Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-02-19
Sons of the Soil.
Declaration of independence.
Comprehensive Platform Of Prin-
cipIes Enumerated by the Ma
tiOnaI Grange.
A Memorial TO Cotton Planters.

business, received the report Of
/ the Committee on Resolutions.
presented by Mr.. Wardlow, Of
Florida, and adopted. 1t is as
/ follows:
Profoundly impre scd with
the truth that the National
Grange of the United States
should definitely proclaim to the
world its objects, We hereby
unanimously make this dcclara-
ton Of purposes of the Patrons
Of Ilusbandry:
!. United by the strong and
faithful tic, of agriculture, we
mutually resolve to labor for
the good Of our Order, our
country and mankind.
?. We heartily indorse the
motto, I'm Essentials, Unity
in Non-csscntials, Liberty; in
all things, Charity"
3. We shall endeavor TO adj
vance cur cause by laboring to
accomplish the following OBJ
jects: ITO develop a better
and higher manhood and wo-
manhood among ourselves; to
advance the comforts and attrac-
tons of our homes. and strength
Ell our attachments to our pur-
suits; to foster mutual under
standing and cooperation; to
maintain inviolate our laws,
and 10 emulate each other to
labor 10 hasten the good time
coming; to reduce our expen-
Sos, 10th individual and cor
porative; to buy less and pro-
duce more in order to make our
farms sclf-sustaining; to diver
sify our crops and crop no more
than we can cultivate; to con-
dense the weight Of our exports,
selling less i'll the bushcl and
more on hoof and in fleece; to
systematic our work, and cal
culatc intclligcntly on probabili-
ties; 10 discountcnancc the cred
it system, and every other svs-
tenn tending to prodigality and
bankruptcy. We propose meet
ing together, talking together,
working together, buying to-
gethcr, selling together, and i'll
general acting together for our
mutual protection and advance
ment as occasion may require.
We shall avoid litigation as
much as possible by arbitration.
In the Grange we shall constant
" strive to secure more entire
harmony, good will and vital
brotherhood among ourselves;
and to make our Order pcrpet-
ual we shall earnestly cndeavor
to suppress personal, local, sec
tional and material prejudiccs,
all unhealthy rivalry, and all
selfish ambition. Faithful adj
hcrcncc TO these principles will
insure our mental, moral, social
and material advancement.
4. For our business interests
we desireto bring producers and
consumers, farmers and manu-
factmers into the most direct
and friendly relations possible;
we must dispense with a surplus
Of middle-men-nOt that we are
unfriendly to them, but we do
not need them; their surplus
and their exactiOns diminish our
profits. We wage no aggres-
sive warfare against any other,
interests whatever. On the |
contrary, all our acts, and all
our effects, so far as business is
concerned, are not only for the
benefit Of producers and con-
sumers, butalso forall othcrinter-
ests that tend to bring these two
parties into speedy and econom-
ical contact. Hence we hold
that transportation companies
Of every kind are necessary 10
our success; that their interests
are intimately connected with
our interests, and harmonious
action is mutually advantage
ous-keeping i'll view the first
sentence in our declaration of .
principles Of action: that indi-
vidual happiness depends upon
general prosperity. We shall,
therefore, advocate for every
State the increase in every prac-
ticable way of all facilities for
transporting cheaply to the sea-
board, or between home prOdu-
GERS and the consumers of all
the productions Of our country.
We adopt it as our fixed pur-
pose to open the channels in
Natures great arteries, that the
life-blOod of commerce may
flow freely. We are not enc,
mics of railroads, navigable and
irrigating canals, nor of any
that will advance