The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-10-01

tons. while the cotton crop of 1870 and
1871 was nearly as large rs ever raised.
Rome, in the grandeur Of her Republi-
can simplicity,
WENT TO THE PLOW
for her consuls and her warriors, and
even her sublimest poet sang in bucolic
strains; but when the Empire came and
Caesarism triumphed, freedmen were mas
tiers on the farm, and Egyp. and Podalia
became her granaries, and thence alone
her subsistence is drawn. The concer-
trati0n of power, the combinations and
extravaganza of wealth, the lust of official
station, but above and beyond all the
loss of agricultural independence for sub
sistence upon ''foreign nations, who
became hostile ones, brought the proud
Empire, ''diveTs from all the rest"
down to the dust and rent her into frag
ments.
Is there sufficient resemblance here to
make a comparison? VIII our decay,
which no one disputes, cease until the
country is a deserted wild, left only to
the half cultivated and feebly scratched
patches Of the freedman, 50 long as we
depend for 50 great a portion Of our sub
sistence upon the fertile plains Oflllinois,
and the highly cultivated valleys Of the
Great West? Is it Lot apparent, broth
ers, is it not apparent, that we can never
successfully raise cotton with which to
buy meat, and corn, and all the necesSi- /
ties Of life; with the power of the Govern
ment and the wealth of the specula- |
tors combined against US, in its cultiva-
ton?
How long, O! how long will you follow
the miserable system adopted ut the close
of the wsr-the planting Of cotton alone, /
and partnershipping with the laborer
Patrons, With you at least, let the carnival /
of cotton end; let the cropping system /
with The laborer cease; hire for wages and /
thus inaugurate your own independence I
assure the cleaning of your fence cor
ners and bitches, new rails, and the
of your fences, the cleansing
of your moulding and fire fanged barn
yards. and the saving Of rich stores of
fertility, the cultivation of fruit, the +
planting Of trees, and tie adornment of T
YOUR homes; and 30 let farming, true
farming, come to the front, with corn for
commander Of the forces and cotton IN the
ranks, and shortly the balances would be
in our favor.
When we take home to our hearts, the
serious truth, that this has been the most
season, for crops of all kinds,
for many years, and that the grain crops,
the acreage was greatly in excess of past
wears. are not sufficient for home con-
that the drouth has been
equally fatal in the West, with one Of the
plaques Of Egypt ravaging the land of its
green and growing crops; how pain
full it is to think Of him who negleoting
his opportunity, has no corn, aud must
look abroad for subsistence for the coming
year. and TO get it pay the enormous profits
Of the railroads and the per cent. of the
merchants,
Corn is cash, AMI as the very founda
ion stone Of this Order IS cash, let It be
based on corr. Plant corn then, Patrons
# Husbandry, plant corn and save the
and-sow grain and invite prosperity
plant corn aud cancel the deeds of trust,
which hang like the sword Of DamOcles,
,ver the h)mesteads of your wives and {
title ones-sow grain and assure immi
corn and live under your {
own vine and fl tree, a free, independent t
md happy people, with 10 barren and {
quilted fields to shock the eye, no rotting
md neglected fences to invite the solitary {
log TO plumber half titled patches, no {
iilapidated houses and harms to shame
he owner, and above all, no deeds of {
rus to wiring the silent tear from the {
faithful. help-giving and trembling wife, :
1ut let the cheerful words of song bubble
~ from her grateful heart and ripple
rom her lips, in abundant praise aud :
alteration of Him who, when the laborious ;
farmer faithfully plants and waters, never
fails ''to give the increase.
IF the principles of this Order teach
ANYTHING to the Southern farmer in It's
sublime lectures, it is the elevation of this
to the dignity of
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