The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-09-05

1syets any time or attsntion 10 thoiF peEnen-'
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those affected BY IL 10 attain 10 thsir ulti-
mats aim o. Ne On the contrary q rstArds
their progress. Tea, " such b che casss thsn
re can no longer sneak Of q division II hu-
man labor. bat much rather Of dissolution
Of man itself. mutilation Of NJ human -
ing. This will reduce him 10 d subject Of b
privileged minority, end hia latsnt talsnes
viii forever reman buried. That this ID m
open outrage on h,Eaanlty, An open rebellion
against nature herselL, re need not here stop
70 remind yon Of. -
Among animals We observe such q disision
Of our species made hy neture HERSELF bot
such 10 10 no wise the case with man. "a
tionai being, who Il originally daaignea fsr
something better, nobler ~
We refer, to give familiar example, to
the bee 70 che bsss known Of al animals that
live IN society. Here We are justi6ed, IN ;
certain s-nse, TO speak Of the div,siop Of N
Dor. Among them We fad thres different
classes-tirst, the working bees secondly,
these is designed 70 perform certain fnnc-
the accomplishment Of specific eiassrfu
tons. The working bee 10 and forever 70
mains what be was primarily intended 70 be,
so does the drone and the qusen, the mother
Of the hive; the generic appelation *bss%
can be rightly applied only when all thre<
| together are meant. The case with man Il
quite different frvm this. 10 those industri.
a pursuits, 10 those professional lnbogs and
performances, by means Of which each indi.
viduaI contributes bis appropriate share q
the the qualification at our wsnts, according
to bis abilities and circumstances, the "uiti-
ma ratio" is not Included. rss..4
! We are peculiarly organized by nesure
no one dares deny, each and every psrsos
can develop himself 80 rs TO represent %
epitome Of all mankind moreover, nAturs
has, with few exceptions, % constituted him
tdat he may become . perfect man perfect
taken IN its usual acceptatiOn, but not an In
significant fraction Of man. Every on
conceals within himself thsT divine spark
which leads man to man aud makes M man
though II may remain, buried IN some crse'
lures, for which nature is not 10 blame, bu'
nost commonly our imperfect institution
and social systems
This division, Of labor, the greatest boor
nature has hestowed On msa, muss least Q
all be abused, 60 ~ 70 exclude from, and cur
tail one hall of all mankind Of those lofty 40
pirations TO q higher state Of being.
HIsroRIcAL DEVELOPMENT or THH DIVISION OIL
LABOR. .4s.7
/ Having now come to this sober and pleas
| ing conviction, that this cank ering part 0
our social life 10 no constituent element o
| the division Of labor, and Iheeagh the latter
| in intimate relation with the most vital par
of civilization, but on the contrary We hsv
seen that it owes its origin to influence
quite foreign to the division of labor. w
ask still further, however, where are thes
Influences to be found which will show tn
real nature of the evils in question, whicl
have from time inmemorial up 70 The presen
! day, kept themselves concealed. Its con
slant and rapid decline In the course Q
time, both in respect to the degree As well q
70 tbs dimensions, which, # right cannot b
contested, Il We will but take the pains y
compare the present with past, may vel
serve a. . sign, which, II we follow lie di
rections, shall surely como uct US 20 its tru
source and lay it open to our eyes for a
! time hence, that the division OF LABOR is Al
integral part Of our higher life, and is, \
such, subject 10 the same laws a. every his
torical event, TO thu laws namely of q pro
gressive development from the imperfect 4
the more perfect.
Thus We see that our present condition
cannot be considered as perfect IN itself bu
We must simply look upon It a. link in th
great chain OF ev, y, which will be followed
by others and better ones, for which reason
alleged they cannot justify us in drawinI
conclusions as to the principles involved ant
as TO its future shape.