The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-12-19

Of only the very poor and needy; so long as
labor is debased and capital concentrated.
And this Is more especially true when sp- |
piled TO republican governments, and ma
tiuns Of large area In searching out the
truths Of history and learning the fate Of
nations, it 10 the dictate Of true wisdom to
apply the facts to ourselves, aud so to as
certain thereby whether our drift be in the
right direction.
Nov while it Is admitted that the Con-
situation Of the Patrons Of Husbandry dis
tinctly dissvows any political aftinties, and
forbids all political discussions IN the Grange
Hall, yet in oil proper examinations OF
great governmental problems there must
crop out moro or less Of political sentiment;
and while shall not certainly disturb any
worthy brother here by entering into
purely political discussion, it will neverthe
less be necessary in the further continuing
Of these thoughts on the destiny Of Amer
can agriculture to examine questions IN
some degree political.
Our country is to day undergoing another
Of those periodical financial throes or con-
vulsions, which, for the lasting wealth OF
the nation, are becoming alarmingly fre.
qnent. Even industry is disturhed-almOst
paraysed, while th,reis not dollar OF cur
rency less than there was twelve months
since, when everything wore the semblance
OF prosperity, yet from Maine to California
there goes up cry of distress from the
stately mansion Of the rich to the humble
cot of the poor, comes the same cry--vaues
are depressed; markets are overstocked,
aud for the first time in the history ni the
country, cotton the great Kineis absolutely
dethroned, and bows his lordly head in the
dust--he has forgotten for the first time
the magic words which had always hereto
| fore unlocked the DIOR to gold, and is to
day beygar on the market and all so poor
that none can do him reverence, except in a
left handed way and through certified
checks. Whence this universal panic :
Is there no remedy for evils like thisl The
wisest minds of the land have given the sub
jpct painful thought aud each according to
his own idipsyucracy has detailed the cause
and pointed out the remedy; but the great
majority of these national doctors, however,
are SO immersed in the very plans and pnr-
poses Of the promoters aud originators Of
panics like that which now ,ifdcts the land
TINT these remedies only, in most cases
tend to sggravate, rstker than lessen the
disease.
IN afeehlc way then, ia SaTthcrance oi
these remarks and as plain Farmers and
agricRltRrIlists, lot US examine the ques
\ ton
Ae general proposition it can be safely
stated, frat, that we have over manufactured
ourselvcs rs II nation; and il cannot be dc
MED that We have done so because manu-
facturers ars class who have tho certait
and abundant protection Of tho Govern
ment at the expense Of agriculture and il
immediate industries. And thus we destroy
tho equilibrium between the great indnstrie
by winch. when well balanced, the prorperi
ty OF the nation is assured.
Iu the second place, we have most won
, lorfuly out-rallroadrd ourselves, and thl
. also at the expense especially Of the produ
. GERS OF the country, aud hence, auothe
: cause of the great Disturbances to the nn
. tional prosperity in which this country ia s.
3 often involved.
! And again, throughout tho North an
/ East especially, we have thousands OF M
tioual bankH, which deserving their legit
mate busness, borrow the money OF tn
!. honest depusitors, and gamble in the specr
a lating stocks of Wall street.thereby invitin
4 panics like this at the expense of every il
v terest.
The tratbs taught by the wonderfl
i stories Of Grecan mythology never gro
. old, and, IL properly applied illustrate IN
. affairs of men as we'll now as when tirst toll
q Ceres was the Goddess Of Agriculture, an
e had her exalted seat Gu Mount OIympu
, equal among the Gods who dwelt in q 7
= GUS harmony in that mythCl0gcal abode
!. divinity; and her hair daulhtpr Proserpn
y divine child of the exalted Cores, in u
/ bloom of youth, wandering in the howel
: meads and grain covered hills of frultf
. Sicily, attracted the unlawful desires
! Pluto, God Of wealth aud ruler Of the I
= ternal regions, and seising her as his lawf
!; prize. carried her TO the home OF the j
n fernaIs. despite ber own and the reno
I. y strances OF her goddess mother. Ceres q
y able to obtain redress from her fellow
" whites, deserted the home OF the Gods al
II found shelter among the luwly and 7
a humble Of earthi dispensing her lavo
40 with liberal hand among those who show
Z, I, her kindness and who rightly understo
y; her wonderful mission. Time passed {
- A returning sense Of justice, At leng
he aroused Jpe 0Ou5 Ot NtgmPuo. 0"N
ne was informed Of the prisun house OF !
n. child, aud he release Of her fair daugh
'lv ordered. The willy monarch OF wealth
~ n. He'll however, handed Proserpine, as
a. left, a pomegranate seed, which, as
y. came, the unthinking child ate. She '
- again withher motherand both Agaiu in th
= exalted seats on Mount Olympus,
~ weaIth had sealed her doom; for by acoe
in ing aud eating that which Pluto had
~. - carelessly given her, she was condemned
III pass one half of hor time with him 10 the
,ns fernal regions. SO the story ends, "
IN M agriculture, the daughter OF Ceres, the
,ls slave at least Of wealth.
'hs Now, let US see how Pluto, or the y
M God, in these latter days, and in our IA
~ has entrapped the fair daughter OF Cel
nd Represented by our people and our sta
n