The Labor enquirer., 1884-07-12

alone Of it's members is oppressed.
Fhere is oppression against every mem-
,er of it. when the social body is op,
,ressed. When the governments violates
he rights Of the people, insuryection IS
or the people and for every portion OF
he people the most sacred of rights and
he most indispensable of duties When
he social contract fails to protect eiti-i
.en he resumes his natural right to de-
end personally all his rights. In either
if the two preceding cases, to subject to
egal forms the resistance to oppression
5 the last refinement to tyranny, and is
both infamous and void.
XIV.
Public functions cannot be considered
Is distinctions nor as rec0mpenses, but
is public duties. The people ought, as
ar as possible, to govern themselves
without the interposition of delegates cf
representatives But when thees repre-
sentatives are necessary they must be
selected by such system IS will insure
heir being real and not pretended MI
-rocosms of their constituents. The
;rimes Of such representatives should
,e severely punished. The people have
right to know the operations OF their
delegates, and it is the duty Of the latter
render to the people faithful &C
.ount of their behavior.
XVI.
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.
le who opposes or oppresses one peo-
ie is the declared enemy Of all. Those
no make war on people to arrest the
Progress of liberty and to annihilate the
ights of man ought to be pursued every
here, not as ordinary criminals, but as
,cial outlaws, assassins and robbers.
ings, aristocrats, tyrants of every de-
\ ription are beasts dangerous to the
ieIfare ofmankind, and against them
heuld be raised the hand Of every man.
.fk~ 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-
Use of all his faculties upon the highest
| olane of mental, moral and physical
worth. The best guarantee of the ex-
tstence and perpetuity of these condi-
tions is the loftiest possible elevation of
humanity. There will arrive a time, if
progress be not impeded, when govern
nents 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.
=, XVIII.
Governments, as at present existing
are machines used for the purpose Of
ssnslaying 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
pieted not by infamous precedent, but
by the light of common sense, to secure
justice to all. iss
Neither sex, age, color nor condition
should ever be made barriers against
equal and exact Justice F..
O Xxx.
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 repolu-
tionized and evil be driven from the face
Of the earth. .,., -,
8 h. DECLARATION. n
We believe firmly, that as 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 thatinSits
place shall be substituted system of
governmental cooperation in all matters
of mental, moral and physical construc-
ton and elevation. Ia. Ill., ..,,,,.
We believe in fact that the present
system necessarily is prophetic of fu-
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, it is our
duty to prepare for the impending con-
tlict 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 a proper system of government.
tai cooperation. 5Il-s.t --..
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
to be both international and simulta-
neous. -
/ twill be remembered that in 1872, at
the Congress of the International held
at 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
the delegates, with the aid of whom he
established what has since been called
the Black International, as opposed to
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. -. a. r
The news Of this division when
brought to Bismarck provoked from him
this historical remark: Crowned heads,
wealth and privilege well may trenable
should ever again the Black and Red
unite p, y
There exists now no great obstacle to-
that unity. The work Of peaceful edu-
cation and revolutionary conspiracy well
can and ought to run IN parallel lines.
/ The, day has come for solidarity. Ho I
Reds and Blacks, thy flags are flying
side by side Let the drum beat out de-
family thesroll of battle. "'WorkingInen
Of all lands, uniteI You have nothing