The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-02
HE GRANGE AND IT'S ENE-

MES.
We publish in another column COR
Isction of errors in regard to the Grange,
made by Judge w P Harris in his recent
address at the University of Mississippi.
Iudge Harris should have informed him
self more fully and accurately in regard
to the facts of the case before pronoun-
eng finally on the subject-especially
since his address was to students, the very
object ofwhose education is the formation
of habits of thorough and impartial inves-
tigation. We do not claim for the Grange
acomplete establishment-any more than
we claim for republican form of govern
n1ent complete establishment The sue
cess and stability of Republic depend
upon the people-its sole guarantee for
continuance lies in the spirit, the vitality,
ofthe people;-in their firm determination
- maintain it by constant watchfulness
and resistance of encroachment upon their
Eberties. So with the Grange; the organ
ization by which the agricultural interests
cf the people are to be maintained upon
the largest and securest basis It's ultimate
success lies with the Farmers-if they are
earnestly alive to their nterests-thor-
opghly aroused to the importance of
complete and compact organization, it will
be a splendid success. And we have re-
newed assurance that the farmers are alive,
that they appreciate the necessity for
having keen eye to their interests and
formaintaining the Grange which is the
bulwark oftheir safely; and we feel that
we have ground for the hope which we
have always expressed.
We cannot understand how any but
the narrowest and most selfish spirit can,
after a full and candid examination of the
AIMS and principles of the Grange, persist
inppposlng and misrepresenting it; and
Willle we think with our correspondent
haAt udge Harris received his ideas of the
6range from self-interested enemies, still
his position is none the less reprehensible
and his lack of information is as much to
be condemned, since the effect is as inju-
riQus, as though his statement had in it
the virus of personal animosity. He made
ms statement to young men--to those who
ought to be encouraged to enter upon ag-
ricultural pursuits-since here is the
Wldest field, and the most healthful of oc-
cppations,-b from which the disadvan-
tages and drawbacks are driving all intel
hgence. Horace Greeley's advice to
Young men was, $50 West!" Our advice
Them is, Go to the Farm! Leave the
crowded cities and towns; unless you are
Meommercial genius, or a mechanical
senius, oil are fitted by profound love of
Jnstce and genius for the exposition of
the law, for the legal profession,-leave off
hnnglng and crude work, which leads, in
oEaer to succeed, to cunning and fraud
and complete deterioration of moral
character, and go where you can be hon
land truthful and independent, and en-
joy all the franchises of a pure and noble
manhood.
But under the present regime, farming
Is sntolerable; it is more demoralzing, il
possible, than anything else" 1t is to
make 1t not only tolerable, but attractive
= offering secure means of support, and
ennobling as developing intelligence, thai
the Grange was Instituted We claim thai
lksPrung from necessity; that it is only
aggressive in SO far as is needful to self
pfeservation; and that its object is to lif
the farmers from a servile condition tC
one OF independence, and raise Agricul
k''Ie to the highest degree of perfection tc
WHich intelligence can develop it. We do
nek claim perfection for the Grange-it il
Nk1dn institution-many mistakes have
- made-many more will doubtless bt
ie; but these are incidental; the fun
Dental principles of the Order are tn,
sc truths which underlie every brancl