Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-04-06

that he who does the former is, 10
every sense Of the word, the peer Of the lat
ter, the bitterness that now exists towards
the grange will cease, aud m attitudes with
out the gates will join hand in hand with
those within, as We blot from our constitu.
ton the article, 1--WE shall take no part in
politics." aud 60 with us in our effort TO Gle.
waite the tone Of our nationality. Then when
politicians, ofIice-scekers, whiskey rings and
the minions Of the Pope of Rome shall have
long enough endangered our civil, political
and religious liberties when every true pat
riot trembles for the welfare Of his dear
America, and the thoughtful, Christian citi-
zen is almost doubling "if there is God in
Israeli" when the democratic party shall
have outlived its usefulness when the re-
publican party shall have lost its prestige;
when bull-dozing shall have become a stencil
in the nostris of tho American people, me.
thinks there will come up a call from the
grave Of our martyrcd patriot, from the grave
Of our saiuted Washington call that shall
be caught up by millions Of the honest labor
ing poor of our land, deving in the Mines
toiling in factories, laboring in the busy work
shop; by the skilled artisans working in wood
and steel, by the Christian minister, by the
independent press, by the sturdy yeomsury,
their wives, sons and daughters; a call for
pure, Christian leader backed up by pure
a Christian constitution, that we may 20 up
and possess again this goodly land Of ours in
peace and prosperity as in days Of yore a
call that must be beedcd The grangors may
bring forth the man. Then with stars aud
stripes waving over him, when the conflict
comes for right, marching foremost in the
column, standing firm in the fight, bareing
breast to meet the onslaught, stand up by
him in your might, and the God who rules
over nations, shall with victory crown the
right
BY this don't mean to say the grange is
of divine origin, but will say when l read
its manual, study its ritual and learn more
Of its noble work when sec the intelligent
smiling countenanoe Of those who have Joined
it and listen to its soul.cheering songs; when
| hear the steady tramp of its fifteen hun.
bred thousand devoted followers, [ believe
with the editor of the FARMER that the
grange has come to this country to stay, and
though not Of divine origin, believe when
1t shall be better understood by the people,
when through the instrumentality of its
thousands Of oranges scattered throughout
the land, holding semi-monthly meetings !;
discussing (both men and women joining in
the discussions) the various questions per.
tanning to the household, the farm, domestic
economy, social and moral reform when the
influence for good that shall 60 out from them
shall be felt through all the ramifcations of
society, and people shall learn to live more
and more in accordance with the precepts Of
that best of books, it WILL to say the least,
meet with divine approval.
But the grange movement is not to be con-
fined to this country. Many oranges are al.
ready formed across the water, and the
grAugers Of the West are to-day laying down
agricultural implements and bread stuff in
Liverpool and other foreign ports cheaper
than it has ever been done before, creating
love for the order that shall eventually
spread from nation to nation until the broad
earth shall be its harvest field of love. Then,
instead of kilograms at the Instance of the
Spectator to buy up the food, the clothing,
or the necessaries Of life, to the detriment of
the honest laborng poor, las there are mil
lions in the scheme) instead of kilograms for
iron.clads cannon and munitions of war, the
telegraph shall teen with such messagee as
these Send us no more Yankee guns we
have concluded to engage in agricultural
pursuits, send us improved agricultural i'm
plcments and products Of the soil and inteli-
gent teachers, that we may learn to handle
the one and raise the other send US To-
comotives and skilled workmen that we may
learn to build them the Frenchman has
learned to respect the Sabbath the Russian
Bear has postponed indefinitely his feast on
Turkey; John Bull has concluded to mind
his own business; John Chnaman is anxious
to 60 up; the Pope of Rome is dead these
and other kindred sentiments of good cheer
shall come flashing up from the briuy deep
when such splendid Christian sentiments as
those which went out on the wires from St.
Johnsbury the 18th Of January last at the
Instance of our houored Governor shall not
be local in their influence, shall not be ma
tional in their application, shall not stop at
Chicago, but travelling round the world, call
ing on every nation, meeting with friendly
response from every people, they shall come
back to US, as fresh as when they started,
when thought, intelligence, virtue shall pos
sess all people, and charity, goodwill and
Christian deeds shall bind with strongest
bonds of love the sisterhood of nations and
the brotherhood of man, then, in connection
with Christianity, the grange shall have full
filled its mission and all the people shall re-
spond, amen.
Resolutions passed on the death of sIstei
). N. brown OF Aseutneyville.