The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-31
The Farmers of Bell County.
Texas. Organizing.

are a large majority OF FARMERS SO
broken to party despotism that they
can not look at this question in the
proper light and are still willing to
vote away their rights and interests
under the mitaken idea that with
the success of their party their con-
dition will be improved, but the1 c
are a few in every Grange, and their
number is rapidly increasing, who
are becomsng educated and are en-
led to Ike more intelligent
view of the situation. At no time
in the history of this country was
there so large a proportion of the
farmers studying and discussing
public affairs from the farmers
standpoint, and never before was
the spirit of independence among
them SO strong. There has been,
of course, at all times a few bold,
thoughtful farmers in every com
munity who could not be intimi-
dated nor whipped into party lines
by the party lash, who understood
the exact value of the miser-
able hun1bugs-the lawyer politi-
clans and their tools of the political
rings-but their numbers were few
and they were without organization.
These will now form the nucleus of
movement or an organization that
will steadily gather volume and
strength until a complete revolution
in the character of our Legislative
bodies will be effected, when the
voice Of the toiling millions will be
heard, their interests respected and
their demands complied with. The
lawyer politicians, backed by the
political press, may for a time keep
back this movement and defeat
here and there the first organized
attempts to give form and force to
this sentiment of revolt, of resist
ance to system of despotism that
is steadily becoming more exacting
and INSCRIPTIONS, but such defeats
will not affect the general result.
In Bell county, Texas, the Grange
has always been strong. 1t was in
that county that the great movement
first took root in Texas soil, and
there it has continued to grow
in strength and usefulness. AS
natural result, the farmers, Of
that county have become more and
more intelligent, and with this in
telIigence spirit of opposition to
tyranny and injustice has grown up
that has made itself felt, and which
is preparing them to demand and
enforce their rights in political as
we'll as in business affairs. Our
readers will remember that we pub
he'd some time ago a call by lead
sng farmers in Bell county for an
organized movement of farmers to
5 Iect candidates of their own for
the Legislature That movement
eliminated in a county convention
lew days since, which nominated
this ticket: For Senator, A. M
Keilar; for Representative, J. NJ.
Thompson. This is a good ticket
The nominees are both men of
ability, whose private character is
irreproachable, who are in thorough
sympathy with the interests, the
hopes and the aspirations of all
honest toilers, and who would re-
present them ably, faithfully and
fearlessly. We are personally &C
quainted with Bro. Kellar, and
know him to be not only pure
man but whose intellectual power
would give him prominence in any
Legislative body. This ticket is
worthy of the support of any and
every farmer, and we earnestly hope
that it will be elected by large
majority. Its success would not
only do good in Texas, but it would
have good influence in other
States; it would serve to encourage
the farmers every where to similar
efforts, and thus hasten that good
time when the farmers and other
toilers of the land will be fairly and
faithfully represented in Congress
and State Legislatures, a consum-
nation that is so generally desired,
and which all intelligent farmers
ought to labor earnestly and fear
lessly to accomplish. We shall
watch the progress of our friends
IN Bell county with deep interest.
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