, 1874-01-04
THE COMMUNE.

In his recent work entitled sc The Old Faith
and the New the celebrated German scholar,
Strauss, makes short depression On the aims
and doinga OF the Commune-which is wonder
fully applicable to the meridian OF Chicago,
although intended for that Of Berlin, and serves
to chow that the society which calls itself Inter
national is really entitled to the name:
It in disaereeable, although unavoidable, at this
point speak Of the socaed fourth class, because
in so doing we touch on the sorest spot Of modern
society," And, as is well known. every wound or dis
ease is the moro difficult Of right treatment the moro
1t has been aggravatcd by wrong one. Nor WILL 1t
be disputed that what call the labor question stands
in this rredicament. The state OF the case OF ltsen
would no doubt admit Of remedy II the patient would
but suffer himse! To be cured. or even to Try 70
effect the cure himself in the right way. But quaeIs,
and prominently French quacks, have completely
turned his head. One would have thought that tic
sociastic boil which has Teen gathering within these
last decades In France lad thoroughly discharged IT.
sef In the horrors Ct tho Paris Commune-had clearly
enough IN the fumes Of the Hotel de Vile and the
Louvre shown society Of all countries whiher certain
principles will lead tho partsans OF these Fao"s IN
Germany especially must bt one would hare thonsht
partly abasbed, partly discouraged Nothing
Of The sort! In n,eetingg, in newspapers
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to praisc what is abhorzcnt to the common sense OF
eyery man md cttizcn-thus mauifesttng what they
themselves might capable Of under certain crcun-
Stances At the time they express the most utter
hatred not only against the institution OF property,
but even againat art and science, 81 being the !o3
urious appliances Of property. These are tne duns
and yaudas of modern civilization, much moro dun
eezous than the ancient they do not come upon Us
from without, but stand In our very midst
,InJ.n kofor n1tf fhinra- however.
tho other ride ay lie nccused Of many errors many
sins. espectal1y OF omission human strength has
bcen made an instrument of reckless gain ue1tnef
has anv proper care boen takcn Tor the worktnahS
physical or mornl welfare. But worthy men have
.r1sen to instruct the workman to peacefully help
himself wcll-meaning employers have displayed sher
goodwill hy giving them houses. BY the essaohsh
meut Of diniug-rooms. and W Inc PROMO 'on
amongst them Of the sick and burial
clubs in centres Of industry, besides. we
NAV now see tho formation Of benevolent societies
which maka tho building Of dwellings for work1ncn
their especia atk. Bat the true prophets nave oeen
confronted by false ones; and a. Will nappen' tnese
LITTER hayo found the greatest following among the
u,ass Party watchwords, such ~ that OF the WAT o1
Capital and Labor saurca nvecslves against the de-
testad bourq<o1se ~ II 1t were strictly tucosed
c1ass instead Of tho to being free ut any lime
IN thu intelligent aud industrious workman. are 80
easily rercated and 60 rarely subjected to any accu-
ratio examination. foreign society, which proposes
nothing less to Itself than tha subvers1on OF all
our existing eocia conditions, sptna lis threads
through every country, ttira up QUE artisans. emu
transforms their societies, originally formed for mutual
succor into arscnals of resistance to the mastefs Ihe
strikes perretaly breaking OUT hero, there md cV-
erywhcre moro especially in the cupttal OF the now
German Empire piece Of anarchy in the midst Of
the state OF in mes Of peace, OF conspiracy chr
rlcd out und.gusedly ii broad dy; the toltrauon OF
whose existence does not rebound to the credit OF tho
Government and the Legislature who look On IN he4p
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