The Labor enquirer., 1886-02-06

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be frightened into thinking. / have
however for long been convinced that
they are small, and exceedingly worth
less portion of humanity; and it is, to
my mind, an open question whether
they are worth the trouble and sacrifice
involved in winning them. What. in
the name of, tolerance, is almost intoler-
able, is the propensity of the enthusiast
to put his Morrison's Pill of a reform
whether labeled land tax, trades union
ism, dynamite, or any other title-on
the market and brand it "Sole and Uni
versal Panacea." As for the sagacious
gentleman who speaks SO patronizingly
of the weaklings who "prattle in meet
ings or as WRITER'S" / venture to refer
him to the Letters to Young People"
by Krapotkine, who is perhaps the most
distinguished Anarchist of the day.
Krapotkine holds very decidedly diff
ferent opinion from the gentleman in
question and, as Krapotkine has
proved both his ability and devotion BY
life of work and suffering. | prefer him
as guide.
All this intolerance is but anothe
name for egoism; the conceited convic-
tion that your Judgment is infinitely su-
perior to that of other men, and that
you can drive the world the way you
would have it 60. happen to be of
somewhat different opinion, and To-
think that can cite about thousand
parallels from history in support of my
position. hold that we can, far more
easily than Is generally supposed, con-
vince people that the ultimate end of
all reform is the abolition of economical
dependence, and the attainment of self.
government. There must be already in
these United States some 10000 at the
least, who understand this clearly !; that
n number could, with the exercise of little
judgment, be increased at an enormous
ratio. Having shown them the end we
want to reach, we can also point out va
rious ways of getting there; but, willy,
nilly, 80 far as we are concerned, each
individual will eventually select his
own road for travel. We can however
90 somewhat further, for we can help
would-be travellers to come together and
select their route; we can organize them
for their journey. We can also stand by
them in theft difficulties and help them
to overcome whatever obstacles they
may meet. In other words. We can ed
ucate, we can organize, and we can help
different organizations in their trouble.
Inasmuch as, in attacking private
property. we are endeavoring to tear up
by the roots an institution which has
existed since the dawn of history, we
have evidently got no light task on
hand The following questions will &C.
cordingly, submit be in order:
To MEssRs. CRIDGE AND "ZENo" Can
you inform us of anv great change which
has been accomplished by the ballot
alone?
To THE AUTHOR OF "THE GROUNDWORK
OF THE SOCIAL REVOLUTION Can you
inform US of auv great change which
has been accomplished by force alone?
To TIE MORRISON PILL" GENTLEMEN
GENERALLY Can you inform US of any
great change which has been accom-
plished by any one agency single
handed?
Although 1 am sincerely conscious,
that these gentlemen should themselves
reply to my question. shall en- deavor
to anticipate their answers, with the ed
itor's consent, in next weeks issue.
VIC. OWEN.