The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-21
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I ;fo, Pat 0a::. ThinkingsA report rom
The Asciinity of-this Grange, lEbenezef
No.4oa, might prove acceptable, I haye
concluded 70 give you the result q aIeW]
iettings. , =
The season thus far has. been nearly all
that the. farmers could desire. Corn rs
generally "laid by, and bids fair Tor an
abundant yield. Cotton is small and mas
been slow of growth owing to the unusu
ally cool weather in NAY but with the
genial showers we are having and the
warm sunshine that's certain to follow IN
Tune, we look for rapid increase IN the
size. of the stalk. Red oats have done
well. Irish potatoes and garden vegefa,
bles were..nev better. Early fruits ana
berries are abundant and delicious Our
diaries and apiaries are overfiowIng WIN
milk and honey, but beyond our individuai
consumption we can do nothing-no sac,
no money, and too busy to barter In the
midst of plenty, we are naked and IN as
tress, and our rulers and law makers are
deaf to our cries. - p.
At our May Fair on the 70th ult., We
had magnificent selection and display OF
all of the above, together with an exhIpl-
ton of some Of the richest and rarest how
ers my eyes ever beheld. 10 23lsSlV
81 will nowa.tell you what occurred to-
day at Ebenezer Welmet at 10 4, NJ, and
in addition TO the ordinary duties OF the
Grange, we initiated and conferred the
first and second degrees on one class, and
conducted another through the third ana
fourth degrees, after which our Worthy
Master scaled off" forldinner, and a good
one it was, consisting of all the good things
the country affords. AT this repast Capt;
Darden graced the head of our table, and
we were joined by some. ladies and gen
hemen farmers who are non-Grangers,
but were attracted by the announcement
that Worthy Master Darden, of the State
Grange, was to speak at 3 o'clock, p NJ.
At the appointed hour the doors OF our
Grange hall were thrown open,- and all
present invited to partake of "a feast of rea-
son and flow of soul.'' $50 PISS 1'-*
Worthy Muster Darden spoke for over
two hours, d .iring all of winch time the
attention of the audience was fixed upon
the speaker. We have heard him frequent
ly before, and always with interest and
pleasure, But this time, without any seem
ing effort on his part, he made one of the
best speeches of his life. Through all of
his four years campaigns, from Mississip-
p City on the south to Bowling Green,
KY, on the north, and through Tennes-
see and Alabama, under Beauregard,
Johnston, Bragg, Hood, and Taylor, to his
surrender at Selma, he never poured shot
and she'll from his battery into the ranks
of the enemy with greater vigor and effect
| than he defended the farmers and laborers
of our whole country, North, South, East
| and West against bad legislation, State
and National. He opened our eyes to the
power of the combinations of capitalists,
railway and other monopolies, with sub
sidized press, and paid attorneys at the
| seat of government and in our legislative
halls, all of which were expressing the
people, and tending to slavery and to the
! Capitalization Of all power in the General
! Government.
He lifted the thin gauze-vail Of the tariff
laws, and placed before our view
their injustice and oppression to the
laboring class, especially farmers, who,
though by far the most powerful as to
numbers, Sampson-like are being shorn
of their strength by the political Delilahs,
who are binding them hand in foot in or
der to turn them over, blind and power
less, to their enemies and future masters.
! He called our attention to the acts of
the last Legislature, and the course of our
Representatives in Congress, and showed
us that they were not equal to the emer-
geneies and necessities Of the fines:
{ 81 The speaker referred to what had been
/ done by the toiling masses at their recent
election in the Golden State, in spite OF
the most determined opposition from the
moneyed power of the State; that the ball
/ there put in motion would roll on until il
will reach every State and Territory from
California to Maine; and that we have
greater reasons for crying out against un-
lust legislation and taxation without rep
Tesentation" than. had the thirteen Colo
!. mics against the Government of Great Bri-
tain, TiMe and space fail me to give you
the outlines of his remarks on the currency
or greenback question, communism and
I other troubles and isms in Europe, strikes
! ETC., in the United States, and their inevi
!. table tendency and results, if we do no,
use intelligently and effectually- the only
peaceable remedy left us, to-wit: the bal
, lot in the election of men in sympathy
with and perfectly understanding the ne
.cessity Of those who Eesd and must have
relief. Fraternally, Ct 80 a.
4 z,aI aa 10. D. S. DAVENPORT.
Fayette, June Z. 80 -
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