, 1874-01-02


body OF tho Illinois farmers arc should 80 iar
| forget what was due to themselves and to the
laws By Which all OF our lives aud property aro
protected. as to re-elect tho notorious s. II.
Smith Secretary of their ASSOCIATION for anotnef
| year. at their recent meeting held nt Decatur.
| No sooner was tho act done than Smith arose
| aud thanked the body for their support, aud re-
marked that lie considered it an Endorsement OF
! his Winchester speech. In thai speech ne
| counseled o. promi=cuous hanging OF
| all railroad men and monopolists. As
| no one objected to this claim, ve suppose that
| his Winchester remarks are approved, that they
arc, in fact, reelection OF the sentiment repre-
| gented at Decatur. Yet we know that inc great
| mass Of tho agriculturist8 OF tlis State respect
tile laws, and would shrink With horror from the
carrying OFT in practice Of such dangerous and
iucendll1y language as that used by Smith IN
Ills Winchester speech; yet, il they permit
themselves to be led by political demagosues
| aud unscrupulous politicians into All 1ndorze-
ment OF stch sentiments, they must nos be sur
| prsed If they are denounced and held reHponHl-
bio for the inevitable results Of such demorallz-
ing aud dangerous utteraaces IS those pfocliutn-
| cd by Smith.
| From the Oyarn {I7i) Fr.e-Trader tIndependeH0-
Tue resolutions tiually adopted atsest the ag-
| gregate sound, solid good senso OF the boay.
They afford indeed marvellous proof Of ta5
practical intelligence Of our people, aud tho
readiness with which, out OF seemingly chaotic
confusion, :hey can eliminate tue true and valll-
| able Never was . new party in the first stages
Of its formation so utterly at loose ends as this
| Anti-Monopoly party. The mass OF them 1elt
and knew that there was great wrong some
where; that from some cause monopoly
had rot the upper hnnd OF them and
was eating out their substance; that
| both tue political rarties in some way we're
| leagued in with the bloodsucking monopoilsts
andcorruptionists, and get whe1e to strike, and
how to compass the overthrow or amelsorat'on
] Of these evils, was problem few dared to
tackle. Yet, after less thsn q years des''ltoiy
discussion, during which Ann'l1eds OF the most
| visionary and scnsclcss schemes and projects
have been presented, discussed, and cast aside.
q body OF men unskl1cd in debate or the arts Of
parliamentary manipulation. quietly meet and,
with sober, dignifed dellberation. pro
fsed to aa' eonss ,or p pafe5a esnar. Te soupds
| ness OF principle and the t6rsenees and
| admirable cogcncy OF its language. While 1t IL
such IN ono a. neither Of the political parties
will be inclined to adopt for themselves it il yet
ono in which they viii find few points
to assail. p. Except 4, squint in IA
vor OF some nonsensical currency e1-
paneion scheme in the ninth resolution
! (which mus: have been so adro1ly emugGlcd IN
as not to have been perceived), the platform 10
In short the convention haa struck out IN the
true direction, and. if the road is followed with
dlligept determination, it csnnot fll to lead TO
the goal all so earnestly dcsire to reach ID 1euof
from tho oppEe6s1ons u i1'onopo'''
From the Petersburg {EI) Republican, {Reput'!eaa>
| Tho Farmers Association, iu cutting loaso
from old party-ties, have taken q step that may
~ ,,ot Tronorad .o sn~ now that there ia no
| n1 ~ NV - naxs n,2tv 1l,o Renublicau
! party has done tho country noble service, ana
| will 60 much more; but whether it will purge
tsoe4. y: :. a,,a hy;na;no 4 ;nto conrernpt ia q
On ~ ~ anu ~ ~ n,nsst;nc of Cnnrrass there
qusssoi1 @ oi'.rna for the narty to do sonethiu. 10
wa ;to1t rom tbo actin,s brought On by its
a.dars in t1,at BODY. but so lar the whole
| sauoAo , 49, haen i..:en nm in hacrlinc
@ s.u1e 49, S,,t+ar nnd trr;no to evade it.. Il will
otef tuo 4tso .t ha.to saa,ment ~ thn Marty nv
| ntsra;n1 Jho 1emocrats with q part Of the re-
| 6si;;.- eaa6si; Tia Tenrb,1cans hnva a majority.
,ia h.,a Gafsate1j TIA sreaI in tina first
rx;shcd hut it seems thcv are TOO corrupt to do
| aa..l,;n1 ~ the kind Hence the party suffers,
| 1T il iustly should. The farmers. as We haye
| su;l frum the beginning of this movement, layo
| lust causo for complaint. aud the s1rest way for
! tl,em to Get relief is to unite and demand the
election 70 office Of mono hut thcee who Will looi
after their interests,
rron7 Tie c<,ttnl:a {IH.} Denscrat {Tndsp=r1dsnD.
wo haze seldom had the pleasure Of Observing
| deserved result ns was the unanimous re-clec-
tion Of W. O. Flasg and S. AI. Smith, Esqrs., to
tie offices Of President aud Secretary Of tho
aiate Farmcrs' Assoclatiou, at the annual meet
ihg last week. Mr. Smith especially has: during
tae past year, been decried. lied about, and per-
secatcd bY tho opponents Of the Farmers Move-
ment nIl through tLbe land and for no other rca-
ron under tbs heavens than that he was ~ hon
est tloroush-going and active worker in
the cauae Of reform among his brother farmers.
Inspircd with zca1 that knows nc abatemen:
,,nt1l tha objects sought have been realized,
ihcsa tvo worthy and talented advocates Of an
,imont holy cause have nightly aided in putting
mn oHces Of honor and emo!ument hundreds
~ their co-workers IN this State. And it Ia re-
frashino to know that scarcely one Of these huu
their rc-eIcction. It was the spontaneous con-
vict,on of the delegates, expressed in the happy
We'll done, thou good aud faithful servants;
enteryo into tho JOY Of tic farmets' honsenold'
From fa1 Vats,k4 {Til.> Times {I,ldtpendcno.
I This action mases the leaders OF the old polit-
ica! parties stand asbast. The hope that the
aud tie ccftain.y that they are hereafter to be
rearpei TO the quiet OF privnte life, fills them
w1h trembling and indignation 1na their cul eea
.n;nat rhe no,ato-bu-e and "IYng-eared