The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-09-24

fixed purpose, +" to open out the channels
in natures great arteries, that the life
blood OF commerce may flow freely"
We are not enemies of railroads, nav
igable and irrigating canals, nor any cor
poration that will advance our industrial
interests, nor of any laboring classes.
In our noble Order there is no communr
ism, no agarianism.
We are opposed to such spirit and man
agement of any corporation and enter
prise as tends to Cypress the people, and
rob them of their just profits. We are
not enemies to capital, but we oppose the
tyranny of monopolies. We long to see
the antagoniSm between capital and labor
removed by common consent, and by an
enlightened craftsmanship worthy of the
nineteenth century. We are opposed to
excessive salaries, high rates of interest,
anu eXhorbItant per cent. profits in trade.
They greatly increase our burdens and DO
not bear proper proportion to the profits
OF producers. We desire only self-pro-
lection, and the protection of every true
interest of our land, by legitimate trans
actions, legitimate trade, and legitimate
profits.
EDUCATION.
We shall advance the cause of educa-
ton among ourselves, and for our child
rem by all just means within our power.
We especially advocate for our agricul-
tural and Industrial colleges, that prac-
teal agriculture, domestic science, and
all the arts which adorn the home, be
taught in their course of study.
THE GRANGE NOT PARTISAN.
5. We emphatically and sincerely as
0ff-rqnp1fp6 in
organic law, that the Grange-National,
State or Subordinate-is not a political
or party organization. No Grange, if
true to its obligations, can discuss politi-
cal or religious questions, nor call politi-
cal conventions, nor nominate candidates,
or even discuss their merits in its mee+ ;
ings.
Yet the principles we teach underlie all
true politics, all true craftsmanship, and
if properly carried out, will tend to pur-
ify the whole political atmosphere of our
country, for we seek the greatest gd9d to
the greatest number.
We must always bear in mind that no
one, by becoming a Patron of Husbandry,
gives up that inalienable right and duty
which belongs to every American citizen,
to take proper interest i'll the politics
Of his country.
On the contrary, it is right for every
member to do all in his power legitimately
to influence for good the action of any
political party to which he may belong.
1t is his duty to do all he can in his own
party to put down bribery, corruption and
trickcry; to see that none but competent,
faithful and honest men, who will I'M
fiinchingly stand by our industrial inter-
ests, are nominated for all positions of
trust; and to have carried out the princi-
pie which should characterize every Pat
ron, that
THE OFFICE SHOULD SEEK THE MAN AND
NOT THE MAN THE OFFICE.
We acknowledge the broad principle
that difference of opinion is no crime,
and hold that "progress towards truth is
made by differences of opinion" while
the fault lies in bitterness of contro-
yerSy.'
We desire proper equality, equity and
fairness; protection for the weak; re-
straint upon the strong; in short, Justly
distributed burdens and Justly distributed
power. These are American ideas, the
very essence of American independence !;
and to advocate the contrary is unworthy
on The sons and daughters of an American
republic.
We cherish the belief that sectfonalism
is, and of right should be, dead, and bur-
ried with the past. Our work is for the
present and the future. In our agricul-
tural brotherhood and its purposes, we
shall recognize no North, no South, no
East, no West.
1t is reserved by every Patron, as the
right of every freeman, to affiliate with
any party that will best carry out his
principles.
OUTSIDE COOPERATION.
6. Ours being peculiarly a farmers in