Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-10-19
SOCIALISM And MORALS
Third Lecture in DIR. Jackson's
Popular Series.
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tirusd his dssrss~sson on Social Top
ses." iisr thrtBe gas. The moral lin
ifatiosls of the soeiaiissle movements
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lie sald; Tnn staqn OF history ought
10 convince ns that the political aad
social impsossmen nts OF the race ba~ al
ways depended upon moral conditions.
At the opening os thc historical period
the great fyrannies held sway over
the larger part OF the world. The
PYRAMIDS aud the Hanging Gardens
We're the work O. men VINO served
under the lnsh, AMI for halt subsist-
ssbce. But the people were slaves not
only TO cruel masters, but 20 their own
baseS natures. They were little better
than the brute aud 20 sersed
side by side with the brute.
A tyranny IL only possible pa-
der such conditions. when the
people begin TO think, when they love
their feiicw men. when devotion TO
principle sways them, then comes an
uphcayal. A political earthquake over
th -ows exi ting on Hitions. The tyra &
Tails The people rise The people how
ever rise only as far as political and
social freedom AZ their character aud
intelligence can buoy them upp. II the
n short time they enjoy liberties which
they cannot wisely use the tyrant
comes again and they sink to their
level.
Tyranny cannot stand for an hour
against intelligence and character. I'm
til these come the tyrant remains In
the nature OF things he must stay. Hg
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civilization. He holds together the
social order such ~ 1t is, Though ne
may be cursed by his own and succeed
ing ages. he was oftimes the savior OF
his time. the patron OF its art and liter
ture, the defender OF its law and order
When human nature needed him no
more he disappeared like the morring
star before the rising sun.
The Republic could not come before
It's day. Men had to grow up 10 IL.
Thousands might die s0r it, and tens
OF thousands clamor for it but until
such a time as man had grown to
n certain moral stature it only hung
like a phantom over the race Turing
men on to destruction and death. But
when manliness came as a substantial
factor I'm society, then in a most natu-
raj way the Republic came as ~ prac-
tical political force.
The great Republic of the new world
was possible only because to the shores
OF America flocked the nobIcst spiri;s
oil the old world-men hungry for lib
erty-men serving their conscience
men OF sturdy principle. When such
characters came together therg could
he no other social and political system
possible than that which came about.
The United States were born not OF
the viii OF the people nor OF the folly
OF despotism but of the wealth OF
character.
We. have no Republics In Asia for
the simple reason that the material
is not there out of which Republics
are constituted. There arc movements
going on among the masses-here and
there is a CLEAN OF the new light In the
lives OF men-and shortly shall be born
a people who can live together in
democracy. In the meantime he
would he a poor friend Of China who
should attempt to overthrow the
reigning dynasty. and put in it's stead
n ruler chosen bv tho people.
When n Republic is born before it's
day as in France in 1893 10 must al
ways have its Robespierre and Eanton
-bascr tyrants than the Louis who
ruled so maiestically and so despotic-
ally. The people grew sadly perplexcd
wheh they saw this Republic-the dar-
ling of their homes bought at the cost
of their best blood-to he in facs only
n monstrocity that travails and brings
forth the Jacobins. In their perplexity
the little corporal appears and the Re-
public vanishes. The reason Of this is
clear enough when we remember what
another has said: 1.-The French revolu-
tionists wanted to be free but knew
not how to he inst
This glance at the law OF human pro-
gress will enable MS TO study more In
teIligcntly historical socialism. We
must remember that socialism tas
been not only dream. and an asnir
alton. but also deed and q sacrifice.
Both the old W Ald and the new has
witnessed numerous attempts on the
part OF earnest men to come together
into these intimate social relations.
need not refer to the brave efforts of
Saint Simon and Fourier. nor TO the
cooperative societies originated in
LIZA anu ny 'bst-. NfuS AHo thtr-
Eughcs-fo-ty-oD in all and ell In
n short fir' lr~- Turning 10
the new world. Mr.. Sordof gives an
outline Of seventy-two organizations
representing an outlay Of twelve mil
lion dollars fn communistie expert
ments. A careful comparison OF these
various societies reveals y fact which
Uears directly upon the truth we sre
now attempting to emphasize. Mr.
Nordoi shows rs that the only com
nunisns which survived the few
years OF experiment were the rel gions-
Amid the almost total failure Of thsse
attempts a. practical socialism the
only organizations whieis held togeth-
er were those in which strong religious
Sentiment bound the Individuals In n
loving sBd lasting brotherhood The
most successful eommunisrns IN the
world have been composed OF the Shsk
cs~a quiet. CONSIDERATIONS. intelligent
people-who through many adversi-
ties have clnn9 together and now are
almost the oniv living representatives
of that enthusiasts movement toward
human brotherhood which @wspt over
this country more than hall a century
ago.
II - n<sf tfTieult for us 20 ie.rn frsn
a hrsef study az these societses that
the failure ne~ chiefly on The morsl
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