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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY, AUGUST 23. 1887
THE FARMERS.
A Notable Three-Days Session
. at DeCIves' Opera House.
ADJOURNED TO MEET AT RALEIGH.
Just m Commissioner Ilendcrson stepped to
the front of the stage at DeQivc’s opera house
yesterday morning for the purpose of reading
the call for the interstate convention, a good
breeze began to blow into the opera house
through the open windows at the rear of the
stage. The pit, dress circle and first gallery
were crowded with ladies present at the open*
ing exercises* delegates from ten southern
states and spectators generally.
Commissioner Henderson, after making
statement touching the agricultural interests
of the ecus try, faired a* iiie temporary
chairman Governor John B. Gordon,
oorsavoa OORDOIf’S ADDERS*.
Upon taking the chair the governor spoke as
follows:
Gkxtlemk* or nm Oomtemtto*: I wish I could
also sayladias of the convention, for this Is ono
body Info which the pur
est and the best could be
Incorporated with great
propriety. I laughter end
g, R*trasWn made my
duty to preside as your
temporary chairman. In
calling you to order, I ask
your indulgence tor a very
tow momenta. Your eon*
mg toother will be balled
by all thoughtful men as a
promise ofgood to your
selves and the country. It
might bo truthfully said
that you aro hero on a mis
sion of universal philan
thropy, because In the . oov. fiOFtnojr. .
simvUi interest of the husbandmen are involved
the uni vi rsal interests of huranntty. [Applatise.1
The bn»f« of agriculture Is as broad as this earth;
ana the science or agriculture is aa comprehensive
as tin* all-encircling air around this earth. What is
It that Is md comprehsndvd in the sdenoeof agri
culture? It embraces not only tho luid-ntniutinr
of the s*4U and their uusle of tiealmonr. but of
licht. of hent, of moist mo. of the laws of labor, of
Supiiy niul«‘.earnml. of ttmncs and taxation. Agri
culture i> at once tie foundation, tho supp'jrt and
tho guardian of all material inteie-tsof society. It
Is tiic greatest of tlioseior.c-v, the noblest of arts,
the most independent of cMllinra. In a won!, It Is
the irultIUI mother front who* generous breast all
the avoonUon* of men draw their niitrimoift and
th«*irlife. lAppbiuse.J , .
Ix-thlm who doulHs the nocuraeyof this state-
heart and clean of head, stalwart and Independent
In the sweat of his brow, sa he locks the sun shin -
the golden glory of bis harvest and spreads
showers in the verdure of his fields, conscious
the integrity of his labor that enriches man while
hpnorsGod. (Applause)
It is this man who*
Whose fortunes you are to
this rj|j upright figure among the debasements
of tradeyou are to core for Uxlny.
The d«tatb of the problem mnst be left
you; but there is one axiom so simple,
yet to com prehens' “ ‘ *" *
bringing it to your —_____
anecdote. A friend of mine once rode with a Mor
mon elder and asked him:
“flow do you build a society and a prosperous
community out of such poor conditions? 0
"My frmnd," be said, ‘‘tto shoes on my feet are
made of hides taken from cattle raise l in this.val-
Wand, I4igtiling and blnstinvat one fell blow all o
tin* harvest* of the world. >Vh re then would Ilf.
bo found.* You m'ght cheek all merchandise, stop
all commerce.destroy all msnnfhetunw, but agricul-
two could still live. The human rare and animal
life mild still survive. Rut destroy axricnlfure, and
where would be your merchandise, your e umnerit*,
your mutufa ©tares, your civUIxstim. and human
esisteuce? Your merchandise would porinh.your
rotntnerre would cease, yoar factories would stand
•tin, your civilisation would die. and humsu exist*
S nco wimld end. What nttivewel ruin would Inune-
lately follow I Loiagrtrullutedle.and your great
Ships would rot at their wharves. let
agneultnre die and your magnificent
railway systems would become a
*Junt mockery , and their myriad of ears would de
cay in hset* of idle lumber at the deserted depots.
To the busy hum of your inanufacturlng art, tronld
ensae tho alienee of the grave; and the burning
wastes of the African deserts would bo
the fUtcat reprerentallvn of the llfeleM
ruins of your cities and i f tho world's (insulation.
true—and It is true—that agriculture la
Incomparably the most !mi«»rtaiit avocation of mau,
no words of mine can sufficiently cniphustae the
propriety of this emtvocation of-farmers. If it
be the art of all aria, tho science or all sctouocs, the
life of all life, Ih>« vofttaro Its svodum for Increased
benefits to irtiuiMnd: how countlcia are the subjects
fbr invftlgatlon and the insalhllltles for iuuuva-
incut! The value of every my of sunlight that fulls
upon the field* and of every vine or growth that
•hades Its surface: the value of every ton of tantmre
aud system of fertilisation; the value of every lin-
E ovcmcnt In machinery and ehango In tillage: the
udency of every law or governmental
S 4ley, state and federal, all fiirulsli
ilds S r thought. Investigntion and debated. A
•umhd In ike Interest of tntnklud the b?st efforts
ley; the clothes I wear are woven from fleece taken
from our sheep; tty hat Is mode h
hnrncHs, and my hmti me
here, my buggy and
raised 1 ere. Ws
‘ Now,
lion
_ Bed and we (sell our surplus."
there fa the axiom. The
f->M from Utah in this, that il bus a special crop in
which there is no e nnpetltlou, but In which there
is always profit.
Jfavt you thought thst we get four hundred mU-
— very year from the
cotton? Whet a kingly
revenue that is! What a royal plant iscotton, r.gbt
ly called king?
Now do you protect that dominion?
Dees this four hundred million dollars thst
get annually enrich us, or does it impoverish it .,
tho enrichment of others? Do we profit by it and
administer It In leisure and with grace; or do we
hurry in indoccnt fear to surrender all but a
wretched pittance into the hands of the usurer or
the corn raiser?
That Is the axiom—to save at home the money we
get from cotton. It this *cc:l»n; If the states you
represent, couldlfor ten years raise at home the sup-
I illes that make this crop, and manufacture at home
he articles it buys, nt tho end of ono decade, you
would tie tho richest people on the face of the earth.
(Applause.)
Tue end of all political economy Is to make
than you need, to sell wore than you buy. Th • bal
ance of trade is the mercury of the commercial ther
mometer, ~ ‘ - "■ * “
ebani
meter, from which tliere is no appeal. You may
nge every other practice of yoor own, but nntfl
hum more than we need, manufacture more
mn we buy, and start the Inflow of gold into this
t tloti, we <nn never prosper.
