The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-11-20
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under the above caption, q lengthy ar
ticle, scattering, incohercnt, dlsjointed,
and embracing great variety Of topics.
The writer Of said article Is a very
clever gentleman, but VIC think him
rather chimerIcal on some points
evolved in his laborcd effort, He fires
a blank cartridge nj the capitalists and
monopolists, and radicals, and then de.
livcrS Il broadside Of led.hot solids at
the Patrons OF %llushandry. We con.
cur with him ia all lie says about mo
nopolics, capitalists, and corrupt rings,
and are prepared to show that the
very corruption and oppressive mo
nopolics against which he draws his
,renchant blade which he yields with
no mean ability was the very origin
Of the Order Of the Patrons Of lus-
bandry
But the chief organizers Of tho
Changers are Northern men. and have
no political principles, Well, j. K.
Is. may have understood Dir. Carini'
chael to say this, but the facts are
that neither religious or political aim
tiles are made a test for membership (;
and although the organization vas
primarily intended to combine the
strength of the farmers, to reduce the
rates Of freight on railroads, ana to
enable the farmers to purchase every
thing they need direct from the whole.
sale dealer and the manufacturer, yet
(er neccsSitoe ret,) to accomplish these
grand obj acts they have entered the
political arena, and what are the i'm
portant results In Wisconsin, a
State which gave Grant last year Il
majority of $4,000, the Changers and
Democrats united their strength and
elected Taylor 10y $4,000 majority.
The same result was accomplished in
Ohio, by the same means, with the aid
Of the Temperance party.
Your correspondent, Mr.. H., GER
tainly does not object TO the Changers
uniting their shields with the Demo
Gratis, and everybody else who oppose
high protective tariffs, mon"polies, de-
with such results, simply because Tie
leoders Of the increment itVe IN tie great
Northwest.
Does this action Of the Changers
show a dest;tution Of principle, or
does it show a live, energetic, active,
political principlcY Certainly the lat
ter, and j. X. b is looking through
darkcned glasses at this new organi
cation.
The Patrons Of Husbandry. it is
true, originated with Northwestern
men, but the plan was taken from a
Scotch community Of North Carolina,
who brought it with them from Ola
Scotland. And now We fearlcssly as
sert, and a prove, that the Changers
in their State Conventions all over the
Northwest have never once failed to
denounce the Back Salary Grab as a
steal, and they have resolved not to
support any man, from the highest to
the lowest, who WAS in any manner
responsible for the passage Of the law.
And more than this, they have reduced
the rates Of freight on several i'm
p0Itant trunk lines Of railroad in the
Northwest And still more, they have,
through their powerful organization,
succeeded in having u law enacted in
Illinois declaring that railroads are
public highways-that tue right Of
way is forced through mems lands be
cause Of the fact that they are built
for the public good, and that Therefore
the State Legislatures have the right
to control the rates Of fare and freight
on all railroads, thus exploding the
hcresy about Vested rights,
j. r. b. will have TO look deeper in.
to this matter before he can see aud
feel the vast benefits to be derived
even in non-political sense from
this order. We advise him to put
himself in the shoes Of the hard toiling
Let him 90 out on the fat m,
through all manner of weather,
perhaps on their soil, try il one
pear, through cold and heat, sunshine
md storm. Then, il he makes any
hing to sell, let him experience the
lard, tborny path Of the honest yco
nanry Of our country in selling at low
cures his hard earnings, and buying .
t the figures which the retail dealer ,
'leases the n%ecessaries OF his house. -.
old and farm. Then perhaps no will
his tune, and will ardcntly de- :
ire to wi ="
A little farm. to till the soil,
That he may be a Granger.
t any rate, he will never more write y"
'ng.winded articles about an organi n