!r""
bales. The effect of this increased production
. on the price, will be necessarily disastrous.
In the existing condition ef the demand for
cotton, a small crop of .Southern cotton, will
tell for at much at a larger one. A, policy,
therefore, which either directly or indirectly
increases the. production of cotton ' by divert
ing laber from the corn to tho cotton field, is
necessarily disastrous tn its effects upon South
em agriculture. That stick a policy would
benefit commercial men, I do not donbt. Tat
warehouses of our cities, under its successful
' operations, would be packed with cotton on
the one hand, and the products of the West
on tho other, and the middleman would flour
ish aa a green bay tree. '
If the Agricultural Congress which met at
Atlanta bad assembled as a political body,
having Jn view the object of cementing a
union betweei the Northwest and the South,
bo as to enable the leaders of the movement
to obtain control of the government, I could
bettor understand its proceedings. But as an
humble cultivator ol Southern soil, I for one
am not willing to sacrifice the material inter
ests of the South,, even to secure the elevaUon
to office of such good and disinterested men as
many of our politicians are known to be.
Let use say a word concerning the natural
alliance betweea the South and the North
west, of which we have seen a good deal late
ly in the newspapers. ; As to the political as
pect of the matter, I have nothing to say. I
am only now considering it as a question
bearing on the material welfare of the South.
The Sonth exports cotton chiefly. The
market for this cotton is at tho North. A
large proportion ot the crop is .manufactured
in tho New England and Middle States.
Again, the South needs Manufactured goods
of, various kinds, and these are produced
: largely in those same States which want our
cotton. Here, then, is a reciprocity of inter-
. ests, and the great highways of nature, the
sea, aided by various navigable streams which
empty into it, bring producer and consumer
together without much aid from the hand ot
. man in the way of improvements. Here, then,
are tho elements ot a natural alliance.
Now let; us 6ee how wq stand- relatively Ur
the Northwest. Tho God of Nature lias be-j
neficently placed a continuous chain of loftv
1 " y i . a .I,,., mlii.i,
1st. An external national policy which tax
es imports heavily tor revenue; and makes
those things tho planter needs high priced.
ia- An internal policy stimulating the pro
duction of cotton, and thereby redncing its
eicnangeablo value. "
A Ti . . ' . . .......
, Jeiween these two mill stones the cotton
planter will be ground exceedingly fine.
Yours, ,.. .; '
'--I""- . R. K.B.
New Hanover County, May 28th, '74.!
Officers of the State Grange t
Matter Coixmmt Mii.l, Concord. N. C. '
(Xrr Kicbard William, Greenville, Pitt Co ,N. C.
mowim, a. ioo, newDera, N. V.
Steward K. 0. Davidsoh. Charlotte, N. 0.
Chaplain Ruv. (Jolim Shaw. bIai-Ii
nn V n r-., --aK
DVU VWUU 1 y H . V,
inatunri; u. VAIL, Charlotte, N. V.
SeeretaryQ. W. Lawbkkci, Fayettevllle, N. C.
Oatt Keeper 3, 11. Campbell, Joneeboro, N. C.
Cere Vacant.
Pmrnma Maa. 8. A. Millb, Concord, N. C. - - -Flora
Hint,. B. C. Davidson, Hunteraville, N. C.
Lady Att't. Steward Ma. A. T. Vail, Charlotte, N: C.
,: - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE !
Azariab Gratis, Locust Hill, Caswell County, N.C.
A. T.Mial, Raleigh, N.C.
Beo. Z. Fkmch, Wilmington, N.O. ' '
; BUSINESS AGENTS FOB NORTH CAR0I.T1A.
Messrs. Ferlyr Co., No. SI Park Place, New York City.
Mr. T. 6. Garrett. No. 1(10 An. i:oBun.!.i Ht m
Louie, Mo.
Mr. J . Lcverln, Richmond, Va. .
Mr. W. B. Woatlirook, I'eturabarn, Va.
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PATRONS
(CIRCULAR NO. 8.
CAROLINA STATE "CP"GE
OF HUSBANDRY.
N. C. I
S74. I
SlCRBTABT'S OFFICE
t ATETTXTILLK,
April U7th, 1874.
It ia hereby officially announced that the Worth? Matter
and Executive Committee, In conjunction with Virginia
(Slate Grange, for the benefit of both Bute, bare eppoln.-t-d
the following named Worthy Brother to act aa bualneaa
Ajenta lor our Order in tbelr reapeutiva citiea. viz:
J. W. LEWELLEN.at Richmond, V,
Wv it. WESTBROOK, at Petersburg, Va.
