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carved out of the same piece of wood — to the Devil with 

 them all ! " The same sheet ' * advocates a new geneal- 

 ogy, traced from mothers, whose names, and not those 

 of the fathers, descend to the children, since it is never 

 certain who the father is." "Public and common up- 

 bringing of children," says Prof. Ely, "is likewise 

 favored in the Freihelt, in order that the old family may 

 completely abandon the field to free love." 



Having lost all faith in the ballot, the Internationals 

 propose to carry out their "reforms" by force. The 

 following is from the Pittsburg manifesto : ' ' Agitation 

 for the purpose of organization ; organization for the pur- 

 pose of rebellion. In these few words the ways are 

 marked, which the workers must take if they want to 

 be rid of their chains .... We could show, by scores 

 of illustrations, that all attempts in the past to reform 

 this monstrous system by peaceable moans, such as the 

 ballot, have been futile, and all such efforts in the future 

 must necessarily be so. . . . There remains but one re- 

 course — force ! " 



The Vorbote, published in Chicago, glorifies dynamite 

 as "the power which, in our hands, shall make an end 

 of tyranny." Truth says: "War to the palace, peace 

 to the cottage, death to luxurious idleness. We have no 

 moment to waste. Arm! I say, to the teeth! for the 

 revolution is upon you." An article in the Freiheit, en- 

 titled "Revolutionary Principles," contained the follow- 

 ing: "He (the revolutionist) is the irreconcilable enemy 

 of this Avorld, and, if he continues to live in it, it is only 

 that he may thereby more certainly destroy it. He 

 knows only one science — namely, destruction. For this 

 purpose he studies day and night. For him everything 

 is moral which favors the triumph of the revolution, 

 everything is immoral and criminal which hinders it. 

 Day and night may he cherish only one thought, only 

 one purpose — namely, inexorable destruction. While 

 he pursues this purpose, without rest and in cold blood, 

 lie must be ready to die, and equally ready to kill every 

 one with his OAvn hands who hinders him in the attain- 