Now think of this revenue, ft is not casual. It
jcs not come one rear and fall next. It Is not our’s
today and our neighbor's tomorrow. It is our’s now
and forever. (Applause.) What are we going todo
with it? Do we preserve it and make It toe corner
stone of a prosperity for which history has
debt; or do wo waiter it and slant* * L •
of man and llie reproach of God ?
waiter it and stand la the contempt
j reproach of God ?
The ideal status Is thJs—lbat every farm will
iey summon to the investigation
_ D not only all tho
power* of th* cultivator* of the soli; but the most
Sanctified eamttlMn of tho ehomfat, the phllu
rri “ pbuantl™ “ ——— 3 —■*•
t apphunw.]
’ If, therefore, we are not grewing rieh as fanners,
‘ It tor the reuse of Ucprc*<Jon In a Isek
ibr Mother Na-
tttjl
•No» ran" ft to'foundTn the "VaracVcr of your occu
pation. As already shown, tho funner carries upon
bis bark all the Indnstrlea of the earth, and is cutl-
Hod, there tore, hi earth's surest and richest rewards.
Where then H tho enemy to your profits and pros
perity. Where are tlie (also friemfa nr brawny foes,
whose diverting power is euftlcknt to turn into oth
er nodtets the profit* which should oome to jours?
ill tril you where they are; They are either in
tho farmer's praeUees or the govern-
ffsagwCfe ajkmus
the underproduetkin of rianles to lw coiuumeil at
borne, you have hat your lndiridnal llnanelal Jnde-
prudence, let that pfuesm be rev-mud. The granite
foundation of general prosperity fa homtMnsdc,
home conducted, unmortgaged, individual Indt-
pendear©. (Applatai.)
_ } n ca' In; toonlerthis cotiveuiioni f Imslamtmen
I knew you wfil units in the earomt aspimtlnua
that the (iqil of husbandmen will guide our drlitov-
•tions; dlstfnvor to ntthc enrmleaof our jiM re
wards, arm u« for the conOlct ami vouchsaih to us
ftha vlcio-y.
Governor Gordon Introduced Mr. Henry W.
Gradv aa fnllowa:
. tienussacnofthcCiuvettUon: When 1 tumonnre
ftoyouMto next "luskor-you wlU tluuik tnc that I
have ceased talking. The next speaker Is Homy
W.rOady. (Apnlsuso.l I ran not turn overtoil I iu
the state—I wish I could. (Applause and laughter.)
But,.! ..have. tutoed oVer to him the re*:
K nsll silty of talking tor the state, ami he can do it
Iter than any man In the state. (Applause.)
1 am uot going to introduce him: I have nrthing
to say atom him. 1 have ordered him, as com-
tnAmler-in^hiefoflhe army of this great common-
Wealth, to welcome this great convention aud all
be I r^fijcmls to the hiapitallty of this stuto. (Ap-
Mr. Grady Appeared, and was greeted with
Rppluitse. Hi* spcmdi had uot becu prepared,
•uid tho rapidity with which ho talka renders
It iflttMMt impoariblo to get n Monographic ro-
port. Tho following hi a synopsis:
"It was announced in yesterday's CWWiTWlMt. 11
said Mr. tira ly, "thst 1 was to deliver this address
of wchoirs, and salt Is my duty to maintain the
Veracity of that highly re.-ie^uM nowvi a;s*r, even
to ray fmbarrsssmeut mid your dhoanfitiire, I nm
here. 1 am astonished Unit Governor (ionluii, at
once ray guvernor and my (Head, w bivtu delivering a
Wvkvme himseir, would have added a luagisicrhU
authority ldomHikMaea to an cloi|UrnceInover
hope to have, dek-gated tho duty to mo. 1 ara aa-
tonlshed that lie, ioremmt lu every cliareo tor your
prapreUou aud lasU from every breach iu
Whhh your rigid* are., thnwetted, should
have shlrttxl this duty and laid it un the shouldon
fcin-h«« »wil.r fellow
the i«ck of * «> ill* 0«qk ojrA.m’, lUivhM.l
ffo •" w» m »r my wrletilisml
kmmi.lp, lie knee that I am tha mil, iivlno
)uu who km.ara tea* alamt aarleulmra thanheikwj
|Uuxntar.^lMtha knoaalhatha can't heat ma
u&i'-lurcd articles for wnlcii we uow send north.
Now otic ronnot prosper without the other. The
agricultural cuiuuiunity cannot thrivo alone. 'J hi
funner in Ohio who hums his corn for tori is in
[Kjint. There Is not a county in Georgia that does
lOtseerot on tho vines and trees and ground
enough fruits aud vegetables to enrioh it if it
near New York or Lblcaga
What are your brothers In
cities doing to bring abuit
indurtrfal rcvomllon, without which yon cannot
of re* s do out of the aria.
The world waits In attcndanco on
its growth. The shower , that tolls
whispering on its leaves is beard around the earth.
The sun that shines on It hi tempered by tin
of all people. The frost that chills It snd dear That
descend* from the stars its noted and Urn trespass of
a little worm on its. green loaf i< more to Euglaud
than the advance of the Utisrian army on her Aslan
outpnstalt Iscold from the Instant It putstorth itstlny
shoot. Its fllire (s current m eveiy bank, and when
loosing Its Oseevs to the sun it floats Its snowy ban
ner Hint glorifies tho Held of tho humble farmer,
that mauls marshalled under a Hag that will com
pel tho auegiauauof ths world and wring a subsidy
from every tmlion on csrth.”
He then said that this InromQ was fixed and
pacullat to tho south. Not hers this year and
her neighbor's tho next, but hers every year.
tho ocean.
_. T . .. _jaMs# and
measured the raiu.' Ours and our children's for
ever. As prluecly talent as ever came from ilia
hand to moital stewardship."
He then allowed that the cities were doing
their part in keening at homo this enormous
revenue, lie said:
"There are 230,003 artisans at work in tho
south today that wore not here iu lmo,
and
ttxu
■HPVHVdoos not inelu-.le
I sands that are building now enterprises. We mau-1
u tortured lost year Uld.ouo.uuo worth of articles that
six years ago wo bought from the north or west, iu |
tho six yours follow ing tho cotton exposition 173
new cotton mills bare been built lu tho smith,
start
uiitu
IhUtotT^^HPH
ft nn*l Amsrciuetit Isaimply limiic«l|f)'cviii|irclicii-
slim. If the Piedmont txposlUon'ean falilj- oplto-1
mizo it, that show will be the rolrnrio of the day.
