, 1873-12-31
THET,hnOR-pRnHIEM,

Some Sensible things woro aaid by tho Rov. II.
]. Savage III bis sermon lust Sunday about Tho
Worklngmau-problo mud tAongh NO do not
fully agroo with lin In regarding tho recent
demonstrations III tho promonitons Of n storm
that may ovorturn and mako wreck Of society,
1t scems not Improbable that they may 10 tho
fororauners Of important changes In the organi-
zation Of society md oyon Of Government. Mr..
Savage calls tho recent demands Of tho working
mon for support at the cfty'a expense by their
true name: Communism, which Ia only another
nauo for anarchy. To asls tho city to ASSUME
the guardianship Of oil tho unemployed
is simply asking for tho establishment Of con-
ditton OF permanent paupcriBln for largo class
who would flock hero to nvail themselves Of tho
opportunity TO live in idleness, except aB they
might devote their time to dovisIng new moth
oaH Of appropriating tho savings Of others. Tho
nost TINT either tho city or tho Geuoral Gov orn-
1ncnt can do for workiugmen, or any other class,
In to guarantee tho same rights and opportuni-
ties to NIL law-abiding citizens. To ask tho
Government to do moro Ia to nsk 1t to coaae to
be Republic. 1lr. Savage might properly havo
added TINT, in I'LL Governments, there Is
d continual vibration betweon Communism
on the ono hand md Deepotism on
tho other. Tho mission Of Republic
is to atoer clear Of both, hut violent movement
III the direction of either OF them inevitably
causos reaction sooner or later to tho other
oxtremo.
Air. Savage'a remedioa for tho discomfort TINT
eliminates in Communism arc compulsory edu-
cation and tho cultivation Of feeling Of
brotherhood" among al clauses. It is, now
over, at leaat au open question whether comput-
sory education would not be regarded by tho
discontented US hardship oqual to that Of tn1s-
ing caro- Of themselves without Government rs
Aistauco. Tho moral obligation rests upon
every intelligent being to educate himself to tho
full extont Of hfs opportunities. In this costn-
try. the opportunities for education arc as great
as tho opportunities for labor. The chof cause
Of tho 1eek Of cluration and Of moderate ac-
cumu]etious Of Savings is tho lack Of will to
acquire them. No legislation can put the will
into mems minds to acquire other. Mr.. Say
agos other remedy Of brotherhood :" ie rather
vaguo. Perhaps it would bo better defined by
saying that mono should be- arrogant or selfish.
There has certainly been arrogance enough Oh
the part Of the rich corporations of late years,
hut no unprojudiced mind eau deny that
tho recent demands Of the workingmon
to have what they nevor earned aro as arrogant
aD anything ever done by tue most unHcrupuloua
corporations.
As for tho Workingman-problem in the i'm
mediato present, there is no safety In any mode
Of treatment except to abide by the laws. If it
eau be shown that tho laws are unjust In any
respect, it is in the power Of tue people to
chango them. But ono thing muat be kept In
view Taa. no aystanl Of lawH or society can
exist long that aoos not recognize the difference
between individuals who have the ,oiN to be
clucatel and to sayo their earnings,
i. e., to accumulate capital, aa opposed
to those who will not. except under
compulHon. Tile accumulation Of property III
the incentive to labor and the discipline Of the
mind. To ignore tho rights Of property, as some
Of the most ultra Of the workingmon propose, is
simply to suppress industry and force society
baek to the condition OF barbarism.