The Labor enquirer., 1884-07-26

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i Public f9nCt cannot be conMde!ed
as distinctions noeiss Fecompenses b1t4
as public dnties, The people ought -
far Is possible. % govern themselves
without the fntsrp0Gt tion Of delegates or
rebfSeentStivee. B1t when these repre-
| sentativesj are necessary they muet BE-
selected BY such. I system q will insure
| their beine real and not pretended mi-
s.rocoelns 0f their constituents. The
crimes of such representatives should
lbe severely punished. The people have
II right to know the operations Of their
delegates, and it is the duty q the latter
| to render To. tho people = faithful 10
count Of their behavior.
,.. XVI.
Men Of all countries are brothers, and
| the people Of each ought to yield ono
| mother mutual aid, according to their
lbility, ike citizens Of the same states
He who opposes or oppresses one peo-
| lie is the declared enemy of all. Those
| sho make war on people to arrest the
trogress oF liberty and to annihilate the
| tights of man ought to be pursued every
yhere, not as ordinary criminals, but as
acial outlaws, nssassins and robbers.
| yinqs. aristocrats, tyrants of every de-
tf;ption are beasts dangerous to the
sslfane of mankind, and against them
.hci,ll be!raised the hand ofevery man.
XVIl.
The conditions which will establish
| universal happiness upon earth consist
| in the free ENJOYMENT oi the natural
rights of man, combined with the lexer-
/ else Of, all his faculties upon the highest
| plane ofsmental, moral and physical
| worth. The best guarantee of the ex-
istence and perpetuity of these eondi-
tions is the loftiest possible elevation OF
humanity There will arrive time, if
progress be not impeded, 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
annous and unjust.
XVIII.
L - oraxv,,,, fo of Y,ronort dYiatino
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
preted 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 be made barriers against
lequsl and exact Justice,
4 O 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 revolu-
itionized and evil be driven from the face
Of the earth.
4 DECLARATION. Z
/ We believe firmly, that as a necessary
step in advance to that condition of per-
Eo,f cbrll
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 a system OF
/ governmental cooperation in all matters
| of mental, moral and physical construc-
ton and elevation.
|. We believe in fact that the present
system necessarily is prophetic of fu-
4 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 ouI
| duty to prepare forthe impending con
| flict |; to lead it when it shall break upon
us, and to bend every energy to SO direct
it as to secure as it's result the establish
ment Of q proper system of government.
/ tai cooperation. is4,
We affirm, furthermore, that all the
resources of science should be enlisted
1 in the battle to insure success and the
1 welfare of the people of the world.
We declare further that action ought
i to be both international and simulta-
neous.
/ It will be remembered that in 1872, at
the Congress of the international held
i at Hague, first arose, the dissensions
which have since divided our ranks. It
/ was at this session that Bskounine was
4 expelled and carried with him thirty pf
| 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. The be-
lief of the Red was in the gradual edn-
cation of the people and ia 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.
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
unite p I'd AZ
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 side Let the drum beat out de-
family the roll of battle. "Workingmen
of all lands, unite You have nothing
to lose but your chains; you have 9
| world to Winp