The Grange advance., 1874-04-29

women learn the value and power
of the pen! 1tlwould give potency
to the newspaper beyond Legislatures
and Congresses, aud thereby enable
them to throw qf the extra burde" OF
taxes-State aud Nationalist politics
and war. They would no longer,
through ignorance, consent to be con-
tinually crushed by capital, fashio"
and aristocracy: Each one would pro-
duce his own honest bread, and become
his own individu dual sovereign, president,
and governor. What worker needs to
be governed. protected, and saved at
such fearful cost? Universal nonsense
and imposition We are taxed for our
very breath, which goes into the hands
of men that never lift finger in the
way of productive labor. 1t simply
keeps up a nation full Of professional
leaders, who live on the peoples drudg-
ery. But the leaders will never stop
until the workers dismiss them. Let
US do that then, quickly as possible.
It will be happy day. Dear Grangers,
discuss this matter, and write for your
free and brave paper.
The question Of frights must be un-
derstood. The first right is, to be a
man or woman, which consists Of body
and mind, life and liberty, and the
means of happiness, as stated in our
great Declaration Of Rights. And the
ballot is the key, which unlocks to all
and to each impartially the worlds
riches and blessings. 1t is the symbol
Of equality, and the power ofthe nation,
which, intelligently exercised, makes
every man king, and every woman queen.
1t is the backbone Of all true democracy.
Any other quality is an unmitigated
sham and an outrage on mankind.
The means Of happiness are labor
and property, or production. What
need of lack to anybody? But behold
your Astors, Stewards, and Vapderbilts@
They are social carbuncles 9nd 96n-
strosities. Yet such men Hsa( the
world, and every city and td<n have
their petty Stewards and Vanderbilts,
whose motives, aims, and principles are
the same as those of the bigger bugs Of
large cities. They are your mouarchs
Of trade, money and monopoly. The
true object of life is perverted, aud
property is considered more curse
than blessing for the rule seems to
be, that the higher the wealth is heaped
up, the more frightful and hideous is
the amount of poverty, ignorance, and
vice all around, especially in cities.
"To have and to hold more than
the noble use-is the controlling idea
Of most men Of property. The few nat.
urally gain in oppressive ascendency
over the many, and no relief is attain.
able except through terrible struggle
and crisis, as in the late rebellion
against negro slavery, and now in ou.
rebellion against monopoly. A partial
and temporary victory will amount to
very little. We must "ploeo deep" in.
to the principles Of things. Aristoora.
cy and non-production are the same
under any name, whether secular or GO.
clesiastical. There is no sect in truth
and principle, and but small degree Of
truth or principle: in cur sects. This is
proved by their endless divisions and
disputes. They must therefore be Sc,
aside, and better ideas substituted
Which will throw qf an awful burden
from the shoulders Of the laboring class
Truth is always +. harmonious unity
snd,1works exceedingly cheap. !
But the Grange institution is to cor
rect and regulate matters hereafter, AMI
will cover the entire ground Of business
and politics, thereby economizing ex
tennsiively by dispensing with hundred
Of old, costly, professional, aristocrati'
ways. For instance, in legislation. A