New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-22
THE FARMERS MoVEMENr IN ILLINOIS.
IMPORTANT ADDRESS BY Mr.. ABBOTT, MASTER OF
THE NATIONAL GRANGE-HR URGES FARMERS TO
COUNTERFEIT KNAvIsH POLITICIANS.
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| IMPORTANT ADDRESS BY Mr.. ABBOTT MASTER on
THE NATIONAL GRANGE-HR URGES FARMERS To
| COUNTERFEIT KNAvIsH POLITICIANS.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSE.l
CHICAGO, Aug. 21.-An important address
was delivered by Mr.. d. w. Adams. Master OF the Ma
tional Grange before the Patrons Husbandry OF Du
buque County Iowa, at their picnic yesterday. He
said while the farmer is drudRDg the farm day and
night month after month year after year, professional
politicians nominate candidates for him, lawyers
make and enforce the laws for him, and spectators
fix the price OF his wheat The Patrons Of Husbandry
an organization intended to remedy this as far as pos
sble. II is not elgous sect political party, or cor
porate associations 1t is based broader princi pies
and has higher purpose There may DO grangers
whose highest idea N its benefits Is 70 buy pillow "
cheaper sell steer for IS MORE but the progress OF
the individual OF the Of the community which the
Patrons design to accomplish is result that cannot
be measured by money even by the fact that the
farmer will be able TO compete with the railroad monop
oils his ground wit against wit, mind against
mind. Special interest is taken just now particularly
by the OF who have been in the habit OF filing
the offices and pocketing the salaries In the action
Of the Patrons regarding politics; they warn
US not to NEEDLE with politics. but rather
to keep on producing Is cent and
try to devise way TO raise 1t for shilling, but in
becoming Patrons we never relnquished our right TO
participate in politics. On the contrary while advising
that the Patrons organization to take no part in
politics. the speaker urged that individuals they in
form themselves more fully upon political matters, and
attend with fidelity to their political duties than
before.
Politics. he said, have become corrupt not because
honest men have attended too closely TO political mat
ters but because they have neglected them 700 much
Let honest all the country to IT, that only
worthy and competent put in nomination at the
caucus and when election honest men will not be
compelled TO choose between two corrupt men for office
When the township caucus comes off what do we find
We find the farmers holding the plow, the carpenter
showing his plane the shoemaker hammering has sole
leather blacksmith at work at his forge, but every
corrupt politician and purchasabe knave in the COM
munity turns out and the industrial classes leave
the politics OF their country In their hands. The
speaker dwelt emphatcay upon this point, aud EOped
To see the day when il would be deemed as much
patriotic duty watch liberties AZ the polls IN
time OF peace as TO defend them the battlefield in
time of war He referred TO speech made by Mr..
S. M smith Illinois a1ew TeGHs ago in which he used
language 70 the effect that Il legislation h0ste 10 the
agricultural Interests continued, those guilty OF u
should be driven out OF the State; that many tree
should bear human fruit and that certain actions de-
served coat of tar and feathers. All TINS
the speaker deemed utterly unwarranted IAN
guage The course here indicated means nothing
les, than civil war; with all Its attendant horrors
means an acknowledgment of the lneffciency Of the
ballot 10 preserve the liberties OF the people and 1t
means the failure OF the principles OF sefgOvernment
The repeated his injunction to rely upon the
ballot for the rghting OF whatever wrongs afflicted
them and to repudate and rebuke lawlessDess In all ats
forms.