The farmers' vindicator. (Jackson, Miss.) 1873-1???, 1874-06-19

|, waves of the mighty. deep, to max
d our reckoning and see whittier we al
d drifting,
s. OUR DOMESTIC AFFAIRS AND BUSHES
n PURSUITS
If are not substantial and prosperous
}. As we survey our surroundings, we ar
IS sadly impressed with the defects tina
# mark every department Of our nationG
r interests. Instead of prosperity, W
find adversely; instead of advance
l. ment, we find refrigeration; where W
= once found homesteads Astounding i
, substantial comfort, invested with re
/ fined elegance, lawns tasteful, outbuilt
!. ings in good repair, fences substantial
/. and agriculture yielding, under skillfu
t work, its fullest capacity, we now fin,
: the reverse of all these elements o
genuine thrift, and instead of our an
, cient prosperity we are the victims o
| an unwise policy, that is fast driving
us upon the barren strand of hopeless
adversely.
Rational inquiry naturally turns tt
this anomalous condition, and attempts
the difficult task of giving satisfac
tory solution. 1t is the part of sound
philosophy to examine the intricate
questions that connect themselves with
our adverse condition; to ferret out
the causes of prostration and to devise
and apply efficient remedies for the dis
eases that are preying upon our social
and business concerns.
IN PURSUING THIS LINE OF THOUGHT,
and taxing our ingenuity to portray the
causes of our domestic troubles, and
intelligently point out the paths that
will unerringly lead us from the wild
wood and brush of our hitherto inn
penetrable wilderness, we are naturally
drawn to the history, principles and
teachings of the Order of the Patrons
Of Husbandry, and trust that therein
we may find chart and compass that
will steer safely, speedily and surely
out of the maelstrom so rapidly draw.
ing us into its vortex.
And in following out these refec-
tions, we will endeavor to present the
claims Of our respected Order, without
undue praise, on the one hand, nor will
we permit its just demands upon our
esteem, to fail for the want of proper
consideration of its superior merits.
OF ITS HISTORY, AND THE CAUSES
which prompted its creation and or
ganization, while they are familiar in
a great measure to every intelligent
observer of passing events, it is well
for us to give to their importance more
than passing glance. As we trace it
back over the few years of its brief
we are struck with the ra,
pidity of its progress, and dazzled by
the splendor of its triumphs. Its adj
vent and achievements are embraced
within the period of six years, and it
assumes, to-day, an empire commensu- I
rate with the length and breadth of our {
entire country, and with no presump,
,uous audacity, has fearlessly entered
The domain Of the nationalities of the {
I'D world, and claims the respect of '
he civilization of the age.
Being an innovator upon the estab- {
ished customs of the country; enun- {
Eating new ideas; new lines of thought; t
the fierce hostility of S
very interest with which it clashed,
is progress was slow at first, but con F
cious of the soundness of its princi- il
lies and the integrity of its purposes, 7
has, by the untiring energy and en- d
husiasm of its unconquerable spirit, il
isen to proportions, unmatched by any n
rider of the present, Or unequalled by o
he unnumbered associations of the past. n
t has increased from its beginning of i
even members, until it embraces in b
Is vast brotherhood, nearly one million Il
hree hundred thousand Patrons, and II
rom its original Grange to more than NJ
we've thousand, scattered throug bout CT
ur entire land. 1t numbers in its "
anks many of the most enlightened SC
nd highly cultivated in the nation, ri
nd has for its object the extirpation ia
the huge evils, that like the mantle tie
night, shuts out the bright rays of hi
from the material interests be
our country. And, to-day, we are
lder obligations to its founders, as it
rong as it is possible for elevating in CO
fences to assert claims to human graft it!
de, and the names Of Saunders, N
ely, Thompson, Grosh, Ireland, au
rimble and Mcdowell will gather
,out them lustre as enduring as the pc
story that records the grandest refor- er
alton and most brilliant achievements cy
this or any other age. pr
Their sagacity and wisdom is demon wi
-ated in the clear appreciation of the bu
I al 90.