It ia contemplated by the aaaaa authorltv to annr.lnt an
A;ent at Norfolk, Va., (whenever a suitable person ia
lvitc d.) of which due notlc will be lven.
6. W, LAWRENCE,
Secretary.
SECRETARY'S OFFfCE, I
rAiBTTtviLLi, ui, i,;,, May let, iv.
H 1RCULAR No. 9.1
"I'll Secretary ol every Subordinate Grange in N. C. la
iivieby requested to at once lurnlah the Postmaster of the
"ftofflce from which he receives hla mail matter, wiit v'i
ht and the number of bta Orange, ao thai the documeata
ii iw being aent and hereafter to be aent from the office ol
hi- .-National urange may ua properly and promptly dellv
ia toe
. i . i. ... i-n
t(6 Vflmber oflaSr
ea an addreaaed
Sflrmrates the crain nrrxlin-.inir Wfmt lfrniri''tTira4vwii,i.rji- msmtrrt
L r . .hnulil ha hi. flnt nt tn .11..,)
; mniremeni ia maa neceeaary lor the reason that many
j tiraugea are continually changing their Bccretarlca without
reiKfriiiiK vua quango io iuia omcej
i lie same plan may be adopted by this office in future
cotton producing South. ; A few', railroad
have been constructed at vastpxptniao, through
these great natural barriers, but transporta
tion is still expensive and limited. Why
should the producers ot the South tax them-
..selves for the construction ot water ways to
connect them with the West ! Does the
West want our cotton ! No, for they are not
a manufacturing people. Do We heed- their
grain and meat? No, for we can-and ought
to produce at home all the gram and meat
required by our people. Suppose we , break
down the natural barriers botween the West
and the South, and open euromarkets to the
inundation of Western products, how are we
to pay lor them ? Which of our . products
does the West need I lhey want not our pro
ducts, but our money, and how is that money
to be obtained ? ' From the sale of our great
staple crops, especially cotton. With a vast
abundance of. cheap Western provisions, we
can go on increasing the production of cotton,
until the maximum of quantity, and the min
imum of price is reached. When we shall
have attained a production of five million
bales, wo will be able, probably,' to obtain
about ten cents per pound for onr cotton, and
about all the mouey left after paying the la
borers, will go o the producer of the Noith
west, except what is absorbed by middlemen,
This natural alliance of which we hear so
much, has no foundation in the relations of
the two sections.
Planters of the South, let us have an agri
cultural policy. T Let it be a policy of expan
sion to far an the production of provisions is
concerned, and a policy of contraction, eo far
as the area devoted to cotton is concerned.
And when politicians and middlemen ap
proach us with their big sohemes, let ns.'be
fore ondorsing theiu, think for one ' moment
how they will aflect onr interests: If we do
not think for ourselves on this question, be
assured that they will not think for us. v These
former are too busy devising plans to make
presidents, and the latter are too much occu
pied with schemes for building up cities and
towns, to leave much leisure for the study of
our interests. ,
Finally, if the Atlanta programme is to be
carried out, and the impoverished people of
the South are to be taxed for the construction
of the great water ways to the West, w shall
have
butlneaa with Secretaries.
6. W. LAVVRE.NCJS, Secretary.
SECRETARY'S OFFICE, )
FATinaviLLi, N. C. May ii. 1874.
ICIRCCLAR NO. 10. ' ' 3
Notice ia hereby given that the Worthy Master, Execu
tive Committee ana Secretary, will meet in Raleigh on
Wedieday, the 17th June, at 11 o'clock, a. m., at Nation
al Hotel, tor the transaction ef ngnlar busimaa, and aucb
other buslneaa aa may be brought before them to the
intercata of our order.
- , G. W. LAWRENCE,
Secretary.
