, 1879-02-10
COMMUNISM.

SERMON nr THE REV. ". II. RYDER.
Tie lov. w. II. Kylcr delivered most inter-
'e'sehst o""Fe" on - ~ ~ r"p' . ..s5e''ea' Icy
yer at'' Coin1nnhis'h' i'e olhe'at nea" os ttao
Roman Catholic Churrh. f.c said, l'sd recently
vcrv m,nv tnIng. of great mn, far.rcachtnp i'm.
WY many ~ n.''s" W hie"' ""t '". ~"
poa'a"ee. lhc nc"spapers Q! .h's elt5 "aa
fnttcd a. set, to bc'tow upon 1t the attention Il
.eif t'no a'',. space ln'o,vea IN Tue 'ian'ry a.
:" .s'" t'' ~ o "A ~
1ot tne massacre o. aes. t"ster' at''l III inc de-
termination Of tint other 1u'stIon Of escH
rrnrtteablo to have an honest Judge In the City
OF Chicago.
related to Con,mnnisu,, ur Socialism, auain.t
which tia Tope toiennly warmed tic faithful.
His remarks we're direct, unin!atnxniic md In
every way einpl,ntic; md, es Dr, RYDER thought,
IL every. way crcdItablc. Tile Holman Cathultc
Church lad alwayA brcn on tlIr side of law,
md, MS far as tits socinllatts movement wos
conccrngd, It was undoubtedly OH the right
side. 1u. authority aMnt tntueIlce Ut tt1H CaLh-
ollie Church were for Government, aMl It wns
cInpltatieAlty mil ever I'll tho eI!le of law ni"i
ort!cr. lie was glad to say this, Hml partictl-
1arly so Geca,1su he lHtl In times past lad 0rcn-
sion 10 crItrIsc to sonc extent It's general ccrlc
siasticai policy.
Dr.. Rydcr tlltn proceeded to speak Of HnciaE-
isn,-a sort Vi sclicmc, which pl,rl>oscl to turn
everything over to The stnte ami bring about
common atnl every man nnl woman have a
supcrfluity Of loose changc In their pockets. THO
change, III Ills opiniun, WIS uncomfortable, and,
should IL he lntrotlacc wps suro to hr attended
by the tnoht i1cplorahle results. Theru might
bo said to be twn Eroups Ut E0c3aliats,-thnsa
following The theories Ut Fourier ani those fol-
lowing Owen. Of tho eleven settlements
founuetl by Fourier nnd hIs !alsenet,
Ill ftnI fnt 1sH fIfS iuHfr rjFkN f. amin
Of Socialism WAS TO itnautna tn,
TUlc OF the 1uub, ending In
the appearance Uf sotne nineteenth century
Julius Crsnr nnd Imperialism. 1t wns urged
tlat tile present governing authorities were DIS
hunest. Tllrrc was no need 10 argue that, but
no Improvement wns to bo lind from inobrulo
nnl Its necessary nceoInpantnGnts.
is,u bucanso It was tic eletuy OF tic puor. md
The friend Of the riell. TI.e hUnest poor, uni
The real fricntls Of t!sc poor, wcrs to always be
fou,t On the st1c Ut law and ordcr and tic law
kupt down tic upprcsslons Of thu rich. lIu be-
iievcd In everybody t,uvinw enough luN to cult.
yate tl III Tho natural nlul uniorccl tIasribl,-
tio.,, but In tllts cOunry there vas NJ occaaion
for granl distribution On thu aoc!a'stic plan,
--this country than which none other OIL tl'e
fnce Ut tho Hlnbe wns more generous Ia ils dis
ttihutiou OF lands aud is provisions Tor tlr poor.
but, besides all this, Socialism mcnut a social
ccrous Tendencies wura checked. ao WINS nol ap
| sure tlmt there was not eer!uus ground fur
| alartn. Driven out nf the Old World, horIes
Of these BocEaltetlr fugitivcs, imbucl with faise
ment, wcro Rocking To our shores and sowing
lis suctls OF dfssc,lsion broadcast. 4 yst,a.lois
Of swarn,s Of Nebraska Rrasshoppcrs WAS not
to bc compared With this dangerous and Erow-
iur influx, lie fgarutl tint tho right Ut ctizeu-
slIlp wns httnr sold too clcaply, The ncgru had
been cmanupate,l,- was most .,st.-alnl
vet what shameful spectacle was presented
by nlost OF tlle race, WHO knew no mora that II
| h.,
| about the ctIptc,,ts vi tfIu R,uon, Year alter
| wear thjs c,lntty welcomes proplo to III slorea
| who hui! 10 sympathy Will. our Consultation,
uni ,y,o wcsc 10 Ignorant that they cou,u nrttl,cr
| Eeatj NOR write. 1t was even proriuscl to lake 10
tc sioncot,un race, uni tf,ruw tsc right OF SUI
fraEc to auybotly n,nl cscrynnly, 1t seemed to
lo fhc idea tint 10 bo III, American rltixcu was
matter Of very tttlu Importance, md The l.berty
to vote WIS given to everybody that asked tt, as
| il tile esrutcleon Of Dur liberty could In no way
TO stained. Whnt meant tho great army of
tc secret and public conventions, tlle etrainlg III
yuu,,p mud tnili,jIo.ngcI men III the use Of war
ike Weapons, hut that tfu stort, wns to burst
| with sudden furyi The most hopeful stgn Of
tllu times that he could discover waa tho grow
! flr union hyt tliu pcpple und ttle 0uycrI-
| mcnt in couscuucurv or thu lattcr's sunni
| tinnnrial pOIicy. Thu 4-per.gcnt botls i,,lti
tascn .l.s place Of the savings banks. md the
the us4es on ]urrcuf cd Interest III tho {}uyerll-
ment anu tiu them to It, a. thu people Ut France
did England waru bound to thcir governments,
He watitctl to yee thu ayste,n pf nost ii anylucs
banks Introduced to replacs the say,ngs banks
u ihc inst and tl.ctr c3rr1ltuna ul abo,ul1,a-
tiu,,s, vi which, tsppily, Thu su.lutry was now
prutty we'll rtI, Yy crruttliE tl,ls coutuluity vi
intcre.t bctWycn the peoplu mud tl,u f;uyrr,,-
ineut, tho opposition was sure 10 10 divided.
HVuetfls,x WIS gained every year II, thu matter
OF civil order, but much was vet to bo done.
Ttcrr was IIu need OF more ncrsuual liberty, rs
sn,nn urrrd. for. il ANYTHING. there was rut}rr
,nnrr ~ tint nDw ti,nn neupIc rightly knew
what IN do with. What was wanted Was not IN.
rr"Hsrd itbrrly amt lawIvssncss. but restraint
Tr remedies fur thchs dangerous tendencies
~ "nelt w hau ii.u..1u "Itu . ~ w tuan't ~