The farmers' vindicator. (Jackson, Miss.) 1873-1???, 1874-06-12

have we decided, and that frankly too,
to do our whole duty in the work as
signed us? / know not as to others,
but trust that every Patron is deter
mined as myself to characterize all OF
their acts with fidelity.
To more fully utilize all power in
our vast machinery, we must, sooner
or later, have unity and concert Of ac-
ton on the part of the farmers through
out the entire length and breadth OF
our country, both North and South,
East and West.
We then stand ready and prepared,
from the known fact Of our union, for
the redress of national wrongs, and to
reap benefits that are national in their
nature. But says one Of the opposi-
ton who is making particular note just
here: "This has the wiring of politics,
and they say politics are excluded by
the constitution of the Order" To be
sure it is; but l would ask, is the
belonging to the Order of the Potrons
of Husbandry, or any other secret or
ganization in this our land of liberty
and republicanism Though its princi-
Piles may be somewhat trammeled), a
high crime or misnemeanor, the pen
atty of which is disfranchisement.
Certainly not, from the fact that we
are vitality interested in public affairs;
and it is just as important to us, as it
is to others, that we have wholesome
laws, and them properly executed.
Who reaps the fruit of bad legislation
more than the farmer; who feels the
evil Of a corrupt administration Of the
government more. than the farmer?
Others probably cannot answer the
question, but /, as representative OF
that class, say there is none that feels
it more sensibly. Then have the gen
crosby to conceed us Gas farmers, how
ever, and not as Patrons), the right to
take issue in politics.
In the second place, to turn all
things to profitable account, supply
every want that it takes to make a
thrifty and prosperous people; to have
us useful and public spirited citizens,
and to have us take off our long faces,
caused by the credit mortgage system,
and the per gent. millism (for which
the cash system. is an extraordinary
AN5ut on an independent
ifSe must depend less on
our muscular power; and when Rsay
that we must depend less on our mus
cular powerA do not understand me to
mean that we shall curtail or reduce
our manual labor at all, but to render
it more lucrative in its nature, by de-
upon and using more our mem
tai powers.
"More knowledge should be the
of all true Patrons; and
until we advance, and considerably too,
in this particular, we will, as a matter
Of course, remain underlings. Knowl-
edge is power, and when we get an
equal proportion Of that power to our.
selves, we will set things to work in
their proper order of business. The.
claims of agriculture, patient and long
suffering as she is, will no longer be
gnored, but raised to that attitude
where she so justly belongs, the pre-
dominant power of the land. l am
rank to speak this, because the demon
STATIONS Of the past, the most lamen-
able condition Of the present, teaches
ne that it is right, and essentially SO,
or the good of every class and indus
ry that is engaged among us in honor
bile labor. Then let the date that
rave birth to the Patrons of Hus-
'andry, make a new era in our behalf,
ocially, morally, materially, and in
ellectually, and particularly the latter.
Here lies the secret, from the fact that
We have the means, the numbers, and
nd all of the natural advantages, to
tand our hands a ainst all odds; but,
lasl alasl we ha q mot the informa-
ion; we have nd he moral courage
0 assert our rig and defend them
efore the country and our thinking
iculty has been wing dormant so long,
ntil it will require mammoth resolu-
ion to reform ourselves in this partic-
lar. But, sirs, / move that we adopt
be Resolutions" at once; for with
ut it we must not expect to make
arming a success; without it we go
ito the cultivation of our crops as
zap in the dark, not knowing whether
his piece or that piece of land is
dapted to corn or to cotton, to grain /
r to grasses; what ingredients needed ,
hemically in the composition of the
oil for a most remunerative crop ;fC
Tithout it we can never become indie i
endent; without it the sunny South ]
I'LL never regain her former prestige; I
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