The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-05-28

can one member say to another, II
have no need of YOU" For if the
whole body were an eye, where
were the hearing? or if the whole
| body were an ear, where were the
seeing? Every part OF man has need
of every other part and every indi-
vidual organ performs its own indi-
vidual office and no other; nor is
there any clashing or discord among
them. And thus in the great body
polite the different occupations of
men and women are necessary to
the most perfect development and
complete harmony and happiness
of the whole The farmer cannot
well get along without the artisan.
In order to succeed in his business
he must call in the aid of almost
every kind of mechanic and manu-
facturer. It may be asserted, how
( ever, that many men may do most,
If not all, of their own mechanical
work. Suppose one such were
found in ten thousand, what is to
become of the remaining nine hun
dred and ninety nine? They must
either beg or starve. No! no! Far
mers need mechanics and manufac-
turers, and it is to their mutual in
terest that the most friendly and
amicable relations should exist be-
tween them. Hence it is impor-
tant that the several and varied ele
ments which compose the frame
work of society should be so har-
monized that no sound of discord
or strife shall mar the beauty of the
goodly edifice.
There is one class of persons
which, although excluded from
membership by the organic law,
are, nevertheless, admitted by cour-
tesy, and are allowed to remain
through mere sufferance of the or
ganization. They are admitted
nay, sometimes solicited-to join
the Order, not so much for the good
they receive as for the benefits they
may confer by their labor and inf1u-
ence in fastening the good time
III lilC ldl
The professional man has no di-
rect interest il. the Grange move
ment; neither has he, as a profes
sional, strictly speaking, any inter
est which is antagonistic to it. He
stands, as it were, on middle
ground, with no controlling bias for
either side, except as he is led by a
spirit of philanthropy, benevolence
and charity, to throw the weight of
his influence on the side of right
and justice. He sees that the far
mers as class, have hitherto been
as a mere cypher politically; that
they have no rights which the pow
ers that we think deserve recogni,
rion. And hence, influenced, as
we believe, in a large majority oil
instances, by the true spirit of phi
lanthropy, they are willing to labor
for the good of the oppressed and fol-
the elevation of the downtrodden
looking for, and expecting no othel
reward than that which is experien
ced by the performance of an act Of
benevolence, or such as may b.
| gained socially by intercourse will
the honest, manly, noble tillers 0
the soil.
Together, then, we would labo
and strive by concerted action ano
harmonious efforts to put dowr
bribery and corruption and trickery
| to see that none but honest men
, who will ..unfinchingly stand by tn
t industrial interests of our countr,
f shall be nominated and elected t.
positions of trust, and to make it al
abiding and eternal principle witt
every true Granger that POLITICAL,
or otherwise, the office should seel
: the man, and not the man the office
Another of the great principle
which characterize the Order o
Patrons of Husbandry is that of be
: nevolence, which leads us not onl
! to wish well to those of our owl
organization, but to mankind il
S general; and also to extend help
r ing hand to those who may be il
need; of our own Grange first; the'
| W TIC HCSup vi our SlSIcf OfdlSeS
and lastly, to all worthy objects o
2 benevolence outside of the Order
. And last, but not least, most nota
BILE feature in the Order is the prom
t inent position which it assigns t
t woman, as equal and coworke
S with man in bringing about thos
} much needed reforms which are t
' equaIize the burdens of the people
. to break the yoke of the oppressol
S to set the captive at liberty, to S
elevate the standard of manhoo
t and womanhood among us, and il
: the world around us, that this ma
ton may soon become renowned a
/ one that feareth the Lord and work
: eth righteousness.
!. Woman. by her innate love c
: justice and mercy, her natural kind
a ness and sympathy with suferin
/ humanity; her unsel6sh devotion t
t that which she believes to be right
It by her example of purity, truth an
2 honor, is pre-eminently fitted to b
L the help meet for man in his effort
}. to evangelize the world.
{ III. THIRDLY AND LASTLY: VIVA
e DUTIES DOES THE GRANGE ENJoIN
t Our whole duties toward eac
he g.,