The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-11
THHTR4rlFs|lp phEAH, +
For the Enquirer.

Continuing, the speaker III
4 mqt yqri{Y end contrr'dl atr dlctorv state
Of things existing atlong the people Of
eveis eahtrs on eaflR They all admit
the self-evident fact that they are
brought into the world without their
own yoaition. Their philosophers and
whe men do not deny that they live inn
perfect lives, and that thew die long be-
fore theif.sime2 They claim that there
is not, on earth, single perfect human
beinR, but, that al are more or less
tainted By inherited disease and heredi-
,taii weaknesses + is also asserted by
those who have given tie subject any
.thSusht and stqdyjttat these hereditary d
influences, combined with the unnatural
dives pftthe people are fist Weakening
the race; and they point, ss evidence OF
this To The rapidly Increasing spread OF
disease, insanity and idiocr to the new
fkdn,4hs fkdn,4hs ofIdissase q hich are constantly
appearing, some of which are so malig-
rant as to assume ths character of pesti-
lences, which sweep away thousands OF
the Inhabitants in tn incredibly short
ispace of time; and 70 the fact that the
average length of human life is beeom-
ing gradually less. Most Of the people
admit that their institute ons are imper-
feet, and that many Of then, tend directly
to enslave portion of the race, and to
augment the very evils (some of which l
have iust mentionedg from which they
continually suffer, aad yet, my friends,
strange as it may seem to you, the people
hug their chains with the greatest per-
sistency, and fairly worship those very
institutions the evil effects of which
they generally deplore.
It is almost impossible 70 explain to
YOU, in the brief time that is now at my
disposal, how this inconsistent state of
affairs has arisen, and why it Is that the
people of earth do not at cnce throw of
the shackles of superstition and blind
conservatism which bind them so
strongly and closely to their follies and
vices suffice it now to say that their de-
plorable condition is the direct result Of
ignorance and disregard, or open viola
ton of natural laws, and that Ignorance
and prejudice hold sway where reason
should rule. To giyeyou an idea of the
, way they prostitute che natural laws o.
their being, it is only necessary to state
that most, if not all of their troubles
arise from a misconcepti@n, and there.
fore wrongful use, of one Of the highest
and best faculties given 10 man the
faculty of self.hood; self-preservation
and self-respect. They have abused this
noble quality of man to such-a degree as
to trail its functions in the very mire Of
discord, greed and hate. They use it as
a means, and as an excuae, for the en-
slavement of their brothers, and almost
every evil passion which influences them
is attributed to its abuse. Through igno,
rance of the proper functions and use o1
this great boon to man, and their eense-
auent abuse of it, the inhabitants Of
earth are driven to commit the greatest
crimes against society and against ma.
ture and the people of every civilized
country on the face OF the earth are en-
gagged in a mad scramble for power, and
wealth, and self-aggrandise nent, and
they are all equally Indifferent to the
injuries they inf1c. upon others IN
their headlong career. So far as
could learn, not one individual in
ten thousand understood the legiti
mate and proper use of this faculty
and they were prevented from using ii
Alright because & of the institutions o.
which they were part, and to which
they all owe slaylsh obedience.
Notwithstanding th, fact Chat they are
in all things the creatures of circum'
stances, and conditions which existed
before their birth, and that their habits,
disposition and condition in llfeis mainly
due to their surroundings, these people
have established institutions so directly
, contrary to the laws of nature that it is
impossible for them to he otherwise
than what they are avaricious, intem'
perate, vain, lustful, and oftentimes san
culinary and cruel. They are burdened
with statutes and laws in such numbers
that no man can enumerate them all
For hundreds of years they have been
passing edicts and, making laws, hun,
dreds of them every year, and most Of
the people seem to have become crazy
on the subject of law making. They are
80 many, and they cover such wide
field that lis asserted-and believe ii
to be true-that no person can live
without violating some of these man.
made laws every dsy of his life
and that every man is, accord
ing to the laws which are in force,
criminal, and ought TO be deprived oi
his liberty and punished as such. And
vet, 80 far as 1 can see there seems to be
no cessation to this continually grinding
out new laws, which are becoming a
'podtiye burden to the masses of the
people.
One result Of having so many laws Is
shown in the ease with which justice can
be perverted, for, in trying case in one
of their, courts of 1aw-.which are curious
Z 1nnstffhtioonns. 4by the Hay-the advocate