The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-07-11

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ling facilities are indispensable to
the, oommercial prosperity, nay the
! yery existence OF every enlightened
nation. And get it il not the prov
|ince of.the laws, governing and
regulating these matters-to create
these facilities for the Inhabitants
Of a country, nor to furnish them
With capital-but simply to give
them the opportunity Of helping
themselves. Banks will not make
poor man rich, or q poor commu
nifty rich, or compensate for the
want of capital, or pay the debts OF
those who have nothing to pay with.
They can work no such financial
miracles. They are simply conve-
niences, but not the creators OF
wealth or of money. And SO it is
with the scheme desired for the
Patrons of Husbandry. Nothing
can be more admirable than the
specific objects ot its organization,
and its scheme of work. Furnish
ing as it docs a bond Of Union, and
a guarantee ofjust dealing, good
fellowship, and mutual help among
it's members, what could commend
itself more to our people of this
timei But without the earnest,
active cooperation Of its members,
in carrying into practical execution
the purposes Of the order, what will
all the union, just dealing, good fel-
|lowship and mutual help amount
to stripped Of these supports' they
appear as empty platitudes, fitted
for some Utopian school, or some
Arcadian COMMUNICATIVE not for
the realities of a stern, selfish world.
The sum and substance Of the
whole matter, fellow Patrons, is
this-the success and we'll being
Of our order rests entirely with you
It's workers. 1t is-in your power to
make it a vital, living organism,
clearing your paths of many of
their. difficulties, and lighting up
with the blessed rays of hope, pla-
ccs hitherto darkenel with the
clouds of gloom and despair; or we
can make it a dead, lifeless thing,
which the sooner it is buried, and
put out of our sight, the better it
will be for us all.
Do You believe in the necessity
of union ? then evince your faith by
the zeal of your efforts to secure it.
Do you desire that the principles
OF just dealing, good fellowship, and
mutual help, should obtain amongst
us, then prove your faith by conr-
ageously and earnestly working
for their establishment. But if ON
the other hand you can't feel this
interest, and persist in coming to
our meetings, whenever your con-
venience suits or allows you, with
folded arms and sealed lips, for
heavens sake, don't go away and
pronounce the Grange failure, a
humbug, because torsooth it won't
work miracles, or you can't see any
good that will come of it.
Surely if ever a people needed
the aid of an organization constitu
ted like this, that people is our
own-and l will not believe that it's
advantages will be allowed to es-
cape, without a full, fair, and hon.
est trial. Every circumstance tepds
to stimulate our efforts. The mem
cries of happier and better days,
the recollection of homes once
filled with plenty ana contentment,
and the realization of our present
unhappy condition, all appeal to us
to leave no effort untried, by which
the hardships of our situation may
be alleviated. Certainly the times
are critical. The grim phantom of
ruin begins to show in our very fa-
ces; and while We deplore our mis-
fortunes-fiends in human shape
are gloating over the calamities, in
a great measure the work of their
hands-and dancing, to the sweet
music of our woes.
We are the members of a common
race, our misfortunes have been of
a common origin and character, our
interests are alike, our tate will be
the same-why then, my friends,
should we not march shoulder to
shoulder in the noble work of the
redemption Of our State our fortunes
and our .fresides.
a. We invite particular attcn.
ton to the call for a grand rally and
Mass Meeting, to organize a White
Mans Party, to be held at Colfax,
Grant Parish on Saturday, the Goth
inst. We have promised q large