Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-03-05


sation may be judged by our police gaEsstes,
as we'll as BY tho quality Of brsg clsrgynso,
and men high in Office, What Indian tribe
can show a worse moral record Yet we
send abroad our pious missionaries aud talk
Of exter,ninating the MOdOCs, aod actusly
hang them Shall grangers patrOniEe any
such religion, or any such politics2 Heaven
forbid. ~ |
Our common religion is threadbare, stale,
and dead, with Journalism. The religion is
hid away too far in the sky. 1t is sky re-
ligiOn, with sky heaven, and its Steeples ever
too high up. Come down, saints, come
down. The grange brings things down
among the people, into their houses ~
homes. A heaven right here at our door is
much more COhtsnient than one up in the
moon. How long will it take to make earth
a paradise by devOting hundred and fifty
millions to splendid church buildings in New
York, while ninety thousand stout men there
are unemployed, with no potatoes in the
cellar3 A million years won't do il. And
yet that is the sectarian method all round,
and party politics joins in to help it. ltis
the anise, mint, aud cumin religion Of pro-
fessional aristocracy, with AndOver kid-glOve
minister graduates to pound and exPOund in
velvet-cushioued desks. But the true grange
religion is better suited to the wants of
plain. homely, and sensible workiugmeu.
'no who knows our greatest needs,
Recks not man that counts his beads,
For righteousness Is not In orcods,
Nor solemn faces,
But lies rather in kindly deeds, fr' 'lI
And Christian graoes"
We msy we'll expect blissful heaven in
\ future life; but the important work Of the
grangers now is, to avoid the hell Of monopo-
ly and aristocrscy, and political damuation.
Some contend that good men should stick to
the old parties aud sects, in order to purify
and reform them. But clearly that is bad
logic and poor philosophy; for man can
never lift himself in 4 basket while standing
in it, 30 we must stand outside Of the bas-
ket, and outside Of old parties and scots, if
we would lift them up. 1t requires ma.
chine more powerful than any stump puller
in the country.
Tue grange movement, then. Is no mix
ture, and no compromise, but an entirely
new departure out and out. Not in party
interest of any kind, nor sect bat it is q
tanning mill, sitter, that is to separate the
coekle and chaff of politics and religion, sav-
ing only the clean wheat Of principle. That
is the farmers gold. We may now discard
old names altogether. and be known only as
the grange party. Then nothing is left am.
biguous, but all is distinctly understood, aud
boldly outspoken.
No dependence for reform can be placed
in any but plain, responsible workers. None
of your lily fingers, that seek the easy pia-
ces and shirk the hard. That style Of bas-
ness has played out. That is what spOils
church and state, and sets them tumbling.
We are told hard story of the carpet-bag-
gers at the South. But the North is sprink-
led over thick with carpet 6eggars, in the
shape Of dandy peddlars and travelling agents
for patent speculations, to make quick aud
easy fortunes, and avoid the sweat. Thous-
ands graduate from our colleges, and want
to stand 10 pulpits and professional offices,
because such positions are easy, genteel, and
well paid. And the money comes out Of
farmers and workers. Bu. we find the true
emblems of trust, honor, mauliness, and ma
tional prosperity are the axe. hoe, spade,
aud plow, with "hay seed in the hair" I.
The principle of fraternal unity and CO.
operation is fundamental in the grange. This
not only kills all monopoly, but it will wipe
away that great red dragon of CORY war
that most fearful scourge Of mankind. Gov
ernment ofioers and military men, under our
present order Of things, are interested in the
plunder OF battle-6vlds, and would therefore
be slow to accept any doctrine Of permanent
peace. Their trade is war But when al
shall become grangers and Sovereigns, then
human carnage will be forced to stop.
0thello's occupation will be gone. So rol
on the glorious grange ball round the world
Roll iE along!
wOmAn Suffrage.
The woman question now fills up the
book. We speak Of the grange as fapil,
order; but no family is without woman
She is mother, wife, sister, aud does a grea
DEAL wherever she is. In he hive she i
queen; in sickness. she is the best nurse
and she can tend the baby better than "anJ
other man." If we sleep we'll at night,
woman has made the soft and doWny bed
Every man is proud of his table when
handsome lady pOurs the tea. Where WON
an is there is sweetest music and the per
fumo Of roses; and where happiness dwells
and love, surely woman is not far away
Then would not all these beautiful things b
represented in her vote Indeed the
would. Good government is not who'll.
made up Of bull dogs, swords and guns, an
the noise and smell Of gunpOwder. And tn
still, small, gentle voice Of wOman's ballC
could certainly do no harm, could itH
T Cha1lplin, MINI, Rs6., 1875.
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