The Labor enquirer., 1883-10-27
, THE MANIFESTO.
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The congress of soci alists, which me
in Prttsburg last week, adopted a mani
festo which cells upon the working peo-
pie to unite and prepare for action. 1t
was resolved tosissue $4,000, in English,
German, French and Spanish, for gem
eral distribution. The manifesto is adj
dressed ''To the Workingmen of Amer
lea, in bellalfof the laboring class, their
wives and their children, and in behalf
of humanity and progress. 1t declares
that the existing society is founded on
the exploitation of the possessing
classes by the propertied; that the prop
ertied, through the eyer-increasing plum
dering of the working classes, are becom-
ing richer day by day, without in any
way being themselves productive; that
the greed and power of the rich grows
with their accumulation of gain and that
they are steadily schemlng to rob the
people, forcing the wageworker to the
extreme of misery; that the percentage
of the propertyless is annually increas-
ing; that the present system of society
is unjust, insane and murderous and
must be totally destroyed. 1t demands
agitation by workingmen for the purpose
of organization and organization for the
purpose Of rebellion that an interna-
tional fraternity of peoples is self-evi-
dent necessity that all attempts to re-
form this monstrous system by peaceab BILE
means, such as the ballot, have been fu7
tile, and that all such efforts in the fu-
ture will be futile, as the political insti-
tutions are the agencies of the property
class to uphold their privileges. 1t SOL
emnly declares that there remains to the
propertyless but one recourse-force ;
it is your right, your duty to arm. 1t
predicts that true order can only be
achieved when all implements of labor,
the soil and all other premises of pro-
duction, with all capital produced by la
Dor, be changed into common property
then there will be no possibility of the
future spoilation of man by man and
every one will be compelled to work who
makes demand to live; that then no
body needs work more than few hours
day while all can satisfy their needs,
1t afirms that all existing laws are di-
rected against the working people; that
the school serves only to train the Off
spring of the rich for class domination
that the church seeks to make idiots and
slaves of the masses, and that the press
is a capitalistic one that the workers
can expect no help from any political
party but must achieve their liberation
by their own efforts, as the capitalists
will never give up their rule unless
forced so to do; that the struggle must
have violent revolutionary character
The manifesto concludes as follows
What we would achieve is, therefore
plainly and simpy:
Destruction of the existing class
rule, by all means, i. E., by energetic, re-
lentless, revolutionary and internationa
action.
Second Establishment of free soci'
ETY. based upon cooperative organization
of production.
Third-Free exchange Of equivalent
products by and between the productive
organizations without commerce anC
profit mongery.
neutrality-suspicious. of education on
confessionless, scientific and equal ba
sis for both sexes.
Fifth-Equal rights for all without dis
tinction to sex and race.
Sixth-Regulation of all public affairs
by free contracts between the auton0
nous independently communes and as
sociations, resting on a federalistic basis
Whoever agrees with this ideal le
him grasp our outstretched brothe
hands,
.PtoIetarians of all countries unite!
Fellow workmen, all we need for tht
achievement of the great end is organi
zation and unity
The day has come for solidarity in tn,
ranks! Let the drum beat defiantly th'
roll of battle "Workingmen of al
lands unite! You have nothing TO los'
but your chains; you have a world II
win I"
! Tremble oppressors ofthe world No
far beyond your purblind sight Their
dawns the scarlet and sable lights of th,
Judgment Day!