At every tu n wo slop the outflow of money. «fx|
years ago Georgia Uuight lW.OOOtonsofcnninorclail
fert lll/crs, (br which she paid sevcu million dolisre,
every dollar or which went north. last year she
used 1*0,000 tons, of which lSi.uoo tons were made
In Georgia, of Carolina phosphates, Georgia
cotton meal and lulplmrio add reduced from
natural iron pyrites. Thus one state In ono item has |
checked tho eutflow of six million
Pnom aud will Uouldo the capacity mMIHn
In another year. .Twenty rears ago wo wasted three
mUtton tons of c<*ttnn seed by dumping I root he river I
or burning it. iASt year we run eight hundred thou-
I sand tom through <mo hundred and torty-six oil
mill* as trading right r ’ ’
dom, that a people defeated in war shall trlnmph tn
peace and that set apart for a century they shall
enter the llsta in poverty and emerge in pneperity—
holding aacrcd every honorable tradition yetttirniug
their tores stead fast and dauntless to tl«j future. Hmv
are we keeping this trust? Tliere srethose who fay
that our fanners are losing ground and being driven
backward from their furttu as
our fathers were driven backward
from Appomattor and Chattanooga. This eonv
Hon may decide that the farmers in the zouth arc
worse condition than they were ten year* ago. __
this true, and If so, why is It? We have a lar.d an
surpassed in ticJ»n<-w and fertility. A climate In
which winter is but a passing breath and springaud
autumn meet in the l eirt of summer. Corn, cot
ton, clover, tobacco, wheat and the grasses grow in
ono Incloaure. The peach and apnle rloen In
the some orchard and we grow every fruit from the
pineapplo to the 8yb.»riati crab. Our forests
exhaustion, our mines rich, our qnarrhs
touched, our lands perfect. Are men lacking! Wh;
ever tod the heart of woman, as ardent as ever
Faxon current, lira rich, red blood of strong i
meat, into oar veins, shall it falter first in us aud be
‘ l hack on irresolute hearts? *“
make compact here today,
countrymen, earnest men tn an earnest purpose that
ifitbetruo thatweai * *
for the mistakes and
system and at any cost east them out forever.
Milling every ambition, crushing every prejudice,
“ about the
troubled,
long as we Jive tireleas *rma and dcvotcd° hrerta
There is no ambition so noble as to be lint at her
feet and last In her sendee. No end so glorious as,
at the close of a long and devoted life to sink to res
on her bosom Iran pul I and content aa the little child
that fills to sleep in its .mother* arms and rests un
troubled in the shadow of her smile."
The above is a synopsis of Mr. Grady's
speech which occupied about thirty minutes.
Mr. Oraily was greeted with hearty applause
during his speech, and with a round of ap
plause when he took his scat.
MAYOR COOPER'S REMARKS.
Tho chairman introduced the Hon. John
Tyler Cooper, mayor of Atlanta. The speech
of Mr. Cooper was brief and cordial. He said
lie knew of no claw of citizens more deserving
of a warm reception in Atlantethan tlie agri
culturalists. Ho esteemed it a high privilege
and an honor to be commissioned to receive Tn
behalf of the gate city so many solid farmers
from ten states. All ho could do, he said, was
to throw open the city’s gates to the visitors.
Tho mayor was applauded os lie sat down.
COLONEL BVROWIN'S RESPONSE.
Colonel William H. S. Burgwin, of Hender
son, North Carolina, was then introduced and
responded as follows, iu behalf of the conven
tion:
Mr. President: Jn rising (o express or the behalf
of this Interstate convention of fanners of the cot
ton suites, our lively appreciation of this most gen
erous reception, permit me, sir, to say that your
rourtesic-s are extended us under most pleasing cir
cumstances.
Wc corno from that section of this now united
country which had the mtofortune to be on the
less heritage. To none, sir, of that gallant band do
~ giro more loyal homage thin to Georgia's favor-
soq—who as soldier statesman and now chief ex
ecutive—cm bodice tho most perfect representative
of an American citizen. (Applause. J
That matchless soldiery, who under your brilliant
adcrah'p achieved such distinction as is tho glory
of a nation—were largely composed of farmers, ana
was a happy thought on the part of the commit-
. . * fo hoi
ton,
son, P J Perkin ins, CI. ivltoc-k* J ii Boyd, J ii Iji-
’timer. J 8 Dunnr, W D Murry, A J Williams, H J
-Move, J F stsrlcton, D Ii Harrell, G J Keith, Ii Ford-
ham, JAM King. C R Pringle, F D Wimberly. C II
McCord, W I. I*, ek, J M Fmhh, J O Waddell. J P
Brown. J TDe Jamette. J Ffleago. J W Johnson, C
C Humber, J K Horn Per, W B Oxford, II II Cary,
G Not veil, if W Whaley. J It Hudson, J W Kelts, C
W Ashley. C C Cleghosn, Wm Philiipe, E B Smith, J
ii B Ci<x>Ie, H R Ogktree.
Lorisf a va.—J C Bcazley* W J Hughes, JM Foster,
Frank Hatch, O c, Zenu.
MiM-issim.—General W B Miles, M N Burke, D
8 Ragsdale, J D Ilodgos. C
ww*i«, u.nvxi i miter, A McGrcr, Jhou M B)W
lnson, K3I Reinhardt. BOamcrnn, JSHarrK Jill-
inn Alien, LL Polk, \if II H Benjamin, C E F»y, T B
I.tu Hey, Azariah Graves, Anthony Arrington, Wm
Beal, Cicorge Nelson, R B itedulne, W A Austin,
Jionald McLeod. J 8 Tnomi«on. B F Hunter, George
R Jt Ritchie, D McN McKay, JLCBell. WK tape-
hart, O F Baxter, Jr.
General Miles's Speech.
One ol LLo auitai iMidi'esaea made during tho
session of tho convention was delivered by
General Miles, of Mississippi, a highly cul
tivated gentleman and a practical farmer. He
•poke aa follows: . ,
Mr. President:—I do not like to retard in eny
manner the action of the convention, and yet I do
not feel at liberty to take a step in the dark. I
heard tlie address of the gentleman from Texas upon
the subject of organisation. The motion now made,
as I understand It, is to perfect thst organization iu
shape. I understood tho gentleman from
1 fAppIanse.] With that, c<
to read thews resolutions, and psi
fcrred to the committee on resuluti......
Colonel Miles's speech was received with
deuiou.vtrations of pleasure. Jlo immediately
supplemented his argument with the subjoin
ed resolutions:
Whereat*, Agriculture in the ten states represented
in this convention is iii n depredated condition;
and
on of this convention tha
,._e means of relief are in the
* peor»le and legislatures of the sev-
I will belong to no farmers’ assoolation that hides
I*rt of this convention to ceese. (Anplame.J I
addresses, but ! tore not beord ^?ora\he Ups of a
i one single suggestion as to what Is to'
farm:
in i. That the several state legislatures at their
next sessions rei cai ttU laws requiring cultivated
lands to be fenee*l.
