The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1878-01-20
Communism.

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20 tEr A. We have baez as5e 70 exile lie
ec.teots- TIE s-sz article, by = hsssacky
Jesuit, Rsr. ". Z R2l, = upon tie s1k;ees
above designated, AID we voEId recon
Eeod ifs sesioas perasal by all Catholics
with the leading qrestioCs Of tie Gay.
Among these, ConEarisu eertAirly holds
PTozipen; pikee II al the older ecartries
Of CbristeodoD, while ever in Sb;s COM ~
it IL beginning TO ss&une propo1t5ors Of
cone importance.
Father Eli shows ttas Ccnnoc:su is
not based oc correct SFs: p-:reip'ss, ttss
il, On either tAe rst5rs! Eigt: OF tie
present expe6,ercy Of sill ;.ings t-e.1g held
IL coEm"0, q: ;te sane tine Recognizing
that sach 3 stE.e vc9,d clearly y u.ore
exaited AID perfect o-e tJza thai Of
S:iya.e O~ceTE-4p, II human ne:5re were
!tse!t sU@eiec.iy exalted ard pt.5eet 20
SIMPLY tie .a;site cold!ticas fo- =. Tais,
say She learned writer, ;s far frou1 being
The case IL society az large. Hunac labor
Is a CecessaIy e'eDelt ot sociEl life. Since
rbe sweat OF Dis brew, bat like ether laws
his dep-sved rature rebels against this.
IL order 70 brig him up TO it and to per
petUate human l:fe, necessity, ambition,
ava.ice, various paseioDe and propepsities
oil contribute slimulra. Tins We have
sloth Cd ttecoe hand rejectjng all exe1tion,
on tie CtCe. fand TIE instinct OF self
pEeserv a,ior, with It. varied extremes CO
self-seeEiBg. urging to active labor. A
mere sense Of cary will never brig s!cthiui
men generally TO create wealth = AicE mutt
BE- divided With othe-s, when the came
men in the ca1se of their own exclusive
personal Interest might be spared to crest
eIertion. Tie world would sink 70 the
lowest level of ncn-production and nom
exertiou if every thing nust be .heldSin
common.
1t is true that ir certain religious COM
EUritiea all property is held in common,
conformably to the more perfect condition,
bos there sense CT duty supplies the
stimulus to effort, which elseEher 10 fur
nisked by self interest only. In religious
community, if brother should become an
inTeterate sluegard, he coold be thrust
out, because there is an outside society,
hut If all things were held il connop by
every body there would be no "catsideo
into which the Objectionable member coa!d
DC elected. 1ae.renedy might be suggested
of coe.cipg every one N work and regulat-
ing lie task ba: this voald make all tie
world gEez: plantation asd all tie inhA-
b.t45ts caves.
FSt1eg Eli! adas3ts, however, that there
i. = ni1gzre Of rTath IL tie inited COMM
E-s;.c p-oYns,tior tcss az least al rnea are
e=uted - > ATiog, sd that something
sb0ola Dc takec from those who hare So
pssHa3as gosds aud given 20 tie dssper-
s.e!y poor UhO actually EQ5er of want. He
szys IL ttis eoH-ecs:o1 aCd AZ regards
iadGstEicns rDer who cannos get labor II
ia, Uitbcat say do1bt, tie soLeaa dzty Of
Iu5l!c Authority TO protect them IN their
EstaTaI EIsEZ 70 the necessary means of
living.
In cur opinion this ia the great problem
Of sks age, aod We regret that Father Hill
did not Etop TO elCc:dAte it in some degree
LaOOring neo have natural right to labor
They are 20: CupPOsed to have capital.
The property which originally did belong
! to ell men in common, hAs gradually foand
its way into limited number OF hands, bat
| it lever was intended, it never could have
been intended, that private dominion over
it in any hands Rhoula Become go absolute
that all other men would have 10 rights
! whatever in regard tc it. TIE frat great
Jaw lie OF God: In the sweat Of thy brow
thou shalt eat thy bread. The Law of pri-
vste property is only human, and second
aEy it cannot be permitted to subvert the
former. If government secures the RICH,