Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-08-01
OCIALISM DEFINED
In BaItfmOre-It Means that thOse who
DO Not Labor shall Not Eat-DeIiv-
ernnce for the Wages slave is
NiEh-"Liberty. Equality
aud Fraternity"
Special to the Cincinnati ENQUIRER.


BALTIMORE, July 2S.-The first effort here
to hold public demonstration by the social
istic party Of Baltimore took place this even
ing, and, as far as numbers were concerned,
proved disastrous failure. Instead of ten
thousand persons, as expected, only some
three hundred men, women and children
gathered at a suburban park The afternoon
was spent IN beer drinking and social festlvI-
ties, and a number OF prizes were awarded.
At night the speech making took place IN an
open pavilion. The speakers were +. Bauer,
the chairman; Henry Winter, editor of the
YolkSzeitimg, and Samuel A. Pierce,
of Baltimore, commonly known as
the "kearney OF the East, he
spoke at some length, saying that the fact
that the political, religious aud social world
was being agitated to an unusual degree was
known to all. TINS was the result of the ed
ucation of the masses. Education universally
dltfused would overthrow every form OF gov
eminent upon the face of the earth within
forty eight hours. It Is the increased Intell-
gence among the masses that Is producing
the unrest and dissatisfaction so apparent
among the producers of the world. The
basely-giIded chains of "wages slavery are as
calling to the toilers of the nineteenth cen
fury as the shdckles of the 'chattel
slavery" in ruder ages. To burst these bonds
Is the labor of to- day. Nations held in bond
age in the past achieved their freedom by
revolution, rising in the majesty of physical
power and hurting the accumulated wrongs
OF centuries of oppression upon their enslav-
ers by sword and torch. We are as earnest
in our efforts for freedom were our ances-
tors. Our weapons are reason and the ballot,
as effective but more refined than the blood
letting instruments of the past. The pillar
of fire. guiding the Israeltes on to the prom
ised land was no more perceptlbe to their
physical vision than is the flame upon the
"altar of justice to our quickened
interior sense of right, beaconing us
onward to the accomplishment of a complete
social, political and religious enfranchise-
ment The wages slave" of the present day
has, like the captive Jew of old, waited with
patience for the coming of his deliverer.
Socialism" is the 'masses" organizing and
preparing to lead US through the capital-cre-
ated wilderness of want to the hoped for con-
dition of liberty. equality and fraternity.
Socialists do not, as charged upon them,
desire the destruction of their opponents; but
they are bent and determined on the destruc
ton of that system which places the lives,
liberty and happiness of the many at the dis
posal of the few. Unlike democracy, which
looks to the greatest good for the majority,
socialism seeks the greatest amount of good
for all the people 1t demands that the
means Of living shall be equally distributed;
it demands that every individual member OF
society shall contribute for the general welfare
Just share of the physical, mental and
moral labor required by society. 1t asserts
lin the language Of one whose dogmatisms
are quoted from by the opponents of social
ism more frequently than those of any
writer of the past that those who do not
labor shall not eat. 1t declares that
all the rights contained in Natures
magma chaytd shall he the property and
open to the enjoyment of the whole people.
In conclusion, let me urge upon the atten-
ton of those Of you who have heretofore de-
pended upon our opponents for information
regarding the PRINCIPALS of socialism the fact
of the publication OF Large amount of So
cialistic literature all over the country. If
you have any desire to test the curative prep
critics of the waters Af sUctaiism walk up The
Sfroa-- -syward It's source; at least seek point
above where the wolves of the press stand
dedling its otherwise sparkling purity" Mr..
Winter spoke in German, his speech being in
a similar strain to that of Mr.. Pierce. He
referred particularly to the recent attempt
made on the life of the German emperor,
which, he said, had been charged upon the
socialists, but which he claimed was done by
fanatics. He also said that the time would
come when labor would receive its full value,
and society be made to feel that its existence
depended upon the workingmen. This
elected loud cheers and applause. The pic
mic broke up IN the rain at a late hour.