The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-01-14
The Black Sheep

supplies furnished by Industrious
slaves. That is perhaps the basic
reason for turning portion Of the
slaves into freed men. But the word
freedman like the modern term wage
worker did not mean that these people
possessed true liberty. What the
masters did was to change the form
and status Of theiiI slavery. They gave
them a delusion which they called
liberty.
This delusion made civilization
permanent. 1t became the mother Of
industrial progress. The slave believ-
ling himself to be free, and knowing
that his liberty depended upon his
ability to furnish military equipment
Ito his military masters now worked
with all the energy of his arms and
brain. That is why civilization bios
somed under the Solonic dispensation.
With the products Of the freed mans
genius, his masters conquered the
world.
"There is legend to the effect that
the first Roman aristocrats were
sucked by she wolf and their desc
endants have ever been true to their
mothers milk. They have always had,
and as long as mankind will tolerate
their existence will have, all the ra-
pacity of hungry beast. These aris-
tocrats no sooner had subdued their
enemies, than they turned upon the
freedmen whose labor and genius had
made their victories possible. Aristo-
cracy is alien to all sentiment. They
are as dead to kindness and gratitude
as was their legendary foster mother
from whose dugs they drained the gall
mixed milk Of rapacity. If you want
to know them, then read your Bibles
description of Jehovah. He is the
Super Aristocrat. Labor is the source
Of their power and they thanked her
with the "Iron Heel". And what was
the result? Rome fell and with her
fell civilization down into the pit OF
the dark ages, to rise no more for a
thousand years. Wolf like they de-
stroyed the flock on which they prey
ed, = and starved.
But 7 am off my theme. These
ancient brotherhoods were organized
upon Rudolph's favorite principle,
Mutual Aid. They preached thrift
and loyalty to one another. They we're
strong for industrial efficiency. They
were ruled by their own chief, who
twas responsible f5r their sondsat 10
the military cast in society. He was
their president, and often their mast
er workman or the teacher Of the
trade. He was also their attorney at
the ports of their masters, from
which the ch hristians get their idea
that Christ is our advocate, the chief
patrician called God.
"It sometimes happened that these
unions incurred the displeasure Of
their master; putting themselves in
danger Of reinstatement or death
History records in a more or less
vague form several of the massacres
of inoffensive working people. There
were instances in which their lord and
master would offer his life as an
atonement for the quilt Of his people
It is perhaps from this that the say.
ing, Greater love hath no man thar
he who layeth down his life for his
brethern," originated. Christ was moi
the first Of whom this was said. Il
was said Of many Saviors before his
day. They called them Soters. Near
ly every union worshipped the memory
Of one of these generous souls. The
habit Of giving ones self for his fellow
men is direct result Of the teaching
Of collectivesm. It is an act that
, inspires awe, veneration and graft
tude;it is an act which translates mar
to God. Christ appealed to the sense
! Of solidarity Of all nations and wa
therefore considered the Lord ant
, Master Of the world wide union WHIT
|. gave his life as an atonement for hi
people to the wolf bred masters o.
Rome.
"The church today still bears th'
!, name Of the ancient union. The Greel
: word KURIOS sometimes writer
KURIKOS and the Latin word CUR
IA are direct roots Of the German
word KIRCHE the Schotch wort
! KIRK, and the English word church
' There was also q Greek name desig
mating confederation Of these union
: --synodoi from which the presbyter
= ians and other denominations get
their term synods. The Pope Of Rom
is called Pomtifex Maximus or chic
bridge builder; in fact the whole ter
! minology Of modern spook artistry I
shot thru with the language o
: these primitive unions. The church 1
the evil ghost Of labor's assinate'
father.
Rome assasinated the ancient labo
unions; not by fire and sword an
wild beast Of prev: aha tried that an