Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1873-07-17
EDITORS.
THURSDAY, JULY IL, 1873
ADDRESS no FARMERS.

Col. O. W. Charlton, of Knoxville,
addressed a respectable audience, com,
posed principally Of farmers at the Court
House in this place last Saturday. For
two hours he held forth in his usual argu-
meutative style, suggesting ways and
means by which the farmers can benefit
their condition. For improvement in
farming as well as the improvement Of
society he suggest immigration as the only
means possible in East Tennessee, and
that the kind Of farmers wanted are those
who farm on scientific principles, and who
now reside north Of Mason and Dixons
line. He advises farmers to organize for
self protection, informedthem that all other
classes of business men had their organi-
nations and rings for their own special
benefit, but that farmers who compose a
large majority of our population, until
recently, had never attempted any thing
OF the kind. He said that the Court
House yard politicians had managed
through their little cliques to dictate to
the farmers and require them to support
any numb-skull theJ may thrust upon
them, and that by this way they had
MANAGED to send bad men to the legislature
and to 6ll all important Offices, and the
result is, the government is corrupted
from one end to the other. While he
fayors farmers clubs, he says they are
merely missionary pioneers, that a much
better organization was coming that would
sweep all over the country and that it was
styled the Patrons Of Husbandry. He
acknowledged it was a secret society, but
to convince the public that the secrets
did not amount to much, he informed
them that ladies we're admitted, and that
every man knows that ladies could not
keep important secrets.
He reminded the farmers that their
first and proper efforts should be to cut
themselves loose from the middle men as
he termed them and to have nothing to do
with commission merchants.
He closed his address by an earnest
appeal to the audience to subscribe for
the Rural Sun Mr.. Charlton is a good
speaker, and could no doubt effect much
goodif he would c%onino his remarks to
encouraging the falmers, and in making
suggestions for their benefit without pitch,
ing into other classes generally. Every
one who knows any thing about business
will admit that farmers have a right to
form organizations for their special benefit,
and that the CLUBS" will have a good
effect. At the same time we do not
think it polite for public speakers to
make wal on all other classes, and hold
them up to public gaze as opponents TO the
farmers interests and their organizations.
II should be remembered that farmers
cannot succeed in business, aud follow
only that Of farming without the assistance
Of merchants and others who are as valu>
able friends TO the farmers as the farmers
are to merchants and other classes. They
all operate in the different kinds Of
business for mutual benefit.
There is no other class under the sun
that we would be pleased to see succeed
better than those who till the ground and
make their support by tho sweat of the
brow. They deserve encouragement. they
are the main stay to all other business.
When they are prosperous others succeed,
and all Of them who are good managers
make money and live Independently.
The HERALD AND TRIBUNE is the
farmers friend, aud we believe the citi-
sens of this county all know tho fact.
But Mr.. Charlton says that il will be- an
impossibility for him to effect any good if
no fails TO circulate the RuraI Sun. We
acknowledge the Sun is a good paper for
farmers, but we are not willing to ac-
knowledge that u people cannot sue
coed without pa~tronizing that particular
paper. From the extraordinary effort
being made to extend the circulation of
the Sun, we are inclined to think there
Is a ring at Nashville that Mr.. Charl.
ton, did not undertake to expose.