The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-24
The Patron HushandrYs
w. H. WoRTHINGroN, EDITOR.
COLUMBUS, MISS, MAY "a, 1879,
I FARMER FOR U1IfED STATES
SENATOR -


ryTHeligent farhler ID nc blstd The
dueshop OF The e,ecEien efmehber the
Legislatare, viii h5occsirs in November
ncxt, shosgd be discussed on all occasions,
1t the meAfngsI of Oranges and wfefever
farmers sre>brought together. II, this
way, they will become fully aroused to Its
grayehmportance, ndbeready for united,
intelligent action in the county conlvefl-
tons.
The farmers must have relief from the
burdens imposed upon them BY unjust as
laws enacted by Legislative bodies that
were bought up and controlled, directly or
indirectly, by the Money Power: Their
interests imperatiyely demand it And
past experience has demonstrates clear
" that none but a fool need be imposed
upon, tl,atneL legislature composednlainlyv
Of lawyers and politicians can be relied
Upon to afford this relief. These classes,
and they generally comprise large ma
iority of the candidates, make all manner
OF promises to the people before the cleo
ton, but invariably disregard them after
The0questiorl OF relief must be decided by
the people themselVes-befoee~ the~eaadi-.
dates are nominated;r nothing must be left
to doubt and uncertainty, nothing to the
discretion of lawyer-politicians who seek
political positions only to advance their
personal interests, And the only safe,
sensible way to decide this question, is, for
the. farmers to unite and organize in every
election beat, select teeir strongest and
best men as delegates to represent them
in the county conventions-men with
heads on their shoulders, who would sccorn
to be the tools of the town rings, and who
ID. would unite in nominating proper num-
Der of good and true farmers in each couprp-
tv for the Legislature. What we mean by
good and true farmers is, men who accept
public trusts as matter of public duty,
q who are guided by principle, and who do
not look to and collude with the town
rings for the nominations: The man whom
the farmers should set their faces against
like steel, though he may be farmer, is
he who fawns upon the town rings, and
. to get their favor and support, becomes a
plant instrument to carry out their cor
rupt schemes for controlling the county
The election of L. S. Senator by the
next Legislature this State, is of unusual
Importance. Heretofore the elections Of
Senators have been determined by the
political papers, the instruments of the
O aspirants, and secret caucuses of members
of the Legislature The whole matter has
generally been decided by very small
number of active politicians, and the tpeo-
pie have virtually had no voice in it what
ever. But, for the first time in the politi-
cal history of the State, the farmers, are
now in position to control the nomina
ton and election of trustw orthy men to the
Legislature and secure the election of
representative man of their own class to |
the U. S. Senate. And they will be GRIM
. inally irecreant to their duty to themselves,
TO their families, to their class, and to3the
best interests of the country at large, if
they fail to take advantage of the oppor-
/. tunity 10 send a farmer to that branch of
congress where it is so important that
their interests should be represented
We have not doubt that if the question
were submitted to vote of the farmers of
the State, nine tenths of their votes would
be cast for Worthy Master Dafden, OF
some other able and reliable farmer, to
represent the State in. the u s., Senate.
The masses would rejoice to see such re-
suit brought about; they want a man of
their own in that position3 who would ad-
1Ocafe and protect their interests in the
legislation of Congress; YET, for lack of
confidencein themselves and in each other,
they hold baek-and permit-the town rings
TO pack and control the county conyen-
tons, and thus, WELD all political power.
# We cannot impress too, strongly upon
the farmers of the State the grave impor-
lance of the next election ofFmembers of
the Legislature. The appearance in the
United States Senate of so able and pro.
nounced an advocate of the rights and in
.terests of the farmers as Worthy Master
Darden, of the State Grange, would have
a moral effect that would reach every sec
tion. and carry hope and joy to every far
mer in the land, It would be a practical
demonstration of the power and utility of
Organization by farmers, and it would also
be the signal of such a rallying to the
Grange standard as was never beforewit-
2 nessedDis this coantrysaMore than all, it
> would be the breaking up of the rule of
the political ring, and the mana cement of
the Democratic party would pass into the
i hands ads of better class of men, selected
! mainly by the farmers themselves.taei,3
-i9' Fronl-every point of view the election