Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-10
4 Boston Representative Talks Mildly on the Subject-The Views of Noted Anarchists.

4 Boston Representative Talks Mildly
 on the Subject-The Views of Noted
 Anarchists.
 Yesterday afternoon in Loomis' Temple or Music Benjamin F. Tucker, editor of Liber- ty, socialistic-anarchist newspaper publish ed in Boston, and as announced by the gen tleman who introduced the speaker ''the organ of advanced anarchism," made an ad- dress. The speaker, who was 8 mild-man- nered individual, did not appear the ideal of a blood and thunder anarchist and his lee ture was far from being of that character to arouse the New Haven followers of Carl Marx and others of his class to turn the city over to the tender mercies of bowling anarchist ic mob. In his opening remarks the speaker stated to his audience that his lecture was not so pronounced in it's character it would have been had it not been originally prepared for a newspaper article, but never published, and he presumed that his audi ence would wonder at it's mildness. He then announced as his subject IS tate Socialism and Anarchism." He said the subject in- volved all mankind. Almost the only per sons who may be said to understand the true doctrines of socialism and anarchism are the extreme leaders. That professors, ,divines and penny-a-liners who discuss this question do not understand what they are talking about is perfectly plain. The doctrine is based on | two principles, and two alone, which are authority and liberty or State socialism and anarchism. There is no half way house be- tween these two points and any deep rooted | opposition must come from one or the other I of these two extremes. If socialism is to prevail the other extreme is sure to come | and then all eight hour men and labor union men will desert their posts and the great bat l tie will begin. Carl Marx is entitled to the | originality of this scheme, but so far as | priority of time is concerned the credit be- | longs to Warren, an American, born near I Boston.
 Proceeding, the speaker said: Capital | simply stores up labor when it ought to be
 gratuitous, labor being the only measure of price. The only way to secure labor it's fair | price is to strike down monopoly Marx said | the only way was to consolidate all capital
 and labor in the State; a11 machinery, all tools, | all capital Society must seize capital by l the ballot if it can, by revolution if it must. Every man must be an of6ceholder. The ! State must be wage payer and the people 1 wage receivers, was Marx's idea Of State cap | ital. It means the absolute control of all
 economic conduct by the majority then there would be no more rights, only privi | leges and no constitutional rightsi the gov | ernment in the State becomes all in all and ! controls n0alGQ, WHdlLu dlu W15uOm OOclhl- l ism is doomed to end in State religion, 8 State system of medicine and hygiene, a State code of morals, State schools, State
 nurseries, and finally State families. Thus l would the State gain all authority and thus
 we end if we follow the end of the road laid
 out by Csyl Marx.
 Proudhom and Warren did not find any
 way of seizing capital for the benefit of labor They raised the banner of absolute free trade and under this motto they began
 the fight. But the principle that moved them | all was the one thought of freedom to the
 individual. Anarchists simply uhterri- fed Jeffersonians who believe that
 the government that governs least governs
 best They believe in no monopoly
 and declare that medicine and religion should
 stand on it's own merits. Anarchists fur l nish no code of morals. Mind your own
 business is their rule. Parental rights must
 not be taken away, and parental responsbil- ity must not ha interfered with. They look forward to the time when every man and
 woman shall be self supporting and when
 children shall belong to their mothers until
 they are old enough to care for themselves.
 The speaker continued at some length, quoting largely from prominent authors of | the doctrine of which he is one of the mod
 ern advocates. There seemed to be little en- 1 thusiasm on the part of the apdience, al- l though there was an occasional half-hearted 1 manifestation of approval.