Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-27
and wiring out their life's blood in hopeless
struggle for happier existence.

struggle for happier existence.
This is the character of the men whom So
cialism confron S. l recall the schoolboy dog
gerel of "Adam was the first man; Cain was
another; Cain was a black man, cause Cain
killed his brother" Black is not in the skin,
but in the heart. ain first, after Adam. Black
Heart has had wonderful progeny. Men in
all generations descended from his loins. Kings,
emperors, butchering generals, slave holders
and wage lords all sprung from Cain. More
people than sons of Ham have felt his blood red
hand. Vanquished on one field, the son of
Black Heart Dobs up on another. Driven from
one position, he Immediately occupies another
position-never discouraged, and never de-
stroyed. The last citadel is yet to be taken,
and must be taken through scorn, abuse, per-
secution, and maybe modern hell will be in
vented like the camp of the reconcentrado, to
meet the requirements of the Black Heart of
six thousand years.
anticipate big crop of slaves. Human
soil has been as fruitful of slaves who 'shrink
from the truth they needs must think" as it has
been fruitful of knaves and idiots.
Error derives almost as much sustenance from
the towards who dare not proclaim their con-
victions as from the ignorant and bowling mob;
but towards leave a trail in the dust like
snake in dry weather, and the first shower
washes out the trail. The more snake trails,
the more bowling mobs. The more injunctions
and iniprisonments for contempt, the more third
assistant postmaster.generals, the more certain
| am that Socialism is in sight, and will win
the greatest victory ever won on the fields of
human progress. Truths are our weapons.
We ask for no clubs, no dungeons, no burnings
or crucihxions, no third assistant postmaster
generals-just fair field and no favors.
l do mol expect fair field and no favors.
No reform ever had that, and it is too mu ch to
expect now.
Cain killed his brother, Abel, because Abel
was good man. Wicked men have sought to
kill all reforms, apparently for no other reason
than that the reforms would benefit the human
race-do somebody good.
The real objection to Abolitiouists was that
they wanted to destroy a principle that, when
applied, made brutes of men, but they were
accused of wanting to marry Negroes.
The real objection to Socialism is that, If ap-
piled, it would DESTROY the power of capitalists
to make slaves of men through the necessities
of men. But the Socialist is charged with
wanting to steal.
1t was the old STAKEHOLDER who mixed his
blood with that of the Negro. 1t is the capital
ist who steals, and from labor. No son of Ham
text has, as yet, been dug up from the Bible;
neither the divine right of capitalists to own
labor; but, doubtless, the texts will be forth.
coming in due time. Most of the politicians
and preachers will take the wrong side because
of innate cussedness and cowardice and the
ignorant mob will do their bidding, because the
mob knows not what it does; but truth and
love cannot be burned, cruc6ed or destroyed in
any conceivable manner. The burning of men
who hold the truth has never weakened any
reform Force cannot destroy the principles of
the Eternal Being.
Socialism moves to victory!