514 HISTORY OF THE GRANGE MOVEMENT; OR, 



public debt is paid and the public burden lightened, the salaries of our public 

 servants should be more in proportion to the rewards of labor in private life. 



Resolved, That we are opposed to all future grants of land to railroad or 

 other corporations, and believe that the public domain should be held sacred 

 to actual settlers, and we are in favor of a law by which each honorably dis- 

 eharged soldier, or his heirs, may use such discharge in any Government land 

 office in full payment for a quarter section of unappropriated public land. 



Resolved, That in the corrupt Tammany steal, Credit Mobilier frauds, Con- 

 gress salary swindle, and official embezzlements, and the hundreds of other 

 combination steals, frauds, and swindles by which Democratic and Republican 

 legislators, Congressmen, and office-holders have enriched themselves, de- 

 frauded the country, and impoverished the people, we find the necessity of 

 independent action and the importance of united efforts, and cordially invite 

 all men, of whatever calling or trade, regardless of political views, to join us 

 in removing the evils that so seriously affect us all. 



From these resolutions, embracing three of the prin- 

 cipal agricultural States of the Union, the reader can 

 easily gain a clear conception of the views of the mem- 

 bers of the Order upon the topics of the day. 



By remaining true to itself, then ; by resisting out- 

 side influences, and especially by avoiding political 

 complications, the Grange can safely and successfully 

 accomplish its great mission. It is a noble work that 

 it has taken upon itself, and its success must result in 

 benefit to the whole country. Its objects are pure and 

 lofty, and its success can be attained only by high and 

 ennobling means. An Order which seeks the individual 

 elevation and material prosperity of nearly one-half of 

 the whole nation, merits, and will receive the warm and 

 hearty sympathy of our entire population. 



