, 1874-07-11

| w tAo e1in1eAp war no fetlfou 20 lla 1mmenBo
osthtcB, and waa littlo henrd Of. The English
bafong OF raninuro Is extinct; tho Scotch Peor-
oEa or ualhouAto will pAHs to q cousin. Lord
DAlhosislaH 81 income was probably little loss than
| !<fo,oo0 yohr. He was TidoWer and cllldfesH.
THE GRANGE MOVEMENT.
At Granger'a picnic at Atkinson, Henry
County, H.. On tho 4th 1nst., tho following pn.
per was road By Miss Ella Porter, Of Cornwall,
THE anANoE MOVEMENT. !,
N2 subject ia moro worthy Of q patient. and
careful study than the important movement
among the agricultural classes which has been
popiilarly termed Tho Farmers' War Againat
Monopolics." "Tho rapid and astounding
growth Of the movement: tho formation Of
| Nrangos In overy part Of tho Union. aud tho re-
markablo SUCCESS which has attendod ovory step
or tho Order of pasrsns ot Aushandry, haye
made 1t tho nlost closely aud hn1lousty observed
! OF any OF the movements Of tho day." Men eau
not help regarding with d doop Interest an Or
ganizsAon which bida fair 10 embrace TIM wholo
agrlolltural population ut MI early period. .Eyon
q aro now forced to confess that tho PATRONS Of
| HuHbandry arc to-day powor which no po1ttf-
cal party eau Afford to ignore. and which mar
soon-pers!aEs next year-ba able to docsde the
United States. This new element in our public
affairs docs not seek the adyancement Of its OWN
ii!torchts regardless of tho rights aud wel-bofng
ot others; no, not that, but proposes to work
| for tho general good Of the whole country. with
u, wfso aud FREQ regard for the welfare Of ali
| classes.
1t bas long boen evident, to earnest thinkors'
that tho farmers Of The United States arc the
most cruelty oppressed class of our community.
But wo hope, as wo adynnoo In tho good cause,
that wo may have more and those that nro
stronger, to set forth these w,ongs, md to pload
tho cauao Of tue farmer, III hope Of awakening
tho general public to tcalization Of tho case.
| Wo cannot afford to allow the farmer to suffer,
for upon his real or WOO depends the prosperity
Of tho eutiro patton. Tho farmers cause is tho
peoples cause, md the Grange IL fighting tho
eaase Of tho heo people; It. sook' to asy
population, aa = compaet body against thoso
| oyiH that oppreHs us. It ofrors to the farmers
+! tho most praetloablo means Of battering their
condition.. aud nn'le it confines its membership
strictly to tie AGRICULTURAL c|asses. it
1'e, for sympathy .and encouragement;
aud tho great aud overwhelming i'll
teroat manlfeatel w the public on TINT
| question has made this lifting time Tor. ssords
| on tile subject. -
III the natural order Of tbinget mud especially
! In this happy laud Of freedom, what ought the
fatnor to bs2 Lie should be the most fortunate
| man in tue community. Owning hia land, with
good health, depending only on tiie bounty Of the
atvor Of All Good. lsla should be q lie Of abHo-
| luto Independence. Not TINT this should frea
him from the groat noceasity Of oarnang thcse
blessings by tho Hweat OF h,s brow, but tths this
aud tlIat ho SHOULD be ahie to look forward witt,
conildenco TO a.comfortable provision for Ills old
age, and fair start In life for bin children. fot
lootlns around upon !he community, .wo find
tuattalH very different. The condition Of affairs
which neeta us ut every turn IL not that whsch.
Of tho ligl,t-Aearted, Independent, contented
owner of domain s1tflciens to support him iu
comfort, what DO We fsnd tho farmer to be7 We
tsa.d Tue American iarlnera tolne, oye1sorked
However Intelligent l9 may bp, Lowe,or deter
mined to. aucoaet, we hud him, rs q
rnle,' doing little moro 'than providing
lood aud eluthinR for those ,aepondent
load OF DEBT, still conscious that no u not To-
celvtug ~ fair return for tho labor as tue mor
clant Or mechanc receives for hla. There IL
ssomatbing wrong in tho systom wbioh thus
aro instances Of groat wealth a1uassed by fUru,-
els; hut they asa tho excaptious. rAeao fort,,-
naso persons have boon posaessed Of large eapi-
ta, while tho average farmer is 1nau Of limit:
both euds meet at the eud OF tho year. Nov,
bore IL q rosl grioyanoe,-a most singular state
OF afraisr, ,-tbat the most uHhful claas in the
land, that wl,iuh should be tho most fortunate
pressed. the hardeat-Worxed, and the poorest
paid. There il no necessity for this stato OF
affairs. aud it should not exist.
Let tla iarners reulAill steadlaet ln their pur-;
urange, depends upon the ono1ess Of tho Inter
ests Of ita members. Tue Grange has tho good
ot tue nation ut heart, md itB aim IL to bo just
ana generous il tho exercise Of its powers. With
political partles % suol, it haa no utilization;
party itzelf Ia QUO sense; mauy OF
its tnds can be attained ouly by cxer-.
cislh6 the politieal rights OF ltB mombers.. II