The Labor enquirer., 1888-01-21
ABOLITIONISTS
We Must Be-yLaws Sired by
Robbers and Damned
by Thieves
THESE MUST BIZ ABOLISHED.
The Differences Between Capital and
Labor Cannot be Remedied by
Patch Work.

For the Enquirer
ALI who protest irf.any degree
against the operation of unjust
laws whether the same are writer
or not, or against the definition ol
laws, the intention of which how.
ever just is perverted, are to-day
denominated as anarchists.
This word as explained by the
makers of dictionaries and ency.
clopedias means a condition Of
mankind without law, and an as
sumption on their part that with
out law there would be an unop-
posed reign of rapine and murder.
AS defined by those willing to
be known by the term it means
simply the reign of Justice.
Society has fer its bottom argu-
ment that man is inherently
wicked and that consequently laws
are requisite for his control.
We who resist this doctrine OF
the ancient Jews, having only
within the last few centuries OBJ
tanned aglimpse of the knowledge
of our rights. have now to over
come piece by piece, the best we
may, the various, nay, the almost
interminable surrounings of the
first great crime-Law.
In our demand for justice we
are directed to obtain it, if we
can, "by mea ms of law" but as
the operation of the law is almost
always an avoidance or miscar-
riage of justice it is plain that we
must abolish all law or forms OF
law written or unwrkted which
stand between us and our human
rights
Now, desirous as we all re to
obtain this result, we find on slight
examination, that we who together
seek one object are opposing each
other as effectually as our worst
enemies could wish-This one
goes too far. that one not far
enough; this in one direction, that
on a diverging line; this asailing
certain. laws, that demanding that
other laws be created. seemingly
forgetting or wilfully or selfishly
willing to forget the objective
point.
Here is colony willing or able
to be content with their lot, un-
mindful of the fact that all they
are proving is their ability to
sneak out of the world in compar-
ative comfort, leaving to their
children the solution of the horri-
BILE problem they have happily
|.escaped from.
Here is an association which,
setting out with high resolves to
alleviate its own needs and to then
assist its weaker brothers, finds
itself successful as financial ex-
pertinent, and instantly closes
ears and doors to all applicants;
develops into full-blown capital
istic concern, and by every means
in its power endeavors to perpetu-
ate the thing git set forth to destroy.
These miserable examples of
human selishness are to be ex-
pected, and must be guarded
against by all friends of labor.
In view of the we'll ascertained
facts that unconscionable men are
in our ranks, that some of them
are constantly misleading US, that
our time, money and energies are
wasted, orworse, made to subserve
the desires of our enemies, that
we are disunited, and so weak and
powerless, it seems advisable to
call a halt in eur struggling
marches to defeat, and if we can
not. by found to constitute a rally
ing point, why, then. whether we
wish it or no. we shall "have to"
surrender at discretion, or die
where we stand.
Now. however differently dis
tinguished We are, and however
diverse we may be in our actions,
we are all credited with being actu-
ated by one motive.
We all desire to abolish some