The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-21

The speech of President Megy, of the New
{ York Communists, has been published in
pamphlet form and scattered through New
York city. OF Megy himself 1t need only be
said that he murdered Archbishop Darboy at
Paris during the reign Of the Commune; that
he Is the murderer OF six other persons and
has been three times sentenced to death.
Z His address Is history of the outbreak In
Paris In 1871, a review of Communism gen.
orally and review Of the probabilities and
possibilities of development Of Communism
In the United States. After q full considera-
tion Of the situation here Megy comes to the
conclusion that a communistic revolution in
this country is not only possible. but certain
There can be no permanent peace and quiet
here, he predicts, until every person is con-
tented, gets all he wants; until, in fine, the
entire social and Industrial condition of the
country Is changed so that all will become
producers and no one will live on his capital
and the labor of others.
Instead of this being the case, the country
is moving forward in exactly the opposite
direction. The great capitalists are growing
richer; the poorer classes poorer. The work
ingmen are seeking to remedy the condition
are organizing politically. Here according to
Megy, is their great mistake. They can never
accomplish anything by ballots, because in a
country like this. devoted more TO agriculture
than to manufactures. the workingmen must
always be In minority. Their only hope Is
revolution, and here the impassioned orator
quotes famous declaration Of his hero,
Blanqui, now a convict at New Caledonia:
saet lead and you'll get bread"
"The workingmen OF Pttsburg," he con-
tinues, proved recently that the people every
where stood on the platform of the right to
live, and that the idea of the great social rev.
Olution has been implanted on American soil.
Now let the people do their duty
TO us OF the South these threats sound
wild, absurd and impossible. What terrible
blows must republicanism have received in this
country when such ideas as these are openly
preached and loudly appauded The New ork
{ World however, after reviewing the situation
lis inclined to think commune in that city far
from impossible. There are Of course but few
persons who go to the extremity that Megy
advocates, but with a large criminal class to
back them, and still larger class of we'll
meaning but weak people who sympathze with
labor in its fight against capital, and who
would give it negative il not emphatic sup
port In an outbreak, it thinks that Pittsburg
or Paris might be easily reproduced in the
greatest city in this country.
The prosecutions of the Paris Communists
show that the Communists proper Of that
city, those agitators who brought on the out
break, were comparatively few In numbers;
but they were bold, mad, desperate fanatics,
and won tfIeir rauhs thousands Of followers
who had no particular opinions or ideas of
their own. The time, too. was favorable for
such an outbreak. few insignificant de-
Tnonstrations were made by the Communists;
the administration was timid, refused to in
terfere at first until the movement had gone
go far that interference was impossible: in a
few days it was an outbreak. then revolu-
ton, finally destructive civil war.
4 The lesson of Pittsburg taught us that
such an outbreak as occurred at Paris was
possible In this country; but 1t was confident
In asserted that the success OF the mob at
Pittsburg was due only to the suddenness of
The outbreak, which prevented any action be-
ing taken by the authorities to prevent it.
The communistic movement now going on in
San Francisco and becoming moro dangerous
and threatening every day, shows. on the