That our numbers be instructed to pasa a law ab
solutely foibidding contracts for Aituro delivery.
Tho question aruse: "Where shall tlie con
vention meet next year?"
This was productive of n lively cor.tcft be
tween two cities—Montgomery and Raleigh.
The claims of each were ably pressed. Final
ly tho North Carolina capital triumphed by a
vote of i*3 to 4.1, and it was decided that the
convention shonld meet there In August, 1888.
A TAR HEEL HUMORIST.
Ono of tho most original and practical
speeches delivered durini *
off-hand address by Mr. 1
Carolina. Ho said:
Mr. Chairman,
I hold that the
know how tort ...
buy fertilizers, we conclude that to know* no
better. (Applause.) And If we find that a poor
farmer bits gone to town and mortgaged his mule
and himseir for a spurious article of commercial
fertilizers, we conclude at once that he thinks It Is
best tor fclm. He does not know any better. [Ap-
K lausc.) If we see a man that plants all cotton, and
plowing four mules, and with poor harness, and
with sore shouldered mules, ana with dull imple
ments, and poor land, we know at a glance that
that man docs not know any better. (Renewed
applause.] It Is the best he can do for himself.
Ir a man in the morning after having taken
A — many drams the night before, wakes op with a
. dng
thinks he can do for himself is to have someihli.,,
to steady his nerves. He does not know any better.
If you are in distress now, you cannot get relief fm I the only hope of salvation of the c munon farmer oi
icdlAtcdly by any possible change in the tariif. these ten states is for them to find out what is best
. ou cannot change ft. For the present, the repub- for them. How are they going to do it?
lienns have a settled majority in the United States I hot by this convention meeting
senate, and they sre all for the tariir. Even the here and considerlngc co-operation'
democrats in the lower house of congress are I co^vdlnation, stifllization, civilization, coucatena-
divided upon that question. Mr. Randa 1, of Penn- tion, exortatton, eradication, stnrvntionauddamna-
syl vanla, leads a huge foUowingof democratic votes tion. (Great laughter and applausi.] We must go
in the house who aro all pro •.tlonsts, while Mr. to work and teach. That is the only solvation. How
Carlisle, of Kentucky, leads the free tradorsof the Is It to be done? There are farmers in North Caro-
south, snd you could not get it in tho democratic linn who let their lights shine out. It docs not Just
lower house of congress today and have your con- I shine in his own house, but out the door, aud
dltkm smeliorsUd by any quick and rapid acUon down the road, and a man passing along can a
upon tho tariff. But, gentlemen, for God's sake, if I ss a light set upon the hill,
wc camo hero to attend to the farmer’s business, lot I 1 ou will pardon me Just a little. I won t worry
iu do that, and leave poliUc* where It belongs. (Ap- your patience. I have been at work In a certain
platise.) | direction for the last fourteen yean, and finally we
Now, If I be allowed to proceed a little while got a club together: we got to reading; we got the
whilo my throat lasts, for 1 do not think I will be best books and subscriber! fur the best papers.
ab>c to talk much more— We have a reading room and a circulating library,
Mr. Allen—I will lend yon my throat. [Laughter.] and they take a paper jubUihed in this city that is
Mr. Miles—Tnank you. I will offer an lmmedi- I a credit to the south, aud to the world, the Cultiva-
ate, direct and positive relief to a very large extent, tor. We toko that os a standard, ami we read what
not total relief; to all the farmers or all the cotton Dr. Jones, of Georgia, says on grass, stock, and all
states, if you will paidon me for a little egotism. these fertilizers, and we understand it as well as any
> nnnurea ana forty six oil
million dollars worth or ell
ill lion dollars value and turn-
P M tavitatibu amlln pursuit ofa nobl^punxwe. U lt
SQoriUwAtH* ttSfiSte
awSsii'Si:
.yiaw^W'll; Maid, I meant roow
»ill juii rwdea nw, lliaath, for a few thoturkta
^nogjon*him u an un-
«nuU It be the aMtvWnl u hU rt.4rnrUi.iuK
the rmrat, rr ihr roldict ai Uw caanoa'a
Cnnlh. or tho >|r< ulalar In i he earhaufr; vv«5a
Bhrany.4' thwr men who, warnn* with aarh
Jthcr. proailn,- yhljtha MW. mla,, urn-
™ xxmr Mrcttgtn daily In tit# Sin* a
fywSEe oftto oKiHict that tos waged tines Chrbl
fe»*5fttto money changcre from the temple?
Jfonc of them; Lnt rotbertto lonuer in Ui« s«M.
raeafoftritigsurngtti, n« | with wen, but —-*
»*y |«epreuUgv but by
it hi* ‘ortnura frarm the auphtuiSc\
mill* *n the south that will treat next 1
MWMNi t.*o tun 'red thou and lo:is 0‘sSJd mating
0 e ti.ll io i tons eg ««o third of. Um tun, snd pjo-
«in -lug to i million di.liua worth of,crude oil. T. o
fo Hi ving i a uo of tho i o ton s ed u wc h was bu.n-1
tofcordrowiualtwenty >Ynra ago.Is ono hundred
I ftuty inllilon dollars, more Hun the rye. nut
... >1 wheat crop of H e t orthwist tomb n.'d. i or >
totnulng thiiniU, In 18*0ttosouth prc».tt*ocl f.rari
rimiiJnid . and Ally unwin d i.m. m
.'mm ream .tattled »:>e wotldi
II.arc are now In atlrtai pi- -
of erection Ihlnjr-ono Iron nimacr.' tn tbo wrath
with a capaelt, of*,l» ton. per daroe I.OafeOO)
t(NIIJiom||imLjyMni]>M iiii Int-rmaavf •
toll* I . .
