Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-07-21
rom the N. Y. Journal o. Commerce.
A Rising Power.


The victory Of the Oranges or Patrons OF |
Husbandry, at the illinois Judiciary election, |
some weeks ago, has given them new conf |
dence. The order is spreading more swiftly |
than ever ut the West, South west, and In some
parts of the SloWly-mOYiDg East AT the South
1t has hardly taken rOOt-the people OF that
section havlRg local troubles which the pro-
praInIne OF the Oranges does not touch, ana for
which the only remedy yet proposed is that Of
the eccentric uniheatiOn movement In Loulsi-
ana. But all through the West, especially, the
Patrons OF Ausbandry are ia great glee over
their first triumph in Illinois, and are recruit
lug their forces with the utmost rapidity. The
new party Is young, strong, ambitious aud sin
gulaTly practical in ITS alnls, though that might
De expected from the farming pOpulatiOn who
compose it. There Is no class OF people so free
Of mere sentiment and Whim as the farmers /;
and at a time when impractcable issues like
tue Prohlbitory Liquor law and so-called La
Dor Reform are too much occupying the minds
Of theorists in the cities, we rejoice to see the
farmers busying themselves with practical
questions and nlatter-Of-fact grievances. For
u specimen of what these haTd-headed menare
driving at, take look at the resolutions adopt
ed BY them at Des lMOines, Iowa, the OtheI
day. They declared that they would support
no man for Office who was NOT opposed To mon
opOlies that the doctrine of the vested rights
OF corporations which exempt them from leg
islaTVo control has no place in tie jurispru-
dence of free people denOuncing the back
proving iG demanding political reform ant
strict economy in national, State and county
affairs. These are bold, plaln-spOken words
cutting left aud right. Everybody can under
stand them. They ask for material, tangible
improvements. They strike at real, admitteG
abuses. And they interest not only farmers
but producers ana manufacturers generally
There is no trace Of party feeling in such res
OiutiOns as these. They are neither Repub
can nor Democratic. Above all things, the
xHhn a thsa
dent for signing the salary grab bill Ther
were Administration politicians at the DE
MOines meeting who would have been glad
strike out that passage Of censure upon I'll
President, but the farmers would not permit |
That IL the most hopeful sign In the mOvemel
that the politicians Of neither Of the partii
have hitherto been able to control it, and thE
have worked all the wires TO do so. The faTE
ers have no friendly feeling towards either
the parties, and ar6 the least complaisantto'
ards the one IN power, from whose abuses
legislation they are at present suffering. TheI
fore, we must expect that the burden OF the
RrieYiOus complaints will be leVeled again
the Republicans. Their fight IS In trnt
against tnS dishonest and unfalthful membe
OF that party, and they welcomeall allies. tt
fact Is significant, because the Patrons of HI
bandry for the most part originally belong
to the Republican fold. As late as the rece
Presidential election, many Of them support
the Administration. Not even the Llber
hopuDllcan movement cOulu ueLacn Lnem ~
their fealty But since then we have had
Credit Mobllier developments, aud the baI
pay scandal, and nauseous surfeit Of Otl
proofs of corruption at Washington. ]
Oranges were feeble bodies before these re-
latiOns. They were organized for no grea
WOrk-thOugh would not underrate its
pOrtance-lthan to cheaper freights ON W.
ern produce. Now, by circumstances,
scope Of their work has become enlarged,
takesin great practical reform issues Dei
attracts to Its ranks all who sympathize "
tin the determination to make an honest I
nomical RovernmenbfOr the nation. IN
Patrons OF Husbandry, or the parsons
manage the new party, are originals" ~
produce their striking effects with new ins
ments and in q new way.