Wilmington journal., 1873-07-04
rzEEGxowTH .rEGRASt.Es.

Even if there be any doubt as to the
grievances of the farmers and the ex-
pediency of the remedy they propose
for them, there can be none about the
| earnestness of their purpose to test its
value. 1t is apparent to every one
that the Oranges are daily growing in
numbers, influence and Importance.
As the kichmonl En1"ircr truly
says
IN the great n-gEowlng regions
of that empire If new territnly so far
removed from the lnaii3ots uf the At
lantic coast that the cost OF transport
tation is DEPRESSING, if not distressing,
to agriculture, the Oranges are assert
ing and exhibiting Il power that makes
political parties quail and fall back
before it. And rearer tu us than that,
we sec tilA. .no sfmh, or Il similar
spirlr, IS shaWine itsels ai.44na the Gull
tivators OF the soil. H. q little while
it may spread all over the country,
throughout the North and South and
East, as well as the West. Then, if
there be no abatement Of It's strength,
20 lisDer iOr of its force, no expansion
of It's ;4iiIlS by association with other
interests ahtt other objects, It Will pro-
baby become so Formidable as not
only to command the Immediate atten-
ton of the legislators of the land iii
the councils of each several State as
well AS of the Omitted States, but to
arouse anxiety, II not opposition, on
the part of the representatives OF other
interests which may be supposed to be
endangered by its apparent cncroach-
mems 4p4n t.e,---
Tho arEicil1tHrisrs 81 uh4 Cl,t.n : r.
naturally conservative in their views
and in their feeliugs Their interests
lead them to be SO. They are practi-
cal and positive men. Thryknow moth
ing of the arts and ambition OF mere
partisans who go for the sake of party.
They think about the rights and liber-
ties of tl4e people, and talk about them,
lot ss sen Il tii..,.r,:tfly, ana n acreeafla ab
s3traction5, l5ut n tantibfe tLlngs 10 be
apppreciaie.d and "nioyed in eEtery-day
lIfA, Hf'}..t ni:l!a principles Of COMMON
sense and ootni.li.,. JA&tiGs.
They contemplate politics, not ex
clGsiyeiy with reference to great gov
erumental matters, involving questions
that ordinarily occupy mona except
statesmcn's minds, but ag pertaining
directly to material interests as well.
All al, ,s,::I"- 50 when the farmers
move as they have Ilc., I, 2nl as they
are moving, through theif Asranges,
there is $isnih2anee IN il. and the day
is not far in the future when its iilfiI.-
ence will be forcibly felt in the epolitics
of the times.
There can he no doubt that the
producers Of the great West-the men
who have f.alc>l the forests there,
brought wildernessos -ni9 arabic
fields, and almost Enthusiastically ax-
panded the industrial area Of our
country-have suffered, and are suf-
iernls, from transportation tax
upon the prQauci$ q theig agricnl-
tHrai labor TOO heavy for then t. fei.l
ize aa mpe1. from ,he commodities they
send to inarkft 81 they baye right and
reason to expect. Ana @s dc i'm
wonder that they are restive undsf It,
But the great question is, Have the
farnlsrg fallen upon the proper remedy
aud if so are they not IL danger of run
ming upon the rocks in endeaYoring TO
steer clear of the whirlpool?
pz.1.. tii.,e nnint the Enquirer has
fears thai Eg4is.i7 results 1-.s.y eIsaa
from the farmers r' efforts Mt reform,
unless they are SO judiciously directed |
~ . cozlsG Gryatiyely controlled as to
Is Aept' i 5S;;dtttII1in lonn5,s q l 1oJeration,
md ro, -Arraittea fa lq4q4e II n! etfasalers
lights and the fnrme- in'ef> .'s e'fs'f
With the rights and interests Of other
pen in other branches of business who
ne dependent upon them, and upon
whom they ase dependent for the
preservation of that prosperity and the |