition Of Tenny-
son'a BROOK, and that, while farmers may como
and farmers may so, aoc so on foroyor. Wo are
asked to boliovo that tho party which proposes
to run Gen. Grant for third torn is sort Of
perennial political institution, in which every
thing in this country Inns its beginning md its
end. It is ia historic necessity" aud, Oh if tho
nero fact wore not startling enough, it las been
lotterod I" in pillars Of fire Oh tho Skies" Those
who hope to attain a mansion in thoso ethereal
ronlmH, then, InuBt 90 this route. It III tho only
road which goes through without change Of cars.
II tho farmers expect to be saved, tley must
patronize this concern.
Tho fact is, TINT tho farmers recognize an Issue
OF more importance TO them aud to tho country
than the light ovor the dead corpse Of slavory.
As Il class, they acted with tho Republican party
while 1t was engaged in working out tho destiny
for which it was created. Now that tho destiny
has been fulfilled, it will bc difficult 1nnttor to
persuade the farmers that the party il moro of
necessity to them than tho straightforward
attainnsont Of their rights. They can recognize
nothing in the party as it stands e1-
cept an organization for retaining ono
got Of oillce-holdors in power, with whom
they hayo no moro Bympathy per Sc
than they would have with another sot. It is a
very cheerful Wow of the situation for Ropub-
1ican politicians to regard thoir party as 3 per-
manont abiding-place but nobody else has any
particular interest in it. The farmers of tho
Northwest will scarcely care to voto tho Nepub-
Gcan ticket for tho purpose Of maintaining
Kellogg in power in Louisiana when corn
iB only worth 90 cents bushol. If
they vote for Gov. Carpenter in Iowa,
it will be on account of somo other
incentive than tic abstract good Of tho party or
any faith in ot1icc-holdera OF the Rankin dcscri,-
tion. Salary-grabbing is not likely to attract i'll
c1easod loyalty to party that has no more
practical claim to existence than that Of ''his-
torio necessity" Credit Mobiler operations
have been brought within the comprehension OF
the community Of TURNER'S since they have
studied tho effect Of watorel and fictitious Stock
| and trace most Of tho railroad abuses OF tie
| day to tho Credit Afobilier system oi
| construction. Monopoly il not calculated
! to find further forbearance at tho hands oI
| the farmers whether it como in the ahapo OF OK.
cessiye railroad chargos, or tue protective tari1
wllic! affords the only axcuao for them. II w
have properly studied the farmers movement, Il
docs not care q Dg for the Republican party, o.
the Democratic party, or any otllor party. 1t ii
L movement ngainst frauds, ghams, oppsessiouI
OF all kinds, anl it looks to their reform
whether existing parties staud or fall. Credi
h1obliera, salary-grabB, unequal taxation, land
stoa!s, protection Of class, all fall under thoi1
condemnation along with railroad monopolBtB
and they recognize theln all aa belonging to oil
mud the aa'no category Of sins against the poo
pic, which tho people alone can wipo out by TUX
ing politics into their own hands.
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REVISION OF ILLINOIS STATUTES.
siuco tho meeting Of tho Joint Committee o1
Revision last June, tho work OF revising tl
statutos Of this atnte hns boon progressing
fayorably, md as speedily as tho nature Of it al
lows. Airoat]y there have boen prepared, an,