Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-11-14
OUR OBJECTIVE POINT.


VIII this New Social Order be "a happy
ISSUE"
That is really consideration of sec
ondary importance and will perhaps b"
answered differently according to the
standpoint one occupies, Toour money
bags, prominent politicians, prominent
lawyers, who now lord it over US; to
"indepcndcnt,' uverbcaring. dominrcr-
ing "PhilIistnea,' buoycd up at the top,
it will probably not seem a very ''happy
ISSUE looking at it through spectacles,
colored by their cIass-interests, as they
do. For the very giSt Of the Coming
Revolution will consist in unseating
them, in abrogating their vested rights,
the djriHc right which they have been
taught that they have to the fruits Of
the labor of other people 1t will abolish
"Irccdom as they practice it, the right
to do what they please and to make
others do as they uhe "indepcnlent1
please. But to the great multitude it
Will be, we should say, happy issue, for
1t will put an end to their MbjectioH and
put Wtc1tIcHdcHrc -WHuinc freedom
IN its place, And if we consider the wei
fare of the social organism there can be
no doubt about the New System being a
happy issue. Instead of the uuackery,
charlatanSm, amatcurShip which now
bears sway in all activities Of society we
shall have skill. competence and qualified
ness IF we may coin Il Wor,l at the head
# tn nj NJ TO-
Why, the main reasons why the workers
will dismiss those who "rullc" Us now. is
the very fact that they have proved
themselves incapable Of governing, of
administering affairs. The anarchy
which now obtains the discomfort of the
masses, our crises, our bankruptcies, are
all SO many proofs of their incapacity,
imhoclty and ignorance And most
important of all, instead of heinga crOud,
not able even to keep our streets clean
We shall have an organization, instead of
gregarlousnea5 we shall have association;
instead Of everybody pursuing his ndi-
vldnal petty interests absolutely indetler-
ent, and often hostile. to the interests of
society, everybody will instinctvely be
conscious of himself as a being who. Of
cOuISe, considers the social welfare in his
every act.
We can be sure that the Coming Revo.
luton Will not destroy an atom of what
is really good now. We can be sure that
it does not mean destruction , as much as
upbulldlng. We can be sure that should
any body thereafter seriously propose to
go back to the present Social Order, he
Will be laughed at as fool, fit for the
lunatlc asylum.
Bnt-"9""ye It oltoDthcr"
Those who are now at the head of
affairs ai1ccting-to ignore That is a
dangerous policy. Those who WW net
see become in time those who cunnOt see.
Think of "leaders' who wilfully shut
their eyes, and advise "ign0re It alto
gether. OF statesmen" with the motto:
'atter us the deIuge :!
So, however, 1t has always been.
'torce has been the midwife at the birth
of every New Order" But the RESPONSE
bility be on our incapable 'leaders I"
Meanwhile the evolution of society
marches forward spite of all stumbling
blocks; one moment quietly in the BRAN
of the thinker the next moment unmer-
Cifully over corpses But it does not
want blood. On the contrary, it sends
warning IN advance of every catastrophe,
Woe to those who do not heed that warn
ing
As yet, and first of all, if is a contest
OF IDEAS. We ann to put the Socialist
IDEAS INTO the minds Of the people, know
ing that II 1t be there actions will follow
fast enough. However, as was minated
in the Introduction. the writer Of this
does not expect that the majority can
| possibly be won over.
The majority are always ignorant.
always indolent; you cannot expect them
to be anything else with their present
social surroundings. They never have
brought about consciously and deIber-
ately any great social change They
ARRAYS have sanctioned the accomplished
fact.
That our people are no exception was
| proven by the abolition of slavery. That
was accomplished by the emancipation
proclamation of Lincoln who was egged
on to issue it by an energetic minority:
when it was accomplished. the people
sanctioned ii by amending their consti-
tuition; though even now, as matter of
course, ''prominent lawyers can be
found who verify believe that said pro-
ClamatlOn was not worth the paper il
was written ON.
This, then, is our objective point: a
respectable mjUorHy; respectable as to
numbers; respectable as representing the
most advanced intelligence; respectable
rs containing sincere and energetic rep
rescntativcs from all classes: the minority
to reach which these pages are written.
Give Socialists such "A minority give
them only 10000 such men in, say.
twenty years from now, in "A population
of - millions and our country and its
/ future is theirs