The Labor enquirer., 1885-03-07
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Be lnn6Rs in any undertaking are
= - - tto be discouraged by fading that
stf as afe occasional dissensi,ns ainong
Il older opponents and advocates efthe
movement, and it is quite natural. But
Il ese little internal troubles are aome-
times of untold benefit, as is she case in
slime culinary processes, where the boil
irg brings all the Objectionable PARTICLES
i'll the vessel to the top 30 that they can
be easily skinned off and thrown with
tile slops
Labor societies are not without these
unpleasant affairs, and even. the ad-
yanced organizations in the emancipa-
ton movement have sometimes q little
trouble in this way. The division OF the
Social Democrats of England has created
no little comment, and great many
lave expressed fears that such reports
we're likely to weaken the movement.
There has something transpired in the
same line lately, nearer home butthere
is no need for anything but conglatula-
tlon.
To properly propagate and advance
The cause of the people, those In promi.
lient positions must sink self, and re,
member only that we are working fo1
humanity, of which each of us is but an
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atom. In the grand Revolution which
dawning upon US we must all be
leaders" and the selfish aristocrscy we
would destroy, must not, can not, be re-
Z placed with one of our own making.
He who cannot give his lest energies
% the cause of the people without look
Eng for special, personal reward, is moi
ct for such q proud undertaking, and is 8
ietrlment to it; and he who seeks in
ytallments upon the victor's laurel'
while the campaign is yet II, its infancy
deserves the condem nation of every true
soldier in the Grand Army Iof Men.
{ But worst of all is he who would try
to hoist himself into position, under
\ the present cht-throat system, upon the
popularity he had obtained by warrine
against that system. Such an one pos
sesses the perfected capitalistic "ambi'
hon."
Yet there are such men as these the
world over, and it is through such that
what is called an occasional "dissension'
arises. These are what we call politica
opportunists. They are at war with the
existing state Of things, until they SEE
an opportunity to elevate themselves by
some political scheme, and then they
attempt to show those who have trusted
them that "it will be a good thing fol
the cause if can only get there" Well
we have seen quite few get there; but
have waited in vain for the good
things" : L. s-# n.
: Therefore, say, comrades, it is ben
eft to the cause when the oppoftunists
are discovered and sent adrift from ou1
organizations, though the ousting create
allttle rifle at the time. Anyone who
puts self first, at the sacrifice of sny aim
ofthe whole, is a traitor to the cause
and the sooner such an one Is repudiated
the better. 81
Great movements have been retarded
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and sometimes defeated, by personal
ambition" and it is an encouraging
sign to see that in the movement now on
foot for the emancipation of the wage
slave, such are being early and peremp-
torily disposed of. We cannot all think
alike, even when there is such unanim-
ity of purpose; but through friendly
and unselfsh differences we arrive at
the best conclusion, without ono break
in the line; but when selfshness and
egotism begin to crop out, it is time to
declare it mutiny and to promptly ostra-
else the offender.
Such is the course being observed by
the true lovers of the cause who fully
understand the work before us, and in
that lies our greatest hope. We have
everything to congratulate ourselves
upon let us press on to victory.
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