Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-02-14
Good Explanation of Socialism.


appeared in that grand little paper,
the News, of Jan. II. Uncle Gid
reminds me of Sambo's fishing excur-
sion. He landed an eel but it became
unlocked, and everytime Sambo got
hold of the eel it would slip from his
grasp. Sambo was telling about it to
his master and he said, Il tells you
massa, cotch dat eel, and | didn't
cotch dat eel. Eberytime cotch dat
eel him war gone. His master said,
why didn't you use sandy' Il did
use sand" said Sambo, "but sand has
no show wild dat eel D." So the same
may be said of 'Uncle Gid" He is
calling for argument instead of sarcasm
and abuse, yet he fails not to denounce
the arguments of the Socialist as the
slliiest of nonsense. So the sand or ar
gument is of no use to Uncle Gid, but
will be of use to less slippery eels than
"Uncle Gid"
Now, perceive by his letter that
he has compromised his position to
what he was some time ago, but still
he has only endorsed the foundation
sill OF the Socialist platform namely,
the returning of the land TO the people.
Now to begin, he goes again to the
Scriptures and twists it out of all SEM
biance of its original meaning. He
says, from the reading of the Scrip
lures we are likely to have the poor
always among US. Judas, who was in
the conspiracy against Jesus, had great
indignation, when the woman anoint-
ed Jesus with fine oil. Jesus said,
why trouble you for you have the
poor always with yoE, but me ye have
not always jesus meant at that
particular time he knew that they
would be there after he was crucified
| and as he knew he was going to be cru
CITED, took this manner to rebuke
their avM6ciousness, hut it had no re-
ference to the future centuries, but to
that particular time.
AS ITO 1nlhtary conquest under gov
ernment supervision, there was no
such thing until man formed bound
aries in land, and established weights
and measures, and formed system of
cHarrli@g and craft. In a word; estab-
lashed competition i'm business and pri-
vate ownership. Then the tribal wars
began and might was enthroned as
night, as it lis today. Prior to the for
ming of iboundaries,o land, the people
lived simply, sometimes working as in
dividuals and sometimes, where wild
beasts were numerous, they worked co.
operatigely. They worked cooperative.
ly because 1t gave them greater pro.
ted5ion. So it will be under Socialism.
We would have greater protection thar
we haye issindividuals in our product
i've capacity
Now, as'to the governments which
produced the Nero and brought into
existence itheNbpanish inquisition. Who
were they? We're the land, mills ant
fads0nies of Rome in the hands of thu
people? And was this land, mills ani
factories organized and run in the in
terests Of every inhahitant of tina
country, ,yielding to each individual
worker all f+the wealth which he ere
ated, 80 that he might have equal on
portunity with his fellowmen to devel
op to the highest point possible his in
hereast gifts? No, these seats of GOV
ernment were owned and controlled b,
a very Jew persons, known as kings O
emper0rs, who. stood ready and willin,
to re@ard these who were unscrupulou
enough to do their plundering, bot
by enaoting laws to legally rob, an,
plundering by force of ar0ls, takin,
through rapine and slaughter. As ig
noranee is the Foundation of all miser
it is easy to see how the little band o
public hooters kept the rank and fiji
deceived m those days, viz:by briber,
to do evil, and teaching doctrine
which were notrconsistent with tn,
interests Of the people. Thus the wa
went on between master and slave. un
til as you say, it became unbearable
and finally through expressions Sc th
people those governments toppleT ant
fell. But we Socialists do not loNE, IN
on any power as a government, whicl
does not take IN as a VI hole each cna1
and woman who are sound Of rn:nd
We understand that a goyernm.an
must be composed of the entire peoase
and not few public lo15srs. NothfL,
wonld be bought and sold for pnsi
un6er Socialism. The man who wen
to Congress under Socialism. would re
fer his bills back to the referendum o
the people. Today the Congressman
senators and the Supreme Cour. ar
our masters. Under Socialism the,
would be our servants, working in tn
interests of the whole people Toda
they are working in the interests O
the capitalist class. Under Socialism
there would be only one class. Tha
would be the entire people. SO ther
could be no profit made ont of the iol
above what the people paid them 70
their work. As the people would oper
ate the railroads and other industries
b there would be no lobbyist in the hall
Of Congress bribing them, as there ar
today. SO the governments of the pa,
have been as thew ara todav a smaI