Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-09-06
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con 'i's third INST. the Morning
Journal printed in this department the
platform of principles presented by
wendell Phillips at the first Labor
convention in the United States. and
below we give, at the request of our
socialist friends, a few foreible ex-
tracts from the speech delivered by
Mr.. Phillips, in support of the resolu-
tlon he had offeredD
- regard the movement with which
this convention is concerned as the
grandest and most comprehensive
movement of the age. And | choose
my cpithets deliberately; for | can
hardly name the idea in which hu-
manity is Interested. which I do no:
consider locked up in the success oc
this movement of the people to take
possession of their own All over the
world. in every civilized land. over
man can see, no matter how thought,
lcs@, that the great movement of doe
masses, in some shape or other has
begun, Humanity goes by logical
steps. ana centuries ago the masses
claimed emancipation from actual
chains. 1t was citizenship, nothing
else. when that was gained. they
claimed the ballot; and when our IA
theirs won that. then the road wos
opened. the field was clear for this
last movement. toward which the age
can not be said to grope, as we used
to phrase it, but toward which the
age lifts itself all over the world.
If there is any one feature which We
can distinguish in all Christendom. un-
der different names-trades unions,
corporations. %crispins. and interna-
tionals-under all flags, there is one
great movement. 1t is for the people
.peaccably to take possession of their
NO more riots in the streets,
no more disorder and revolution, no
more arming Of different bands; nc
cannons loaded to the lips. Today HE
people have chosen a wiser method
they have got the ballot in their
right hands, and they say we came
to take possession of the governments
of the earth In the interest of peace,
| welcome his moVement-thc peac-
able m"arshalling of all voters towards
rcmodcling the industrial civilization
Ut the day ! have not "A word to SAY
far be IL from me;-dgainst the
srandest declaration of popular indig
which Paris wrote on the page
Of history in fire and blood. l honor
as the vanguard OF the i%nterna-
.ionals of the world. When Kings
at night startled aud aghast,
hey did not dream OF Germany and
Is array OF forces. A~ristocracy
wakes up aghast at the memory of
France, when | wan 10 find the van
guard of the people, l look to the UNI
'asy dreams of an aristocracN. ana
ind what they dream most. And to-
the conspiracy of cmpcrors is to
,ut down WHAT Not the ear. nor the
Emperor William, nor the armies uf
United Germany. but when the em-
'crors come together in the center
f Europe what plot do they Law TO
nnihilatc the international 4. for
ne. honor Paris. but Ina the name of
.eaVcn. and with the ballot i'm oar
hands. We shall not need Ia
.ritc our record in fire ana blood
.c write il in the orderly majorities
Z the ballot box II amy man ask
lC, therefore. what value ! place ON
his movement, should say 1t was
he movement of humanity to protect
self. and secondly. il IS tho insur-
of peace. and Thirdly. it Is a
warranty against the destruction of
(Which is rapitalt w all
nov there is no war between labor q
nj capital that they are partners.
Ut enemies. and their true interests
q any just basis are Identical And
his movement uf hallut-hcaring mil
,us is 90 avoid the unnecessary waste 81
capital Wei gentlemen. ! say So
.uch Co justify myself in styling this '
lc grandcst and most comprehensive I'd
.ovcmcnt of the = c