Workmen's advocate., 1888-06-16
HAIL, BOSTON !
The Very Center of the Tniyersc--The
 Zenith of All Horizons.

The Very Center of the Iniyersc--The
 Zenith of All Horizons.
 There must be something in the ozonc-laden atmosphere of the city of Boston that lifts its denizens, as it were, far above the level of ordi- nary mortality. Even as the ambi- tlOus baloonlst, waited 'tWlNt the outer circumference of Earth's at mosphere and Earth itself, may look down upon the Lords hassock" and behold it in the concrete, so doth the philosophic Bostonian view the movements of lower humanity and measure them by the improved ethicometer of "The Hub" It will ! be well when the antagonistic classes can mingIc in Bostonian harmony and settle their differences around the rostrum.
 Thus, last Sunday afternoon, at the public meeting at Goldman Hall. under the auspices of the American Section s. l.. F., a Boston audience listened to a lecture treating upon things that have been described as antagonistlc oppositcs, of which the following IS q synopsis:
 It is ordinarily supposed that socialism and anarchlsm are antagonistic to one another, and that they signify the ad- vocacy of tendencies diametrically oppo- site, namely, that socialism means the extension of government over and into every department of civilized life, while anarchsm is supposed to signify the utter abolition of all government. The fact is that extremes have their oppo- sites, and accordingly extreme State so- cialism and revolutionary and plotting and aggressive anarchsm are oppositcs and implacable antagonists. Theories have their originators and advocates, and the theory of extreme and rigid State socialism, as well as it's opposite theory of revolutionary and aggressive anarchism, bear the unmistakable stamp of certain human dispositions and tenn peraments. Lingg, while secretly em- ployed i'll the construction of dynamite bombs in Chicago, called himself an an archist and, to judge from his avOwed statements. honestly believed in inaugu- rating what he called the industrial rev olution, the irrepressibe conflict. On the other hand, the extreme State sO- cialist proClamS his intention to bring ph .I l,oIipaI ,banua onJ to ,,ra hi, words, peaceably if he can and fOrcibly if he must, and accordingly the State socialists in Chicago several years ago formed themselves into military com panies so as to be prepared in case of an emergency. So we find that neither have abandoned the idea of using physi- cal force. There are, however. in the main, two classes of anarchists and like wise two classes of socialists, which might not improperly be distinguished as Chicago anarchists and Boston anar- chists, and as Chicago socialists and Boston socialists, The peaceable Boston anarchist IS man, or woman, who re- quires no law to govern him or her, and, in that sense, the Boston socialist is an anarchist. On the other hand the peaceable Boston socialist teaches that the best interests of all require that men should learn to cooperate intelligently, voluntarily and tremendously, and in that sense the Boston anarchist is so- clallSt
 The speakers object was to excite criticism and stimulate thought. He believes that the interchange of pro gressiye ideas, free from personali- ties, tend to unite rather than divide, and believes that socialism must teach the responsibilities of society towards it's members, while "an- archism must set forth the best methods of individual development, so as to make law and legislation a thing of the past.
 Here is a topic for debate, and our critical readers who wield trenchant pens are cordially invited to partici- pate.