The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-10-14
DFCIYFD SOCIALISM,
ILondon Tablet. Sept a J

to zee through them. Socialism would not
have met with much success had IL not
clouded itself in big words. Iake the
French Revolution, when Socialism was
promises been less grand, it would not nave
| had even passing success. LIBERTY, IRA
ternity, equality, were watehwoTos Wnich
promised everything TO the poor YET oe
cause they promised everything, Iney
conld not fulfil anything-a trnism whom
tie commonalty failed to see. So with
| modern Socialism, "the Ninth Congress OF
the International Association" eounds 30
terribly important and powerful, that IL 10
| mite difficult to believe that 1T meant only
a wordy scrimmage between score OF IVY
of noisy "proletsriaus." AT Verviers and
| at Client, within the last Two or three
| weeke. certain delegates have met In
| solemn conclave, bnt they quarreleo 80
disastrousiy that no decision could De come
| to upon so much as elementary principles
At Client the grand pretension of the so
| ciaIists was to combine all the worktngmea
throughout the world; yet the Unltea
States sent only one representative, ana ne
did not happen to be an American whlie
England cent but two representatives, anu
| these we're certainly mon OF no weight, for
one of them was depnted by German
London Club, and another by club at
Bethnal green. The delegates, however,
could not agree upon those notions Whlch
must be said TO be essentially Soclstlstic.
| Indeed, the two assemblies, at Verviers and
| at Client, might have been convoked by
| totally opposite theorists, for at Client the
beour9eoisie were loudly ridiculed, and at
.Verviers tue German Socialists were de
| nounced. The various speakers, only
few of whom showed pow er, fell TO quar-
reipg the moment they began to speak, tha
| breadth of their principles being humorous
| 10 illustrated by she ferceness of their pri-
va,e interpretation We should lmsglne
thar these meetings, had they borne modest
! titles in regsTd to the objects to oa oiso
| cussed, would most Gel tainy not have been
reported IN any newspaper but the pro
posal 10 "combine all tie work'ngmen
! thruughuut the wurid' necessarily demand
ed q certain amount of attention.
The earlier motions which could not fight
their way into favor, but which at NerViers
| were advocated oy a minority, we're snch
as this: That "a pact of solidlty should
he con cluded between the different Work
insme1's and Socialists organ cations"
Bat since workIneD, IN the majority, how
ever anxious for their rights, are not pre-
uared to be allied with rauk Socialism, the
motion was resisted, or rather postponed
f sine die, nor Is 1t likely 10 90 approved IN
the lons run. Obe motion put at Client,
aud unanimously carried showed the usGa!
wild fallscy of Sociailsm-"Conslderi
3 that the struggle against all dominant
: classes ia neither local nor Datlouai, but
), uaitersaI," therefore all classes which art
t not doniuant must unite against Eli classes
8 which are. No speaker made the remard
It that, whichever classes succeeded, those
= classes would in tura become dominant. II
l. | yas enough that the dominency OF thu
It prosperous did not happen to ee shared b.
K the unsuccessful. 1t was also urged, DOT
y at Verviers and at Client, that polite
e must be solely used by the Socialists Wit
II the view to advancing rank Socialism al
1t question:, imperial and social 6elag enoor
5, dinated to this one grand idea. Fortunatel!
10 there is 10 prospect of such league oelnl
a snccessful for there will never ee enoug
y union among fanatics TO keep them iron
C. po!;t4csI euicide. Thus we read that a
T. Iheut When political actio 4 WAS disease
30 1T Wa I. fouu hopeiesely impossihia I" agree
We 80 that delegates consented, IN toe aoseuc
t. OF Il pact of solidarity, TO respect tAn opln
,ir ious and separate action OF eAca other
M doubt they SO agreed with the uemo'
We possibie rrluci auce for extreme men, WI
ct desire ilberty above all things, are the la
iy men IL wish that Others should erjoy !
or Indeed the scsaes at these meetings Wei
CT, so turbulent trnTa fret TO last as 10 make
'et difficult for any speaker To gei oearipg
1t the complimentary interchauges OF You
his a liar" or You're fool" couttsnt
lin marring the serenity of argument, II
ia, ssdominant" classes are highly Offensive
t q those persons, whose domIneerlnS Is eve
ay brutal among themselves; and We cen we
ore imagine the style of reasoning and OF debs
his which we should witness were they once
an gave us taste Of such polemics, in the
int tone both of words and deeds.
has The tendency of modern productl'
ri with regard to property o subject lengs
1ld lily handled at Client, is doubtless Que
hat the most difficult 10 master, and one tn
ab- has bafflad astute thinkers. But the phllc
ISL, ophers of Client felt no diff 1ence about
matter, and boldly propounded their OK
has theories. The first postulate seemed to
hat that it was an uncomfortable thing for a
the class of men to be poor, and that the b'
eat way to- get rid of the discomfort was to ia
900 away wealth from the rich. 1t WAS int
der cradle that any Que ciase of persons shot
lalf drink wine, have good houses, and Ike
hat carriages, while other classes, and they
my most numerous, eked out precarious {
ave istence. Ia order to obviste 60 invidiou
eus contrast-at least, to modify it for
lere present generaton-one speaker, NJ: G.
rks. ambon, made the following ProPositi.o
cpe That all the instruments of productit
of such az land and machinery, with catt
hat and houses, and foel, should be transfer