Year: 1873

1
no idea of before--that the truthful words
we published in regard to the Grange
! Convention and its candidates last week,
were received with great displeasurc by
prominent LEADERS of the Democra-
| tic party. This we very much regret,
| but as we happen yet to be free. man.
! and as much entitled tn our private opin-
| ion upon all subjects as any other man,
| we really do not see how the matter is to
be helped, supposing the statemen, OF
| the Voter to be true.


| But said statement is untrue in every
particular. No leading Democrat In
| Knoxville has become incensed at our
simply publishing that the Grange Con
yention was large and harmonious one;
| that the candidates nominated are good
| men that some of them will be elected,
and that IN Our opinion, the best course
! for the Democracy to take would be To
endorse the ticket. No Democrat has
been fool enough to get mad because we
take upon ourself to do just what he him.
self does.


| We are aware that some of our best
men in Pella take an entirely different
| view Of the case from the one we express
4 ed. Being conscientiously opposed to


anything secret i'm politics, they think


that 1t would be impossible for them 10
act in conjunction with the Grapgers.
| With this feeling we have no quarrel.
| We ourselves think that the secrecy IN
the G Granoe system is objectionable, and
we have no doubt it will be removed be-
| fore many months, but our dislike h
! their secrecy does not overcome the


hope we entertain that great good can be
| done by their political action, in working
| a reform in the government. This is our


reason for wishing them success. Ii


they still adhere TO the idea form,


erly possessed by them that tley VIII


control trade and traffic, and direct
| every mans business just AS they please.


then we object To that and do not and


will not endorse it. But when their plat


form is so plainly written IN favor OF re-
/ form and in denunciation of monopoiias
! and corruptionists, we can not for the
] life of us see why every Democrat cam
not ioin with them in theireilort To bring


about that reform. We may he wrong.
| II so it is of the head. Our friends VINO


object to our opinion 50 expressed may ne
| wrong. We believe il ~ not OF the
heart. There is no cause OF qharrel, at


least not until after the Democratic Con


yention. whose action we desire to en-
dorse. If we can not then all agree let us
part in peace There is room enough for
all.-Denocrat.


The above we find in the DemOc7'ut
Of this week. The attempt OF our
bilious neighbor to make the VOTER
appear an Anti-Grange organ was


fully anticipated. He is welcome to
all advantage he can gain by such AN
attempt. The VOTER il not opposed


to the Grange, and is not an Anti


Grange Organ. However, it stands
! whereof hAss stood tor sasoashs.-opa
posed to the new Grange party poll


cy of making a strictly Grunge tick


ct; of allowing only Grangers to be


represented in its conventions and on
| its ticket. We undesitatlngly declare


it incompatible with democracy
and republicanism in the broad, pri'


mary meaning Of those words. 1t is
contrary to the spirit of Liberty ana
equal rights. 1t is hostile to all our


American ideas and institutions. 1t


Is in direct and irreconclable antag-
onism to the fundamental doctrine
of the Grange itself-opposition TO
monopolies. These things being, In
our opinion, true Of the Grange par
ty, we have no objection to being
considered opposed to it 80 far AND
80 far as the ticket represents the
paaty in opposition to these princi'
pies, the VOTER may be set down as
|


opposed to the ticket.


The gentleman is not warranted In
saving that our Statement is untrue
in every particular"


Here is the statement referred to,
and we reiterate it as true In every
particular.


SOLD OuT.-There Is great stir
and general Indignation ia the Dem
ocratic camp in reference to the at
tempt of the editor Of the Deniocrd'
to sell out the party in this county "a
the Grange party. a number OF the
leaders here and in Pella think that
Mccormack has assumed entirely too
much and declare that he cannot thus
transfer thems


We found no fault with "simply
publishing that the convention was q
large and harmonious one" This
much was truly said. But when he
said "the candidates nominated
were all worthy and competent
men," and warned "all persons OF
whatsoever party not to get in the
way Of the organization perfected
and cemented on Saturday last" he
assumed too much.


The third paragraph Of the Demo-
Gratis article, above quoted, is oil soft
soap and sug gar.coated palaver, and
needs no answer.