The New York herald., 1871-12-07
WESDELL PHILLIPS AND CoMMU llSM.

Lecture at Steinway Hall Inst Nisht-Thc
Commuuists she Nohlest People of the Nine-
teenth Century-AIl h1onopoies TO be Deg
troyed. M s
To an audience that part,y filled steinway Han
last night Wendell Phillips delivered Q
lecture on Labor and It's Relation to Capital"
He prsfaced the lecture BY referring to the
French Communists IN very catering terms stating
that they entitled to the respect OF the civilized
world. The recent barbarites exercised on prison.
ers were q disgrace and shame to humanity.
Never had there been made In the history OF the
human race more disinterested effort for liberty
tnan the Communists mad put forth III this nine
teenth century. tIs N5 lMafs qra F7fF
Mr. Philips then read the notice OF q procession
on Sunday next, in the streets Of New York, in
memory OF the French martyrs OF the Commune.
He then turned to the subject OF hts lecture and
said:-The cause which he was called upon to pre-
sent to his audience was Of most momen-
tous character. This labor question had grown
into q sudden and o startling proportion.
His dread was that the leaders OF civil.
cation were not ready to properly welcome
this gigantic force He was to speak on capital
and labor. He was capitalist. He was NOT there
with the vain dream tnat poverty would be
abolished. But In saying that he did not give up
the question. The vices and malf0rmations OF
society would always leave necessit0us men about
them. There were, perhaps, In Chrlslendom two
or three hundred millions Of people. One-half Of
these starved either bodily or mentally Go TO Eng.
land or France and there would. be million
of men who mad never seen meat. In New York
there were thousands OF men who were living in
houses that no man in Fifth avenue would trust his
horse IN twelve hours. There was another social
evil which was found all the world over, the great
root OF which was poverty. Give man fair chance
in ~ n M nj n
hundred would disdain to steal. Give q woman the
same chance and she would disdaln to buy dia
monds and to wear them at the cost OF prostitu-
tion lntemperance was at once the cause and effect
OF the poverty OF nfe. Many man VINO was Intem-
empcymens aas what snona i've miillons Of "a men
tney 60 to bed Then II ne looked at CRIME and It's
statistics, It was found tnat having taken ffleen
per cent OF Independent, spirited healthier bodied
men the rest were all mentally and phys cally feeble.
Teach and feed that class better and the State
with the ghosts stalking around it. il social
science was asked about IL they said that the
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one-fourth OF the human race sat at ease. wne the
remalnder-tne three-fourihs-did not share Z: II
ana a'n1y oaspse%e ne des "no s@ msae az %sm
ingmen uniformly recognized that capital and labor
were the Two parts OF pair OF scissors-useful to-
getner DuL uScleSS hpdTb tIHecTSsD lie was
ashamed OF the necessity that made 5000 men de-
pendent upon the generosity OF Mr.. Stewart and the
Hempstead village. As 70 unions OF .'Crlspins'
and others. and the 'strikesr Ii was
the only weapon that the workinRman conld use,
with hts mouth. his hands and his feet manacled.
The vindicaiion OF the trades union Is the law or
war. Self-ieIence has q wide margin In the choice
OF weapons The trades unions OF Great Britain
and to great extent In America, mad been great
school, In England they were educating the people
for great republic. These clubs had been the great
normal political schools OF the people. WHAT he
Qhe lecturer) maintained was this, that the man
who produced anything Is entitled to 1t. The men
who had got the monopoly OF the Pennsylvania coal
mines and the carrying trade OF grain from ONO
what should the workingmen .dof why,
Organize labor party and take it
thousand votes>In the state OF New York then
journalism would become suDservient TO the party
The remedy, then, was to organize party and dis-
cusslOn To DO tins 1t was necessary To nave CO.
OPERATION for BY that means labor was not required
as such nor capital as such. The stdtesmanship OF
tnls generation required that wealth should be
more equally distrlbuted and he dld not see now it
was to be done except by cooperation. Tney
ought also TO graduate taxes; they ought to tax
land; land; they they ought TO- tax incomes. II
iney could not break up colossal for.
tunes tune, !, ans tnsy vso would &C. back to what
three TO nve years In the service OF company he s
q stocIhoder. Every employe onght to have q
voice ID Inc nnanciai management OF the