tons In one ycar.^H
Mr. Grady gave other figures at length .show-
ing tlie unorinouM growth of industrial move
ments in the south. Ho then praised the work
01 thu southern farmer, who, out of nothing
twenty year* ago but bare Innas aud desolated
fields had produced last year a crop of $715,-
luOn.OtU.B
"Intke-V' to raid, "I think the farmer deserves I
more cmlit than hi* fricmls tu the city. I shall al
ways maintain ttial tliere Is no record oftoroUm
to suriaus thu n-builditig of the south by her sons
I return ng fam war. This work glorious every-1
where was easier Inth© city than In the country,
1 There smkl th© clamor of the multltu(k\ quickened
by Hie sense of comradeship hrartmr the heart beat
or a friend on every side, led by example and slut*
by critirlwn the work was easy tor inspiration
wm o instant. But hare you thought of the farmer
that tuul returned to the solltodeof his dispelled
home? B ivc yon thought of Mm as he wandered
through his empty harm, his desolated fields, his
latock, labor aud lmpk>m*nt* roes, his neighbors
slain, and even tho son who was to to tho staff of
a*©, or the father who was to be the snide of youth
and the brother at ooce comrade and kinsmau rest-
lug beneath Hie some far off sky, happier
triuniuU grava th iu to who was 1*6 lurid* sad par-
plexlty. Think of him as he gathers together the
twvttty<(iTf cents and marketing it at tilWen, retying
sixty per cent usury on all he buys, and buying
chaos, without church or school, working under
I hi* plow, hcatlnano voter rara'lha appnral of hla
^'S,'£a« , SriSK £25.73
^j&^srs&eiss
■ CkMlng
Thinkot what he
lliink of whnt he tuMMM
made a crop valued l*st year St f
>i>u will hare earned totter your ri|
than any oaventloo that has met a
prostrated andtmi
*Mo. and that I was bom of tor bosom
tor servfre. Had Ibecn an ohcu her renews would
•xLmirih^t
aMntoittrttiurtiolftuu Iloret. rock. IA*-
spirit _
ikput but wl.h'ia Wv
coi d.11..UK It b tHi!» tofotov that
pertd with slaves shall prosier yet m. re wuh
tee and a gracious act ou yours to honor our mceUng
ly presiding over its deUbeiatious.
i trust I may be pardoned for saying that as arop-
rcauntuUvo from the state of North Carolina, it is pe
culiarly gratifying Hut nnr presiding oificer should
bo the distinguished soldier who hnd tho honor to
command the roar guard of the army of Virginia,
under whoau leadership North Carolina troops made
Hie last charge that cloned tbo druinu on tho Hold of
Appomattox* [Apphuuc.]
A few months since, ot what gave promlso of being
an ordinary social gathering, unproductive of only
routine exercises, a young sou of Georgia whose
fame np to then was mainly confined to his own
state, le:»i<xl into pofiulsrlty aa a people's hero, and
Hinny \V. (irmly became famous as tno personifica
tion of southern eloquence. [Apnlause.j Ilonco-
forth another iiamo wilt be added to tno bright
galaxy or soul horn orators, and the speeches of
Henry \V. Grady take tlwlr place alongside of those
- Vretilto, Tooml s, Yauoey and Ben liilh A dOTO-
son of his state, ungsged In promoting the mate-
prosperity of Ms people, dedicating his jpeat
abilities in that avenue most conducive to thu public
weal, he well de-erves the lionorahlo distinction
he enjoys, and we beg to express our thanks to the
distinguished gentleman tor the kindly aenf'
wit h which Jtslui so eloquently welcomed u
Twenty-three years ago and the traveler i
city was met by blackened walls, burned
aud devastated homes. All was ruin, desolation
and despair. Little by little tho waste places were
clears 1 ami built upon: first here and then there—a
atom a factory, a hotel—and soon, os If by united
Impulse, the great work began, and today you stand
In railroad mrilltles, In extent ot population, in
one of those men’* houses, you con tell ,
os you can when in a train you dash from a tunnel
•lUtluua, nu uiiaintiu quu-
discuss'oi ? You want to
J-et me tell you, gentlemen, If yon expect to sue- ttcsi good in ail these reso
coed as farmers you mustTive quieHy at home. Yon ! Hon and all thU political
must wear level heads and you must use bright, I get to the individual farmers, not you farmers, for
keen eyes. You must be careful; you must be sens!- you sre tho leading farmers. Your gov-
1 Ij; you must bo honest with your tenants and true ernors selected you because you ore
dollars io each state for the agricultural experiment
ftaihu.s of the various states—under the conditions
of tl.e ro-ralled Hitch bill.
"R«.-solved, farther, T. at rongrtm be v.recd to
moke the necessary appr-criatiou at once, sj that
the law way go into Burnt diato eflbct." ,
< OMHISSIiiS|:k OS AOKldULTUCr.
Revived. Tint our a mat ire «nl renr*scntr.tlvcE
In W&riiinrtonle re lutmeil to use all efront in their,
power to advance the -nrtment of csriculturo U> :
the dignity of n cabinet i • s.ti<Hi.
iNTKiivr.'. i:. aoiNERCE. i
Resolved 1. That this interstate conre.ltfon of
farmers approve and jnd nse thu said Intyrstete com*
merce act as a wise ana patriotic measure and a steu
in the rl;ht direction. K ;
Be it further resolve-1 tlratthls convention herefc'*
memorialize the eon^tess and president of tha
Unite*! States to add such le^LslaHon to tbirlawiiS
the Int- r.st and safety of the people aud count??
may bcre<er require. *
.MF.MOniAUZINfJ CONGRESS. ' 1
"Whereas, it Is of vitul imj ortance to the agricul
tural interests of tho south that the voice of ihii>
o.»n vent.«* to hcard un ! rcxognUed by ou r law-!
makers at Washington. Therefore, be It
Resolved, That it shall be the duty of that
vice presidents from each state hero retired
sente J, to appoint from ids state ai many delegated!
as there are*repre«enta> ivc* incongreaa, who shall
meet with the Ifanners’ congress at their next re-rufl
lar meeting, and' confer with that body as to ihJ
best means of influencing proper leghlstlon in thff
interest of the farmers of the southern Mates.’*
THE CAUSE AND THE REMEDY. *
"Where is, it appears, aud really is a fact, that
great depression exists throughout the whole cottore
growiug region, snd whereas we bellavait to be tbd
duty ot this convention to ascertain the cause an$
to find a remady, therefore be it ;
Resolved 1st, That we believe the cause to bff
twofold, to wit, first, undue taxation, 2nd, th*'
tn sing of too much cotton, thereby neglettng t^
produce home mmJies. ,
Resolved 2nd, That we believe tto remedy for the'
fir.-it. is the united efforts of our public servants ini
the legislatures and in congress, and this cunven-l
Hon earnestly request both these bodies to grout ua'
le’Ief, and be it farther
Resolved, Tnat it is our duty to elect no man to.
either of these places unless he bo willing to use hie'
best efforts to relieve us of this unjust burden; aud'
be it farther
Resolved, That each member of this convention’
on his return home, use his best efforts to induce'
fanners toorsanfre and let our watch words be:
"Oar farms si a*l bo self sustaining; that our 'o'ton
crop Should be our surplus; we believe that unless
we do this, a state or abject slavery lies U frre our
sous aud daughters."
THE MORTGAGE SYSTEM.
