The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-18
The Grange Revival.

Order no" goihS
aging to the farmers of the country
who see in its success and perma-
nency their only hope of prosperity
and independence. This revival is
confined to no particular locality,
but is going on in all sections-East,
West. North and South. We see in
Maine that dormant Oranges are re-
organizing and active Oranges re-
ceiving large accessions to their
ranks, and the same activity appears
in Georgia, in Texas, in Missouri and
in Ohio. All over the country the
farmers are rallying to their organi-
cation with an enthusiasm that
shows how strong a hold it has upon
their confidence and affection. and
how we'll adapted it is TO their needs
when oppression in any form threat
ems them from without. For every
purpose of cooperative effort, the
Grange offers every facility, and
this fact, as it becomes understood
and appreciated will bring the great
mass of farmers into the Order-in-
deed. no intelligent farmer who has
proper regard for the welfare of
his family will remain out Of the
Grange a single day if he will
study its principles and purposes.
One fact prominent in the present
revival, and which gives it great
force, is that the leaders are in full
sympathy with the principles and
purposes of the Order. The politi-
clans that at first crowded in and
forced themselves into prominent
positions have been well weeded
out, and the men now in the lead in
all the States are true and tried and
are known to have the interests of
the cause at heart Healthful, per-
manent success under corrupt lead
ership was impossible; indeed, it
would have been better for the far
mers of the country for the Grange
to have failed utterly, than to have
kept up its former growth and power
under the lead of corrupt politicians.
The danger now is that this class
and their tools may again seek ad-
mission when they see the Grange
gathering strength and marshalling
its hosts by hundreds of thousands.
This must be guarded against. Eve
~ Subordinate Grange must be
warned that eternal vigilance is the
price of liberty" and they should
scrutinize closely every candidate
for admission.
Organization has deeper signifi
canoe to the intelligent farmS to day
th@ni--sAeaa~4sefore. ~ ilway
and other corporations, tt boards
of trade, and their tools-the profes-
sional politicians-were never more
powerful and never more eager in
the pursuit of power and wealth
They succeed by organization anG
cooperative effort, and they can be
successfully resisted only by coun
ter organization. Disorganized, ig,
norant of the methods and purpose,
of the organized classes, the far
mer is utterly powerless, and he ano
his family must inevitably sink into
a condition of serfdom. That is tn,
meaning of disorganization to-day
and as farmers begin to understand
it they naturally turn to the Grang'
the only organization ever estab
ished in this country that has for it
object the protection of their right
and the promotion of their best in
terests.
Let every true Patron who love
justice and liberty and hates wron,
and oppression, redouble his effort
to build 10 his Subordinate Grange
There the work tnst is to make tn
Order successful and pernanen
institution is to be done; and Their
is work for all-the old and tn
young, the strong and the weak
Never before had the farmers of thi
country so good an opportunity t
make their power felt and their de
mands listened to and ebeyed, an,
where such great interests are in
volved there is but one path of dut
for intelligent, self-respecting farm
ers.and that path leads to theGrange
We rejoice that the farmers VIII
read and think, who have heads Of
their shoulders, and can neither b
bought nor intimidated by the patro
mage or the power of other classe
are becoming thoroughly arouse'
to the necessity of organization t
promote and protect their interests
and that they are everywhere en-
rolling themselves in this great arm,
that marches under the banner o
progress ard reform, of justice ant
equality.
The lesders whose portraits w
print to-day have devoted years o
earnest work on the rostrum. il