The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-29
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UPON the relatlOus tuc CuuiSu, 40 . I" AS3
bears to the great industrial question, to
individuals in the church, in the past,
and il wants to do 80 in the future, It
possible. Some of the self-constituted
soul-sayers in Denver have made it their
business during the past year or 80 TO
assail. misrepresent and blaspheme the
doctrines advocated by The ENoUIRER,
and the replies made to their idietie and
unscrupulous attacks have dealt only
with the churchmen making them.
have noticed that great many advanced
labor journals in the country have .pur-
sued the same policy.
Why this has been understood by the
editors of such press to be the best course
to take in the matter is clear to every
intelligent reader.
But some oyer-zealous retailers OF
superstition and humbuggery do not
seem disposed to profit by this lenlency,
and they show determination to bring
the church entire and its purported doc
trines into the fight. Those fellows are
fools, and they'll probably find out the
fact some of these days.
The church is all right, and have no
desire to assail its moral teachings. 1
believe in them, and practice them; but
the false structure which was erected and
is kept up by designing, hypocritical
leaders in the church, on this approprl-
ated foundation, must come down must
be RACED to the ground, if the whole
thing is buried in the wreck. p II,
Pure, undefled Christianity is in per
feet accord with Socialism. In fact the
Socialistic doctrine is the only true
Christianity. 1t attempts to carry out,
the teachings of Christ, and inaugurate
upon earth an era of Goodness. So that
when preacher or priest maligns and
derides the Socialistic doctrines, we, who
know what those doctrines are, naturally
conclude that he is either an ignoramus
or willful tool of the enemies of the
people.
Last Sunday certain stool pigeon in
Denver church took occasion; dur
ing a rant upon Immoral publications"
to give vent to the stereotyped nonsensi-
cal venom concerning journals advocat-
ing social evolution or revolution.
He said, "They preach the worst kind
of Socialism," By which of course he
meant the most complete Socialism and,
consequently the best kind of Socialism.
Now, I don't know this man-don't even
remember his name at this time-but |
will bet that he don't know the first
principles of Socialism. He even doesn't
know the. definition of the word Social
ism, or took his audience for pack of
fools.
In speaking Of the editors of these
papers, such men as General Weaver,
John Swinton, Patrick Ford and others,
he said, "They poison the wells, for they
pervert the noblest instincts of the heart.
They disobey the laws Of their church.
They try to bring into contempt their
pastors, and neither priest nor bishop,
nor the sovereign pontiff himself is safe
from their revilings." He spreads him
self at this stage, and rakes up from the
bottom the vocabulary of venomous
epithets to hurl at such men as are
named above in his cowardly abuse.
Reader, need but ask you to remem
ber who Patrick Ford is, what has been
his life, as a man, as citizen, as hu-
manitarian, as a Christian-aye, as a
Catholic, to show you the falseheod in
the insane bowling of the person quoted
above. Patrick Ford occupies to-day
place IN the hearts of his countrymen
and in the hearts of all lovers of Free
dom, place which can never be attained
by the most eloquent, the most notorious,
or the most powerful peddler of church
superstition that the world, will ever
produce. He has devoted his life and
It's fruits to the liberation of his oppressed
country. Creatures like the one who
assailed him last Sunday have sold theirs
to the peoples oppressors. But need
say no more on this point. 1t should be.
an open page to the reading, observing
world.
Our obscure critic says the Socialist
"perverts the noblest instincts of the
human heart" Let us see il there is
any truth in this statement: The Social
ist says that all. men are equal; that God
IS no respector of persons; that man
to be Godlike must recognize that senti-
ment; that no man has the moral right
to Cypress his fellowman, to appropriate
his share of the gifts of God to man, to
deprive him of the products of his toll,
to starve his children and debauch his
wife. The Socialist says that system
which permits all these evils-which are
sins in Gods eyes-is iniquitous, and
should be obliterated. He says it is the
duty of man himself to change the sys-
tem-a duty to himself to his posterity
and to God Is there anything nobler
or holler in the creed of our pulpit bias
phemer?
The revo1utionist-he who has the
true INSPIRATION of Socialism says it is
the duty of man to remedy the existing
evils by force, if it can not be done
otherwise. He believes that the lives of
a few oppressors and tvrants are as