New-York tribune., 1878-11-12

had the credit Of but ALSO and largely because Their
Church has denounced the agitatos VI sro.g mug a
enous Communism, there is ttle among US; hn9
there would been sl less but for the ~
paray s OF tne n asI aod no e our geography
The Teutonc instinct OF dvidualism, WHICH, with oner
through the impending crisis her history, belongs also
10 essentially Teuonio people anu WIN t pon1
good land may be relied upon also from the
crushIag despOtism Of this new Social Democracy
There would be no chance at all in America, the
author asserts, for red-handed communism we
have in the United States nearly 5000, 200 OF iahu
holders, firmly grasping the Continent, VINO VIII
not be deprived of their acres. The true character
of communism. as recently imported from france
and Germany, need only to be presented to the "ay-
erage American man for the system to be rejected
with indignation and disgust. This is well set forth
by DR.. Hitchcock in the following paragraph -
have said that Communism is IN the ar What is
Communism There is no mystery about IL, nuIs Sun
the citizen in the State The individual as such has no
rights the community has absorbed them all Wnat tne
stions onIy but enpioyments everything, must be de-
termined by the State Not only must everybody Wok
amount of work the community shall set him 10 do. In
short the undertakes TO do everything or almost
The State all the lands and al the houses AL the
railways factories and banks and all the vessels Ihere
No shall even braid for himself palm leaf hat OF
cob6le his own shoes II 1t he answered. tna oOne S
sion TO do it follows that present motives so inuuhy
ana economy WIN 1nye ceaseu @ 10 The de-;
sire do it, The night to do II viii be no longer deData
ble All freedom has perished The citizen Is morning.
the state Is all; and in Republic that all may ne
barely majority Of one and that one carried clh 10
all IL is monstrOus doctrine. But have got some
thing moro 10 do than howl II ~ down. IL Is pIl'o'o
ply, and has got % Be argued down.
Communism it Is well remarked by the author
owes much of its present vitality to certain popular
halucinatiOns in regard to property in general, and
to money and capital in particular. On the special
hallucmaton relating to capital, Dr. Hitchcock offers
some suggestions which alike original and for
cible as pregnant in matter as they are pungent III
manner r.
Bnt the one hallucnntiOn which most OF MI, perhaps
infames the discomfort and cupdity Of Communism, re-
qtrs to c9pita II is constantly alhcd OF If 1t were
some seriCuS power, ont of sight like gayitaon or
10 STRIFE in avalanche or thunderbo What is itl Simply
surplus that which is saved and goes over Of what TIE
worlInau's wages. Any farmer may have captal VINO
will consume less than he raises Any mechanic may
have IT, who viii spend less tran re earns. My dollar
spent has be earned over "gl'n; am no better on
than before and must 60 back TO the De or shol
My dollar saved gets me ready for the rainy day Ana
my dollar Is as good a. yours. ,.., ., e.,
amount Of it in existence, are also very WldY over
rated 1t IS aned TO be vast, almost ineXhaustible
fund, that has been very long time III accunuatlnE
Great wealth. especially Otnaons, is supposed % have
begun long way back like great oak or the delta OF
is supposed TO bo TIE growth OF centuries. But John
Stuart MIL has asserted that great part of 1t Is only
about twelve months Old And TINS can easi5 i oJ
proved. II is equally true Of ourselves our prhCpal
crops are three: hay, grain cotton The nay is 1ed 20
our cattle: in a Year nearly all gone The gram Is
divided between our cattle ana ourselves; ln year
that. TOO, Il nearly gu gone Inc COTTON lasts oEtI' u
as cloth, not as crude cotton vi our IuIn'Is Eou ~
silver of course enduring hui the crop OF them III our
country less than quarter part as 'auaG as ,e S
crop Iron lasts sometime Dut wear OuI H'ci ~ ~ " mIo @
Coal is consumed about as fast as we mine T. Inc pro-
sailed in less week would be good Tor nothing but
the land These products OF the land ana sea
make up considerable part OF what we can properly.
Very little OF il Is spontaneous. Most OF II comes by
toll. Human brain and muscle are III 1t. Proclaim now
absolutely cease invoke the oxen, call mp the miners.
shut down the mills stop The vessels stop the carts;
and iu twelve months time what becomes OF your prop
erty Gone, greet part OF IT, like smoke into the SKY
The grand remedy for the existing evils Of society
according to DR.. Hitchcock, is to be found In the
applications of Christian principles to the everyday
routine ofJife. There must be a genuine Christian
socialism to solve the problems which have been
left unsettled by political economy. STILL as he ar
gues inequality of condition can never be wholly
avoided in the relations between man and man.
We must not dream Of an impossible abundance,
gathered without caro- or toll. For man
kind at largo the surplus must always be
small and the margin narrow. There can be
no material prosperity without intelligent industry
and strict economy. The bulk Of mankind are very
common people and always will be. The aristoc-
racy of eminent ability will never be large. and
great bankers and merchants rare as great
philosophers and poets. The possibilities Of produc-
ton are also limited. There can never he property
enough in the world for everybody to be rich. The
mass of mankind will get only little more than
their daily bread for their daily labor. These sug-
gestions open variety of problems which DIR.
Hitchcock has not touched upon in the present
volume The highest genius may well be employed
in Offering materials for their solution and the man
by whom the work shall be successfully accom-
plished will stand record among the truest bsne
factors of humanity