The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-08-03

INFLATED competency or fortune has
no right to the possession of it. 1t
ought 10 be divided between set of
impecunious scallawags who oontri-
buted nothing towards its accumulation
but who, having been born, are entitled
to living. Not being able themselves
to earn property, the man who is able
and does ought to share He is TO he
permitted, very graciouslv, 10 share
with them. The leaders of the ism
would no. consent, perhaps, to have their
theory stated as above, but stripped of
verbiage and hifalutin, boiled down"
as the expression goes. it amounts to
that and nothing less. Can it be neces-
sary to enter into any elaborate discus
sion of such preposterous propositions?
And yet the ism, strange TO say. has
following that is not inconsderable
For capital, this Don Quxotc expedi-
ton has nothing but dnceasing hostil-
ity, against it it wages uucompromisng
war. No vituperative denunciation, no
ranting Billingsgate is too venomous or
too severe for those whom the leaders
are pleased to term the bloated bond
holders, 1.-THE Wall street sharks" the
"oppressors of labor" Labor is not
simply to be protected and sustained
and paid remunerative wages. 1--WE
will crown labor King" said Dennis
kearney, the new apostle of Commun-
ism, in Boston, on Sunday last. The
servant not the master is to rule. The
machine not the machinist is TO be lord
The great arteries are to he cut, the
life-sustaining fluid allowed to flow out
and the lifeless body to he paraded as
worthy Of all alteration Can honest
men, honest working men, if You please,
ask more than a mere statement of the
spirit and aims of this transplanted ism
tG induce them to spit upon and despise
it? Does it require more than average
intelligence to understand that capital
destroyed is labor DESTROYED Is il
not mere waste of breath to argue that
there can be no war between capital
and labor that would be beneficial To
either? Just us well contend that life
could be sustained without food: or
that the bird could hv without wings.
Ii is Notifying to tie compelled in
an age that claims to be enlightened
and progressive to discuss such idiotic
doctrines. 1t is impossible to examine
them with patience. The worse than
foolish teachings which, in France, have
given to the world as examples of their
desperate inspiration the smouldcring
ruins of Tuileries and the unsightlv
stumps of Vendome Columns should
not be permitted TO bear fruit ON Amer
lean soil. The German socialism that
aims its weapons at all organized soci-
etv, that shoots down rulers in obedi-
encc to the mandates of an unscrupu-
lous Order should be blasted in its in
ception. They would overturn all law
They would destroy all peace. They
would introduce revolution and anarchy
and relegate us TO barbarism. They
would make American society and life
worse than any despotism, more abject
and deplorrole than any Monaghan
slavery" against which kearncy fights.
al come" saws kearney, Ito fight
the battle of the workingmen." What
battle, And against whom? Against
their employers Against the means
whereby they sustain life, Ought the
child destroy the breast that nourshes
it? Ought the passenger scuttle the
ship that, in mid-ocean, bears him up,
that protects and preserves him? The
Communist proposes nothing less fool
ish. He would divide property. He
would give to every man equally. Does
he not know that in the struggle to
divide it, the thing itself would he de-
stroyed: But suppose he should sue
coed in dividing without destroying it.
How long, pray, would il remain equal,
divided Industry and intelligence
count in the long run They succeed
rather better in this life than idleness
and ignorance What would ne done
when, after few months, the indus
trious man had gained what the idle
fellow had, when property had again
become unequally distributeds Divide
it once more, Oh, worse than non
sense.
But the ism has followers. 1t has
digEiiied itself with a name. 1t has
organized itself into force. 1t has
entered the political field and proposes
to contest for political honors 1t seeks
power. Seeks it by fair means and bv
foul. 1t panders to the most debased
elements. Plays upon the desires of
Ignorance. Scruples net to employ all
the agencies that are potential in un-
principled political warfare. 1t cannot
succeed, but it needs watching. Honest
citizens, liberty loving, law-abiding peo-
pie will understand and appreciate the
duty of the hour and will prepare to
meet it.
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