Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-04-24

N ~ NJ DE- Is ~
THE BEGINNING OF THE ENL
l. The, magnitude which the Grang,
movement has assumed, points clearl,
to the !act that its sources and spring,
h of power are far deeper and far NOR,
comprehensive than might at casua
g Examination appear. Its growth is no
+ the passing frenzy Of moment, no
the unheralded, unlocked for capric,
e cf . day. The causes which hav,
caHe0 Il Rrtl have been in silent op
Grafton for years, and will as surely
: produce their effect as the melting
7 snow on the mountain side will find
its way to the valley below. It is an
axiom of philosophy that there can be
no cause without . corresponding ef:
feet, nor any effect without its precel
ing cause; and this great uprising ol
the masses is no exception to the uni
versal rule. The causes in this case,
through the long years they have been
IN operation, have not been hidden,
but their importance has been unrecOg-
nized and their effects, now so plainly
apparent, were only copcealed by tho
most stupid blindness. They are found
i'll TIE lack of education among the
masses; in that, and in nothing else.
The iar-seeing founders of our edu-
eating and educated government were
the initiatOrs of this movement of TO-
day; but We doubt, broad and compye-
hensive as were their views, whether
they recognized the full extent of the
work they were initiating. But,
whether they fully realized, or family
dreamed Of it, the fact remains the
same; that, in their liberal provision
for common schools, academies and
colleges, they infused q source of power
in our lard as subtle, all-pervading
all-accomplishing, as are the hidden
forces Of electricity or chemical action.
1t is impossible for ignorance to IT,
rannize over intelligence; and the
wand Of power that has enabled states.
men, soldiers, capitalists and orators
to mold the great masses of the pe0.
pie into subserviency of their wills,
find not its efficacy in any sorcery or
blind fate, but in superior knowledge.
They have heretofore ruled the people.
They oppressed and led them at their
pleasure, simply because they were
the wiser-because knowledge is tie
most powerful of all powers hence,
we easily see in the expressions Of the
educated over the less 80, the causes
of the necessity of this movement;
and, in the ever-spreading, eyer.tend-
ing efforts to equalize the education Of
our hitherto oppressed working classes,
the sources from which it derives its
power. Let him, who would look upon
it with scorn and contempt, first pause
and consider the immensity of that
power-the high standard of intelG.
gence to which our farmers and labor.
ing classes have already a3tained--
and, certainly, the rashest will stand
from under.
The Grange, which is tho exciting
element in this great movement, 10
supplementary to the common school
and the academy. 1t is the place in
which the young men and young NO.
men Of our agricultural districts may
be taught their relations to society.
1t is the great common family of the
where We meet to develop
. higher manhood and w0manhood.
1t is the place where our young men
may be taught to properly exercise
their duties as members of q selEgOv-
erning community. It is the symbolic
farm, where, as farmers, we all meet
on common ground to interchange
opinions and experience, to the eId
that each may be benefited L5 the
knowledge Of all.
There is yet another point in con.
nection with this revolution, to which
We point with pride: 1t is the begin
ming of revolution unparalleled in
he annals Of hist0ry-a spectacle of
; grand and irresistible power, rising
n its might and trampling under foot
wrong and injustice, without blood.
'hed. 1t is this element of blo0dless.
less which SO utterly fsOlates it from
Ill kindred movements. Greece, Rome
md Carthage, Of ancient days, had
heir struggles against oppression;
france, England, and the United
,soSN03 ~ASA AAA0Ay VVACAO VI VNlI VWn
ime, have re-enacted the scenes then
but every step in the direc.
ion of reform or liberty has been taken
Trough the blood Of fellow beings,
ntil this last and greatest uprising.
he reason is obvious; other attempts
t reform have been guided by passion,
oaded on by q confused, bitter sense
injustice; in this movement. the re.
nit of education, cool reason and con.
;iOus power have the helm; and, in
lis fact lies our greatest cause for
lst pride, and it should also stimulate
) to quickly and decisively put down
ny symptoms Of communism; to use
If might only for the nght.-Pacifc
'xral Press.
A GEORGIA SCHooL-TEACHER.-A
e0lgia letter in the New York Sun
Us: "COl. Il. B. Graham, of Tenn.
srance, Telfair county, in this State,
probably the most remarkable school
acher in the world. He was admitted
the Bar as lawyer in 1882. Soon
ter he was stricken down with acute
He then became paral-
ed, his whole body being helpless,
cent hia han6a and arms nm fn fhA