The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-03

would fifth-rated lawyer, as a de
facto President, cost the laborers of
this country $4,000 per annum;
no longer would the imperial SEN
ate, of Is members, hire ia en-
ployees at $237,oa7 or 1887 to each
employee per aflt1uni. Thus the
wages of the servants or employees
of the Senate is $3,io5 per annum
per Senator. No longer would the
economical House of Representa-
tives of 2oa members cost $z.2ao,-
I4y, or S7,577.19 per capita per an
mum; besides employing 246 en-
ployees at $2So,22o, or $I,I25, for
each employee per annum. No
longer would Fred. Grant, a scion
of the would-be Emperor, Ulysses
/, receive st6,s3t, FOR seven years
of setvile labor, such as riding
around the world with his imperial
dad, and bearing the ponderous title
of Aide-d Camp to Sheridan; and
these are the only services he ever
rendered you for your st6,53t.
Now, Laborer, Voter and Tax
Payer, you who perform manual
labor through heat and cold for
from fifty cents to ST per diem in
order to make this money to pay
these princely prices or salaries,
What do you think of these fgures1
And these figures might be con-
tinued almost ad infnttNm in ex-
posing extravaganza and corruption
of officials. But will these things
continue on and ever may be an inn
portant question to consider? | am
constrained to answer in the mega
tive. The taxpayer and laborer,
while following his daily avocations,
has soliloquized to himself in regard
to the corruption aid extravaganza
in high places; when he and the
highly paid class had colloquy to
this effect, when the epauletted and
paid gentry asked a question like
Question. Where ale my hands?
Answer. In my pockets, taxing
me of my hard earned substance,
the fruit of the sweat of my brow,
and that on which l had thought to
educate my sons and daughters, and
make them ornaments in society,
instead of "hewers of wood and
drawers of water" for favored
few, and that. or which I was to
live iii my declining days.
Ques. And why do you suffer
such oppression at our hands?
Ans Because of our credulity
and misplaced confidence in class
of men who have nothing iii com
mon with lis.
Cues. Why have you such un-
limited confidence in that class of
individuals?
Ans. Because of early training,
our fathers trusted theti1. aid We
being taught BY their example do
likewise.
CUES. And how does this class,
of whom you speak, rivet the chain
of slavery on you and your pos
terity?
Ans. Having besn elected to rep
resent us, they too often desert their
constituencies. and legislate for
gold magnates and against us. 40,
cursed thirst for gold, what wilt
thou not sadse man to dor"
Cues. And have you no forlorne
hope that the time of your emanci-
patton draweth nigh, when you
shall be freed from those who mis-
represent you?
Ans. Yes, sir; the morning star,
the harbinger of equal protection
and civil liberty, dawned upon the
world on the 4th of December, 1867,
not in the far-of' tudean plains, but
on the banks of the Potomac.
'Ques. What is the name of that
star, Of what constellation; and of
what magnitude is it?
Ans. The name of the star is
'fhe Grange" of The Constellation
of warmers" and of sufficient
magnitude to cover not only the ~
States and IL Territories of this
Government, but includes Canada,
and has extended its benign and re-
fulgent rays of heat and light to the
trans Atlantic shores, ameliorating
the condition of the sons Of toll Of
England and that tyrant cursed land
of Germany.
| Ques. What are the teachings of
this Star to its votaries?
Ans. They are to elect men of
our community to represent us in
positions Of trust -aHd honor, men
who are in sympathy with US, and
not those whose interests are in
direct conflict with ours.
Then will we expect the full frui-
ton OF our luminous orb. just dawn
ed on the sons and daughters of toll.
But, says one, why thus write or
think, when we as class are spoken
OF in derision and contemptnously
as, 20, he is nothing but farner!'
or "He is nothing but farmers
SON" and to be represented in leg
islative halls by a man like him
would be disgrace!
Without being an apologist for
the farmer, let me say that il is a
burning. shame and disgrace for
farmers to be misrepresented in
Legislative halls by a set of men
who are living and walking whisky
barrels.
But let US see who the farmers
are, who are thus derided by set
apes and monkeys. Hear what
Socrates said more than two thou
sand years ago, in regard to the
state of society in his aue. !" a orr;