“Among tho many evils under which the agricul
ture of the south Is laboring and among the serious
obstacles to its progress la the crop lien and chattel
mortgage system; now being a part of the buM ness
methods of large portions of the states hero repre
sented. Therefore, belt
Resolved, That thtt convention nrgea npon th©
formers throughout the routh the pressing import
ance of bringing to bear upon the legislature«»f Hicir
•hove all, In tho enterprise, sagacity and sobriety
of your people, tbo ehlef city of all the touthem
couutry between Richmond and New Orleans. (Ap
plause.) You may well call your city the gate city
of tto south. Through her gate* Is received the
great traffic that comes touring into her lop from
tho north, east, south aud west, and out of her
gates she sends countless commodities to bo dis*
triU4odt° every pert of tho state, tto United States
-1* ho cRy In the south could this convention of
farmers from the ten cotton states have with more
propriety oome to hold this, their first meeting.
The farmer* trom all tto states have contributed to
the prosperity of your city, and it rejoices us to see
tto Innumerable evidences of your wealth, progress
nd enter)<rire which mast us at every town. Wo
iclaim In the language of the poet: “Qnls Jam
tens Achate qaoo reglo tn terrta nostrl non plena
borts." (Applause.) You are proverbial for the
_D*pltallty or yoar reception; and eo popular has
your city become that it moms to be grouted that no
l>uee so suitable for a meeting of representative
southerners, on any matter, could bo fauud as tho
gtto city of Atlanta.
A word, Mr. 1 resident, tn conclusion, as to the
wirpom of our meeting. Wo came, many of us.
“roni considerable distances snd at some iwraonal
ncouvenlcuce, to consult together upon that greet
—Ulan that concerns the very Integrity and per-
B y of our instltuduns—the catnca ofagrlcultu-
pres.ion and its remedy. I w til not expalfato
upon the importance of the question. Those who
aro to address you during tbo convention wlUdto
cuss tho matter In all its a*|*cta. 1 trnat, however,
wo came here duty Impressed with Uie gravity or
the situation, imbued with but ono spirit, aud that
for tho common weal, believing that no perma
nent prosperity to tho nation —
“um subordinating on* sect
. to another, or In Imposing bunk
Hone upon an tndiatry for toe benefit of some other,
— ■* Ufa for the
[ltulouged
And the American ui.ixi forever." [Applause]
A committee was Appointed to select perma
nent officers for the convention. This com-
mitteo was made up of tho following delogstes:
K. F. Kolb, of Alabama; J. T. Henderson, of
Georgia: Walter Gregory, of Tennessee; L. L.
Folk, of North Carolina; B. B. Watson, of
South Carolina; L. A. Foster, of Louisiana:
K. B. Williams, of Arkansas: J. Rnmzev, of
Texas; II. II. Bpeer, of Florida; W. B. Miles,
ol Mississippi.
This committee retired and the roster of
members wss completed.
ROLL or DtlMUTV.
Alabama—J 8 Newman. R F Kolb. A M 8 Andes-
sAaam 1
.Mrt, W ll B«»m. 1)0 Dunklin. D >> Mcvuir, n
1 LyncluJ*mr« cl.jton, W C romact, L WW
AuunfeliTiuln. John M CUy ton, O \V
IV1)V.U D II WllUuna, tt M rkhlmck, J V Ifoodcr-
WO. L F FmllwMortC. D A Cuo. Wood,—
Uunaab,jKkhngt, Dr A D ThoUM, Uc«(.B
W tBJfeC W Micnno. E D Wiwitn, J A Ronudyll,
iirald WlUin, J U Wilkn, O H AMwmu, J Hud,
s,on ^
TiNVttssi.—Walter Greworr, J Morton.
South Cabouma-J B HumVrt, J 8 Blalock, 0 B
law, J H Furman, John lawtoo, J B Hrudon, K R
Mclrie, T J MeKie. K MeOarkpm. H M Dibble! J W
.OWUton.
Wwly. H d
, „ ,'ould happen.
raise all colton. [Applause.] A voice: That’s it.
[Applause.]
Jlr. Miles—Haro yon ever mndo a calculation .
to tho expenditure of these ten southern states for
what they could raise at home? Over ono hundred
in Georgia or not—where they have not got a hog
that is worth tho naino ofa bog.
1 will tell a little store about a hog killing time
that I heard of in Gcoigfa once. It was ou a bright,
frosty morning, along about the first of January on
ivlrnl occasion, and they invited in tni'
a very©
ten states costs over filly millions of dofiars a
J carl You can raise It all If you |w!1I« How much .
ocs your mules cost you per annum? I built up wit
The president—The gentleman’s Urns has expired. w*s . blazing
Cries of "Glvo him time. Go on, go on." I i» Jovial and Jolly
Mr. Miles—I had stated that tho hog meat brought cleared the hogs and hung ’em _
Into these ten states costs over fifty millions of dot- I Joiced. Breakfast wss a UtUo late and they took
lacs a rear. 1 have stated that the mule flesh brought I more rejoicement*. [Laughter.] They felt convi-
la to these states coats at lout from twenty to twsn- 1 vial and kind of hungry, and they commenced
ly-two millions of dollars a year. | broiling some pieces of liver, and they were stand-
Istato to you, gentlemen, that the fences you * "" *“
keen up costs you millions ofdollarsaycar. Now,
jgfnUemcn, raise your own pork and you will keqp
fa your pockets fftty millions a year. [Applause.]
yow own mules and yoowill keepintto
with pine
away and
r to have a day of
ing areund in thisJoyous condition when conster-
nation and alarm foil upon the entire coiAnunity—
*.k- jjQjpi WM mining.! How could it come to
here? How
. Ar
•sank, and they
of those ^—
cheering.]
:en swar? And they lnstttttod
* ey found that scat bad ^dragged ono
and prolonged
B* ^iaiblntorffbS «th. « VA UVAI ,»tlW>IJ,
fa down every panel of/tots that surrounds a . —. t _ r .
cultivated field, and make fonces only to keep the wa have such hogs as that. _ \ 4 . .
stock and ralso It In and yon will keep at home mil- I have a little remedy to offto-H Is to teach the
lions of dollars. (Applause.) common farmer. He does not take these papers.
