Year: 1874

NOW tnlS lS BOOd oOctrlue auo)tne no.
'secr should acknowledge its gratitude to
TIE GRANGE ADVANCE for pointing
out the proper course for it to pursue.
\ few weeks ago that sheet broke out
bitterly against The GRANGE AD-
VANCE, but as it has already embraced
our line Of argument, we are satisfied it
discovered its folly, and that our position
is the only tenable one for newspaper
that expects to be received with favor to
adopt.


AS We have repeated elsewhere We
hail with pleasure into our ranks, any
paper, seeing the evils that oppress the
nation, has the manliness to come for
ward and help correct them.
How is it with tile St. Paul Evening
DispatcA2 Does that lively sheet want
to be Granger too?


Advice to The Grange Advance.
Newspapers and individuals through
out the State have been exceedingly boun-
tiful in supplying us with an excellent
quality OF unsolicited advice about the
management Of the editorial department
Of this paper.


These suggestions have generally
been not to 90 too fast, nor meddle with
matters beyond the limited circle wise
ly prescribed for us. But of all things
keep out Of politics.


No doubt all these kindly admoni-
tions we're inspired by disinterested and
generous motives, for which We should
express gratitude; and should SO do but
for the fact, that not one of the advis-
ors seems to comprehend our position or
design.


The GRANGE ADVANCE has marked
out its own course, and one that cannot
bring it in hostile collision with any
paper, person or power: except when it
attacks monopolies, rings and misgov-
ernment. So far from coming into col
llsion with county papers, we look upon
them as our nearest kindred and co.
workers IN the Herculean task before
US. 10 injure their subscription would
be,to weaken our cause; so closely do We
feel in sympathy with them that when
| a farmer can subscribe but for one pa.
per he can dispense with the ADVANCE
with less Inconvenience than his own
county journal.


| An organ with metropolitan char
acter can at best only glance at promi-
nent news items CLEANED from the vari-
GUS counties, aud cannot become sub
stitute for the county papers.
| At present the times are so inaus.
picious, so many dark and troublous
clouds hanging over the political hori
zon that there is abundant labor and
scope enough for all.


A mighty revolution in political sen.
timent is going forward. The old con.
aition Of things, as manipulated by art.
full and designing politicians, and con.
tinually growing from bad to worse, can.
not last much longer. The revolution
which is to uproot the evil, and rein.
State better government is near a,
hand, and whilst it is our aim to push
it forward to completion We are not in.
sensible that the movement should be
made temperately but firmly, maintain.
Ing the just rights Of all. Men, who By
the fruits of their labor, support the
government, have the first right to say
how that government shall be managed
To see the farmers rise as one man and
cake full possession Of the State and
general government, regardless Of old
party names, would be to restore the
country to the proud position it occu
pied some thirty or forty years since
when dis'uterested patriotism and puri
tv IF charactar of auch mon "a 2owa ri
aud Sumner Was not offensive to the
powers that ruled.