Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-07-23

thing. As quartermaster he had charge Of
lots of things that were handy to take on
march.
After all Adjutant Poland's little episode
about the counting didn't get his regiment
into Gettysburg. The way part of the
brigade came to be in and the rest out was
explained very concisely by one of the outs
in this way. The order was given to " strike
for our country and cur homes.'' The rest
of the brigade struck for their country and
we struck for our homes. We are entitled
to 60 to Rutland all the same, though, and
mean to do it. Everybody is going and the
rest had better fall in.
POLITICAL ASPECT OF THE farmers MOVE
MENT IN THE WEsT-We find in the New
York Tribune a letter from Chicago, giving
some views respecting the new organizations
among the farmers, from which we extract
the following:
THE ORANGES NEUTRAL IN POLITICS,
Before inquiring about the operation of
the new railway law of Illinois, desire to
correct one or two very natural misappre-
tensions that exist in the east in regard to
the movement in this State. The first is in
regard to the relation of the Oranges or the
order known as the Patrons of Husbandry to
the late judicial elections. 1t is probably
not known to many of the Tribunes readers
that the farmers have two separate and dis
tinct organizations 10 Illinois. The history
of each of these and careful explanation Of
the part each takes in the present controver-
sy, | hope soon to obtain from official sources.
In the mean time it will be sufficient to say
that the Oranges had nothing to do with the
late defeat of Judge Lawrence or the choice
of SO many representatives of the farmers to
local judicial offices. That campaign was
managed by another organization-the State
Farmers Assoeiation-which is open and
proiessedly political. Many of its members,
perhaps a majority, are Changers but, while
the secret order is rapidly spreading all over
the West and processes everywhere the same
objects-the promotion of the intellectual
and material interests of its members, the
other is local party formed expressly for the
purpose OF electing men to office who shall
represent the agricultural interests of the
State, and to secure the passage of such laws
as they considered necessary to protect them
from extOrtion.
JUDGE CRAIG UNPLEDGED AS TO HIS DECISIONS.
Again. l have heard it reported in the East
that Judge Craig, before his election. pledged
himself to the farmers to decide controver-
sizes between them and the railroad compan-
les in favor of the former. Sad indeed would
be the day for this State were the report
true All oOnfidenoe in tho courfs would he
destroyed, and nothing but anarchy and con-
fusion could result. But have the assurance
of both Judge Craig's friends and his oppo-
nents that he made no such pledge, and that
the farmers never required him to make any
agreement incompatible with his oath OF of.
fee He has, since his election, assured a
prominent railroad man of this city that, had
he been on the Bench, he would have been
obliged to decide as Judge Lawrence did
that the Railroad law of 1871 was unconsti-
tutional and prominent representative OF
the Farmers Association has told me that
the personal fight that was made against
Judge Lawrence was not on account of that
decision, but because the farmers thought
that Lawrence had insulted them and their
cause in various ways, had defed them to
defeat him, and had undertaken to organize
the people against them. How much Judge
Lawrences defeat astonished the people OF
this State and of the whole country, and
what al impetus 1T gave to the new move
ment throughout the west, is already known.
The correspondent further says that the
politicians are somewhat confused by the
new movement. Republican leaders are not
unfriendly to it, but urge the farmers to put
their trust in the regular Republican party
while papers like the Chicago Tribune and
the Chicago Times. both frce-trade, and both
willing to see all party machines, and ospe.
clally the Republican party machine, smash
ed, are encouraging the farmers, and at the
same time trying to give the movement a
free-trade tendency. Thus far, however, the
farmers are keeping clear of recognized poll
tcans, and claim that the uprising is only
for the purpose, through organization, Of
giving farmers their proportionate influence
in public affairs.
MORE MoBILIER.-The Central Pacific i:
now accused of having ring that casts in the
shade all the operations of the Ameses an6
their companions. Whether the charges
made by the Sun will prove true remains te
be seen, but as they stand they affirm sub
stantially, that the directors of that part O
the road to California have absorbed between