The Labor enquirer., 1883-10-13
armed with the sword was interrupted
by Cromwell armed with the ak.

take to fight, become tongues of fire,
scattered to the wind of darkness, and
they howl in the Infinite. They who are
hungry show their idle teeth. Paradises
built over hells totter. There is suffer
ing, there is suffering, and that which is
above leans over, and that which is be-
low gapes open. The shadow asks to
become light. The damned discuss the
elect. Itis the people who are on-com-
ing. tell you it is MAN who ascends.
1t is the end that is beginning. 1t is the
| red dawning of Catastrophe.
Ali This society is false. One day,
and soon, the true society will come.
Then there will be no more lords; there
will be free, living men; There will be
no more wealth, there will be abundance
for the poor. There will be no more
masters, but there will be brothers. They
that toll shall have. This is the future.
No more prostration, no more abasement.
no more ignorance, no more wealth, no
more beasts of burden, no more cour-
tiers, no more kings-but LIGHT,
TO THE POOR.
Shall l now speak to the poor, after
having in vain implored the rich ? Yes,
| it is fitting, This then have Ito say to
the disinherited. Keep watch on your
abominable jaw. There is one rule for
the rich-to do nothing, and one for the
poor-to say nothing. The poor have
but one friend, silence. They should
use but one monosylable, Yes. To con-
fess and to- concede-this is all the
rights" they have. Yes" to the judge.
"Yes," to the king The great, if it SO
please them, give us blows with a stick.
l have had them it is their prerogative
and they lose nothing of their greatness
in cracking our bones. Let us worship
the sceptre, which is the first among
sticks
If poor man is happy he is the pick
pocket of happiness. Only the rich and
noble are happy by right. The rich man
is he who being young has the rights Of
FOLD age; being old, the lucky chances of
youth vicious, the respect of good peo-
pie; a coward, the command of the stout
hearted; doing nothing, the fruits of
labor.
Carriages, poor slave, exist. The lord
is inside; the people are under the
wheel the wise man makes room.
The people fight. Whose is the glory?
The kings They pay. Whose is the
magnifcence the kings. And the
people like to be rich in this+ fashion.
Our ruler, King Of Crrsus, receives from
the poor crown piece, and renders back
to the poor a farthing. How generous he
is. The collosal pedestal looks up to the
pigmy superstructure. How tall the
mankin is He is on my back. A dwarf
has an excellent method Of being higher
than giant it is to perch himself upon
the others shoulders. But that the giant
should let him do it, there's the odd part
of it; and that he should admire the
baseness of the dwarf, there's the stu
pidity. Human ingeniOusness
The equestrienne statue reserved for
kings alone is an excellent type of roy
altv. Let US be frank with words. The
capitalist who steals the reward of labor
is king as we'll as the man of blood
The king mounts himself on the horse.
The horse is the people. Sometimes
this horse tranfgures himself by de-
grees. At the beginning he is an ass at
the end he is lion. Then he throws
his rider to the ground and we have
1913 in England and 1889 in France and
sometimes he devours him, in which
case We have in England 1649 and in
France 1893.
That the lion can again become a jack
ass, this is surprising but fact.
What happiness to be again ridden and
beaten and starved What happiness to
work forever for bread and water. What
happiness to be free from the deluslons
that cake is good and life other than
misery Was there anything more crazy
than those ideas Where should we be
if every vagabond had his rights? I'M
agine everybody governing Can you
fancy city directed by men who built
it? They are the team not the coach
man. What godsend is the rich man
who takes charge of everything. Surely
he is generous to take this trouble for US.
And then he was brought up to it; he
knows what Il is; it is his business. A
guide is necessary for US. Being poor
we are ignorant; being ignorant we are
blind; we need guide. But why are
we ignorant Because it must be so.
Ignorance is the guardian of virtue, He
who is ignorant is innocent. It is our
duty not to think, complain or reason
These truths are incontestable. Society
reposes on them. What is Society :"
Misery for you if you support it. Death
if you dare touch it. Be reasonable,
poor man, you were made to be slave.
Not to be slave is sto DARE and DO!
VICTOR HUGO.
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