Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-06-06

Beginning with this letter i'll try Il
give all of our dear readers my ideas
and opinions on socialism.
HUMAN NATURE.
l have been told quite often that we
would have to change human nature
before we could have socialism. If we
did that, friends, we should only be
doing what is done every day, for dc
you not know nature is constantly be-
ing changed. No change is necessary
for the introduction of socialism. We
can abolish poverty. establish conom
&c justice, and operate industries sue
cessfully if we will. We appeal to
mems moral sentiments and their
ideals in order to enlist their interest,
for we actually believe it is to the in
terest of the masses to vote socialism
and we know men are largely con-
trolled and governed by their self-in-
terest. Consequently no change in
human nature is necessary to get men
to vote for socialism. All we ask of
them is for them to vote for their own
self interest. Nobody has to change
his nature to be a socialist. Their ma
lures are not changed when they DE
come workers for the public, such as
postmasters, mail carriers, librarians
or teachers in any of u public
schools. l think any man with a reas-
enable amount of common SENSE will
never say human nature will have to
be changed before we can have social
ism.
RELIGION.
Some charge and say Socialism is
antagonistic to religion. SO they
charged Jesus Christ as being in
league with the devil. Capitalism is
antagonistic to christianity and caus-
es men to desecrate and violate the
Sabbath day or lose their jobs, and
any community under the control and
dominion of capitalism does not re-
spect the Sabbath day as the commun-
tiles who are not thus controlled. So
cialism opposes such ungodly desecra-
ton. Socialism is not dangerous to
religion, but capitalism is, and is
sending thousands to hell in spite of
the church. Socialism stands for COM
plete liberty which capitalism does
not. Capitalism is slavery gone to
seed. So men cannot exercise their
own freedom and retain their places
in the many different industries of our
land. Capitalism has destroyed
mems individual initiative so that
they are not their own boss. He must
work when they say work and play
when they say play, no difference
about what your church. God or the
Bible says abont the Sabbath day. So
cialism will never cause a man to for
sake his God and christianity as Capt.
talism had done and Is doing.
Socialism wants men ito have the
time and opportunity to worship God,
creator. Capitalism cares moth
ing about the souls and lives of men,
and will take on more over the loss
Of a mining mule than they do over a
human being. Capitalism fears social
SIN. They are not afraid of the church
and either of the old parties. 1t knows
in anything but as sounding
brass or tinkling cymbal.
l wish l had the space to enlarge
this letter and show what socialism
will do for the masses. Why, capital
ism undertakes to say socialism will
prevent the survival Of the fttest
Don't capitalism do that Certainly
t does. Socialism will turn topsy-
the survival of the slickest and
'orce them to restore the wealth they
rave stolen from those who produced
md created it.
1 tell you, friends, won't there be a
FOWL when the day of restitution shall
ONE. A thief won't have much show
ng when he is forced to stand on his
'wn merit. Will he' In a socialist
commonwealth the best will always be
be fittest.
Well, / want to speak of low we
re going to get possession of the in
ustries. l want it distinctly under
TODD that socialism does not propose
D confiscate the earnings of any man.
hat is positively contrary to the doc
rine of socialism. Capitalism is gull
of confiscation every day and every
our, and takes the bulk of the earn
lgs of the wage worker and hands it
yer to the capitalist, a man who new
earned a penny of it. Men who
ave earned what they possess will
ever be bothered by socialism or their
confiscated without compensa- {
on, but these concerns that have {
een robbing and plundering will have |
restore that which they have taken. &
: else holy writ failed to. utter the {
nth. The four millions Of slaves in |
le south had to be given up, confisca- |
on, if you please. Robbing men of
,eir just inheritance cannot be defen. !
I'd any more than chattel slavery
,uld. All honor to the men who saw q
the union and liberated the slaves. /
UNCLE TOM, /
IsA- T~- y