The Labor enquirer., 1884-08-02

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kfiv,ffno. liberty and us i6ns egen-
tfai Is liberty. md ~ x3ekt ii fhU pulS
ssnft 0f happiness Iahat pecie1ly en}1s
neratinQ the sub0pdfnets Ata doNi4&
naturally and reasonably from the $st1h
Kshment Of theee TRUTHS md the prinei-
ples necessary ~ tkeir perpstuity, We
do publish and. Are; fs'
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That the just end qf All political 80
ciation and the only permissible reason
FOR their exiktence at al. Is the mainte
nance fthe natural and imprescripkible
rights of man and the Developments Of
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& Whatever rights belong 70 one man,
belong to all men eqpally, whatever diff
terence there may be IN their physical
mental, or moral force Equality Of:
lights is estab blished BY nature. Society.
80 fargfroms invading it ought Justly To-
constitute security aeainst the abuse Of:
force which you'd render il illusory.
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II 1t should be found, after careful
iaIthereof, that any form or system ,ofj
poyernment or society fails to maintain
the rights Of man, then il is not only the
night but the most sacred duty of the
whole people to alter or abolish the said
system by any and all possible means, i
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Liberty is the power which belongs to
man Of exercising all his faculties At
pleasure. It has Justice fof it's rule; the
rights of others for its boundaries, nature
for its origin, and the law for it's safe
guard.
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The rightof life, which belongs equally
to all men, carries with it the right to
the means Of living. Chief among these
subsidiary rights is the right Of each In
dividual to receive the full product OF
his own labor, without 1.-THE, tax or dim
mutton, upon any pretext. Y
vi.
Every individual is entitled to an equal
proportional share of all the natural adj
vantages of earth. The whole people
should hold the land, light, air and water.
together with other of natures re-.
sources, as the natural heritage In COM
mon of all mankind, and Of his proper
ton thereof no man should ever be de-
priyed. 70. ..s
= Every individual is entitled to An,
EQUAL proportionate share of all the accu-
mulated wealth created by past genera
tions, and that wealth should be held BY
society as the natural heritage in COM
mon of all mankind. i.l .i.s.
VIII.
Society can deny to those who do not
consent to this system of society any
share of the benefits produced by the
20 operation of those who do consent
n It is but just. that those who will not CO.
operate should receive none of the BEN
efts of cooperation.
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Debt, profit, interest, rent and the COM
oetitive system of industry are hereby
.orlnally declared proved instruments Of
degradation and tyaranny. and cancers
upon the social body. So also are the
present methods of Furnishing crime
rather than preventing it; the present
monetary system; the present method Of
4,nffrage the present method Of educa-
tinn; and the present systems of juris-
prudence. church and military. SIS
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The right of peaeably. assembling; of
manifesting opinion, whether through
the press or by any other means; of the
free exercise Of religion; Of bearing
arms; of security Of person against UNI
reasonable search or seizure, and of com. !.
plete liberty af thought and speech, to-.
gethef with the right of association, ara
such necessary cansequ quences Of the prin.
ciples of mans liberty, that the necessity
of declaring them presnpposes either the
presence Of, or The resent remembrance
Of despotism J, Il; ;si ,sf;;s IS i
The right of private property can
| Justly be based upon no principfei except
that haying been produced by the per-
son in possession of it, or upon the pos
SCISSOR having rendered for it the full
equivalent to the one who did produce
it. This rule can have no exceptions
save those created by the unanimous
consent Of all members Of society.
XII.
SO long as members Of society shall
fulfill their portion of the social contract
they have a right to demand Of society
that it provide to them the means neces-
sarv to provide for their subsistence So
ciety is bound also to insure the means
of existence to those who are incapable
Of labor.