New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-05-29
Communism in the. United States,

Ihe journals which thrive on sem
sations and those which affect aristo-
cratic tendencies are making much
Of the organization Of socialist labor
clubs, workingmen's unions and la
Dor protective associations in few
Of our cities where there are large
colonies Of foreign born laborers and
craftsmen. In New York, Chicago,
st. Louis and probably other places
these organizations of working men
since the occurrences Of last Summer,
have developed strong disposition
to resist any repetition Of the arbii.
trary and illegal measures by which
they were deprived for a time Of
rights solemnly guaranteed to all the
people of this country-not only by
the national constitution butalso BY
the constitutions of several States.
In St. Louis it will be remembered
peaceable meetings of workingmen
were forbidden BY the city authori-
ties and were actually broken up by
the police. In st. Louis according
" there was last Sunday most for
midable demonstration of the socie-
tie journals of the classes referred to
names Unfortunately as communist
organizations. These St. Louis So
cieties marching, four and eight a.
breast, formed solid column nearly
mile long this, notwithstanding
the weather was most unfavorable
for street parade, while many
members of the societies dared not
publicly appear in their ranks.
It was noticeable and significant
of the temper Of this unarmed army
which marched through the stree Is
of st. Louis Sunday that the red
cockades and red flags Of the COM
munists were very numerous, while
the banners many Of them, bore ex-
pressions of socialist ideas. It was
also noticeable that the whole police
force Of the city was kept on duty all
day and that a battalion Of militia
was held ready to sally forth from
it's armories. It is evident that theci.
vii authorities and the property hold.
ing classes of St. Louis are as afraid of
these workingmen as certain journals
are trying to make the authorities
and property owners of other cities.
It is also evident that the st. Louis
workingmen, remembering how they
were treated last summer, are resent
full and threatening But civil war is
not III consequence about to break
out in St. Louis.
There are many causes which
make workingmen dissatisfied, and
the times have been most favorable
for the spreading amongst them of
erroneous ideas regarding the social
economy and popular policies. But
we can safely trust that all their dis
satisfaction will be harmlessly work
ed off in free speech and the ballot
box, while the errors they have been
taught will be dissipated by the re.
Fiction and discussion. If as we all
hope, the worst Of the hard times has
gone by, steady mployment and fair
remuneration will soon result IN the
great body Of the workingmen in this
country again becoming, as they
generally have been, really more con.
sentative than their employers. True
there will always be among WORKING
men as through all other classes Of
society, wild and impractical theo-
rists whose teach Kings will war against
all that hold up the social. fabric and
provides work and pay for workiing-
men. But this is not the country IN
which socialist doctrines or the
anarchism of the commune can long
flourish. They will wither and pass
away whenever the workingmen can.
again have remunerative employ
ment. Meantime it would Be yery
bad policy to employ against them
the arbitrarily oppressive measures
oflast summer. Dispatch
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