The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-08-21

A Review OF the Different Phases
il 10 Assuming 49, What is the
Proper Remedy?


more attractive in the abstract than the
socialistic theory which has made such
rapid headway ii late years. both in Enr"ps-
snd in this country. /
IL - rapidly i-.'"n.ins the underlying !
sentiment IL all m"l-rn s.~ietv.
II IL mot meant, I'll .orIrss. g., in~inie ia
this s~--pins approval, th"~r I-ru'iar dos
irine~ I'll the communists founded ulS,n the |,
idea ii readjn>tmeni ri property, AMI th"
extreme leveling tendencies to which IL
leads. But that which il involved in the
newer and better theories of 81. Simon and
La~alle Of Prondhon and Lewis Blanc:
that which IL the outgrowth at \ prudent
temperate lil'erality Of or inion, and which
seems To elevate aud dignity iai-.s while
doing no injury tn society.
Their socialism is founded upon law aud
order, hut doss not contemplate the iai,oi-
ing men shalt always he showers q wood
aud drawers OF water tn the rich aud in-
flneniisl. They believe in the aristocracy
ii mind. of virtue, oi tine ability To do good
and the Willingness to do it, They deny
that wealth should he the title deed To sloiI
aud that responsibility resides in dollars
anl cents.
Called from the ranks III the people the
| symPathie> and hopes of these philosophers
are with those who like themselves, main
tain unequal war with the rigid customs oi
| society. They maintain that labor i'm
whatever form, SCI that il is honest, Is disni-
6ed and manly. That toll oi the hands,
oi the brain or Vi the heart, j. as Horace
Mann declared tn BE-, the only true nobil-
ity. ,'ud is an active intelligence and man
as his attribute, should b. the same. La
hor vitsiize- the body and supplies the
minl with thought
II is related al ;uizoi, the French States
man, after the failure OF his hopes Of revo-
luton in 1SiS, that his only alternative was
to drown his grieis in hard work. That
resolution u apparent in the splendid intel
lectual memorials which he left to adorn
his name. nj course, it is not con,enleti
that every mans work would be stores Of
knowledge or oi celebrity. but it will Sc
cure to every one pure and nOnest charac-
ter. And il Is actuated by those views that
socialism in Germany j. making such sub
stantial progress and which should make il
equally or even more successful in the
United States. We have everything here
which they had not in Germany-liberal
institutions aud a free Government. We
have the right to universal suffrage; We
have tree labor i'm this country the labor
ing man has full citizenship and eligibility
to Office Only one thing asked for BY
i.aSsalle in Germany, which the working
men OF America would refuse To sccept
that is, that the State should supply the
laborer with capital. In this country II
properly utilized labor il itself capital. and
No working man would consent To be pen
sioner upon the State. His mission il Z"
educate public sentiment tn \ correct ap-
probation 81 the requirements 81 labor.
This can only b. done by vitalizing labor
wiih the n~pectabili,y We claim Tor it. II
must BE- educated while il il educating s"-
ciety. The sa.i,lest failures in lie are the
failures Of ignorance. Patience AMI indus
try can achieve much, but they cannot sup
ply the want Of intelligent AMI systematic
effort.
The working men Of the United State
have two efisctins and controlling ins,rn-
mentalit;es for the accomplishment al all
they propose. These are the public schools
and the ballot.
The great drawback To- the soeia! and pr
li,ical .ecogniri"n 81 labor in the United
States has not been the opposition III eaPi-
tai ~ much ~ tie ,lifii,sive character Oi
labor itself. Il is spread over too much
territory. II lacks in social AMI political
action, both system and organization. thu
development has been rapid but it has been
,lifiuse. Ii il true that other countries like
England and Germany have dense pOpula
Iations and have failed to achieve what We
propose to accomplish but ii must b. re-
membered that neither England or Ger
many have our public schools or our bal
lot. II il true that in both OF tho-e cOun
tries socialism in the sense that it seeks Ia
amleiorate the condition Of labor has shown
and il showing substantial progress. 1t ha'
gained anenviable position in German poll
tics and il perhaps more noticeably apPar
ent in French society than anywhere else.
To-day the genius in art, or in letters Is the
aristocrat Of the 6sax monde. The painter
who tints his canvass with the sorrows OF
the passions Of the multitude, holds in his
hands the means Of popularity, which ear
make him great and powerful. lie whose
tongue can touch the human heart and At
tune its sympaihies is already great.
As long as society lifts its barriers against
the breast Of gcnius in poverty, it live
upon an earthquake. The CONFUSION may
be postponed-may possibly never occur
but like the sword suspended by hair, il
is always threatening and is weighted wi,h
the issues Of life and death. The commune
il IN example. But while these dangers
menace society in Europe, the field fsr the
exercise of liberal ideas in America j
thscatened BY M such calamities. Her
We have the ballot. There they have not
The American, therefore, possesses the onl,
instrumentality through which the social
and political elevation Of labor can b,
peacefully accomplished. He can make
both the legislature and the schools, the
effective auxillaries Of his purpose. il
Ibis country the nottingham Is the Law
giver. He holds ir his hands the halancs
of novee and n&aeeful nneth1r}s are alvavs