Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27
The National Grange.

A Declaration of the Purposes of the Patrons Of Husbandry.
 The National Grange in session at St. Louis, received the report of the Com mittee on Resolutions presented by MT. Wardlon of Florida, and adopted it unanimously. It is as follows:
 Profoundly impressed with the truth that | the National Grange of the United States should definitely proclaim to the world It's general objects, we hereby unanimously make l thls declaration of the purposes of the Patrons | of Husbandry:
 First-Unlted by the strong and faithful tie | of aGrIculture, we mutually resolve to labor for the good of our order. and country, and | mankind. -,'H
 second-We heartily indorse the motto, "In all things, charity" rE'1 - Thlrd-We shall endeavor to advance our cause oY Iaoorlng to accomplish the following objects: To develop better aud higher man. | hood and womanhoOd among ourselves to enhance the comforts and attractions of our | homes. and strengthen our attachments to our
 pursuits; to foster mutual understanding and co-Operation; 10 malntatn lnvlOlate our laws
 to stimulate each other to labor to hasten the good Llme com1ng; to reduce expenses both Individual and cooperative {; to buy less [ and produce more in order to make our farms | crop DO more than we can cultivate to con | dense the weigh6 of our exports, selling less in
 the eusaea ana more on hoof ane1n fleece to | gently on probabilities; to circumference the | credit system, the mortgage system, the | fashion system. and every other system tend Ing to pPOdigality and bankruptoy. We pro- pose meeting together. talking together. work 1Dg together, buying together, selling toGeth- | and, in general, acting together for our mutu- | al protection and the advance nent the assoei, ation may require. We Bhall avoid litigation, .lnac as much as possible by arbitration in the | entire harmony, good will, and vital brother
 hood among ourselves. and to make our Order perpetual. We shall earnestly endeayor. | to suppress personal, local, Nsect1onal, aud ma tlonal prejudices all unhealthy rlva1ry, all selfish ambition. Faithful adherence to these l principles will lnsnre our mental, moral, soclal. and material ad vancemenr.
 Fourth--Our business Interests. We desire | to bring producers and consumers. farmers | and manufacturers, into fhef most d1rect and | friendly relations possible Hence ws tmust | dispense with surplus bf mlddle men-nOt that we are unfriendly to them, but we do not | need them. Their surplus and their exacCions diminish our profits. We wage no aggressive warfare against any other interests whatever | Oa the contrary ,all our acts and all our | efforts, so far as business IS concerned, are not only for the benefit of producers and sconsum- CTS. but also for alt other interests that tend 10 l brlng these two parties into speedy aud Eeco- | nomlcal contact. Hence we hold that trans- | pOrta1on cOmDanles of OverY kind are neces- | sary to our success; that their interests, are | intimately connected with our interests and | harmonious action IS mutually advantageous 1 Keeping m. vlew the first sentence of our de- c!aratlon Of prlnclples of action. that indiv1du- | al happiness depends upon general prosperity, l we snail therefore advocate for every State | the Increase in every practicable way of all l facilities for transporting cheaply to the sea- | board. or between home producers and con- sumers, all productions Of our country. We adopt It as our fixed purpose 10 open out the I channels in DaJure's great arteries, that the h1e blood Of commerce may flow freely. We are not enemies of railroads, navigable and | irritating canals, nor of any corporations that l will advance our industrial interests, nor of l any labor1ng classes. In our noble order there | IS no Communism and agrar1anism. We I are opposed to such spirit and management of l any corporation or enterprise as tends to Op- | press the people and rob fh0 of 6hnlr just | profits. We are not enemies of capital, but op- | pose the tyranny Of monopolles. We long to | see the ancagonism between capital ana labor | removed Dy common consent and by an | llghtened statemanshlp worthy of the nine- | teenth century. We are opposed to excessive salarles hlgn rates of interest, and exorbI Iant | percentage profits Tn trade, sas they greatly | Increase our burdens and do not bear proper
