The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1883-01-20

NATIONAL GRANGE.
III the Twelfth annual Session, Held at
Richmond, Virginia, November 90
TO 80, 1878.

We, the members of the National
Grange, desiring to define the precise OBJ
Jects OF the Patrons of Husbandry. and
place them before the membership of the
Order throughout the Union, do hereby
set forth the following propositions with
our distinct declaration of purposes re-
Iating thereto.
Inc industry upon which our Order
Is based is Agriculture-the most jnda-
pendent of all industries, the foundation
and support of all others, the true basis
OF all our National prosperity. We have
observed the condition of our people. and
| viewed with alarm the entertainments
upon their natural rights. While ApricuI-
ture Is the chief source of all our wealth.
ana therefore deserving of at least equal
recognition with other vocations. il is de-
prlved or It's just rewards and oppressed
oy inethoos OF law. 1t is made to bear
srieVous burdens not its own; it is COM |
pelied to pay taxes which an equitable |
distribution would place elsewhere; il is |
forced by wicked combinations to submit /
70 hurtful determinations against its pro-
oucts Doth in transportation and In the
hiatus or sale; It's votaries have been and
are now denied that consideration in nuh- |
Tic affairs to which the magnitude and
the Importance of their calling entitle
them. The laws of the Nation and OF the
several States are so framed as to divert
rom our great industry the rewards
which are the incentives to toll, and an
earnest remonstrance against their inius-
tice spurned.
In view of these truths, we are bound
In defense of our manhood to assert our ,
S SeasoIs 10 impress upon the General ana +,
o1ae governments the habits of wise
econoIly ana frugality as essential IN the q
lnrii' and prosperity of all the people. z
NE snail give constant care and at. n
' s TO the public schools. in which r
me youth OF the country are deeply inter.
So, nilIting expenditures therefor only
y .neir usefulness, striving always for y
nat higher and practicable enlfghtenment =
fhich should become the distinpuisbino L
eature of free people. fr
:, after the aDQFe had been adoptad. the | ii:
oiloWlhg was also presented and nassed. n
IN accordance with the above objects ::
! our organization, and the methods hv 81 :,
men sney are to be obtained, We ....doe "a
~ u.yleIuing devotion to arc work dI
larKed out. We believe the nritcin1aS or
nunclated In our Declaration, are m fnn Il
,cord with the highest welfare of our u
,uhLry, and that they deserve s,1,,no,-+ an
'peclalIy by all farmers The histoI.,, os in
srlcuiture on this continent shows fba+ sol
"a sahizatlon In its behalf has ever
,en attempted without direct effort ON
- SA"oc WHO prey upon its nro- | Sa1
'cts 10 neutralize the work. and the iesS. 60
y Oh the past establish the convictio,, -.
at our only hope is in the full and cord IL
cooperation of farmers, wherever To- cat
.eo, 70 insure that success which is
thin our grasp. WHICH rs
we appeal, therefore, to good men and ,
'men, whose interests are our own ~
a their efforts with ours. confident tbs ~ est
VI thelr support we shall not waIt lo,,sr o,r
tne consumation of our hopes We
3 y 70 the agricultural journals of the tina
q, asking their great influence in aid ala ara
In. .l above objects as potent mesno ''.0
ale attainment of great object To OF S
Sc FORCES, and to the INTELLIGENCE of tina
people, we present the pnrnosos t;op
zen animate many thousands of fs u.r9 80
Ia every State of our Union. and rev ioa'
ntiy trust in the direction of the VIZ roae
in whose decree we uaro the
re uiiers of the soil that orr effortS Jaw
De rewarded by the full acco,nnI;sbo or;
its Oh the measures which iustice d. r u
rus rus In the relief of an oppressed IN IRON
sry, and the higher enlightenment Of says
'oedrieS. il