The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-08-26

ty and in just that proportion indl-
vidual pre.eminence aud egotism incur
the censure due them.
So much for the irrepressibility Of
Communism. But let US indulge in a
venture upon the sOundness of the me-
chanical vehicle upon which this mex
orable invader is conveyed INTO our
| civilization. No one can doubt that
discussion is the well Of it all.
Discussions bring antagOnism in
thought, which in reconciling themselves,
search for truths, and group around
logical bases; and the more diligently
the masses search for these truths, the
more uniformly they settle upon Com
munsm as their point of conveyance,
their ultimatum, fact which i'll itself
proves the CORRECTNESS of the theory of
human equality. To unity and legalize
opinions, engendered by these discus
slons men employ a prerogative, inner
ent in them as thought itself-the bal
lot. There is every evidence that the
vote is logically the apostrophy to
thought; and if SO, its right to coin
thought or its conclusion, conviction,
is the legal and inalienable property Of
thought. Organization is simply ma
chine for facilitating the uni6cstion Of
thought and its coinage.
Now this tells the whole story Of the
great agitation for industrial equaliza-
tion-Communsm. Discussions force
reason to search for logical ultima
tum wherein 10 build an abiding place.
The reason of millions thus rubbed,
agitated, kneaded, pushes out upon
common line Of logic, to common con-
vergence, equality, manhood, equi-dls-
tinctiOn-the communist ultmatum
which measures humanity in the scale
of Justice, and apportions to all their
natural allowance Of labor and reward;
gauging remunerations by the demand
Of necessity and production by the ma
tural effort required by health, and
forcing distribution to apportion these
fruits accordingly. When men COM
prehend this subject, and put it in
practice, they will see that it underlies
/ huYnap 81 f,oriD0 aDI cr;roa TIA mach api
cal conse quences Of mis-allotment.
Now l deny that any other basis or
plan Of action can or will ever reach to
the realization Of the communistic ulti
matum. Blu. yet men are prone TO try
insurrection, war, vengeance, mob force,
brute intimidation, and all the baccha>
nahan devices njurable by heated
genius. Passions are the ambush in
which monarchs and their harpies set
their traps. War, which the tyrant
Napoleon lurkingly sought BY whetting
his subjects passions with the irritat-.
ing rasp Of international animosiues
served the French nobility as a means
Of numbering half thc original com
munes of the realm. :. NJ eE I'll the
ards. ar- sufe irg ana ae .ti,l
\ possible, vaa .u1sltuu4ted outside tt1
! gr-s. al7y, A sp.Fi. y. insuDordination
was snrcwdly famed within it, until al
! r;c;on. ,,,,,,,o,,t ,ar,a n, Nan q cuu-
ming insult fired the great magazine OF
pent-up passion, and gave that same
relentless nobility magnificent opPor'
tunity TO murder and destroy the rest.
Who shall reco unit the horrors : My
own sensibilities for | had dear friends
among tAem) have been appalled,.
When | was in France | was told by
candid members of the Bourge Oisie
that the nobility, combined with
wealthy concentratIonists, was at that
moment on the alert for an opportunity
to legalize the extIrpatiOn Of the abet-
tors of rebellion That assertion was
momentous; for IL meant half the popu-
lation of France 1t was a statement
that laid the foundation Of a theory
which | am now satisfied Is correct
that the war, famed by cunning agra
walton of mutual international amin os-
ties, was an illicit and infamous cOllu-
sion, reciprocally Matched among the
two nobilities as a pretext for legalizing
the massacre Of the Communists. The
German organization Of workingmen
have toreseen THEN danger, End are pill
ing up forces to count on; for they all
feel conviction that this great COM
mun;stlc ultimatum. the Indispensable
ness of which they appreciate fully as
intensely as their more selfsacrificing
J neighboss, is % be obtained by moral
popularizatiOn and ballot prerogative,
rather than armed force; not that they
are afraid to try armed force, but that
their sagacity interdicts the trial when
antagonstlc forces are superior to theirs
in numbers and discipline
But what have the heroic but less
foresighted Franks gained by their
temerity in rushing headlong into the
ambush Of royal murderers? 1t is use
less to dodge the argument that the
defamation Of their noble braves has
seriously injured the cause fer the mo-
ment, and created a distinction be
tween the ideas OF communism and
| narfact rannhlicanisp Which ,bo,lJ