Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-06-06

Dycasting that power IN the scales OF
liberty and justice. Patrons, I am no
creaker. The solieitude I feel for the
success of this Heaven-born move
Inent no one knows but myself. | am
persuaded, and believe you all are
of the same opinion, that 1T this effort !
upon the part of the farmers fails
from any cause whatever. 10 all prob
ability. the star Of our liberty will GO
down TO rise no more, and oui. succeed
ing struggles will be as futile as the
poor Irish peasants. Therefore it be-
hooyes US TO study and Contemplate
well the effect every step will have on
the various sections and classes before
it is taken. Our Order is universal
in its nature and every movement
should be for the general good and
SAVIOR of no isnls
At our public meeting on May l6,
/ heard quite number outside our Or
der, say that ''this Is nothing but the
old Democratic cradle we we're rocked
in. = La that they are widely mistaken.
Although we may hold to some tenets
that characterize that patriotic party,
we owe no allegiance to any political
party whatever, and it strikes me very
forcibly that it is for a want of known
edge of ones own interest and the |
public veal, to attempt to identify our /
Order with any political combination. |
By being identified, however errone-
ously, with any party in politics, our
influence for good can be no more !
than that party's. The causes of the
expressions We have been speaking
about are not all that tend to impov-
erish the farmer, especially in this To-
cality. BY a little examination we
will find that the greatest amount of
our pecuniary embarrassments are
brought on by our own bad manage
ment of our own domestic affairs,
which we should be very particular not
to attribute to others. That strange
disposition in man to lay his faults at
i the door of others, has strong ten
dency to lead us astray and cause US
to lay all the blame on the unjust laws
From the most reliable statistics, our
lands in this country yield from fifty
to one hundred per cent. less now than
they did thirty or forty years ago, the
the result of an unwise system Of
farming consequently, farming has
ceased to be profitable with majority
of men. Fifty per cent less yield is
almost sufficient of itself to account
for our embarrassments. But con-
nected with this, the farming commu-
nifty is in debt and paying interest out
of their short incomes. Another err
ror under which we labor, is, our crops
are not sufficiently mixed, but con-
fined almost exclusively to one article,
(that is for market) Those commodi-
ties that almost always bear living
price, We never raise. Look at the
market quotations and you will see
that we are engaged in the production
of an article, namely tobacco, as the
chief source of our income, that pays
less according to the amount of labor
bestowed, than any other, and such
articles as are bringing good prices We
have none; such as grain, hay, pota-
toes, beans and stock of every deserip-
+ ton, quantity of which is imported
and sold to US at fine prices. Now,
: let us engage to correct these evils
First, get out of debt and stay out
! Second, reclaim our worn out, exhaust
, ed lands on which / will read you
/ paper in the future. Thirdly, by mix
ing our crops and instituting suitable
r rotations, with a thorough and frugal
} system of fertilization.
While we are engaged in trying to
remedy these evils at home. let us So
/ lieit the aid of our sister Patrons, in
t putting down one among the most OPP
pressive, unjustifiable evils that scOurge
, our country; namely, fashion. 1t has
been recently said by distinguished
, writer in New York, that as much of
= the misery of the world has been pro-
) duced by feminine love of dress, as By
male love of drink The correctness
J of this assertion, however, leave you
to judge. But am convinced that it
r would be astounding to any intelli-
) gent lady to know the aggregate amount
/. taken from our oppressed State to that
great emporium of fashion, New York
J City, for APPENDICES and dress for the
, head alone, which detracts from wo-
i mans simplicity and loneliness. 1t is
!, a very difficult matter, indeed, to add
anything to woman's beauty Deity
E exerted His divine skill In creating
: her perfectly lovely. Then why mar
r that loneliness by those extravagant
deformities.
: When the inventor of fashion issues
: a new style, its merits should be well
= canvassed, if found wanting, should be
: thrown back on the inventors hands
, and not lend it charms by use. The
greatest absurdities will become famil-
lar, yea, comedy by use Then let US
t curtaiI the influence of that arrogant
l monopoly that assumes to dictate the
: shape, theme and tone of our dress
: and actions. 18