The Labor enquirer., 1886-10-23

preservation u NlCc III every lOTm and
last, but not least, it means the preser-
va,ion of the class struggle, of strikes,
riot and bloodshed. z
Yes, gentlemen, it is worthy of you to
be the champions of this order. You
are excellently fitted for that purpose.
You have my compliments.
Mr. Grinnell spoke of Victor Hugo.
I need not repeat what he said, but will
answer him in the language of one of
EGermany's greatest thinkers: "Our
bourgeoisie erect monuments in honor
to the memory of the classics. If they
had read them they would burn them to
ashes" Why, among the articles from
the Aroeiter Zsitung, put in evidence
here by the learned states attorney, and
intended to convince the jury of the
dangerous character of the accused An
archists is an extract from Goethe's
! "Faust," the very popular "Es erben sich
Gesetz und Rechte VIE cine ewige
Krankheit fort" etc., and Mr.. Ingham
in his plaidayer told the Christian ju-
rors that our comrades, the Paris Com
mur lists. had in 1871 dethroned God and
had put up low prostitute in his place.
The effect was gained; the good Chris
tians were shocked l wish your honor
would inform the learned gentleman
that the episode related occurred In
Paris nearly a century ago, and that the
sacrilegious perpetrators were the con-
temporaries of the founders of this re-
public and their best friends. Nor was
the woman a prostitute, but a good
French cheyenne, who served on that
occasion simply as an an allegory OF the
Goddess of Reason"
These men," Grinnell said repeat
edly, have no principle; they are com
mon murderers, assassins, robbers" ETC.
I admit that our aspirations and objects
are incomprehensible to unprinclpled
rufiians, but surely for this we cannot
be blamed. Tie assertion, if mistake
not, was based on the ground that We
sought to destroy property. Whether
this perversion of facts was Intentional
l don't know. But, in justification of
our (Alarm) doctrines, will say that the
assertion is an Infamous falsehood. So
cialism is constructive and not des
tructive science. While capitalism e1-
propriates the masses for the benefit of
a privileged ella 8; while capitalism is
the school of economics which teaches
how one can live upon the labor, i. g.,
property, of the other, Socialism teaches
how all may possess property, and, fur
ther teaches that every man must>work
honestly for his own living
Socialism, in short, seeks to to estab-
lish universal system of cooperation,
and thus render accessible to each and
every member of the human family the
ach evements and benefits of civiIlza-
ton, which under capitalism, are being
monopoI;zed by privileged class and
employed, not as they should be, for the
common good of all, but for the british
qualification of an avaricious class. I'm.
der capitalism the great inventions of
the past, far from being blessing for
mankind, have been turned into curse
Under Socialism the prophecy of the
4 Greek poet, Antiporas, would be full
filed, who, at the invention of the first
water mill, exclaimed: "Thls ls the
emancipation of male and female
slaves" and likewise the prediction of
Aristotle, who said: when at some
future age everv tool, upon command or
by predestination, will perform its
work, as the art works of Dadalus did,
who moved by themselves, or like the
three feet of Hephastos, who went to
their sacred work instinCtivelY
thus the weaver's will weave by them
selves, then we will no longer require
masters and slaves" Socialism saws
that this time has come, and can you
deny it?
Capitalism says "Oh, these heather;
what did they know" True! They
knew nothing of political economy and
Christendom. They failed to conceive
how nicely these man emancipating ma
chimes could be employed to lengthen
the hours OF toll and intensity the bur-
dens of the slaves. These heathens,
yes, they excused the slavery of one on
the ground that thereby another would
be afforded the opportunity of human
development. But to preach the slav
cry of the masses in order that few
rude and arrogant parvenus might be-
come eminent manufacturers" "exten-
sive packing house owners" and 'lnfu.
ential shoe-black dealers"-to do this
they lacked that specific Christian organ.
Socialism teaches that the machines,
the means of transportation and com
munication are the result of the com
blned effort of society, past and present,
and that they are therefore rightfuIlY
the indivisible property of society as
wnole, the same as the soil and mines,
etc. This declaration implies that those
who have appropriated this wealth
wrongfully, though lawfully, shall be ex-
gropriated by society. The expro Ration
OK the masses by the monopolist5 has
| reached such q degree that the eXpr0-