The Labor enquirer., 1885-01-17
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81 helhI tostsr. Thsre il suffering, isnd
q Whis b Is above leans over, and that
4 b ch il below aapes open. The shadow
q IL 70 b, come light The damned dis
3 the slecE It Il the people who are
oh 3comin Istsll you It is MAN who
n sMbnds. It ID the end that 10 beginning.
III stbe led dawning Of Catastrophe
s khl th Is society is false. One day,
d ID soon the true society will come.
ii hen the re viii be no more lords; there
|vitl be ii ee, living men. There will be
|rol olmore wealth, there will be abundance
|8M the poor. There will be no more
|l,dsters, bat there will be Brothers.
|11jey ths toll shall have. This ia the
|fa1ufe. No more prostration, no more
|sbksemelit, no. more ignorance, no more
heath, 0 more beasts Of burden, no
fio6re eonrtiers, no more kings but
|lIhHr.
10 THE POOR.
Shall now speak to the poor after
Having iii vain implored the rich 2 Yes,
II Is fitting. This then have l TO say to
be disinherited Keep watch on your
\ h.hpminabi be jaw. There is one rule for
j. he rich TO do nothing, and one for the
3,oor-to say nothing. The poor have
Idt one riend, silence. They should use
l,dt one nonosyllable, yes. To corlfess
E.dd 70 & ,ncede this is all the rights"
!hey have Yes" to the king. The
Ireat if / / so please them, give US blows
lHjth q sick; / have had them: it is their
irerogatve and they lose nothing Of
their gre atness in cracking our bones.
f.st US vorship the septre which is the
Inst amo ng sticks.
Ifa pc or man is happy he is the pick
pocket Of ofhappiness. Only the rich and
ioble ar happy by right. The rich man
5sIhe who being young has the rights of
lid age; being old, the lucky chances of
Eouth; Vi cious. the respect Of good people;
coward, the command of the stout
earted; doing nothing,the fruits of labor.
Carria ges, poor slave, exist. The lord
|hinsidei the people are under the Wheel;
she wise man makes room.
Il The people fight. Whose is the glory2
lie kings. They pay. Whose is the
4hagnife ence? The kings. And the
lteople Ike to be rich in this fashion.
(spr ruler, King or Cresus, receives from
lie pool a crown piece, and renders back
the poor a farthing. How generous he
Ia! Thr colossal pedestal looks up to
He plguly superstructure. How tall the
banikir isl He is on my back, A
!warf his an excellent method of being
pgher than giant /; it is to perch him
i tIf upoli the others shoulders. But that
ke giant should let him do it, there is
&e odd part of it; and that he should
lmire he baseness of the dwarf, there
q 1.-THE st IpIdity. Human ingeniousne ess
lThe equestrian statute, reserved for
81 lngs alone is an excellent type of roy
WY. Lst'us be frank with works. The
3pitalist who steals the reward of labor
il Ia kIns as we'll as the man of blood.
1 he king mounts himself on the horse.
lie hor se rs the people. Sometimes this
rse tr .nsfgures himself by degrees.
the eginning he is an ass, at the
Id he is lion. Then he throws his
Her to the ground and we have 1913 in
Ehglantl and 1889 in France and some-
i saes hl, devours him. in which we have
II 4 Engllnd 1649 and in France 1898,
4 ! That lie lion can again become jack
!. lItis 81 rprising but fact.
II What happiness to be again ridden
"a bea ten and starved! What hlppi-
4 IS to work forever for bread and water
4 hat happiness to be free from, the
II Jusiolls that cake is good, and life
n Ter tt an misery! Was there ANYTHING
re crazy than those ideas? Where
huld We be if every vagabond had his
Il hts? Imagine everybody governing |!
M q yoll fancy city directed by the men
70 built it? They are the team not
coat:hman. What a god-send is a
u man who takes charge of every
Il agl Surely he is generous to take this
4 hble for usl And then he was
Suaht up toit he knows what it is;
n 4 his business. A guide is necessary
JUS. Being poor we are ignorant; be-
II tlenc rant we are blind; we need a
III lie. But why are we ignorant? ? Be-
| se it must be SO. Ignorance is the
II rdial of Virtue He who isignorant
anoc ent! 1t is our duty not to think,
nj aplain or reason. These truths are
onte stable. Society rests on them.
at il, Society Misery for you if
ssupport it. Death if you dare touch
iii Be reasonable, poor man, you
lA ) M sde to be slave.
ot h, be a slave is to DARE and DO.
Il. V1CToR Hueo.