The Labor enquirer., 1884-05-24

alone of its members is onnresoaa
There is oppression against every mems o
/ bers Of it when the social BODY Is on.
nressed. When the government yiolataa
the rights of the people, insurrection ID
for the people and for every portion Of
the people the most sacred Of rights and
the most Indispensable of duties. When
the social contract fails to protect q cit;-
\ be resumes his natural right to de-
ze personally I'll his rights. In either
feno vo preceding cases, to subject to
of thet. : the resistance to oppression
legal FORM fnement to tyranny, and ia
is the last re- ,nd void.
both infamous XIV.
mot be considered
Public functions ca -ecompenses but
as distinctions nor as ,nla ] anobt Ous ~
rs public duties. The PEI tbemsais,as I, %
far as possible, to govern o.ros 'e1ato. 80
without the interposition Of del, sa.es ol
representatives. But when these .epe
septatives are necessary they must Pc
selectad by such q system rs will insure
ths;r heinr real and not pretended NIL
crocosms Of their constituents. Inc
crimes Of such representatives should
he severely punished. The people nave
4 right to know the operations OF their
delegates, and it is the duty Of the latter
.to render to the people q faithful ac'
count of their behavior.
J. XVI.
Il Men of all countries are brothers, and
the neople of each ought to yield one
mother mutual aid, according to their
ahility like citizens Of the same state.
He who opposes or oppresses one peo-
lie IL the declared enemy of all. Those
who make war on a people to arrest the
nropress of liberty and to annihilate the
rights of man ought to be pursued every
where. not as ordinary criminals, but as
social outlaws, assassins and robbers.
Kings, aristocrats, tyrants OF every ae-
z rription are beasts dangerous TO the
y elfare of mankind, and against them
should be raised the hand OF every man.
y XVII. ls,5
The conditions which will establish
universal happiness upon earth consist
in the free enjoyment OF the natural
rights of man, combined with the eXer-
else of all his faculties upon the highest
plane of mental, moral and physical
worth. The best guarantee of the exS
istence and perpetuity of these condi.
tions is the loftiest possible elevation of
humanity. There will arrive time, if
progress be not impeded, when govern
ments will be useless. To advance that
time, education seems to be the main
factor. Hence, what prevents or con-
strains the spread of intelligence is tyr
annous and unjust.
q # XVIII. E.5.
Governments, as at present existing
are machines used for the purpose of
enslaying the people. Such machines
should be abolished and society be per.
mitted to reorganize upon principles of
equality. The people being too much
governed, all statute or common law,
except broad and simple declarations of
principles and rights, should be abolish
ed. These principles should be inter
preted not by infamous precedent, but
by the light of common sense, to secure
justice to all: - 49,.
XIX.
Neither sex, age, color nor condition
should ever be made barriers against
equal and exact Justice,
- .f- Xxx. -z.E F,
Suppress the right of, increase claimed
by the proprietor over anything which
he has stamped as his own (property)
while maintaining possession, and by
this simple change law, government,
economy and institutions will be revolu-
tionized and evil be driven from the face
of the earth. l,t ..-, y.
DEcTIp % ArIoN IL
We believe firmly, that as a necessary
step in advance to that condition of per-
feet anarchy" when governments shall
be no longer needed, it is Imperative
that the present competitive system of
industry and the social structure depend
ent thereon be abolished, and that in its
place shall be substituted system of
governmental cooperation in all matters
of mental, moral and physical construc-
tion and elevation.
We believe in fact that the present
system necessarily is prophetic of fu-
lure revolution, which must either result
in a greater and freer condition, or will
plunge our present civilization back into
barbarism. '- ,.-
We affirm that, believing this, it is our
duty to prepare for the impending con-
tict to lead it when it shall break upon
us, and to bend every energy to SO direct
it as to secure as its result the establish
ment of proper system of government
tai cooperation. <
We affirm, furthermore, that all the
resources of science should be enlisted
in the battle to insure success and the
welfare of the people of the world.
We declare further that action ought
10 be both international and simulta-
neous. =
1t will be remembered that in 1872, at
The Congress Of the International held
1t Hague, first arose the dissensions
which have since divided our ranks. It
was at this session that Bakounine was
expelled and carried with him thirty of
he delegates, with the aid of whom he
what has since been called
he Black International, as opposed to
hose who remained, the Red. The be-
ief of the Red was in the gradual edu-
,ation of the people and in taking no
orcible action until all the world was
the belief of the Blacks was
n the total abolition of all present
orms of government by force.
The news Of this division when
brought to Bismarck provoked from him
his historical remark: Crowned heads,
wealth and privilege well may tremble
should ever again the Black and Red
mite p Ef}; <s t.-ss-I.
There exists now no great obstacle to
hat unity. The work Of peaceful edu-
'ation and revolutionary conspiracy we'll
'an and ought to run in parallel lines.
The day has come for solidarity. Hol
aeds and Blacks, thy flags are flying
'lde by side Let the drum beat out de-
lantfy the roll of battle. @Workingmen
'f all lands, unite You have nothing
Q lose but your chains; you have
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