Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-01-31
A STATE OF EQUALITY.

Glass rule Is always detrimental to the
welfare of the whole social organism, be
cause GLASSES, when in power, cannot
help considering themselves pre-emlnehl-
" the State. They, furthermore, cannot
help being biased i'll favor Of their special
interest and therefore are necessarily hos
tile to the rest of the nation, and as We
daily SEE in our iree-traderS and protec-
tionist~ hostile to each other. Matthew
Arnold speaks truly when he says that
State action by a hostile class ought to
he deprecated,
oar Republic, therefore, Just as all
other modern States, may properly be
compared to som" imaginable animal or
gani,m where the blood, proceeding
from the collective dlgeStiOn Is prlnCl-
pallv diverted to the stomach or the
brain, while the arms and legs are Stinted
as much ao possible.
This (HtSS-Sate will develop into a
Commonwealth bless the puritans for
that splendid English word 1t will de
Nelop into IA State that will know Of no
'classp,' either in theory or practice; in
other words into a State where the whole
| population is Incorporated into Society.
In the place of the present partially
| evolved organism IN which the arms and
| LEGS, and to il great extent the brain, are
| sintrd in blood az much as possible, we
| shalt have an organism "Whost every or
gan shall receive blood in proportion to
| the work it does in the language Of
| Spencer
That is to say, the Commonwealth will
be State of EqnoltA
1t is said that I'VE already have
equality" and when we ask the meaning
of the phrase we are told that all are
"eQua before the law. If that We're
really the c;1,se-which it is mott would
be but poor kind of equality. The cells
Of the root and Of the flower in a plant
are "equal;" the cells Of the foot and of
| the heart in an animal are "equal, for
they are all property cared for; the or
ganism knows of 10 "higher' and
clover" organs on cells. And so it will
Equality will mean that every unit of
society can truly say to amy other unit;
Il am not less than man, and thou art
not more than a man.
Again, contrast our famous Declaration
Of Independence with the new Declara-
ton of Mttrdrpendence. The former
claims for every citizen the fright" to
life, liberty and the pursuit of "happi-
hess. This declaration was evidently
adopted by "lndiyidualistS" as the
French Revolution was a revolution of
"lndNi,luaIism, for of what use is it
to possess the fright to do something.
when you haNenOt the power. the means,
the opportunity to do it Is this fright
to III" pursuit of happiness" not
morkmg irony to the masses who cuuuot
pursue "happiness| We saw how the
millionaire and beggar would be equally
miserable outside of the State, and be
hold, how much this Declaration of IN
| dependence has done for the former and
how very little for the latter
The future Commonwealth will heiu
every individual to attain the highest de
VelOpment he or she has capacity for 1t
will lay a cover for every one at Natures
table. State and State heip" will be
as lnoeparable as piano and music
Do not object, as young Spencer did in
Social States, that this means trans
forming every citizen into grown-up
baby" for the objection is not to the
point at all
State~help is not to do away with a
mans own efforts. | do not do away
with mans own efforts, when | hand
hun ladder. | do not set aside his own
rNrrtlonN IN cultlyating field, because |
give him a pillow. Our State does not
render useless the powers of a boy, when
II furnishes him schools, teachers and
libraries. Our Commonwealth will re
heye none of selt-help, but make self-help
possible to all II wW help ererybodg 10
h"ip h'mSeE.-(Ironi,nd in Cooperative
Commonwealth