^ Before the war I was fortunate snougb to to rich. Ho does not read anything. His
I owned four hundred slaves, and I never bought a home Is sad aud dreary and lonely. I have
pound of meat, and I never bought a mule. My I been there. I have stayed *11 j ’ —
cotton crop was dear. It Is a little difficult now, I drank coffte that was so weak
use I tovo found out, If the convention itaelfunlnthecup. [Laughte , . ....
pardon ms the doubtfhl historical sad. There are no flowers there, no gerraimna
point as to what has bccomo of the Ion lost tribes of there. The girls aro sklmpy-hcaded and ugly. The
Israel I know perfectly well now who they are. boya aro ugly; tha old woman was crew: the old
They aro the negroes. (Laughter.) Because, over I man tod a sore tooth, and all was sad and lonely,
this broad land hu religion! prejudices will not lot Now, cannot some hope aud help shine out from
him work on Saturday (Loud laughter and ap- the dark cloud Into these places. You hare
plause], and tils Intense Christianity, of coarse, will them everywhere, thousands of them.
uot allow liLn to work on Sunday, 8o, that with — — — —**
tho free negro, you cannot raise stock. Your stock
requires attention on Saturday and Sunday Inst the
same as on Monday and Tuesday. You will nav
government to issue fraudulent securities upori
ficticious values and offer the same upon the mar
kets of this country. We demand that th j law
making powers take early action uponi such meas
ures as shall effectually provent tno gambling in
faturcsof all agricultural products, prescribing such
f irocedure In trial a* shall secure prompt convio-j
ion and enforcing such penalties as shall secure the'
most perfect compliance with the tow. We de-l
mana of the government of the United B'ates a
financial policy that will cease hording unbounded)
wealth in our national treasury, thereby holding the*
rate of taxation above the needs of government undf
the ability of tho people, and depriving us of a Just
amount of cireulattng medium.
COMBINATIONS DENOUNCED. '
We urge on th* farmers tto necessity of running
their farms economically: producing all that they
can, and Inlying only such articles as they are neces
sarily compelled to have; felling only the surnlus."
Where is, Certain corporations aud indhi Inals-
nave from time to time, through certain and pccu-,
lur methods, comb! nod and conspired to destroy or j
to dcprccinto the value of some of tho agricultural
products of tho dltton mo os which eonspir&«. les or
combinations have resulted to the detriment of agri-'
cnUnre and large fin mcial low to the farmers of the
southern states—
That such tonblnations and conspiracies,
in •'their operations and effects, mult in
the robbery of tho producer.
Reference Is hero especially made to such specu
lation or gambling as that usually termed "dt-allnc
in Aiturcs," with tho prospective cotton crop aa a
basis. .
Also to tho operations of tho American OH Trust,
company in ttoir well nigh successful ©flint to
crush out all competition either in tho purchase of
seed, cr tho sale of tho products thereof, by which'
S roccis to monopolize tho transactions, in
io cotton &«ed of our production
already resulting in great loss to our farmers, i
That these are methods of robbery, devised by-
modem ingenuity, for the pt-.r^ose or evading exist-1
ing statutes. That they should be characterised as 1
*uch, and as such punished; therefore, be it
Resolued by this convention. That the influence'!
Now
stir him
him to thinking, readJi
tttnoug men, It will wi
tu »cavil iuij mini,
open his eves, get
Ing aud talking with men and
rake tl at min up. How ore
gci incsc Eciciiiiiic mru jrom your agncuuurai uo
partments, and go out there and spend threo or four
days teaching, fast like tto teacher teaches in the
southern schools
Now, genUemen, what to tho t»c,when you know, ,
if you will think, precisely what is tho matter, to
bo wrangling here over political questions snd 11s-
teuing to political eways. If I want to study the L ,
tariff question, 1 would goto my Ubrary, and turn I We had an institute over in Randolph last week,
down (to leaves of aomoDooks where 1 would look ( Tliere to a man upon this floor now that road a paper
Into the speeches of Henry clay. Daniel Webster, tbero that thrilled them through. It was worth tons
John a whoau and Silas Wright, who discussed upon tons, and it stirred them up. 1 Insist that
that question in thrir day as Intellectual giants, ©very county in these southern sta’cs ought to have
[Appumse.1 ldo not care to listen to any small an institution like that. The states
balder-dasbers on that quartton. (Laughter.) ought to help. In North Curollna it
Thinkamoinent. Will somebody explain to me I does not cost ono copper. If tho s atew and agricul-
how much tariff there is on a Kentucky or western I tural departments will help, you will see them
-—that you eat? [Laughter.] I have nevor fouud bloom and blossom Uke a rose oil over tho land.”
:r.J I have' never fouud 1
m tell mo bow much ,
Louis, or western mule
. , luiugmer.i J “ —
tbo tariff list. You claim, , ,
the moat of you, aome political banter whacker
^Laughter] that you know it alL Now, goutlvmcn,
(Great applause.]
The lion. L. L. Polk, of North Carolina, was
nominated for president and was elected unan
imously by acclamation.
Tho Hon, J. 8. Newman was nominated for
vice-president nt largo, but ho declinod on the
1 liavo on my property now, the rise of ground that his position was too exacting to
four hundred negroes. 1 1 cannot state with precise
accuracy, but I know that it has not required ou*
thousand dollars a year to buy all the dry guols
that clothes those negroes with the greatest com
fort. Twelve hundred doilws, I am atUsflcd, will
cover tho total outljr (br clothing and for suits, but
permit him to discharge tho duties which
would devolve upon this officer.
Thereupon Colonel Fishback, ol Arkansas,
was unanimously chosen.
The names of several gentlemen were placed
when {touch ttoollybog X have put out about S5,- I In nomination for the p^ition of secretary and
oon to (bed him: and I tov* to pay annually from I treasurer. Mr. W. F. HeWolfe was urged to
FiOOJ to 83.000 for the mules Hut they work, b.“cause accept tho place, but he declined on the ground
they wlU wsar out and dio. that tho secretary shonld be a resident of the
mul7.^^w*c»dcu r it E?p*U U 0 Th?m! cltjrwhjrj th. next n.e«.ln e of tbo convention
St’K!K?ffitSffi£Sf3S^Si. b01r ** *AUthosonominated withdrew In favor of
As it fa now, 1 have to make about twenty miles of B. F. Hester, of North Carolina, who woa
fane*. 1 have to keep what UcaUedalawfal fence, unanimously elected by acclamation.
You, geutlemen, may besuartcr at it than I am,but Nine vice-r'*"- , ‘ ,A "* - •
*•- '* ‘ w North Caroll. _
Mouth Carolina—K R. Melver.
Florida—G. K. Fairbanks.
Georgia—A. T. McIntyre.
Alabama—R. F. Kolb.
Mtoiadppl—M. N. Burke.
Loulstaua—John Dymond.
Arkansas- L. T. Festherston.
Texas—J. A. Runwv.
An election was had for nine members of
the elective committee, with the followim? re
sult:
North Carolina.—R. Hied Parker.
South Carolina.—O. P. Mills.
Florida.—W. R. Seabring.
Georgia.—B. F. Crittenden.
Alabama.—A. W. 8. Anderson.
MlsstoilppL—C H. Robinson.
Louisiana.—J. C. Boazly.
Arkansas.-B. D. Williams.
Texas.—T. G. Cansler.
This completed the organisation.
Aoormro resolutions.
