The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-09-04
Patrons of Husbandry.

This new order is increasing with wonderful
rapidity in the Northwestern and Southern
States and promises to become the most power
full organization ever effected in this country.
Political shysters are already beginning to
tremble at a movement so full of disaster to
their schemes for continued corruption and
public plunder. The present corrupt adminis-
tration attempted for some time to ridicule the
order, but finding this unavailing, and looking
with fearful forebodings to the strict account
which the uncorrupted yeomen of the country
will hold it, when it comes to ask for a third
term, its organs are endeavoring to prejudice
the people against it by denouncing it as trick
of the 'Ku Klatr Democracy' to regain power.
We do not wonder that the Republican party
should see in this organization for mutual pro-
lection of the honest and hardworking tax
payers of the country, the handwriting on
the wall;' which foretells its doom. For al
though it eschews politics, and has no purpose
to subserve the ends of any political party, yet
being composed of men who are most deeply
administration, and of class who have not yet
been corrupted by Credit Mobilier stock, fat
Offices and backpay stealings, the prospect of
its members acting in concert to place honest
and capable men in Office, is not very pleas
ing one with party which has debauched ev-
cry Office within its reach, from the highest to
the lowest, and burdened the people with enor-
GUS taxation to enrich an army of Otice-hold-
ers. We look with great sconfdence to this
new Order as affording the most hopeful sign
of our political regeneration and redemption.
We do not believe that the honest and strong
minded farmers, who compose the great body
of the Patrons of Husbandry, will ever again
allow themselves, to be harnessed by party
shackles, or vote unquestioningly the party
ticket framed and put into their hands by po-
litical hacks and wire-pullers. Heretofore they
have been too Indifferent to public affairs; they
have been too much disposed to allow politi-
clans to manage the affairs of government with
out scrutinizing the motives or fitness for Office
of those who sought for their suffrage. Com
prising large majority of the voters OF the
country, our farmers and planters have hereto
fore been careless of their great interests, and
unmindful of their great power. Paying by
far the largest portion of the 'taxes, and pro-
ducing the great bulk of the nations wealth,
they have the deepest interest in seeing that nat
none but honest and Intelligent men shall fill
public Office Such, we believe, will be the eff
feet of this Farmers movement, and we most
devoutedly wish it God speed.
We want to see more Oranges organized in
our county, We want to see our farmers take
more pride in their noble calling we want to
see them more active in obtaining and difusing
the knowledge which science and experience
afford for beautiying and adding comforts to
their homes, and fer repairing the injuries
done to this beautiful land by most reckless
system of cultivation. We want to see them
united for mutual instruction, for mutual help
and protection, for the promotion of social in
tercourse, for the promotion of social virtues,
and for the promotion Of good government and
an honest administration of it. We believe the
order of the Patrons of Husbandry is better
calculated to attain these ends than any mere
ly human organization yet devised. We trust
our farmers will look into the matter and take
action at once.-S2drtanlurg Spartan.