Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1891-01-17
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tocrat OF the WoodS-simply claws and
belly. A higher civilization means death
to the wood.ticks and fair play for the
honey bees.
The fool needs strong constitution
for all the burdens of life are piled on
nm, and he grins and il tickled He
feels that God intended him to husk the
corn for another and live ON the husks.
lie Is happy. He IL a conservative. He
Is opposed to all radicals. He don't be
lleNe in the Farmers Alliance. To him
the rich man Is visible God in breech-
es. Nothing else ever was so completely
happy rs n fool. Omnipotence, that
made the universe, can do nothing with
fool--eXcept kill him. And God so
plties him that he let's him live for the
amusement of the angels; and all heav-
en- holds its sides and roars with laugh
ter over the antics of the fool.
"Norernment was instituted to improve
the condition Of the people-~not to per-
mt JAY Gould to absorb the planet. But
the fool believes in Jay Gould. lie
makes a hole in the ground with his
stomach, AS he grovels before those two
hundred millions He imp'ores Jay to
come and walk over him and kick him.
And every kick thrills him like cham
pagne.
'Our whole battle Is between human
scltishness and human love. Our rene.
dy must be the arrestment of human
seltishness. Darwin tried to prove that
man was descended from a monkey,
There is SO much Of the hog in human
nature that ! have sometimes doubted
whether our ancestors were indeed the
vlvaclous and intellectual simia.
'lou may clothe the hog in broadcloth
hut he is hog still. You may put silk
hat on his head and gold chain about
his neck, but he is nothing but hog
and the bristles protrude through tho
Jewelry. And Mrs. Hog! Clothe her in
satin; hang her ears with diamonds;
and yet she is nothing but a hog;
and when she speaks you can hear
between the syllables the cultural grunts
hat remind you of gorging and guzzlng
in the royal swill tubs.
A father was once enlarging to his son
on the goodness of God, when he in
splred Adam to give the right kind of
names to the different animals. "Why,"
replied the irreverent youth. sit don't
seem to me that it took much inspiration
to name the hog--any one could tell he
was hogl"
Poverty IL simply a testimony to the
imperfection Of our social conditions;
vice ~ Simply the uiooi, ~ "a. u
poverty. Religion must begin by i'm
proving the condition Of mankind. The
establishment of universal prosperity is
of more Importance than the preserva.
ton of individual virtue. God never set
the abundant table of this world with
intent that the gluttons should gorge to
sickness, while thousands arved in the
anterooms There are seats for all and
food for all, but he left the distribution
of it to that sub deity and under creator,
the intelligence of man. This il il that
out of the thistles and the stones ia to
re create Paradise and plant anew the
trees of Life and knowledge.
We are here part of universal move
ment. In Scotch cabins, in Irish shie-
ings, in English novels, in the prison
mines Of Siberia, among the peasantry
of Scandinavia, Germany, France, and
all the world, men are talking the
thoughts that occupy us here; men are
to one another. in the dark
ness, under their breath, GLOW can we
take these vampires from our throats?
These vampires that suck the life blood
out of our veins, and the milk out of
the breasts of our wives; and the nour-
ishment out of the muscles and brains
of our children" And here, in America,
the very essence of the life of the repub-
lie, the very spirit of l776, the very
aspirations of Washington and jefferson
are found in these great labor organiza-
tions, which, have risen up from the
farm and the forge, and the shop and
the mine, to preserve liberty and re-
deem mankind.
Let us rally the stragglers. close up
the ranks, drive out the camp followers,
and give the mighty command--"For-
ward" TO the human race.