Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-12-11

less than nVo nuutlreu IL wv u"Fc
such things in the green tree, what shall
we have in the dryf'
The General of the Democratic Hosts.
In the light of late events we must
consider the Order of the Patrons OF
Husbandry rs the present leader and
general of the Democratic hosts in our
country. For who, but this Order, led
them to victory lately in Ohio, Illirois
and Wisconsin, if indeed not in Virginia
and Now York? Ii the Grangers are
not political, aud are not Democrats,
they certainly work with and for. the
Democracy; and we look upon them as
party raised up by God to bring about
peaceful but complete revolution in
this distracted and unnaturally situate.
country.
On Tuesday, the 25th November, the
powerful State Grange of Georgia held
in Atlanta, Convention Of delegates
from all the agricultural associations in
the South; and worthy delegation at
tended from our own State to join in the
deliberations of this meeting. There are
now about so Oranges in South Carolina,
and in another twelvemonth this number
will be doubled. Indeed this movement,
inaugurated but two years ago, by the
farmers of the Northwest, and which
has since spread so rapidly all over the
country, may be considered the most re-
markable Of this or any other age.
The great feature Of the Atlanta Con-
vcntion was the adoption of the follow
ing Resolution, which if put into actual
practice by the planters would be at
tended with good to the country:
Resolued, That in view of making our
farms self-sustaining by sowing down
one third of the arabic land in small
grain and grass and planting one-third
in corn and third in cotton, we here
by recommend that the masters Of the
respective Cotton States Oranges submit
this policy to the subordinate Oranges
for their adoption, and that the masters
of subordinate Oranges be requested to
urge the voluntary pledges of the Oranges
then to report the result to the masters of
their State Grange, who will then report
to the President Of this Convention the
number of subordinate Oranges in each
State that have pledged themselves to
their policy, and such information will
be diffused through the public press by
the President.
Heretofore the consumers and not the
producers have been the revolutionary
class. The bread eaters and not the
bread growers have always been the
dangerous element. And the farmers
movement shows how great must be the
wrongs from which tho farmers suffer.
Tho power and wealth OF Sroat railway
lines, consultations, monopolies, and
rings, have become so great as actually
to threaten the liberties of the people.
The government itself is run i'll the in
terest of and under tho control Of great
railway corporations and moneyed mo-
nopolies and rings. Public officers,
from the highest to the lowest, are bought
by and belong to these corporations.
Congress and State Legislatures legislate
in the interest Of these corporations, and
Credit Mobilier, on large and small
scales. governs and oppresses the people.
And now the peaceable and conser-
servative farmer, finding at last that des-
pite his industry and economy he cannot
attain wealth, because the greater part OF
his earnings goes towards enriching
others, has determined to make an effort
to remedy the OWL.
AS regards railways, we certainly have
not the same cause of complaint against
them as tho people of the Northwest.
They are undoubtedly great and good
institutions, and the country could not
possibly do without them. But when it
comes to corrupt government and un-
scrupulous rings, then the South is un-
mistakably the greatest Of all sufferers.
And consequently it is Of the deepest
Importance for the people of the South
ern States to unite with those of the
Northwest in this great movement. 1t
is prime opportunity to overturn the
corrupt government under which we
have suffered SO long. Let US help to
break down the rings, by which we
break and destroy the Radical party and
overthrow the Radical administration
which is run solely in the interest Of the
rings. Let us unite with the farmers all
, over the land and fight for reform. Let
US organize Oranges at once and join the
| order Of the Patrons of Husbandry. Let
US heartily second the party of peaceful
but radical and complete revolution.
"Funeral Notice."