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tirely done away with the petty suits that are constantly 

 stirring up neighborhood strife, and filling the pockets of 

 pettifogging lawyers, growing rich, in many cases, from the re 

 sults of their own machinations. If this class, who are held 

 in contempt by the honorable portion of their profession, 

 persist in stirring up strife, let the quarrels by all means be 

 settled by the Granges without their further intervention. 

 A Patron who refuses to abide by the pledge he takes in 

 this respect when he signs the constitution, should justly be 

 considered to have a greater love for the law than justice, 

 and properly ought to be subject to Grange discipline, even 

 to expulsion. 



The time and money often wantonly squandered in litiga 

 tion (to say nothing of the ill-feeling engendered), if properly 

 expended, would, in many cases, save the farmer s family 

 much needless suffering, and not unfrequently lift the mort 

 gage from the farm, and leave its possessor in the undis 

 turbed enjoyment of the results of his previous hard labors. 

 This clause in the constitution of Granges we believe to 

 have been first started in that enterprising banner State, 

 Iowa. May her people long enjoy the results of their strug 

 gle against extortion. 



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It has been said that, sooner or later, the colored element 

 in our population, and especially at the South, would clamor 

 for admittance into the Order ; and that this question would 

 prove annoying and difficult of adjustment. This is one 

 of the myths gotten up originally in Washington, and dis 

 patched to a daily paper of New York city, apparently for 

 the purpose of not only exciting prejudice among those out 

 side the Order, but also of creating discord within. But 



