The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-03-25
THE aRANGERY NEW YEAR.

Worthy ITaster,s Addrcss on the Condition
oftho OrdeE-Tte puties aud Aims OF tho
Delivered by The Hon. j. N. NpscoMb, at the
recent Meeting Of tho State Grange.
Patrons: The year of1S79 has passed
(. away, and you in the threshold of the
new year 1880 are now met In serious
/ conclave To consider, consult, devise
aud determine what is most needed and
best for yourselves, your families, Your
State and your country as TO domestic,
pecuniery, social and civic welfare. At
such meeting, custom, co.existent with
. tho Order itself, makes it my duty TO adj
dress yon, to inform you OF the condition
and tho past annual tranatacions of the
Ordeg,f and TO recommend action conduc-
i've to its future prosperity and advance
ment.
Since last you met the struggle to sus-
tain, revive and firmly establish the
Order in the State has been most patient
~, pe.sisteutlyy earnestly ahd successful
dy made by apart of your officers, aided
by some of the Masters Of Pomona and
subordinate Oranges, aud in somo cases
conspicuously by individual Patrons un-
officially. But in many portions of the
State, owing to the Indifference snd
apathy of the farmers aud the culpable
Z negligence of Patrons, who, after allow
ing themselves TO be elected 10 and in
atalled into Office, proved recklessly re-
creant to the solemn pledges and duties
they assumed, the Order has not advanced
but declined.
~. In all counties and sections wherever
Patrons and their officers have done. their
whole duty the Order fourishes and ad.
3, yJor I,,,f, a
not wrong to say that with the same spirit,
devotion to duty, sense Of obligation, pa
fient and apersistent acork, almost all the
counties of this State could and would
show as creditable and fourishing an ex-
hibit of the Order as Colleton, Darling
ton, Newberry, Kershaw, Lancaster, York
and Spartanburg. In all cases Of decline
oT iaiiure it 10 5aio 70 ssy 70 siio5s &c ~s..ss
in Office, "You have done those things you
should not have done and left undone
Y those things yon should have, DONE"
No organization, association, corporation
or body of any kind, either social or finan.
cia!, religious or secular, ever succeeded
or ever will succeed, unless its Officers,
leaders and members work, and work
continuously, in its interest. Who ever
made anything success without devo-
ting to it time, toll, thought and money ?
The great mistake made by tho officers
of our Order has been and is that there
is no obligation where there 10 no salary.
THE rule would ruin any organization,
and the very opposite should prevail and
be taught by u5 that while q man
cannot be compelled to assume an Office
that does or does not pay when viewed
from an individual standpoint, still as o
member of any organization he is bound
IN, oco srar fr fha It,kf1 t,ak
may be IaiTly and impartiallyimposed on
him at any time for the common good.
Further, that when by the aggregate
voice aud for the common good he is'
placed in non-paying offices, then the
obligation is imperatively incumbent
upon him to either refuse to be installed,
or being installed to moro punctiliously
and sedulously discharge all duties than if
amply paid. I lay great strees upon
this point, and urge that you will give it,
your most mature consideration, for, in
my opinion, just here must be instituted
or. inaugurated, any successful attempt to
reform and revive our Order or society
and the civic and political condition Of
our State and country. Look around
and you will Gee that Offices are sought or
avoided as suits the welfare of the COM
-.munity, and offices, from .le highest to
the lowest, are now considered prizes to
, be obtained by electieneering, maneuver-
ing,S ehichnery, deception and fraud.
This has been carried to such an extent
that there is but little pretence now made
to public tone and morals, and it is rap
idly aapping the very foundations OF So
ciety and civilization. The only remedy
is to establish and maintain that rule Of
our Order With regard ito Office: "That no
man shall GEEK an Office or shirk one %
"that the Office shall neek the man, and
: gOt the man the omcs. Patrons, stamp
this motto Upon the banners of your Orr
der, and nail it to your masthead carry
it into all the organizations to which you
individually belong, whether social, re-
ligious, financial, civic or political, and
demand that it be made an irrevocabie
: rule. aud in the near future it will re-
douud in untold good to you and yours !;
(. to your country and 70 civilization itself.
The existenceE and continued vitality cf
this Order in the United States is no lon
tger an experiment, and il is impossible
to foresee, foretell, or estimate its future
power and influence upon society, busi-
ness, and government. /. IS KS.
TIE IN NationAl Grange AZ its meeting in
Canandiagua, New York, in November
last, considered, discussed ard took ac-
tim upe-:. questions Of deep, Interest and
vast import TO, us, our Order and the
country. I invite your earnest at
tention.nnd csnsideration to their pro-
ceedipg 90 goue1lily but more esi5ciiaa!.Ijy- 5ciiaa s.
90 the following ,yis The reports of the
Committees on Amt ksicae AgrjcllL.. %: on
:. C6:dprEa alton, on TTahspo Jon, on Res
olntions, and Preamble ND Resolutions
offesed by Bro. Brigham w. w M. OF Ohio
State Grange, and fepoytsUf. Committee
on Dormant Oranges, which are appenI
ded to and made p9ft of this address.
De 9 ss::.as. s Sc @ si.es,se e .;ll be the.
the feid wac W s.spread, the
thought deep andN the expression
bold aud snanly,tht ,Aclusions decided
and determined, snd she Intentions plain
y Epd nloss y sinequi uiyocally stated. While
q did and nsn9 riiEsaiiE trhns snfria views
and doctrines contained In these and
other pro3sedings,T Il am sure It will be
cordiais;. admitted they ave indubitable
evidence OF devotion, zeal snd interest in
a...a I'd tiaas ltsiat and the people. n, d
bread and liberal sense. Consider end
diEciiss them fully giving full expression
to your endorsement or dissent. But one
sanfendnlent was proposed 70 The Consti.
tntioo, and that / will lay before you for
your ratification or rejection, at the prop
or time, and as is required In such cases.
Let me strohgly urge you not TO let this
session pass away without some very ef-