this subject, because of the offensive historv
ot political and social organizations, whose
purpose was the unpopular aggrandizement of
me lew, tne establishmentot false ooliciea and
features, th subjngation of justice, purity
and right, and the' perversion ' of the best
PriDC8 men t0 the wor8t an(J Iowe8t
"f68'161106 wnen tDe record ol the8e passing
abortiations came to be written, instead of
being judged upon the 'ground ol their in
trinsic merits, and condemned because of the
evil tlfoy contained, they have been held up to
popular execration because their deliberations
and conspiracies were hid from the people's
gaze. - Italy and France were filled with pow
erful societies of this description for manv
yearsand they doubtless fermented the spirit
of revolution, which has wrought so much
isciiiw to tue civilization and political ad
vancement of those countries. But now bod-
pose mai anjorjanizatioa is good and correct
in ltfcjM ; tnat us ltiftjoctl.inea i
Pnre wnen testoa oy tae stricieBTTot
and fiiaxims of the past; that it ignores all
selfish purposes and aims, and builds upon the
only solid corner-stone ol charity, brotherhood
and truth, and that it seta itself firmly against
every corrupting inflaence, as the guardian ol
the public safety and the conservator ot the
public morals, is there any blemish fixed upon
its character because it. transacts its business
with closed doors? We think not. If this
were the case, many ... of the most venerable
and useful relations of the world would at
once be broken up. The methodical govern
ment of families, which derives much of its
durabjjity and excellence from the fact that
prying eyes and indiscriminate criticism are
excluded, would at onee fall-iato irregularity
and disorder. And even the discipline ot
churches, which requires so much prudence in
its administration, instead of being a means
of reformation and improvement, would be
come a cancer and a plague to the religious
experience ot holy professors. V
Now the Grange is a secret organization.
and we humbly conceive that its purposes are
good, it makes no war upon the religions r
political opinions ol the world, and manufac
tures no capital out of the misfortunes or
weaknesses of men. It simply seeks to cor
rect the scales of iastice between tll former
ww igun ovcreuiry DJ 1 j 1 en .. 1
....... .hi. wi 1 - - vuiu.iuuu DUUOQ ll HID IU (IBBl.'B. TTT T
:.! . ; i.-i-.. . i . , .. .1 .
wiuiuuvBny inequalities in legislation or in
Extract from the Address of the ln.-
, tlonal Grange.
- "We emphatically and sincerely assert the
oft-repeated truth taught in our organic law
that the Grange, National, State, or subordk
nate is not a political or party ore-anizi-
tion. No Grange, if true to its obligation,
can discuss political Questions, nor call no-
litical conventions, nor nominate candidates,
nor even discuss their merits in their meet
ings."
. Patrons, ' beware of politics and politi
utuna ; - , -
The Secretary of the State Grange ro-
poits d'JV u ranges now organizod in North
Cs",olina. -,;...
Meeting of Atlantic Connelly P. of II.
mi m i i , .
iiiis council noias us next meeting at
Goldsboro, on tho 18th inst. An interesting
time is expected as there is a .large proportion
of live and enthusiastic r Patrons in the body.
We will" endeavor to be represented on the oc
casion. Secret Organizations.
JOHN S. tom, ESQ. . 7 '
The religious scruples ot persons are alwavs
to be religiously observed. If any citizens ob
ject to a secret organization upon the ground
tnat tne canons ef their church prohibit its
members frem becoming identified with such
ait association, there is at once an end to all
controversy so far as that individual is con
cerned. But notwithstanding this, it must be
plain to every reflective mind that no institu
tion is necessarily .reprehensible because it is
secret in its discipline and management. On
the contrary, this element may be a virtue in
its constitution and a necessity in its opera
tion. The public mind has been extravagant
ly excited and unreasonably, prejudiced on
in
practice. And can any man in his sober
senses, standing in the shadow of a great insti
tution like this, studying the simple digest of
its principles, beholding the noble work which
it has aU-eady accomplished, and anticipating
the splendid results which accumulate along
the track of its future, object to the Grange
because it is a secret organization ? If a man
were in prison, would he pause to consider the
personal peculiariticsof a deliverer who should
come to throw open his prison doors?, r If an
invalid, were dangerously diseased, having
spent all his living npon physicians, would he
sharply criticize the reticence of a learned
doctor, who sho'uM come with skill and knowl
edge to break the tyranny of his complaint?
aeither would it be wisdom in any intelligent
person, and especially a farmer, who has suf
fered from tho oppressions and corruptions ot
the age, to oppose the influence ol the Grange
because the public eye is not permitted to scan
its interior workings. The question for the
patriotic citizen to settle is, are its principles
and purposes stainless., and good ? Does it
seek to benefit thesocial and intellectual con
dition of tho race? Does,it. plant itself upon
the everlasting attributes of. kindness, fellow
ship and honor? Does it. make war upon
thoseagencies which are potently employed
in the interest ot selfishness, iniquity and
wrong I And does it combine, concentrato
and employ those reasonable appliances, which
commend themselves to the judgment and the
conscience of the world J If so, so far from
secrecy being an admissible argument against
the Urder, it may turn out to be a sufficient
ground for its approval and adoption. .
