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THE SUN. 



to catch the breeze. But, poor old government, what can she 

 do now that Babylon is falling ? Divorced from her banking 

 laws, her tariff tinkering, her chartered privileges, from all class 

 legislation and meddling with private pursuits, what is there left 

 for her to do ? To appoint the Post-masters ? Every improvement 

 in the Post-office has come through the instigation or competition of 

 private enterprise. The surveying of the i?«6Ztc lands ? That 

 has only been an obstacle to natural development. A Bureau to 

 educate the Freedraen ? That is a farce, without land or credit. 

 Having these, they are amply able to educate themselves. A police 

 force ? But local jurisdiction is only competent for this. A stand- 

 ing army "> What use will the workingmen and women have for a 

 standino- army, when the usurers are dead ? Then is there nothing 

 left former to do. Like the fifth wheel to a coach, or a last year's 

 almanac, she is inoperative and obsolete. What, arbitrary force 

 exist, when there is no more fraud ? It is impossible. While one 

 v.'stige of it remains, fraud has not entirely ceased. One is the 

 cause, the other the effect. In life, they were happily united. 

 in death, they cannot go undivided. Yes, authority with profit 

 must die. Then pass away, hoary old monster, and thief, and 

 tyrant of time ! No more voting,-for you tu make 'good' laws 

 over us, or to unmake bad ones, but a recognition of those that 

 require no 'making.' No more taxing,-to compel one to buy what 

 he does not want, or could get cheaper nearer home. In a word. 

 no more war! But, instead. Peace arches the heavens, supported 

 bv two pillars,-Libertv and Equity. Cost, the only enduring basis 

 of profit, and the Equal Sovereignty of All, the only tranquil source 

 of a.ithority. The all mighty Dollar is no longer supreme. A new 

 «(.cial ideal has taken its place. Humanity is exalted, and Labor 



is King. , , . 



But we care to indulge in no Utopian fiights. All that we claim 

 for society is contained in a few, simple, definite, and self evident 

 things. If they are not as yet enjoyed by man, they already belong 

 to th(! brute creation. They are these:— 



First— A place to work. A guarantee of work. A kind 

 that is adapted to tlie worker. 



Second,- (Jomprnsnti07i. All one earns. The product of the 

 oroducer, or its hibor equivalent. 



Third,- Capital Secured. The creature and the creator at 



peace. 



Fourth,— Poverty and the Crimes against property, no longer 



a necessity. 



j,''ij-lfi,—A Home and a Competence for All. 



