Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-06-25

new Auer,saa system.

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new Aneraeaa sys,en.
1hc American farmer b csscatially
Amcrlcaa, q product ofsssec simple"
In lands and FREQ Institutions in Gov.
crnnacut. lie has no prototype in
history, no pccr In the present, and Is
not likely 10 have a successor, except
III his lsncai descendants on his own
domain. NO other country, no other
naiioHAit.y q, the face OF tho globe,
can show a class of men, whether
citizens or subjects, who are in any
material respects like unto him. lie
is Che ideal sovcrcigu,a and for more
than q decade has exercised his pre-
negatives with q right royal munif-
cencc to others, Int without much
regard for The safety Of himself. BY
habit aud l., thu rirums,anrrs nf his
daily life he is sturdy aad sclf-r,ii:n'.
his fertile acrcs aml his strong arms
render him as nearly Independent as
the constitution Of human society
and the worll will adult Of mans
becoming. Tho trades and professions
and all the Industrial classcswh have
. common bond In n common pursuit
might combine i'll guilds anious,
b~rothcrhoods and associations, for
mutual advancement and protection;
but for himself he has hitherto needed
nothing which he could not secure
by his own efforts directed by his
ownjudgment. In politics, especially,
no has delighted to exercise his own
uutranlmcllcd will to differ from his
neighbor touching the fitness OF men
and the s%urficiency Of measures.
When dangers havo assailcd he has
been the first to the rescue. and has
ehecrfally borne the brunt of the
battle, which has invariably been
thrown upon him. When Offices
were to DO distributed he has confer
red the honors aud cmolumcnts on
others, rarely asking OIL receiving
anything for himself, and desiring
only that his lands and his right TO
life and liberty and the pursuits OF
happiness should DO secured to him.
But artful and designing men have
taken advantage of his confiding ma
ture, and whilst making gracious
promises have excited his prejudiccs
aud blinded his judgment, whereby
they have been enabled to add 10 his
burdens whilst enhancing their own
wealth, until the load, becoming in-
supportablc, he suddenly nwakes to
lind himself nearly strippedo Of his SOW
ereignty, and almost within the grasp
Of q giant created and sustained by
himself. There Is but one possible
escape from the net which has been
90 skilfully thrown around him. His
self-sufiriency is. laid aside, for the
time being at least, and his energies
arc promptly bent to the great work
of organization. The work progresses
with q rapidity which, measured by
its achievements, seems almost in
credible. Within a little moro than
four months from its inception, sub
stantial results arc obtained and the
adequacy Of tho C fully assured.
The foregoing We believe to be q
comprehensive statement in general
terms of tho parcntase and birth of
the new element in u politics,
which is destined to exert apower-
full il not o determining influence on
the future legislation of the country,
in modifying or reversing the policy
of tho government in many lmpor-
tant particulars. The "Patrons,"
whose counsels have been SO wisely
directed so for, We feel assureLTiI
rise from tho consideration OF their
lesser and expressions, to the
Higher, the first links, in the
chain ofcausation, which ends in the
local grievances SO much complained
of. These prime causes We believe to
be two, to-wit: sectional legislation
by the Federal Congress and cxtor-
lions by monopolists. Tho first can
be remedied only in the halls of con-
gross; the latter is q subject for state
legislation.
A line seems to have been drawn
with rare tact and judgment, scpara-
ting tho East from tho West and
South. On one side benefits have been
continually showered, OIL the other
the burdens have been regularly cast.
Tho sections have at no time been
permitted to change places. A finan-
cial policy which at the outset gave
the..East four-fflhs Of tho circulation,
has operated continually to draw the
one-fifth to the four-fiftha, and 10 con-
solidatc the whole moncyed power of
the country in tho hands ofthc favor
ed. The value of money has con-
stantly increased in the West, and a
plethora has almost uniformly existed
in the East. Apolicy of contraction,
which has for its only object the glo-
rifeati6h of an administration, las
been pursued till the volume Of cur
rency, oven If justly distributed,
would DO inadequate to the require
ments Of the legitimate business of
the country. A ruinous protective
system hasdbeen adhered to long after
the accomplishment of the Gods for
which, according to its advocates, II
was originally established. The old
American system has borne tho bitter
fruits which our ablest statesmen of
. half century ago prophesied and
warned tho people asainst-an inso-
lent aud dictatorial moncycd power
Oh the one hand, and impoverished
producers and laborcrs on the other.
The exactions and expressions prac-
ficed by our local moneyed incorpo-
raions result IN great measure from
tho strength which they derive from
congressional protection, and IL. that
DO broken down, but little will be
required In tho way OF state lcsisla-
ton to remove any vcstige of the