Declaration of purposes of the patrons of husbandry : An authentic history of its inception, additions, alterations, completion, and promulgation . SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF PURPOSES. and oppressors of the people of every kind, say to us justly, you seek the greatestgood of all I Nowmfcr greatest good is thai 1 shall extort all the money Ican out of the toilers, the fanners, the mechanics, the Laborers, and the honesttrader. Then, if you oppose what you call my monopoly schemes, you are notseeking my good and opt seeking the good of all. It does seem, and we say itwith all res
Declaration of purposes of the patrons of husbandry : An authentic history of its inception, additions, alterations, completion, and promulgation . SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF PURPOSES. and oppressors of the people of every kind, say to us justly, you seek the greatestgood of all I Nowmfcr greatest good is thai 1 shall extort all the money Ican out of the toilers, the fanners, the mechanics, the Laborers, and the honesttrader. Then, if you oppose what you call my monopoly schemes, you are notseeking my good and opt seeking the good of all. It does seem, and we say itwith all respect, that this change emasculates the Declaration of Purposesof its force, its intention, and its possibilities to accomplish good lessons and re-sults. If we are wrong we would like to have it pointed out. There is one thingcertain: a change in the Declaration, is a fair .subject for respectful believe in free speech, and that in a proper spirit any member of the Order,however humble,should express himself freely on so important a thing as a changein the Declaration of Purposes. We believe, further, that no changes should be. HAJOH J. W. A. WRIGHT. made in The Declaration of Purposes in the future, unless endorsed by a twothirds vote of the State Granges, the same us changes in the Constitution require. We have the very great pleasure of introducing to our readers, MajorJames William Abert Wright, the author of the Declaration of Purposes. Weconsider it a great honor to be able, not only to present this life-like picture ofhim, but also to give a short account of his life, so that the Jefferson of ourOrder may be known of and seen by not only the present, but future genera-tions. Hro. Wright was born in Columbus, Miss., July 28th, 1834. His father wasthe Rev. David Wright, of the Presbyterian Church, a native of the old BayState, Massachusetts, and descended from the Pilgrim Fathers, but he removedat an early age to the State of Mississippi as a missionary to th
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