, 1879-03-24
THE COMMUNIST REORGANIZATION.

Building md haye lad full liconsc 10 ouioy
themselves in their peculiar wny. Tile
crowd WINS rory largo ono. and tho Com
,uunises proper wero undoubtedly reinforced
by thousands of people who went thore
partly from curiosity aud partly from Sym.
pathy. Tho rush WAS 30 groat aud tho
crowd 30 uncomfortable that tho 6lcma-
gogues who lend tho unthinking aud oxcit-
ablo foreign mob woro not abto to deliver tho
speeches which they Ind prepared, so TINT
there was worry littlo opportunity for tal1Eiug.
Tha motley multitude wns loft to crowd, and
elbow, and entertain itsolf, and this it did,
principally by swiliug and smoking, mud in
witnessing the drills Of tic "Lohr und Weir
vcrein," tho "Jagcrs' Yorcin,' anil sotAcr
nrsned organizations who do not nckuowi-
cdgo allegiance 10 tho ,ni1itia 1aws Of tho
Stato, antl aro not under nny control except
TINT Of the t1onagogios who mislcad thenl.
Tho remainder Of tho tins wns spent in
tubilnttng the good timo coming, " hen tho
State aud City Governments arc to be crushed
out, md tho property Of tho citlzous conGs.
cated aud divided among tho "Sooialist
Sections"
Tho alleged object Of this meeting waa to
celebrate the establishment Of the paris
Commune and tho attempted seizure of the
Government In 1871 but the rcal object was
to raise funds for tho purchase of rifles aud
ammunition aud tho prosecution Of tho cleo
tion campaign, md to fire tho Communistfc
heart with tho hope Of running half-a-dozeu
Of their candidates iato the Council. It WINS
not necessary for them to lay down auy
platform. They have but one platform, aud
what that Ia, is indicated by their sympathy
with The murdorous Paris Commune. They
have but one purpose in view, and That is
nniyorsal contiscation OF property o1d 10
tirng everything down to ono common 1eyol.
Their motto, "A!l for one and ono for all !"
sufficiently explains what they desire to ac-
| complish. Thero Is nothing in their plat
form that is connected IN tho most
romota ,nhnnor with the interests Of tho city.
They propose no measures for its financial
rolief, for tho reduction Of taxation. for 70.
sistanco to corrupt rings, for tho protection
of property, for the development of ctluca-
tiou, for tho benefit of public morals, or for
enhancing tho prosperity Of the city. On
tho contrary, it is n platform which strikes
at tho rights Of property, and tho privilege
Of tho Garner to save IN his waccs md profits
so TINT he may hayo a homo OF ljs own. Il
aims ono of It's doadtiest blows at the sauctity
Of religion and the family. It menaces the
school and tho university. It socks to bar
tho progress of invention md improvement
| Of industry by liscouraging oyory labor-say-
| ing mnolliuo mud dragging labor down
to tho primitive modes Of nomadio
tribes. It strikcs at ovcry law that
| guarantees protection to individual prop.
arty md the peaceful enjoyment of tho go1nc.
| Tho effect of Communism is to destroy
every incentive to actiou or effort by rofuB-
/ Ing to allow nuy man tho enjoyment of the
| products Of his own hands or brain, It
socks to drug everything down to a low,
dead loyol, who,o tho multitude mny 10 CON.
tent to subsist md vegetate without M nm.
bition here or hope hereafter. It's only
idea Of government is TINT it shall bo ereat
patornal, nntional soup-house, to support tho
community in sort OF NeRpolitau lazzoroui
existence, where tho LATEST follow is tile best
OF, and whoso the man who labors hardest
mud creates tho most is tho biggest foul
for 80 doing. II necessarily reduces pro.
tuction to the scantiest amount OF
which tho community oau subsist; 70,
who will work extra without COMPENSATION :
| As t],oro is to bo no prjco maid for gurnlus
productions, no ono viii hayo INV more mn,
tive to produce n surplus than hive tho m.
imals The "All for eacl, md oacl, for all =
brotherhood scheme will result in cacl, beiup
moor. oll boiu9 naupcrs. M tho naturally
proydeut md industrious will 10 dragged
md tied down to thu low level of the shift.
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Fos'o1o"a 'u.t's t"'' '"1l"ro!a .a'H Aos.'6u
easaos'hg a. tho E&pos't'oa bn1t4'ng' Ihey
haye no purpose IN viow that doos not ill.,
yofYo tho revolution Of society aud tho de-