The advocate., 1890-04-09
Ballots or BuIlels2

article In the "COntempOrErB ReUielC"
for March, upon the subject Of "Com-
munlsm" In which he states truth con-
corning 'Republics" or Democracies"
which Is full Of grave portent and solemn
warning 10 the people OF the United
States lie says that:
mo democracy can exist permantly II It's peO-
pie are In q state Of marked material Inequality.
Voters who yet from their labor a aodntD liDiHg,
while others about them are rtoh, will probably
In the end seek 10 alter dDs that sanction In.
equality. The rioh will support the laws, and II
necessary call In the aid Of a dictator. 40 demo
Cracy terminates In either anarchy or depOtisDl,
and usually In me ~ me result OF tho other, Un-
der such conditions inequality Is the cause Of It's
downfall. The social problem involved In thls
phenomenon troubles all nations"
Reader peruse again, carefully, the
quoted paragraph, and from your inner
most conscience answer these questions
is not this nation, as democracy,
about TO inaugurate the inevitable strug-
gle between the downtrodden poor and
the luxurlously rlchH Are not the forces
Of productive and industrial labor, even
at this moment, organizing FOR the con-
fllct?
Knowing that your answer TO both
questions must oinecessity, be yes, I shall
take the liberty Of advancing, for your
consideration, few thoughts.
First; we may remark parenthetlcally
that the republics are born Of despotlsms
by bullets, or armed revolution. They
are kept In existence by ballots or peace
ful and continual evolution. "Eternal
vigilance is the price OF liberty" / on
deavored TO show In former article, en-
titled "PraCtiCal Politics." how lack of
VigiIaRce, and blind confidence In a
party which had already betrayed all
confidence, had plunged us deeper and
deeper into tho mlre Of Impeachment
and despair, until we noW find ourselves
deprived OF all rights except the right to
Uote, and confronted by foe, powerful
and unscrupulous, cunning and cruel
and elated bypast trlumPhs and victories,
and We might add, Wtthopt qng s9gJ
Capital being combined ~ one Yqst
Corporation Or Trust, against tbe inter;
ests Of the people What has thus, placed
w Y . .
the people In such dlsTadyalt9geQps
pOsitlonS There is but one answer 70
the question-It is; Party Allegiance and
Partlzan Zeal.
Politics are defined by Webster as "the
science of government-the preservation
OF nations safety, peace and prosperity,
and the protection Of itS citizens in their
rights. And II has been from a lack Of
a proper study and comprehension OF,
and wise participation in politics, that
the people have been slowly but surely
deprived Of their rights, and reduced to
the same condition as that Of those peo-
pie who are subjects Of q despOtiSm.
Fellow citlzensl again assert that II,
from due appreciation Of the gravity Of
the case, the people had in 1876, support
ed Peter Cooper and the candidates for
the several legislatures and congress,
upon the greenback ticket; or had, In
1880, supported james B. Weaver, and
the county and state greenback tickets,
matters would never have reached such
a critical crisis as is now impending up
on the American nation. Read the plat
forms Of 1970-sO and see how little differ