The Detroit times., 1910-09-30
THE DETROIT TIMEs.FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 80. 1910.

details. but they always meet upon
that narrow strip OF ground upon
which they have erected their tnfiex'
ible model for humanity. with just
room enough by its side for the scat
fold upon which to hang those who
don't accept II.
Certain citizens OF the indurate or
der OF mind are given TO saying that
II they were In authority, the police
would do so and SO. or the police
would not do such and such a thing.
or that they would have the police
see 10 this or that, etc. ETC.. etc. Hut
they would do no such thing. After
they had been In power while. they
would grow humble. IL not discour-
aged. and they would be gratiied II
they succeeded In doing about one
third OF what they had hoped and
planned TO do.
Thus IL was that | who had tried
to give everybody the right TO free
speech, was chagrined TO fnd that a
man had been interfered with, as was
claimed, for preaching the mild doc
trine OF Socialism. doctrine based
upon the theory that our religion was
right when Il advocated the brother
hood OF man and that our Declaration
OF Independence was right when II
advocated his equality.
Says Socialists viii Learn Much.
Socialism is q doctrine. In its es-
sence, which breaches that II man
will not work, neither ought he TO
eat, but that IL he does work. he
ought 10 have the full proceeds OF his
own toll. and II recognizes at least
the essential immortality there Is IN
a system which debases human DO
ings, named workingmen, into com
modify and pays them for their labor
only what they can get by forced
competition with each other. instead
OF what they really earn. This Is Why
policemen, as the chief pillars Of so
ciety, instinctively interfere with IL,
even when they don't understand H.
But this Is the way OF the world. as
the Socialists will find out when they
get into power, and when they do get
into power the impossiblist wing, or
course, will at once secede, just as the
radical abolitionists were the hrst
ones TO oppose Lincoln. :.
felt that Mr.. Patterson had mao
an indignity put upon him by ms ar
rest, and while, of course. COULDN'T
undo what had been done, l could
tender him an Official apology, and
that is what I did. AS TO the orders
to the police, did instruct the direc-
tor OF public safety to inform them
that the next man who interfered
with any voice crying in the wilder
ness would be dismissed from the
force.
Right Of Free Speech.
What IL free speech? Well, the
right to speak freely what 10 on ones
mind, or someone else's mind, or
what one thinks, or thinks he thinks.
Il Is right cherished by all and
exercised by none. Few say what
they actually think. owing to dis
position on the part OF humanity TO
apply the hemlock or the moose in
such cases. Everybody believes In
free speech when he Is the speaker.
The difficulty with many is that they
insist upon everybody believing what
they say and In having them sent to
Jail II they don't believe IT, or say
that they believe IL, which Is consid-
cred by society az the preferable
state Of mind.
All the trouble In the world that
hasn't come from purely economic
cause has come from this cause, and
l presume my friends among the So
cialists would remind me that this
has its economic basis, too, so We
won't pursue the thought further.