The Van Buren press., 1874-02-24
PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES.
Memorial to the Cotton states.
No Aggression on Other Interests No
Communism No Agrarianism
The Grange Non.
Partisan.
fSt. Louis Republican. Feb. l3th.l


The National Grange was opened yes
tcrday in due form. Worthy Master
Adams in the Chair.
Brother Wardlaw Of Florida, in behalf
Of The conlmiuee ON resolutions, report
cd the following, which was adopted
unanimously
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ,oN REsoLU
TIoxS
Your committee OH resolutions re.
specially subpi, thcfollowing
Dscta,otton Of P0iposss cf the National
.. Grange
PREAMBLE
Profoundly impressed with the truth
lhat lhu Nmioiiai Grange Of the Uniied
States shoull dcliaiely proclaim to the
world its gener~i otJects, We hereby
unanimously make this declaration OF
purposes Of the Patrons Of Hnsbandry.
GENERAL OBJECTS
/. Un,el by the strong and faithful
lie of agriculture, We mutually resolve
To- labor tor the good Of our order, our
country, and mankind
MOTTO.
2. We heartily indorse the motto f:
" Ia essentials, unity in non essentials,
liberty, in all things, charity.
sPEcIF.C OBJECTS
3. We shall endeavor to advance our
cause 10y laboring to accomplish the 10.
lowing objects.
To develop a better and higher mar
hood and womauh0od among ourselves
To enhance the comforts and attrac-
lions of our homes, and strengthen our
attachments to our pursuits.
TO foster mutual understanding and
cooperation.
To maintain inviolate our laws, and to
emulate each other in labor to hasten
that good time coming.
To reduce our expenses, both indi
yidual and corporate.
TO buy less and produce more, in or
der to make our farms self.sustaning.
To diversity our crops, and crop no
more than we can cultivate.
To condense the weight Of our exports,
selling less in the bushel and more on
hoof and in fleece
10 svstenatlZe our work ana calculate
intelligently on probabilities.
TO discouutcnance the credit system,
the mortgage system, the fashion system
and every other system tending to prod
igality and bankruptcy
We propose meeting together. talking
together, working together, buying to.
ge;hcr, selling together, and in genera
acting together for our mutual protection
qure
We shall avoid litigation as'much as
possible by arbitration in the Grange.
We shall constantly strive to secure
entire harmony, good will, vital brother
hood among ourselves. to make our or
der perpetual.
We shal! earnestly cndcavor to sup
press personal. local, sectional and ma
jional prcjudices. all unhealthy rivalry,
all selfish ambition.
Faithful adherence to these principles
will insure our mental, moral. social aud
material advancement
4 For our business interests. We dc.
tal mrrs and manufacturers into Tho most
direct and frcadiy relations possible
Hence we must dispense with ~ plus
Of middlcmen, not that We ar untrien ly
to I en-, but we do not need them
TAeir surplus and thcir cXactions iii
min,sh our profits.
We wage
NO AGGRESSIVE WARFARE
Against any other interest whatever. Ou
the coitl urN, all our acts and all our et
fccls, 80 tar AS business is concerned are
not only for the benefit of the producer
and consumer. but also for all other in
tercsts that To lrlng these two par
ties Into speedy and cconomIcai contact
Heucc We mold that trans, ,Iorta,ion com
panlrs OF every KIND are necessary 10 our
success, that their Interests are intimate
" connected with our interests, and har
mOnious action is mutually advantageous
Aeeping ~ view the hrst sentence in our
declaration of principles OF action that
" Individual happiness depends upon
general prosperity"
We shall, therefore, advocate for every
State the increase in every practicable
WAY, Of ali
FACILITIES FOR TRANSPORTING CnEAPLY
To the seaboar,l, or he ween home pro
ducers aud consumers, all tho produc
tions OF our country. We adopt it as
our fixed purpose 10 "open out the chan
nels in natures great arteries that the
life blood ot commerce may tlow freely.
We are not enemies Of railroads, na, .
igable or irrigatng canals, nor Of any
corporations that aill advance our indus.
trial interest, nor ofany laboring classes,
In our noble order there is no com.
munism, no agrarianlsm.
We are opposed to such spirit and
management of any corporation, or en-.
terprisc, as tends to opprcss the people
and rob them of their just profits
We are no enemies to capital, but we
oppose the tyranny Of menopolies.
We long to see the antagonism between
capital and labor removed by common
consent, and by an enlightened states
mansaip worthy of the nineteenth eentu
ry
Woarc
OPPOSED TO EXCtsslvE SALARIES,
High rates of interest, ana exorbitan'
per cent profits in lradc. They greatly
Increase our burdens and do not bear Q