Besides! it must be evident to the most cas
ual observer that duly by the preservation of
the secret element can the Grange accomplish
its missiork nnembarassed by those besetments
and nnoysWes which would be sure to assail
it. Let it be once understood that here is a
society without any safeguards against the in
trusion ol hostNeaeents and emissaries, that
an agricultural and reformatory movement
could not sf-vive the malignant combination
of its enemies, if its inner life could be brought
forth and placed at the mercy of every heart
less scribbler and assassin in the land. Ia
such a event it would have to have the su
perintendence and inspiration of divinity to
perpetuate its integrity and growth. But en
trenched haliinrl tha
w cumuou UU1 WIIK8 ui n
secret administration, it alwavs has the weath-'
er gage of its assailants.- It can carefully con
template and measure the vigor of every blow
belore it is delivered. It rightly fathoms the
feelings and the purposes of its opponents, be
fore the order to join battle ia even o-rW Tr
knows the feeble points its own garrison,
and can strengthen and fortify its embrasures'
before a single foot presses its battlements. In
a word, while it can commaad time to pre
pare its own munitions and to accumulate its
own.resources, it can also anticipate the prep
arations of its antagonists and defeat their ev-
'" ' ll.li. j , , L
measureless advantage of such a feature in oar
organization, if he is, friendly to the prosperi
ty of the farmer, and anxious to seethe coun
try delivered from its insanity, clothod and in
its right mind, be willing to see us stript of
this powerful attribute of our influence, and
prostituted to the most degraded purposes of
commercial peculation and intrigue I We be
lieve not. Surely itere is practical ; wisdom
enough ia the country, oatsido of the Order,
to justify and approve onr policy.
There is one fact.Tiowever, which we are
careful to keep conspicuously befoie the pub
lic mind, that the secrecy of the Grange is not
a matter of ceremonial signftlcance, but sim
ply provision for our safety aad develop
ment If we had ever tried to mako the im
pression that we dropt the veil ever our de
liberations aad discussions because of oracular
responses and ritualistic observances, then we
might be justly liable to the charge of beintr
objectionable because of oar mystery. But
there is no such incident connected with onr
history. We have never sought to catch the
imaginations of men by appealing to the sea-
snalistio faculties of their nature. On the
contrary, we have ever declared ourselves to
be earnest thinkers and; practical workers for
the general good. And occupying this posi-
mental knowledge, and to their honest convic
tions. Surely then if objectors present them
selves aad assail us because we are a secret
organization, wo shall find friends and sup
porters even among those,, who are not eligible
to membership in the Order, and who only
defend the truth because it is the truth, and
resist heresy beuanse it is fraught with error
and with peril. I t such be the case we shall
be satisfied that our mission is accomplished.
and that a platform f pure' principles is not
to be condemned because it is operated" under
the sanctities ef secret councils and conven
tions. .
its doors are thr
siori of every one
and that its most
icized and abused bj
ulation and capital,
ness would become
when one awaketb.
wide open for tbo admis-
can prove a character,
xed mysteries can be crit-
the hired braves of spec-
its ability for useful-
a dream ot the night
casting no reflection
upon our noble Order t say that its power as
Louisiana Relief Fund.
N. C. STATE GRANGE, P. of II.,
Secretabt's Officii.
FayetteTille, N. C, Jnne 2, 187-i.
Capt. R. T. Fulghum, Editor State AgricuU
Worth tr Brother :Thefollowii,Lamounta
have been contributed to the Louisiana Relief
Fund, P. of II., since my last report, viz.:
Ncwtoa Grange, Na-25, $12.50
Wt. Energy, 259, loO
Eno, 134, , 10.00
Brandon, 162, - . os on
Stanley's Creek, 80, io.OO
, Henry Whitener, 260, ' , ' 390
j Young's Cross Roads, 268, . 10.00
Greenwood, 328, . 5 00
- Richmond, 187, 400
Jacob's Fork, 242, ' 5.20
Cane Creek, 300, 4,00
Coddle Creek, 52, lo!oO
' Caledonia, 248, ' 10 00
Ilalleville, 174, 70
Mecklenburg, 123, ' 7,25
: Dudley, 60, 1000
Hearto Ease, 144, 12.60 '
Sandy Creek, 232, "" , 3.00
159.9i
Amount previously reported, 119.45
Total to date, $279.40
Our thanks are due and are hereby tendered '
to the Southern Express Company for their
kindness in forwarding our contributions free
f charge. '
G. W. Lawrence, Secretary,
See new advertisements in this issue.
Blank applications for membership may
be had at this office.