The Labor enquirer., 1885-03-14
FORCE.
A Few Texts From Anarchis-
tic Contributors to The
Labor Enquirer.
ssZen0" Continues His Arguments
Against the Use Of Dynamite
by the People at Present.

''ZonV Continues HIS Arguments
Against the Use Of Dynamite
by the People at Present.
We Cannot Gain Liberty by Killing
an Oppressor, but By Abolishing
Systems Of Oppression.
For The Enquirer.
l, "The liberties which the French
people enjoy in 1885 are made possible
only by the revolution Of l7oS. r -
2. THE severity Of the means employ
ed is ever measured by the greatness Of
the reforms to be lnaugurated.."
8. THAT this change may be brought
about BY peaceful means must likewise
be the desire of all right minded people"
4. "But of all the economically blind
and politically stupid people in the world
| it is those State Socialists who claim
TO believe it possible to peaceably
establish Socialism"
5. An eye for an eve and a tooth for
a tooth, is an memorable law of nature
s. 1T may be sad thing to contem-
plate, and it may seem unjust, but it is
an established fact, that the innocent
and guilty suffer alike. We may be-
moan the. sacrifice of innocent children
and inoffensive women, but it is useless
to murmur against the DEGREES of nature
Il believe that the human race will
eventually reach that goal which has
been the dream Of poets and philoso-
pliers in all ages. 4 believe that in the
unfoldment of this grand plan man is
but the agent that his boasted freedom
of vii. is subordinate to an all powerful
superior will. He is IN all things the
creature Of circumstances. He does not
know his destiny; he cannot control his
fate; butgenius or fool, rich or poor. no.
torious or obscure, he has fulfilled his
destiny" f
The dynamite question seems to be
fairly before the readers of The ENoui-
FRER In continuing my part of the dis
cussion 7 shall assume that lofty air
which prompts writer's to ignore the
identity Of those whose opinions they
wish to refute. Some of the contributors
have made this style fashionable, 80
submit to it. Iadmire the natural cans
dor Of my friend Gomy.ch Who attacksE
line directly but nAts tell lih Il
ming s'ss j. Il ]. 3 y 50 5! lylll!
Not as . lawyer who plays trick with
reason, but as one who endeaYors to
gather the legitimate conclusions from
facts. I fear the latter course has not
been taken by Mr.. Gorsuch. When
said that Anarchists would sneak to the
rear, it was In reply to "Cato" who said
State Socialists would do 80. AS retala-
tion is the chief feature in the dynamite
doctrine Mr.. 6. should not complain.
The sect known as Free Methodistsu
and Mr.. Gorsuch wish to reform the
world by appealing to the passions and
emotions of men. On looking at the
close of the letter from Mr.. Gorsuch I
find that both have the same watchword:
"Glory." One cries to the world "You
are lost in your sins; be saved by blood"
The other: You are wronged retaliate
with blood" One appeals for mercy
from divine wrath, the other from the
'sneers of those holding different views
Mr.. Gorsuch would have US Cease
bickenng and snarllng, unite in solid
phalanx and move forward" That is:
We must harmonIze, but you should
come over to US,
Those who vince under sneers, make
use ofsneers. .Closet philosophers Is
a term supposed to mean those who have
few practical ideas, but sit down alone
and dream out theories; or get up sys-
TENS for angels and apply them to men.
There can be no Improvement unless the
reformer considers man, not as he is, but
as he should be. If destruction is to be
used, the present system is good enough
for warfare.
I like Mr.. Gorsuch's analogy of "cell
explosions" / am not much of biolo- \
gist but have it on good authority that
the process of growth, in which cells de-
velop within a parent cell and burst
forth from it, is found only in the very
lowest forms Of animal life and some
species of plants. 1t is elimination of
development, rather than an explosion, 4
but suppose it were the latter we can
afford to let mollusks explode and allow
big fish to eat little ones. Men ought 10
learn something better.
Nearly every writer in the last ENouI-
RER helps me to make out case. Lizzie I
NJ. Swank says:
The peculiarly new aspect of the gen.
eral revolt is, that we are learning not
to fight individual tyrants, but tyranny /
itself; that we cannot gain liberty by kill I
ing an oppressor, but rather by abolish
ing systems ofoppression Men Indi-
vidually are not on trial to-day"
I What dynamiter can deny the truth
of the above2 Admit it and you have no
possible pretext for using dynamite.
Can You blow up system7 Some things
are not affected by certain forces; light
cannot penetrate rock. and wood is NET