The Labor enquirer., 1884-05-31
Practical Ex.nple.

Editor Labor Enquirer
PALATKA, Florida, May %. The world
lis in chains to the demon of selfish
greed and rule the brute in man-re-
solving humanity simply into the two
opposing conditions of master and slave
and while 1 freely admit that the ad-
vanced pioneet workers in the holy
cause Of human emancipation have done
all and the best they could under the ex-
isting circumstances and prevailing con-
d1tions, can but think and feel that the
time is ripe for more effective work in
the shape of q new departure" little
change or rather addition to the meth
DDS hitherto employed for practically
solving the problem of human right
We find the cause of human EVIL to be
the brute not yet outgrown dwelling in
mans lowest Ior base brain. It becomes
evident, therefore, that the remedy lies
in the direction of the development of
the angelic qualities resident in the up
per section Of said brain. Then how to
most rapidly forward this work of divine
unfoldment, is the question of questions.
By the united and combined action of
all reformers in persistent, persevering
and tireless endeavor, by teaching and
example, to spread the higher light !;
throw it into every dark corner in such
simple and effective manner as to re-
veal clearly and unmistakablv, to even
the meanest capacity, the real cause of
earth's crying wrongs--the tools and
methods of oppression and the palpable,
natural remedy. In short, educate the
people as never before.
said by teaching and example, for I
opine that teaching alone, without the
illustrating power of ever-present, living
example, Will prove of little use in hast
ening the good time coming"-the So
cial Republic, as that example must be
inaugurated, founded on the immutable,
indestructible basis of mans natural and
inalienable right to life and the pursuit
of his highest, best good, which of course
implies the right to the means (Which is
the broadest liberty of obtaining that
condition, ignoring altogether the tyran-
nical principles, rules, modes and instru-
ments employed by the worlds robbers
through all time.
The greatest of these is the monopoly
of land, and we can never hope to sue
ceed unless we secure some ere it is too
late, for foethold, a material founda-
ton to build upon and to work from, else
where is our Social Republic2 I am
firmly convinced that it can never be
established By any wholesale rising and
usurpation, but must be thing Of
growth. We cannot live in the air, nor
be kicked about from pillar to post" like
flgltives, with fitful, spasmodic and fu-
tile protestations, fearful and bloody.
1t will be long ages of hope deferred ere
the angel of Fratefnity-whieh means
Love, Liberty, Justice, Cooperation
can dethrone the slave demon and his
reign of blood, sweat and tears be sue
ceeded by the new and blessed era Of
universal Love and Peace and Joy
eternal.
The call has gone forth for volunteers
to come forward and join in the work of
planting the seed of the future Fraternal
Republic of Justice and Right. Who
will respond2 Reader, you who read
these lines, do you recognize the truth of
what have written? Are you awake
and alive to the supreme necessity of the
present hour, that of making an imme-
date practical movement to represent
our principles and aid in their propaga-
ton and final establishment over all the
earth2 If so, please send in your name
and address to the Office of the San Fran
cisco Truth, as requested by W. Harrison
Riley, in the March twenty-ninth num-
ber of that paper, and see if we cannot
very soon obtain names enough of those
who are ready to start at once cooper
ative colonial association in some favor
able locality should be pleased to hear
from all who are interested. Awake,
arise, or be forever fallen"
WN. MAGooN,
Palatka, Florida, for the present.