Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-12-19

StdSuSuAf cptCduiuS otHlcsttC l1uSoAtty,
peace, plenty and happiness over our,
whole country, extending equal execu-
tivcand legislative justice to al ciasses.
Break down this unity of action in
nature and all is chaos. So with all
the undertakings Of man. No object
can be attained without unity OF
action of all the causes necessary to
produce the effect. The rise and pros
perity of all Governmentsd depend upon
the unity of its subjects--their down.
fall upon the disintegration of that
unity. Proud England owes her ex-
| istence and greatness to a union OF
sentiments and actions of the Norman
and Saxon races against their oppres-
sors. History informs US that had the
Plantagenets of France succeeded in,
uniting all France under their Govern
ment, that, in all probability, England
would never have had an independent
existence, but the errors, wrongs and
oppression of their rulers engendered
unity of sentiment and action among
| the Normans and Saxon TO that extent
that they arose as one man and threw
| off the yoke of corrupt and divided
! tyranny. Cemented by the many
dangers, tolls and hardships of war,
shared mutually. their union became
indisseluble. The Reign of Terror in
/ France, one of the most fearful
scourges that ever afflicted any people
In the ANIMALS of history, was the re-
I suit of divisions and subdivisions of
Che people that composed that proud
nation. Arrogance, perversion OF
moral principles, and malfeasance,
were only the remote causes, aetlngas
menstrum to dissolve the social, do
nestle, religious and political unity.
The recent calamity of subjugation By
the Austrians of the same Govern
ment, and the civil strife that followed,
are attributable to the same want OF
unity of action. Your meeting to-
gether on this occasion is q sufficient
proof that your minds are convinced
that unity Of action on the part of
the producing classes is Indispensable
necessary for the accomplishment of
some object that cannot be attained
without it. What are those objects ?
By using generic phrase, We might
say the amelioration, not only of our
own class, but all others. But there
are specific objects that go to make up
this generic phrase. According to all
the information l have been able to
collect, the primary objects of the
Order are to increase the social rela-
tions among the agricultural eommun
ity, to establish good schools upon a
permanent basis, to work thorough
reform in the art of agriculture in all
of its various departments, and all
other objects that, in the wisdom Of
the Order, will ameliorate your con-
dition.
In order to accomplish these noble
ends it is requisite to maintain the
strictest unauimity Of sentiment and
action. You must consider from mans
diversity of temperament, understand
ing, intellect and habits of thinking
that the various objects that will be
presented will strike different minds
in variety of ways. Therefore you
should cultivate a pliancy of temper
and brotherly love, Kidding yourselves
of obstinacy, perverseness, envy and
malice, and prepare to be plastic ma
terial in the construction of this noble
Order. Subdue your refractory natures,
harmonic your opinions and frater-
nize your feelings necessary for the
accomplishment of this great work.
To facilitate the accomplishment of
these ends, you have entered into a
sacred covenant or league as brothers
and sisters to hel each other, and to
use all landable means in your power
for the promotion and accomplishment
of these objects This sacred cove
nant is such that though you may be
separated from each other by thous-
ands of miles, yea by seas and oceans,
the fraternal tie that binds you, and
the polity and code of laws that govern
you, will be acknowledged. Your OBJ
jects and aims as an Order are so mani
testify praiseworthy that the only ques-
ton on which you are liable to baulk
or divide in opinion, is the best method
of accomplishing the work. In the
economy of nature all ends are gained
by united action of immutable prin-
ciples or laws, which are never violated
except by fortuitous circumstances.
With the undertakings of man it is
very different. He, being creature of
intelligence and volition, can act or
refrain from action as best pleases him,
however under the restraint of moral
and divine laws. Now, in order to
obtain harmonious action in the de-
velopment and PRONUNCIATION of the
noble aims of your Order, the minority
must yield to the dictates of the ma
jority. Yea, the minority are impera-
lively bound by the strongest moral
obligation to cooperate with the ma
jority. The objects to be gained being
conceded by all to be virtuous, there
can be no sacrifice of principle in CO.
operating with the majority. Other
wise disunion will take the place of
unity and all this noble structure must
90 to the ground. Will you allow this !?
viii you allow your perverse, refrac-
tory natures to lead captive your better
understanding and precipitate an in
stitution designed by its wise construc-
ton to benefit and bless she farmer?
| hope not.
There are other errors, though of
less magnitude, that probably may lead
to the former that I would be glad to
present to your minds, in a more in
telligible manner, than | fear | will
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