The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-02

"AAOoS '1d6N IOuCu SnOulQ convert
the baser metals into purest gold;
and said;
Only by a return to habits of indus.
try and economy, guided ty intelligence,
can we regain our wealth and remove
our load OF debt. AS an auxiliary to
this, we want a stable and sound cur.
rency that shall be reliable measure
OF values and recognized as such by all
the civilized world. For we may gain
this truth from others and our own his.
tory, that an irredeemable tluctuatine
currency always favors spectators and
sharpers at the expense of those en-.
gagged in productive industry.
On the financial condition of the
National Grange he remarked:
1t is an agreeable fact to state that
the revenues of the National Grange
heve been above the expenditures thus
leaving balance in the treasury, as
will appear by the report of the worthy
Treasurer.
This subject Of our finances is one
upon which the members of the Order
are particularly and very properly quite
sensitive, and we owe it not onlv to
them, but 70 ourselves, that the receipts
and disbursements of all moneys be
conducted in Il manner that will COM
mend itself to the judgement of bust
ness men.
ADDRESS or WELCOME.
From an address of welcome de-
hvered by Hon. w. D. Porter at
the reception of the Grange by the
city of Charleston, we print the fol-
lowing stirring passages, which will
be read with deep interest as ex-
pressive Of the sentiments and feel
lngs Of the South toward the North.
as we'll for the wholesome ideas ex-
pressed:
We arc met to give you friendly
greeting, to interchange views with YOU
and to try and arrive at Il better knowl-
edge and appreciation of the people and
resources of our respective regions, and
of their proper relations. On behalf of
Ashley Grange, and the various
Oranges of the State, and in the name
Of the people of Charleston and the
State of South Carolina, bid you well
come to the inequalities of this old me-
tropolis. You have taken us upon trust
and you shall not be disappointed. \
4 From what
ever part or section Of the Union you
come, one and all, we bid you welcome
to Charleston, its Inequalities and it's
homes. You will not find US, like other
more favored cities, loaded with luxury
and wealth; for the burning plough
share of war has passed over us, and
The grinding exactions of a peace, not
better, If not worse than war, have con-
'umed our resources and depressed our
'ecuperative energies. But you will
ind true hearts, comfortable, happy
ZONES, and people who, whatever
heir faults, are open and above board
n their dealings, who mean what thew
say and say what they mean; and who
whatever they may do to their enemies,
never turn the cold shoulder to their
friends.
And you must know, ladies end gentle
men, that we are not little proud of our
good old city. Others will speak to
you of its material values and CONNER
;ial advantages. 1t is not splendid in
wealth and palaces, but it is sound,
substantial and true. From days long
before the Revolution to the present
lay Charleston has played conspicu-
JUS part.
In front of the harbor, at the very
gateway to the ocean, stands Moultrie
Ind Sumter, linked both with immortal
of courage, skill and endur-
sncc, of which the earlier memo -ies
;ouch a chord in every American bosom,
md the later ones, when the
passions of the day have burnt
out and the people of the Union are
again in spirit and in truth one people,
our chlidren's children will recall and
recount with wonder and delight, as
proofs of American prowess, of North
,rn and Southern valor.