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tribute to the good work, and, with Httle trouble and little 

 expense, the exact state of the case might be laid before 

 every farmer in the Union. It would be for him, after 

 obtaining a knowledge of facts so interesting to his class, 

 to decide whether he would continue to endure the grievance 

 or insist on its removal. 



Meanwhile, all honour. Western farmers of America, to 

 the brave and blessed work which your indomitable energy 

 and brawny arms are accomplishing ! While in Europe 

 millions of able-bodied men are dragged from the plough 

 and the loom to be trained to bloodshed and destruction, 

 you are pursuing your beneficent conquests over nature, 

 and converting barren wastes into orchards and cornfields. 

 Surely the least that you can demand in return is that your 

 earnings should not be wrung from you by unjust laws, and 

 that you should be allowed to enjoy undividedly the fruits 

 of your unremitting toil. 



It is for you to decide, and to enforce your 

 decision. 



