, 1873-09-01
FROM 4. MA1TnY, SECRETARY or ro1o ORANGE,
NO. 230.

y. ~ APFLEFonD, Maater.
FROM 1. MA1TnY, sEUAzrAnY or roI.o CHANGE
NO. 290.
Polo, Aug. a, 1873.
received postal card from you Inst month
setting forth tho principles Of tho FarmorB' ane
Peoples Anti-Monopoly Party. am iu Bympa.
thy With you. Thoy are our principloa exactly.
dodspeed tho farmors Of Livingston County.
4. MALrBY,
Secretary Grunge go, Polo, Ill.
FAoN 5AiE8 F. MALLETT, SECRETARY MILO FARM
Ens' oLUB.
Milo, H., Aug. 25, 1879.
Tho postal card yon woro kind enough to i'd
dress to mo, under date of the It'll inst, NUS
duly received, and would hayo received an
earlier teply, but my time has beou 30 fully occu-
pied that hive been Obliged to defor Ill corre-
apondonoe. As the best ovidenco OF tho sympa-
thy your Livingston County Anti-AIonopolists
aro meeting With In this locality inrloso horo-
With copy OF tho resolutions passed BY tho
tnrnlers' Club OF Milo; also, resolutions passed
by the Bureau County Anti-nonopoly AsIocia-
tion 1t convention caliou in compliance with
suggestions therein continued. Another con-
vontion Is called to moot on Tho 1st pro1imo to
nominate Farmors' nti-N1onopoly tickot, In
opposition to the Ropublioa~ nominations al-
rcadJ mado, which, from prcsont Indications, I
belicvo will provo a powerful demonstration
So far as tho Farmers' Movement in this county
il concerned, you may rost assured thnt it
iB not III tho interest OF or controlled by
Other Of the old parties, but is bona-dde, spon-
talcoue effort Of tho people to got rid Of Then,
both, md establish in their places a now party Uf
their own, unHullied by any of tho iilfa1nieH
Which justly attach to tlcm, and uncontrolled by
9my y OF tue corrupt Influences which govorn them.
strongest ASSURANCE of my individual sympathy.
an, sir, yours respectfully,
JAMES T. MAL1ETr,
Secretary Milo Farnlors' Club.
Tho following resolutions wero unanimously
adopted at tic meeting Of juno 20, 1873, by tho
Milo Far1nor. CLUB, ~ roforrod to in my letter:
Resolved, That tho political power which we sock in
tho organization Of now party ought only to bs used
administration Of our Government which, uudGr tbe
control o tho old parles haA become fearfy nlcsco
nary mud corrupt md novor for the personal aggran-
uZement OF any individuals ciaBg and we do ere-
by broadly seaim my Other motive or design in thu
movement than those set forth in preamble aud
liesoiued, That wa adopt tho motto Of our stata
Farmers Assoesation: "Eqnal aud exact Justice to
al; special privileges to uone."
IttSoipsd, That recognizing this neCeaaItY and rs-
nouncing ali party prediloct1ons and associations by
which We nnJ have formerly been influenced. wo do
horoby pledgc ourselves to devote best efforts to
to tho organization Of Peoples Anti Monopoly party
having for its obJcct into1ole Opposition to any no
1cai system under which monopolies created or
protectel whether by protective tariff, Government
subsidies, tho granting Of exclusive privileges to rail-
road or other corporations, any Legislation wlln-
heneft or cuoluneut Of auy caaa u citizens to
tile exclusion or ut tie e1peHe Of ,ny or 4ll others
JAMES F. AArLE11, SECRETARY.
FROM WILLIAM PA1sT, BECRETAnY MINNESOTA
sTATE AGRICULTURAL Bou1ETY.
v,,, ,,;.,, sr: tAvle Mimi, Aug y, 1a7s,,.
ly approve Of the whole five. and, had q no.
inentFs leisure. might got it indorscl by thou
sa'as OF our farmers. Fraternally,
WILLIAM pA1sr.
Secretary State Agricultural Society
FROM ". 4. WoLCoTT, RUSH GRANGE.
ltusH, ILL.,, Aug. 81, 1879.
By unanimous vote, you luvo the sympathy
Ct oyor forty numbers Of llnsh Centre Grange.
FROM z. n. onoWELL MASTER OF 11Au1oN
GRANGE.
orIeoa, ILL.,, Aug. 2s 1873.
your favor Of tie l!th ,lit. iH gratefully
acknowledged. The Declaration aud Platform
wore submitted to the Grange, and unanimously
indorsc0, and thanks returned. All information
and correspondence are fully appreciated aud
ohoeriully responded to. Hoping We lnuy
always work i'll harmony, mud succocd in 1lnisl-
began, a,n yours truly,
i. W. opowr1n, Mas.cr.
FROM JOHN F. w1ElANDy, SECRETARY STATE
hoard or AGRICULTURE MISSOURI.
1KFFEnsoS CITY, No., Aug, ~, 1879
VIII you oblgo Mo by sending: mo a copy OF
Monopoly Party7 l wish to bo numbered
among your corrcspondents hereafter. MiHHou-
ri, like your own Btato, las shaken on the old
spell Of torpor, aud is fully aroused to tho
uecessity OF wagiug war OF extelmiuation
tic motto; i Post Tenobras Lux" Light IL
succeeding, darknesH." Ilis nation las long
corruption, but light is dawniug at Inst, aud the
people have determined to submit no louger
to tho groaa oxactions OF monopotists aud sh0d-
dyitos. Railroads arc tho highways OF tho na-
ton They were built by aud with tho assistance
aud tho money. of the whole people aud tlloy
must aud shall DO controlled by the people. III
esHenco tho samo, while protcau-hke in the
many namos and forms tley asauMe, monop-
oles. created by Immense aggregations aud
iously uBllrping tho lihortios .and rights Of tho
peoplo,. aud acon.nulnting tho wealth aud tho
very Hubstauco Of tho mutton in tho llants Of tie
feW. Silently, step by step, they a.e aiming to
reduce the mass to seryitule hlmilar 10 tho
soridoln OF tho middle agos or Of Russia. Amor
lcan freeman, l trust, arc not yot prepared to
submit to 10 degraded to the condition Of RuB-
gia' herfs or Mexican poonB. Az royalty aud
feudal aristocraoy were swept off with tLe bosom
abuses too great to bear, in Europe, at tho oloHo
Of tho last century, 30 shall monopoly yunlsh
like char before q whirlwind at tic sound OF
tho mighty voice OF American hllsbaudmou aud
laborors demanding their rights. We aro with
you heart and soul. Very truly and fraternally,
JoIlN L. WElLASDy,
haster Jen(er"on City Grange, No. 457,
FROM J. II. PLATT.
MORRISON, ILL.,, Aug. is, 1B71
Your poatal card, on baok uf which il tho Plat
form OF tho Farmers aud Peoples Anti Mon
opoly Party Of Livingston County, ILL.,, was duly