The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-01-26

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love- because of their free lust
Hence. the only free love we advocate
Is, that love may he freed from the
shameful shacLles OF the present pluto
cratic system OF society which forces
folks To marry for purely selfish ends,
because they are reduced 10 such poverty
by wealthy knaves as destroy their vir
the, happiness and lives, when they
should receive remuneration enough for
labor performed to enable them TO marry
only those they truly and sincerely love.
Therefore. We preach the free love of
freeing humanity from aristocratic theft
and ruin, that love may be free to
choose Il wife or husband unhampered
by the chilling chains OF necessity or
want. We mean to dethrone n system OF
society and business that compcls our
girls and boys to marry through the
mercenary motive or desire of merely
having a home. We mean To enable
them first to choose the man or woman
they can sweetly and sincerely love, and
then, by paying them just proportion
OF what they make, enable them to own
a home besides-a home that is indeed
the true and hallowed temple of u pure
and perfect love-not a dingy rented den
To which relentless capitalism drives n
lovcless pair 10 drudge away their lonely
enrich your cruel monied thugs and
thieves.
Again, they try To Islander or maligr
Us socialists rs infdels. They do thi:
expressly to beguilc those instructed that
infidelity is wrong to betray believers &c
oppose socialism. As II natter of fact
we not as near 10 infidelity as rclig
ion itself, because socialism neither ad.
vocntes nor fights theology. As far Al.
real religion is concerned, we udvocat,
the religious liberty of every individual
thinking as lie pleascS ON religion. We
say religion and religious belief are pure
ly personal privileges OH which ever!
soul beneath the stars has the sacred
and supreme right to decide for himself.
While there are infidcls among socialists.
there iniidel- and atheists among
republicans and democrats. and even in
the Christian church. long as they
assist i'll waging the great rebellion for
eternal righteousness and truth, the!
are in that respect much better Chris.
tians than rcligionists who SANDER and
traducc the socialist whose primary
principle or fundamental philosophy is,
DO to Others as You would have others
do to you'-not only the greatest SEN
trncc in the Bible. but the grandest
sentiment in all the literature of all the
world.
Socialists realize. as all should under.
stand. that every mortal has right tic
his own conscientious convictions or be-
liefs about the vast unknown: that it is
,obody elscs business wnat ne believes
o. disbelievcs; that each and all have
every right that others have, and should
he protected in the same. We care not
whether people are Protcstants. Catho-
lies, intidels or any other creed. just so
they arc honest, just and true to the
universal equality and deathless justice,
rights and liberties of man. If social
lists Mere all infidcls, they are bravely
fighting to put into practical operation
the very doctrine Christ advanced and
Confucius propounded thousands of years
ago--''Do not unto others as You would
not have others do unto YOU And the
capitalist, church or state or hypocritc
who labels socialism as infidclity to de.
ccive his fcllowmen il fighting the yer!
doctrine he preteuds to preach.
Oh. You Pharisec-. You scribcs and
whited SepulchrcS adorned with dead
mems bones. You endeavor to conceal
your intidelity of fighting what you pro
fcsS to preach. and call others atheists
for striving to establish Il system of so
cialism founded on the brotherhood of |
man. Nearly two thousand years DO |
to others as you would have others dc
tn you" has been proclaimed to man, but
never put into practical operation be-
cause its pretended wealthy friends have
always maintained Il system of society
that prevents the actual practice of this
Golden Rule. Therefore. what we social |!
lists desire and mean to have is q system
of civilization that will permit us TO do
unto others as we would that others do |
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