376 THE GROUNDSWELL. 



but declined, preferring that the office should go to the 

 North-west. His name as Vice-President for Tennessee, and 

 also his election to the presidency of the association at the 

 second annual meeting at Indianapolis, in 1873, have been&quot; 

 given elsewhere in this work, in the history of the Farmers 

 Movement. 



General Jackson has always been firm in the belief (so 

 frequently reiterated in this work as the writer s own opin 

 ion) that co-operation, to be successful, must be through the 

 unity in one parent society of every association in the 

 land. 



One of the mottoes of General Jackson is, &quot; Festina Lente&quot; 

 which might be translated for the benefit of railroad monop 

 olies, &quot; Go slow up grade.&quot; Its literal translation, &quot; Make 

 haste slowly,&quot; is applicable to his efforts is this Movement. 

 A convincing debater, a pleasant orator, a will strong for 

 his conviction of right, he does not hold the plow and look 

 back, but drives a steady team straight to the landmark, 

 laying his furrow true and even, and without skips or turn- 

 furrows. This is his conception of &quot;Festina Lente.&quot; 



