The Labor enquirer., 1884-07-19

Hone 81 ils msmbeIs II H6ppfessed.
Mere issOpprcdsi0n against et9fy nems
TEL IF II when the social bod y op
,resAed When the government violates
he rishto of the people, insuryectiQn i
81 tie hcople and N every portion of
ne M neopIS ii the mos / 9 atresi 81 d fikhts and
he most ispensabl6 ofs duties When
he social contract '&ils to pzotact asciti-
zen he resumes his natural right to de-
end personally atl his Eghta In either
81 the two preceding Cases, TO subject to
eeal forms the re6istance TO Oppression
,s' 'tbA last refinement 70 tyranny, and is
both infamous and void.
XIV.
Public functions cannot be considered
d distinctions nor - recompenses, but
Is public duties. The people ought as
far as possible, to govern themselves
without the Interrogation OF delegates or
Representatives. But when these repre-
sentatives are necessary they must be
selected by such 9 system - will insure;
their being real and not pretended mi-
.rocosms Of their constituents. The
.rimes of such representatives should
be severely punished. The people have
i right to know the operations OF their
delegates, and it is the duty Of the latter
% render to the people . hithfut &c
:ount Of their behavior.
XVI. s
Men of all countries are brothers, and
he people of each ought to yield one
mother mutual aid, according TO their
bility, like citizens of the same state.
ssIe who opposes or oppresses one peo-
sle is the declared enemy of all. Those
sho make war on q people TO arrest the
orogress of liberty and to annihilate the
lights of man ought to be pursued every
ghere, not as ordinary criminals, but as
oeial outlaws; assassins and robbers.
lings, aristocrats, tyrants of every de-
.ription are beasts dangerous to the
Selfare Of mankind. and against them
shonld be raised the hand of every man.
y el8il XVII,
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 ex-
istence and perpetuity of these condi-
tions is the Hottest possible elevation of
humanity. There will arrive a time, if
progress be not irhpeded, 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.
az nous and unjust.
= XVIII. "
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
pfeted not BY infamous precedent, but
by the light Of common sense, to secure
justice to all. ~
XIX.
Neither sex. age, color nor condition
should ever he made barriers against
equal and exact Justice,
0 XXX.
Suppress the right of increase claimed
by the proprietor over anything which
he has stamped az his own property
while maintaining possession, and by
this simple change law, government,
economy and institutions will be reYolu=
.tionized and evil be driven from the face
of the earth.
Et; DECLARATION. 3
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 co-operatlonin all matters
of mental, moral and physical construc-
tion and elevation.
We believe in fact that the present
system necessarily is prophetic Of a fu-t
ture revolution, which must either result
in greater and freer condition, or will
plunge our present civilization back into
barbarism. &
We affirm that, believing this, tits our
duty to prepare for the impending cons
flict to lead it when it tishall 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 a
We declare further that action ought
to be both international and simuIta-
neous. II
1t will be remembered that in 1872, ali
the Congress of the International held
at Hague, first arose the dissensions
which have since divided our ranks. II
was atsthis session that Bakounine was
expelled and carried with him thirty oil
the delegates, with the aid of whom hs
established what has since. been called
the Black International, as opposed 10
those who remained, the Red. Tie be-
lief of the Red was in the gradual edu-
cation of the people and in taking no
forcible action until all the world was
prepared the belief of the Blacks was
in the, total abolition of all present
forms of government by force. LII
The news of this division when
brought to Bismarck provoked from him
this historical remark Crowned heads,
wealth and privilege well may tremble
should ever again the Black and Red
unitep s !. ts.
There exists now no great obstacle to
that unity. The work Of peaceful edu-,
cation and revolutionary conspiracy we'll
can and ought to run IN parallel lines.
The day has come for solidarity Hol
Reds and Blacks, thy flags are flying
side by sidel Let the drum beat out de-
family therroll Of battle. "Workingmen
of all lands, unitel You have nothing
to lose but your chains; you have