The Labor enquirer., 1885-01-17
DENY THE ALLEeATIoN.

a communication from "Cato,' which
is printed on the first page in this issue,
refers to TIE ENQUIRER and quotes it in
way that seems to call upon it for 8
few words. in the way Of explanation, if
YOU please. / mako it a rule not to
argue with contributors, and there is no
very broad ground for an argument be-
tween aCatot' and we are certainly
of one opinion as to the necessity for a
Revolution of the system, and that
makes us soldiers in the same army, no
matter if we do fight in different bat
talions.
But he seems to have the impress
sion that TIE ENQUIRER is disposed to
sneer at the Chicago men and to throw
cold water on them. deny the "sneers''
and only plead guilty to the cold water.
so far as to say do think our Chicago
brothers are little hot-headed if, as it
has been reported to me, the conduct is
calculated to bring about a hand to hand
struggle, which would be disastrous
in the present unorganized, uneducated
condition of the workers. | believe it
is the duty of intelligent Socialists to
curb the tendency of the people to re-
volt until they are prepared to win, and
have sufficient intelligent power to per
manently establish the victory. The
crisis will come, whether we will it or
not, as "Cato" admits, and our time for
preparation is limited; but it is possible
for us to invite it too soon, and / main
tain that war-like display will hasten
the conflict. E.. .....s.
l am not like the little boy who in.
stigated the dog fight, for I want to be
put on record now as one who 49, ready
to shoot and be shot at when the time
comes; but am not anxious to be the
whipped dog before 1 60 into the fight
NV heart thrills whenever I read OF
THE Charge of the Six Hundred" but
1 have very poor OPT nion, of the one
who ordered the charge.
"Caton speaks of "our brother reform.
ers." Count me out, my friend / am
not "reformer," but a Revolutionist-
peaceable one if possible, otherwise il
necessary. And the announcement that
THE ENQUIRER is Revolutionary jour.
nal" is perfectly true; it is an advocate
of complete Revolution of, systems
So far as quoting the price of dyna,
mite and panclastite" is concerned. ]
have to say that was done as a bit Of
bnrlesque on one of our local papers
which quoted at the top of its editorial
columns the daily markets on "stocks
nrrrii is=zs H1szs -Isss=s-zRER- be-
gan to circulate all over the country, the
quotation was taken out, because il
would not be understood by large
majority of its readers. At present the
paper is quoting the Socialist Cate.
chism," a more powerful arouser, just al
present, than dynamite, and this office is
chief supply post for that kind of am.
munition in this section. If we are
forced out of range with that kind et
weapon, then I'll try. and put in a stock
of the sort demanded.
There is no use to argue with you, my
good friend, upon the difference be,
tween Socialism and Anarchy you know
the difference as well as do, and you
admit it in the fourth paragraph of your
letter. You also agree that there is a
difference in the methods advocated for
bringing about the Revolution and ii
was this difference principally that
caused me to deny the statement that
the Chicagoans were Socialists.
My sympathles are with you, my
friend, and because they are 1 counsel
you to try and control the hot-heads. 1t
is hard to stand patiently as teacher,
when every pulse-throb seems to beat
the call to arms; when every moment
Of patient waiting adds a thousand walls
TO the cries of distress; but are you
readyP Within the week the capital
istic press has changed its cries of alarm
TO ridicule; they say your strength and
equipments have been grossly exag-
errated," and they snap their fingers in
your face. This is unquestionably dan
gerous amusement for the oppressors of
the poor to indulge in but you must
not forget what would be the inevitable
result of defeat at this time.
Now, "Cato," try and remember that
this paper is the Champion of the Poor,
and the friend of every sensible effort to
better their condition, and however we
may differ in our methods, or in plans
for the future, we are cemented together
in one. desire: the Annihilation of the
Competitive System. ....'
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