The committeo on resointiotu reported favor-
of my corn andcotton about half a dozen old razor-
back sows and a parcel of grunty shoau aud-*—
worth altogether uot more than about ISO.
plause.] Ir you want to to ulOitarlans to economi
cal: raise everything you want at home that yuu pos
sibly can. ana buy nothing except what you aro
compollad to. Why, if 1 bad a son or sou-in law ,
who would buy an ax helve or a hoe helve I think I
should sue out a commission of lunacy against him.
ILaugbtor.] Make everything at home. Spend no
money except that which you ara compelled to
-
„atl might l_ _
flowers and handsomely entwined —. - - .
am not tore now for that purpose. I am tore to
tel It to plain troth,. I will not as/BWta to row than
thst 1 have ftsn, tha whole extent of
Si'JEi
to the Atlamle seaboard and the Gulf ooast I know
It from rock-bound New England to tha golden gate
ofthejnetta. 1 hart becnall over it I have looked
. brought to
bear upon tho legislative powers/
of our respective states to secure tha enactment of)
such laws a* will properly define these crimes and!
uenlly tp each legisinMiro of tho states hero rep-!
anted at its ‘
Wodesirat
through th
money unj
tnc cotton tax. ,
"Favor a liberal appropriation by congress for th«
Improvement of the Mississippi river and its trlbu-)
tarles, which fa exclusively under tho control and
Jurisdiction or the general government. .
With tho assistance and aid rotating from th«
passage of such laws as herein indicated, a strict nt-t
fontlon gtrsfetoipurfarms and tha business pertain*
1 — asahownbytiienbleaddrcsscsdellver-
uooritra hope aid bAleve that the rarmn xir ' t
ry ortto couutry will soon revive aud 1
Dfliifod * -. - • . ;
PQimON ON THE TARIFF. ,
Early in tire session several resolutions were*'
introduced touching the tariff. Those w©re of
the same purport; they all referred to the da* 1
pressed condition of tlie agricultural chuuesJ
ascribing thoir unharpy state to the operation)
of tho onerous tariff laws. These resolutions J
in common with those on other subjects, went
to the committee on resolutions. When tha*
committee nutde its report, shortly be-'
foro adjournment, tlie members wwnited
anxiously for the anti-tariff deliverances to be
referred to, but they waited in vain. All these
resolutions have boon smothered in the com-'
mitteo room.
Colonel Barker,a delcgnto from Arkansas,!
the author of ono of tlicso free trado rosolu-'
tions, was not satisfied with this method of!
squelching his pet scheme, so ho moved tho
subjoined resolution:
Winr.*as. TbeogrieuUutai tohnrtt ©tour ©cun*’
try are in a depress’d eonditlun ns shown bv >v()ortf
from every section of tUo un cotton stwes h.rj as
sembled ; and
Whereas, We believe thst this depression is rous
ed lu a great measure by the protective tarifl’. There
fore,
Resolved, That wc nrg} upon congress on l espe-'
dally upon tho represenmtives. from our ns ce*
tlve states, i» revision of the tarifT. and tl a. it to
made to tsr only the luxuries of life and tl.L>>eouljr
for the purpose and to His extent of needed rev
enue.”
Before a vote could bo taken on tills resolu-i
..on a motion was made to adjourn, which was
defeated. Then Mr. Herter, ot North L’aroJ
lina, moved to table the resolution. Several!
members were anxious to express their viewA
on free trade and the tariff, bat tlie chair
ruled that discussion was out of order. Aftea
considerable skirmishing had been indulged!
iu, pending which ono or the members inariJ
aged to assert that the mover of the resolution'
was seeking to take advantage ot tho nnali'
attendance at the close of the session, uev-i
oral dilatory motions were made, bm tin so tho'
*« feloptfelhjr
ff you do no. nuX. uw of tl. ioah.T<ifrtrrTute- ■
IT or Ml. Yon on lb. nU.j.ind th« hin. wlrt»
tWrad TtM Un,. her dnrtcnd carl. in. UMauid
rlnff vouDil the tfnu of tn. mulberry. [Applww.]
Mn. ib»< you .|>pn>|irUM uni auk.
trt. ot . what n.ture i*.
Gountlfelly bototd upon you. And the
wWu.»n thotn oondlllon. foun Ion, albcn
, irtMd. »nd y»t th* law Ruin rab.tunu.lly an
><<*& I ortftiuUy enacted, and doe. not la aoou teepee'
“2 I meet Um n,nlrcneMe ol an utlenlfuml commi
ram I ntty, which tuu to rely alnort entirely npoo land i
dirty pollUra, tell him he u utMaken—yon are not
I ^Vuffo?tto l^To'f^ss.^frii ’wSriiVito
national banks are prohibiteaVbr accepting: ami.
ssmv!i
Therefore, be it rcrolvcd L That in the opinion
of this convention, ft is expedient that tto Nstfonsl
act to so amended aa first, to r.puAl tto tax
on the fc-sue of tiara tank i trcuUtiou.
thst cUu*© of mid net as pro-
—i from aci rvHng land as secur
ity for tto loan of money.
Resolved 2. Tliat tto reerctary of th!a ronrention
toltutnxtc-ttn.MlTi.-r a ©opr resuluti.
attested by the -hmatnrevnftli' poM- entcixt hita-
•eU, tn tto rcbauinao of emit >tate. jaifon hero
it. with the u-q ntS that he w:ll tnmxnitA
a each i.vuiU . • i conorem turn hi\ *uto. ’
...iclved, Ttot t! u couvention .-...prvoiut? tto
action of coogrcti in ^ppsopriatlug fifteen uictuand
iuipurturbable chairman reeolately rnletk
against. Finally a vote was called for, and
it was resolved to take this vote by!
states. The roll was called and the foilr.win^)
Wits the result of the vote on the motion to tiP
ble the resolution:
. . YEA. MAY.)
Alabama — 17
North Carolina...
Louisiana
Mississippi.-...
e>
_ j
Total... 67
None of the Tennessee delegates were pres
ent when the vote was taken. .
The chairman Announced that the reeolutkx*!
was tabled.
What Would the World Do
without woman? asks the roaayist wire start
out to My something new on this oft-treatt
subject. Of course, tho human etem
world would not exist without warn. .
question is gratuitous, it would have been
more sensible to ask: What would tlie wo
do without the sal ration of woman, without
E narea Cor physical ills and core lor her pi
rdtoaaes. In a word, what would the we
do ^without Dr. Fierce’* "Favorite Froserij
th>n," the great rewiedr for female weak nesses.
It is ludispcnsabic *f»-r tiro Ills of womankind.'
Tto ©orrect way, Is lur* jneds from the msBuforoj
rarer when porafile. Ti e Mfchart Qtreiasa aud(
lluruc s Cu, ol Elkhart. ImUaRa, hart no agsut■