The Labor enquirer., 1884-07-26
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Y We hold these truths to be selfsevidept
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humanity IS heaxt: Ihat aii n1en aA9
women ~ born hee and With eq9ai
rights. That they were endowed, Dy
such birth, by their Creator, and - nee
,essary incidents Of their existence, win
certain inalienable rights rights Of Whfcn
even they themselves cannot 4 divees
themselves and that among these rights
are the right to life and the means Of
living. liberty and the conditions essen,
tial to liberty, and the right to the pur.
suit of happiness That especially emu
meratiup the subordinats rights lowing
naturally and reasonably from the eetab-
lishment of these truths and the prlnci-
pies necessary for their perpetuity, we
do publish and declare:
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+ That the just end OF all political asso-
citation and the only permissible reason
for their existence at all, is the mainte-
nance of the natural and imprescript ptlble
rights Of man and the development sof
all his faculties
Whatever rights belong to one man
belong to all men equally, whatever diff
ference there may be in their physical.
mental. or moral force. Equality Of
rights is established by nature. Society,
50 far from invading it ought Justly to
constitute security against the abuse Of
force which would render it illusory.
If it should be found, after careful
trial thereof, that any form or system Of
government OF society fails to maintain
the rights of man, then it is not only the
right but the most sacred duty of the
whole people to alter or abolish tho said
system by any and oil possible means,
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+ Liberty is the power which belongs to
man of exercising all his faculties at
pleasure. It has Justice for its rule the
rights of others for its boundaries, nature
for its origin, and the law for its safe
guard.
The right of life, which belongs equally
to al 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 tithe, tax or dim
mutton, upon any pretext,
vi.
Every individual is entitled to an equal
proportional share of all the natural adj
yantages 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 conn
mon of all mankind, and of his proper
ton thereof no man should ever be de-
prived.
Every individual is entitled to an
equal preportionate share OF all the accu-
lni,lated wealth created by past genera
tions, and that wealth should be held BY
society as the natural heritage in com
mon of all mankind.
VIII.
Society can deny to those who do not
consent to this system of society any
share of the benefits produced by the
cooperation of those who do consent.
It is but Just that those who will not CO.
operate should receive none of the BEN
efits of cooperation.
IX.5 u
Debtiproft, interest, rent and the COM
petitive system of. industry are hereby
| formally 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 o1
suffrage the present method OF educa-
titin,;anl the present systems Of jurls.
,rudenee. church and military.
The right of pear;lbly assembling Of
inanifesting opinion, whether through
17the press or by any other means Of the
free exercise of religion; of bearing
arms; of security of person against an
reasonable search or seizure, and of com
plete liberty of thought and speech, to-
gether with the right of association, are
such necessary consequences OF the prin-
cipIes ofman's liberty, thatthe necessity
of declaring them presupposes either the
presence of, or the resent remembrance
of despotlsm.
sXI.
The right of private property can
Justly be based upon no principle except
that having 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
i 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 right to demand of society
| that it provide to them the means neces-
sary to provide for their subsistence. So
| ciety is bound also to insure the means
of existence tosAose who are incapable
| of labor.
| XIII.
Absolute Justice is the right Of every
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emn expression Of the public will, and
it must be equal for all. Society ought
to favor with all its power the progress
of public reason, and place instruction
and recreation within the reach Of every