Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-04-26
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(Fson the Baltimore Evening BuiIesia.l
:. ne spread or Osmmunis,u. :
Sneess s7iiea 80. .saf - ssasup
There 4 no use. e blink ihe ket that
Socialism and Commuaism are gaining a
fpUlhold IN tbs eouniFy. There j. no
use trying % conceal The TACT that So-
eialism and Communism ere Identical,
and that The leaders behind these move
menss, The small and the great. have .
common object. towards which they are
iFresistibly driving their bIlnd support
erz. That object y the. overthrUw ct
our present social System, the annihiIa-
sioh o. eapifaI AID the destruction of ID,
This object i avowed by the German
Socialists in New York and Chicago,
and by the mob Socialists and mlirderers
IN San Frahciseo. Ills held in reserve
BY the sNationsf party. as Il was by
.ke ssWcrEingnaen' So party last fall, but
they are M c0rfing 10 II. An these
concerns have votes, and votes in .
good many places. The National
party has gained d foothold In The West.
ltwas discussed ia the Democratic Sen.
atosial casscus last Saturday night. and Il
causes alarm In q good inaay places.
Thls party will 60 Into the eiectionuext
fall on platform Of three plaaks: ua-
limited greenbacks for money, limited
hours foe 11abUf,s and q minimum fUf
wages. This sawiil be the true starting
posnt Of Communism in the United
States. AS csiizen Sekwab, the New
York Socialist, SAYS ss'1he Abolition
ists started with 1000 votes; we will
have 90, 900 to begin with.'asiN sus7s'
The methods and theaspread Of Com
mnnism are not yetrightlys understood.
It's fermcntiis being set 10 work every
where. and itadjusts itselfto the genius
and understanding Of eachipeople. inln
Germany is.sis Socialistic; in France.
Red Republican; in Russia, Nihilism;
in England snd this .eountrys il poses rs
the labor party a. opposed - The party
of capital The German Socialists have
no religion; they are philosophical. but
they feel no horror at the Commune Of
Paris and its deeds. The Russian So-
cialists lake part in the Pansiavic moye-
ment and egg on The Gear TO war and
debt. Here, Socialism seizes upon the
currency, our weakest spot: wants q
strong government, subsidy, and to have
wages Ieveled upward and work hours
leyeled downward by direct legislation.
The German Socialists attack property
and the Church with equal blows. They
follow the Internationaie pooh-poohing
patriotism, country, race. The pole.
tariat, they say, are all akin. They have
but one country, and that is the world;
but one enemy, and that is property in
its numerous avatars. This German
eommunistic movement rs not an isola-
ted fermentation, nor q contemplate
thing. Il began in 1851, under Las
sale. In 1871 Il had 120, 900 votes and
two representative in Parliament. In
1877 Il had 10 members IN Parliament
and 49T, 600 votes. 10 also controls 90
newspapers. Ia France che extreme
sIseff' and sssRedss control one-fourth
the total representationin the Assembly
and have q majority Of the members
from Paris, Lyons and Marseilles. q
LIN this countfy the radical commu-
nists have at last definitely established
themselves, aud their force acts with
constant impulsion npon the. hundred
and one more moderate organizations,
which are gradually sdnlting blindly on
their road. This Soriaiisfiche .Arbeitere
Parfei (Socialastic Labor Party( claims
n direct membership of. 1900 In the
United States, of which 5000 or 900
are in New York. It was founded FIVE
years ago by German refugees, men like
Dr.. Donai. Sorge, Striebling, &c. II
has sympathizers like John Swiuton,
working members like Citizen Schwab,
and is affiliated with the French Com.
munists under the red-handed Megy,
the murder Of Archbishop DarboY. It's
organ. the PoLks- Zeitung, edited BY AL
exander Jonas, q refugee from Berlin,
says that this murderer Megy is ''an ee-
centric man embittered by physical spf-
ferings aud prosecutions" This party
has sections and branches in al the
cities Of the United States. II has "a
newspapers, agents at every point. Is
governed by central committees, with
headquarters al Cincinnati, and has its
"agitation meetings" every week. The
reflex action of these meetings is felt in
this city as well as in San Francisco
and Toledo, Chicago and New York.
II has showed itself Ia our City Coun-
ell this week, ss Il did In Annapolis last
winter. a hns '7as rie+ l1o7
The leaders Of .f,ls party know what
they are about. They understand how
to work, and they have their object def
initeIy and distinctly ia view. Their
organs and sgents are guarded and care
ful. They avoid offending the preiu-
dices and susceptibilities Of the masses
among whom they are sowing their seed.
They hope TO bring the workingrnen
over 70 their views by the potent in-
strumentalities Of starvation and want''
and by the plant connivance Of design
ing politicians. II 10 essential 10 The
success 6f the revolution at which they
aim-sthe entire overthrow Of the pre-
sent social system''-that they should
move quietly and cautiously. They
claim 20 have already 90, 600 practical
supporters, and they DO not want to star
tie these, but 60 WOO % their side many
thousands more. In the end they pre-
pose 10 strike down property and reli-
giOn. but at present they oniy talk OF
the inequality OF riches. e
wealth. they SAY, is every day con.
eentfated more and more In TIE hands