Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-10-09

There is no necessity that farmers
Oranges" or Patrons of Husband
ry." should become a new political
party There are now two great po
| litical parties, and two or more less
numerous. The Democratic party and
the Republican party can no more
change their past history than the leop-
ard can change his spots, or the ETH
opean the color of his skin. The mass
! Of men who compose these parties
have certain convictions of duty and
fixed principles, and nothing can
! change these short Of miracle as
that which caused the light to shine
with such efulgence around Saul as he
| jOurneyed from Jerusalem to Damas-
Gus, These parties profess to repre-
! sent no one interest or class of men,
but to legislate for and take care of
all. The farmers do not want or need
any measure or policy unjust to any
| other class OF men. A new party, or
ganized for their sole benefit, would
necessarily antagonize and encounter
the opposition of all other interests
Such a party could not succeed 1t
wculd defeat its own great object In
a nation of forty millions of people,
| representing property which is capital
amounting to S3,000,0 100000, so du
plicated by debts, and otherwise, as
10 represent, in fact, vastly more, with
out industries devoted to agriculture,
commerce, manufactures, mines, for
ests, professions, and almost number
less pursuits; with property and per
sonal rights all to be cared for, par
| ty which represents a single idea or
object. however important. cannot
long endure for that alone. But farm
ers do want to enlist all political par
ties in their cause, and in their inter
ests, SO far as they ask what is right.
Our whole history proves that body
of men SO numerous, intelligent, res
| pectable, and just as are the farmers
of this country, viii not ask in vain.
Five and half millions of male citi
zens resolved to demand nothing but
| what is right, and to submit to moth
ing wrong. will not ask in vain Men
of all parties can unite in securing
justice for them who upon many other
questions could not unite or agree.
Let us read the warning of our own
history. In 1854 the know Moth
ing organization commenced, and
soon grew into an Immense political
party, But demagogues seized the oc-
casion to take possession OF it and it
speedily dissolved, and now 70 per-
manent legislation remains as the Fro
duct of its existence.
Farmers, then, want their rights re-
garded and their interests secured, and
to accomplish these purposes they
want the aid of all parties. in order
thnt success may be certain. These are
the agencies through which their OBJ
iects can be obtained, if they ask only
what is just, Let these be tried and
it will be time enough to consider ul
terror measures if these fail.
And now ] pass on to notice some
of the political wants of farmers.
When commercial or reciprocity
treaties are made with Canada, or with
any foreign power, the interests of
agriculture should be regarded. Let
no man of any party go to the Senate
of the United States unless he will
look to the interests of the farmers in
this respect.
The great rebellion, with the ma
I tional debt it created, and increased
! expenditures. made it necessary for
| the National Government to raise
large revenues. Duties levied with
the view only to raise sufficient reven
ues will inevitably be more protective
to our industry. In levying these, lei
the wool growers of our State have
/ their full share of the benefits so that
| o>,,. r.rrr;o,,1trol ;nIuofrJ- NOV 1o f]iUor
sified, and farmers not driven to pro.
duce only a few crops which oversize ck
the market, and give no adequate re
ward for their labor.
Let American wool growers supply
the principal demand for homo manu-
factures, so that our own manufacturer
may grow, make the demand for WOO
permanent, the price regular, and soor
with our immense Western prairie;
and central interior plains, we car
compete with the world in the produc
ton of wool, and build up an export
trade for wooden goods. By this means
and similar policy in other respects,
we will save from export our gold
coin, and in time resume the paymen
of specie. I name the wool Interest
|
tural interest that demands legislativ
care.
There is n natural commerce be
tween the Northern and Southern
States. The Almighty has sactionc
and sactifed this trade by covering til
land all over with rivers running fror
the North to the South, capable,
Iproperly improved, of bearing til
! commerce of a continent. These AT
: appropriate channels for the inter
change of the products Of differen
climates.
Cotton can he raised more profits
= ably in the Southern States than an
other crop; but the unimproved COZ
- lition of our rivers and the danger c
river transportation have induced til
people of the South to diminish the
R cotton product and raise Indian corr
and in some localities wheat, for the
own supply This has reduced tn
Southern demand for Northern crop
and the result has been, for want {
Z sufficient Southern and Eastern ches
! transportation, the Indian corn of L
wa. Kansas, Missouri, and other Il
calities has recently commanded bl
fifteen cents bushel, and has abs
lutely been consumed to a limited e:
tent as fuel The farmers want tbs
tn instead of dozen millions a year e.
nd pended by the National Governme
T. on unnecessarily expensive building
T,1 all the channels Of water transport
IL ton should be opened, cheap freig
secured, and then the South can co
vert her corn fields into cotton field
, duplicate her cotton crop, make
Southern market for our Weste
crops, export largely of raw cottc