Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-02-21
THE NATIONAL GRANGE.
Authoritative Declaration Of Prinei.
Piles.

pies.
Expose Of the Animus and Aims Of tn
/ Order.
Interesting Memorial to the Cottol
States.
ST.. Louis, Feb. 1.-THE Nationa
Grange to-day, after the transaction o
some minor business, received the re
port of the Committee ON Resolutions
presented by Mr.. Wardlow, of Florida
and adopted it unanimously. 1t is a
follows:
Profoundly impressed with tn,
truth that the National Grange of thu
United States should definitely pre-.
sent to the world its general objects
we hereby make this declaration of the
purposes of the Patrons of Husband.
ry:
NOTICES.
II. United by the strong and faith.
ful tie of agriculture, we mentally re-
solve to labor for the good of our order
our country and mankind.
2. We heartily endorse the motto
In essentials unity, in non-essentials
liberty, in all things charity.
GENERAL PRINCIPLES.
8. We shall endeavor to advance our
cause by laboring to accomplish the
following objects: To develop bet
ter, higher manhood and womanhood
among ourselves to enhance the CON-
forts and attractions of our homes and
strengthen cur attachments to our pur-
suits to foster mutual understanding
and cooperation to maintain invio-
late our laws and to emulate each other
to labor to hasten the good time COM
ing; to reduce our expenses, both in
| dividual and corporate ; to buy less
and produce more in order to make our
farms self-sustaining; 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 Oh hoof and in fleece; to
systematize our work and calculate in
telligently on the probabilities; to dis
countenance the credit system, the
mortgage system, the fashion system,
and every other system tending to
bankruptcy. We propose meeting to-
gether, talking together, working to-
gether, buying together, selling together
and in general acting together for our
mutual protection and advancement as
the occasion may require. We shall
avoid litigation as much as possible by
arbitration ID the Grange. We shall
constantly strive to secure entire har-
mony, good will and vital brotherhood
among ourselves, and to make our
order perpetual we shall earnestly en-
deavor to suppress personal, local, Sec
tional and NATIONAL prejudices, all un-
healthy rivary, all selfish ambition.
Faithful adherence to these principles
will insure our mental, moral, and So
cial advancenent.
A PRACTICAL APPLICATION.
4. For ourbusiness interests we de-
sire to bring roducers and consumers,
farmers and manufacturers, into the
most direct aid friendly relations pos
sible. Hencl we must dispense with
surplus of middle men, not that we are
unfriendly tothem, but we don't need
them. Theiisurplus and their exac-
tons diminiA our profits. We wage
m arfo ra ealn nfha-
whatever. Oi the contrary all our acts
and all our eforts, so far as business is
concerned, ale not only for the benefit
of producersand consumers, but also
for all othr interests that tend to
bring these KO parties into speedy and
economical bcus We hold that trans
portation companies of every kind are
necessary toour success, and they are
intimately Onnected with our inter
ests and are mutually advantageous.
Keeping in view the first sentence in
our declaration of principles of action,
thatindividml happiness depends upon
the general prosperity. we shall there
fore advocau for every State the in
crease in evey practical way of all our
facilities for transporting cheaply to
sea- board oIbetween home producers
and consumrs all the productions of
our country We adopt it as our fixed
purpose to oen out the channels in
natural grea arteries, that the life
blood of commerce may flow freely.
We are notenemies of railroads, navi-
gable canss nor of any corporations
that will advance our industrial in
terests, nr of any laboring classes. In
our nobltorder there is
NO COMMUNISM,
no Afrianism. We are opposed to
such support and management of any
corporation or enterprise as tends to
oppresshe people and rob them of |
their jut profits. We are not enemies |
to capitl, but we oppose the tyranny |
of moppolies. We long to see the
antagoism between capital and labor
remOye by common consent and by |
an enlintened craftsmanship worthy |
of the 9TH century. We are opposed |
to excessive salaries, high rates Of in
terest, ad an exorbitant per cent. of
profits trade. They greatly increase
our budens and do not bear a proper
proporon to the profits of producers.
We seS only self-protection and the
prOtecbn of every true interest of
our lad by legitimate transactions,
legitimte trade, and legitimate profits.
We shll advance the cause of educa-
ton along ourselves, and for our chill
dren b all just means within our pow
er. We especially advocate for our
Agricultural and industrial colleges
that tactical agriculture, domestic
scienc, and all the arts which adOrn
the hoie, be embraced in the courses
OF stuy.
Dw FAR NON-POLITICAL.
5. yh emphatically and sincerely
asser the oft repeated truth taught in
our organic law, that the Grange,
natinal, State or subordinate, is not a
political or party organization. No
Grage, true to its obligation, can dis
Gus political or religious questions,
nocall political conventions, nor nom
ins candidates, nor even discuss their
NETS in meeting. Yet the principles
weeach underlie all true politics, all
tru craftsmanship, and if properly
caned out will tend to purify the
while political atmosphere of our
coutry, for we seek the greatest good
to te greatest number. But We must
als,bear it in mind that no one, by be-
conng a Grange member, gives up
tharight and duty which belongs to
ever American citizen to take proper
inteestin the politics of his country.
On tlecontrary, it is right for every