The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-12-13
THE STATE GRANGE.

On Tuesday, the 18th, this body as
sembled. 1t is worthy representative
Of class, the peer of any other class,
in all that adds dignity to human nature
and co1fers blessings on mankind
The growth of the Grange brother
hood is a marvel. From a small begin
ming few years ago, it has grown to be
an organization powerful in numbers and
abundant in its intellectual resources.
Its membership is numbered by the mil
lion, and its champions are the first in
tellects Of the land They are Jealous,
bat theirs is not rhe zeal of unreasoning
fanatics 1t is the earnestness inspired
by the perfect knowledge and conviction
Of right and Of duty to persist in well-do-
ing.
The very nature of the occupation of
agriculture tends to segregation of its
members and independence Of each 9TH
err. The consequence is that while COM
bination and cooperation for mutual pro-
lection and advantage, have been the
rule of other classes, the custom Of the
members Of the agricultural class has
been to pursue their avocation separately
and apart from each other 1t is not
strange therefore. that they have been
constantly the victims of others to whose
enrichment their labors in the heat of
summer and in the cold Of winter have
contributed
Agriculture is the primal. the most in
dispensabIe, and therefore the most hon
orable, of all other avocatiens. II is the
source Of the very existence of all others,
and they would wither and perish if its
nourishing hand were Withdrawn. 1t is a
cause of rejoicing that its devotees have
at last resolved to protect, by proper
system of harmonious action and Co
operation, the interests of their calling,
and to demonstrate that when true to
themselves they cannot is false to any
other class.
We congratulate the Changers Of Mis-
sssippi upon the suspicious circumstances
under which they have assembled, Their
State has been reclaimed from misrule
and a condition little short Of chaos and
anarchy and her government is in the
hands of men who have her welfare at
heart, and are capable of knowing the
right, and honest and patriotic enough
to pursue it. The Changers, in their
mission of elevating agriculture and in
vesting it with the scepter which rightly
belongs to it, have great work to per
IOFH iOf tt4elE PldIe-
In all the elements of prosperity
area. fertile soil, healthfulness of climate,
variety of oduction-AIississippi is an
empire of itself There is one means
essential TO the development and utiliza
ton of her resources which we are sure
the Convention will not overlook We
Yefer to IMMIGRATION. In fable we
read Of gonii that constructed gorgeous
palaces in single night. but the genii
that will build up Mississippi, people her
wilderness, make her deserts blossom as
the rose, and send up the smokes of in
dustrv as an incense to Heaven for all
these gifts with which she has been SUI
perabundantly blessed, will be the ad
vent of the skillful artisan, the toiling
husbaudman, the enterprising manufac-
turer aud the capitalists, all seeking
homes and permanent employment with
in her borders. Let it be the province
Of the Changers, knowing no such word
as stranger, bid thenl thrice welcome.