24 THE SUN. 



Now, in tliis work, there are but two parties. One is thej^ar- 

 ty of liberty, complete and logical, and the other is the party of 

 authority, complete and logical. One i)oints to God in the Con- 

 stitution, 'a strong government,' with an informer and a spy in 

 every house. The other leads to self government, to the Dec- 

 laration of Independence and Co-operation. Between these 

 two there can be no middle ground. They are as antipodal as 

 the poles. Are there any so toothless as to suppose that there 

 can be a compromise of methods? 



But it may be asked, is not the ballot the American method? 

 Did it not free the slave? Is it not the present method of 

 political education? And may not proj)ortional representation 

 be gained through a majority vote? 



But proportional representation, instead of being gained by 

 majority rule, is, in so far, its abrogation. As the half-way 

 house however, between tyranny and liberty, it is indefensible. 

 In the face of the principle of liberty, representation, by per- 

 sons, may be just as tyrannical as that of places. And so far 

 from majority rule being the means of political education, is 

 not rather the end of political education to escape from it? 



And as for majority rule having freed the slaves, the oppo- 

 site occured. The tyrannical mandate of party faction did 

 bring on the war but it did not free the slave, tlie slave freed 

 it. As to the method of the ballot being American, it was 

 not used by the Tea Spillers nor does the Declaration seem to 

 countenance it. After a hundred years of voting, the country 

 through this centralized power, is in the clutches of the worst 

 monopolies. What then has the ballot done for labor? "What 

 has it done for Ireland? AVliat is it now doinj; for the neirro, 

 for our large cities? Indeed, so vital is the governmental sitle 

 of co-operation, that it cannot move a step on the majority rule 

 hypothesis, it separates friend from f<je, lie who would forego 

 co-operative for political methods must be a fool or a knave. 



But, to the co-operator, there need come no disapi)ointment. 

 No more promises for him, green in the bud, but l)lasted in thi. 

 fuUillment. No more deception of the money power mas(|uer- 

 ailiiig behind ])olitical parties. No more obfuscation of labor 

 that it can get something for nothing through the legislature 

 without having jtaid for it twice. No more voting for a man 

 you do not know, to do he knows not what. No more waiting, 



