The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-02-18
SOCIALISM AND THE Fanny
Summary Of a Portion of Mr.. David
Goldstein's Lecture on the "Tac-
tics of Socialism," Recently De-
1ivered in ST. Paul.


the family pass quite beyond the
bounds of their duplicity regarding re-
ligion.
The cause for their more desperate
tactics regarding the family lies not
far away. On religion the Socialist
position is much in line with current
thought; it is only a little more bald
than the popular opinion that religion
is something of negation at best,
with no especial commands, with no
definite body of truth and with no Wis
ible temple of the Lord God. But
when it comes to the family popular
opinion is not so much against our
civil and religious institutions which
insist, with more or less consistency,
upon maintaining the integrity of the
marriage bond. Of course, in dealing
with the tactics of Socialism upon this
point I shall regard the Sacrament of
marriage as the standard by which we
judge.
| do not mean to charge the rank
and file of the party with being ex-
actly responsible for the part they
play, the workmen are largely ignor-
ant as to Socialist principles and un-
aware of Socialist tactics. Even some
of the leaders are self-deceived, the
vileness of their concrete doctrine is
spread over with the glamour of a
freedom that is false.
In "The Outlook" March, 1909) ex-
President Theodore Roosevelt publish.
ed a severe, but just, attack upon So
cialist doctrine. Let me quote: I'm
deed, these thoroughgoing Socialists
occupy, in relation to all morality, and
especially to domestic morality, po-
sition so revolting-and choose my
words carefully-that it is difficult
even to discuss it in a reputable pa
per- There follows concrete ex-
ample to prove that when their phil
osophy is put into practice, so far as
our law and public sentiment will per.
NIT, Socialists have the support OF
their leaders. The case pointed out
is that of the sometime professor OF
applied Christianity, DR.. George d
Heron Of the vicious ideals in prac
tice this is said: aside from it's thor
oughly repulsive quality, it ought not
to be necessary to point out that the
condition of affairs aimed at would in
actual practice bring about the destruc
tion of the race within, at most
a couple of generations; and such de-
struction is heartily to be desired fol-
any race of such Infamous character
- al -
Did Socialists spring to the defense
of their doctrine; and did they stand
by their pornographic literature which
had been pointed out? For a month
or two they did nothing of the kind
at least not openly. It was just theI
better tactics to seem indignant in the
good honest fashion of what their doc
trine repudiates as 'Sclass morality.
Every Socialist paper and magazine il
the country at once repudiated its
doctrine by insisting that the trutl
about it was SANDER Many resolu
tions were passed.
The Call april 5, 1909) reports ;
set written by member of the Ma
tional Executive Committee "denounc
ing Colonel Theodore Roosevelt TO
his lying attacks upon Socialism ant
showing up the Big Mouthed One il
his true light as wholesale falsifer.
The leading article in the Interna
tional Socialist Review (May, 1909
goes into an extended argument t.
prove 33 lies against Roosevelt th
emissary of hate" But the logica
value of each one is not better thai
this: "By .free-love' l must conclud
that Mr. Roosevelt means free lust
and Socialists cannot introduce tina
into society in which it is already il
full bloom.
Not even wholesale lying was tn
head and front of Colonel Roosevelt
offense He had committed the unpal
donable act of going Ito the garbag
barrel beneath the back stairs for hi
material against Socialism" accordin
to the Social Democratic Herald G
April the 3rd, 1909. 1t was never, n
never, meant that the said "garbag
barreP'-namely Socialism: The N:
ton of Fatherless Children" should Sc
the light of day SO long as Socialist
had the power to keep it hidden b.
meath the 'back stairs It was th
unkindest cut of all when ex-Presider
Roosevelt set the book out in the ope
by saying: II would commend boo
called Socialism: The Nation of Fat
erless Children, book dedicated
the American Federation of Labo
The chapters on free love, homeless
children, and two socialist leaders al
especially worth reading by any on
who is for the moment confused b
the statements of certain Social!
leaders to the effect that advance
Socialism does not contemplate an a
tack upon marriage and the family