The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-05

ENE last Sunday he argued that the socialist propa
ganda really meant curtailment Of liberty The
Archbshops remarks in part as follows:
Every living in this country is entitled according to the
Declaration Of Independence life liberty and the pursuit OF hap
pnesS He has right moreover, seimprovement to the
developing and perfecng his faculties whether the depart
men of knowledge of virtue He has right food and cloth
ing the shelter of home occupation and to permanency
the he hsacqred by his labor Permanently OF
essential point because this gives stimulus
to endeavor and to the attainment OF proper earthly ambition N
identity under the ocas theory this pernanency would be re-
moved and consequently all would that makes life worth While
liberty worth having happiness anything than name
IF the theories of the Socialists carried out the working
would be the first suffer Without property he cannot
ece his innate rights to personal comforts to the pursuit hap
pness development faculties would till the
fields some had right step and reap the harveSt
provide for the future therefore he has right
Law by something for rav day He must have the wherewta
only for his present needs but put aside for the future
What the theory WageShat gives the sweat OF his
brow and his labor order that he may something in return
Now suppose that enough only provide
for today but by ugaity and to lay aside sufficient
of money buy small piece of ground What is this
ground 1t represents what he has earned by the sweat OF his
brow is part OF his salary OF the he has worked
hard gain Assredy therefore, he has the right dispose of
that ground that he pease because by his
labor he has acquired it. Therefore, when Socialists that
property should be transferred from the individual the
the community they strike direct blow the liberty of the work
ingman undenabe that man by having this right to dis
of his wages he wishes and to possess property much
ter off under the system than he would be under such
system as urged by the Socialists because under their rule what
ever acquires must pass not himself but to the
Iity.
"The great shbboeth of the Socialists for
Ideu years HdS Deen DeTty equaly lneH
cries would destroy all three the only in which there
possibility for them to exist Liberty the right enjoy what
belongs to ones self without infringing the rights of others The
first principle of socialism takes this away because the
acquisition of the rights Of the individual True equality of
equality before the law and then the equality opportunity
and OF reward proportion the value of labor
that all men should be equal in every To maintain that
theory well might be said that all mountains should be equal
height that all vessels be of equal capacity and that all metals be Of
equal value and utility.
I socialism prevailed would have the right
to choose his employment Usually the individual seeks
better himself but there is always inequality Of ability Take for
instance the professor of university and the who lights the
fires and cleans the Both equally good the sight
God but not in the sight of man. 1t is left himself his in
cnaon will be to rush for the place of honor But under social
ism he would not have this right and far from his liberty being
increased under socialism would actually be off The
ias theory of liberty could only be realized when all
duced to the dead level of ability.
Nor is socialism fratenal Fraternity is essentially Chris
tan principle and founded upon the declaration that Thou shalt
love thy neghbor thyse The law system which
would take the fruit of mans labor and give another
direct contradiction of the idea contained fraternity There
is not single great leader among the Socialists who Christian
They either agnostics anti Christian Their maxim is
Christian 1t simply tends to the development of material pros
periy Religion left of the socaistc creed altogether