 proportion to the profits of thelproducers. We deslre only elf protectIon and the protection of l every true interest offered by legitimate trans
 aellons, legiumate trade, and legitimate | pronGs We shall advance the cause of educa- | tlon among ourselves and for our children by | all just means within our power. We especial
 iy;advocate for our agricultural,and indus rial
 colleges. that pracrlcal agr1culture, domestic science and all the arts which adOrn the home
 be taught in their courses of study. | tLtth-We em phat tically and sincerely assert | the oft repeated truth taught III our organlc law that the Grange, national, State, or subor
 dinate, IS not politIcal or party organiza atioD. NO orange. II true to It's obligations, can dls- | cuss political or rellgIous questions, nor call 2olltlcal conventions, nor nominate candl- | udtcSs uOI oNcu uISCuSS lQ6lC In0r1CS III US meetings; yet the prlnclples we teach underlie all true politics, all true statesmanship. and IT properly carried out will tend to purity the | whole political atmosphere ot our country, for
 we seek the greatest good to the greatest number. But we must always bear It ID mlnd
 gives up that inalIenable right and duty
 which belongs to every Amerlcah citizen to
 take proper interest in the politics of hls country. On the contrary, 1t is right for every | member to do all in his power leglLimately to influence for good the action of any poltlcal
 all he can ID his own party to put down brI-
 Dery, corruption and trlckery; to see that
 none but compe tent, faithful and honest men,
 who will unfinchIngly stand by our industrial | Interests. are nominated for all positions of
 trust; and to have carried out tue pr1nclDles
 winch should always characterize every
 Grange member. that the office should seek
 the man, and not the man the office. We ac-
 Knowledge the broad prlncl pie that difference
 toward truth IS made by d,fferences of opinc
 lon' while the fault lies Tn the bitterness of
 controversy. We desire proper equality.
 equItY and fairness protection of the weak;
 restraint upon the strong in short, justly d1s-
 1rlbuted burdens and justly dstrl buted power.
 These are American ideas, tho very essence
 or American independence, aud to advocate
 the contrary is unworthy of the sons and
 uauGhters of an American republic. We cher
 lsn the beliOf that sect1Onalism Is. and of right
 should be, dead and buried with the pasG
 our workis for the presenHand the future. In
 our agr1cultural brotherhood and it's purposes
 We shall recognize no North no South, no
 Eas, no West. It IS reserved by every patron,
 as hls right ss freeman. to affiliate with any
 party that will best carry out hls principles.
 Sixsh-Ours being peculiarly a farmers in-
 stitutlon, we cannot admit all to our ranks. | Many are excluded by the nature of our or
 ganlzatlon. not because they professional
 men arCIsans or laborers, but because they
 have not sufficiently direct interest in tllling | or pasturina the sOll, or may have some in- | terest in conflict with our purposes; but we
 appeal to all good citizens for thelr cordial CO.,
 operation to assist us In our, efforts toward re- form. that we may eventually remove from
 our midst the last vestIge of tyranny and cor ruptlou. We hali the general deslre for ira ternal harmony, equitable com promise, ard
 earnest cooperation as an omen of our future success.
 l Seventh-It shall be an abiding principle
 with us to relieve any or our oppressed and suffering brotherhood by any means at our command.
 Last, but not least. we proclaim it among our purposes to inculcate proper apprecia- tion or the abilities and sphere of woman. as
 is indicated by admitting her to membership | and position h our order. Im plOrlng the con- | tlnued assistance of our Divine Master to
 guide us in our work, we here pledge ourselves to faithful aud harmonious labor for all future | time to return, by our united efforts, to the
 wisdom, justice, fraternity, and pOlltical purity of our forefathers.
 A memorial to the Patrons of Hus-
 bandry in the cotton States was also
 presented and unanimously adopted. I It is an argument in favor of mixed
 husbandry in the South, instead of ex- pending the energies of the people in raising single crop.
 A Strange Visitor.
 At Washington, as police officer was passing the Presidents house, he saw man on horseback in the portico trying