Roughneck’s comment
On The Fourth
If there be one day in the year
when a “shOTel stiff" has inoro
light to feel proud of the fact
that he is a ‘‘votin sovrin”more
than any other day,, its Biittin
]y on this the glorious Fourth.
On tins momentous day wo bid
a temporary farewell to the
friends otour youth and constant
life companions, ‘‘the number 2’s
and. other iustrumon s" used in
Qnr zealous efforts t > gather yel
low microbes for our divinely
appointed masters, the Morgan
heimslossrockfellers etc , and to
demonstrate our superiority over
our fourfooted “bruvren” don
our best Levi Strauss dress suit,
place our socks, bonds and other
securities in the strong box,
shove it back to its accustomed
place under the bunk, and make
a valiant attack on the least dam
aged go-devil left over from
morning; then casting a linger
ipg glance at the bean pot, and
a worn out rubber boot at ilie
dog, with a feelin’ of swellin,
pride that we arc lords of all we
survey,(if it is ..not claimed by
any of our aforenamed b * no f tc
tors and friends or any of their
:aumorons spiders don’t enter
uur royal domain and Margan
anize or Barueffize it in our ab
sence).we start on rnr journey
to the hospitable burg of tlie
marble heart, there to have the
spirits of,this glorious cUy enter
e,d into us.
You know tip* spirits of this
day is entirely different from the
spirits of everyday life, it is not
the diluted Seattle spirit, nor
yet common hootch, but a happy
and profitable biend of both.
Next to the reading of the “de
elaration” ot independence on
the 4th of July (explain that
inspirin’. and truthful
passage about peace cu earth
and good will toward men used
nn Christmas) nothin’ will show 1
such a liberal dose of ‘patriotism !
and good breediu” on the part;
of a roughneck as an unstinted
allowance of that inspirin’ spi— I
rits, 'speshly since Comstock,
Billy Sunday and his saintly -
namesake abolished the use oi j
Chinese firecrackers, for patrio-j
tic reasons. The unpatriotic and '
un-Amei'Cau Chinks refused to1
buy the powder from our owu
potriotic American powder trust.;
‘‘Billies” are great things whe
thertliey are settlin’ important
national issues like sellin, red
licker to Sunday, or keepin' or
dinary workiu’ people
from 'vorsliipiiur “Rockefeller’s
God” in his own private church
that he had so much trouble in
peltin’ for hi nself. (Not the God
but the church.) The former
Comes to him at the ate of an
ordinary hoss-load a minute,
while to the latte? he had to
sacrifice quite a few of the for--!
mer. At the rate his gods are |
born to him he will soon need a [
a church the sire of an Egyptian
Pyramid to house them all. Or
in local troubles of less impor
tance, like clublin’ common wot*
kin’ stiffs out of a city if they
are jobless and moneyless, or
clubbing them in the city if they
are too deaf or blind to know
that they arc trespassing on holy
;;rqund (private property.) They
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modern Study Course
No. 7.
Feudal and Clerical Socialism :
By Marx and Engels,
From Communist Manifesto,
Owing to their historical posi
tion, it became the vocation of
the aristocracies of France and
England to write pamphlets a
gainstniodei \ bourgeois society.
In the Fre ch revolution of Ju
ly, 1830. and in the English re
form agitation, these aristocracies
again succumbed to the halefu
upstart. Thenceforth, a serious
political conte t was altogether
out of the question. A literary
battle ahrne remained possible.
But even in the domain of litera
ture the old cries of the restora
tion period.had become impossi
ble.
In order to arouse sympathy,
the aristocracy were obliged to
lose sight, apparently, of their in
terests, and to formulate their in
dictment against the bougeoisie
in the interest of the exploited
and oppressed working-class
alone. Thus the arris oeracy took
their revenge by singing lam
poons on their new mas er, and
whispering in his ears sinister
prophesies of coming catastrophe
In this way atose feudal social
ism: half lampoon half echo of
can also be used to advantage
in keeping intruders oil’ of pub- J
lie property when used by leadin
and representative citizens t‘°r
private profit.)
To help the winders of the bd
lies to keep an uudiminished
stock of patriotism and courage
ou.tap, it is the plain duty of ev
ery roughnecio-to see that they
partake, freely and liberally of
the spirits of this glorious da}-'
Set them up boys.
When we get clubbed out and
return to our own royal domain
1 can’t think of anything more
appropriate to keep the great day
lingerin’ ia our memory than
tlie following “soul—thrillin’’
•train from the Prophet and
the Ass.
The Workers’ Song cr the na
t ional hymn of Siam:
Ova tannas Siam,
Geevu Tam mas Sima
Ova Tanuas,
Sucha tammas Siam,
Inocin giffa tam.,
Osuohinas Siam,
0 sucha ii is.
To get the best effects this
should be executed to the tune
of America in a closed room with
no one present hut. yourself and
the song. (Instructions by the
Ass.) ‘‘Now then fellers all toge
ther!’ ’
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the past, half menace of ihe fu
ture; at times, by its bi'-ter, witty
and incisive criticism,striking the
bourgeoisie to the very heart’s
core, but id ways ludricrous in its
effect, through tot'd incapacity
to comprehend the rnarcn of mo
dern history.
the aristocracy, in order to ral
ly the people to them, waved the
proletarian alms-bag in front for
a banner. But the people, so of
ten as it had joined them, saw on
their hindquarters the oid feudal
coats of arms, and deserted with
loud and irreverent laughter.
In pointing out that their mode
ol exploitati >n was different to
that of the bourgeoisie, ihe feuda
lists forget that they exploited
under circumstances and condi
tions that were quite different,
and are now antiquated.
In political practice, they join
in all coercive measures against
the working- class; and in ordina
ry l fe, despite their high falutin
phrases, they s'oop to pick up the
golden apples dropped from tl e
tree of industry, and to barter
truth, love, and honor for traffic
in woo], beetroot-sugar and pota
to spirit.
As the parson has ever gone
hand iu hand with the landlord,
so has Clerical Socialism with
Feudal Socialism.
Nothing is easier than to give
Christian asceticism a Socialist
tinge. Has not Christianity 'de
claimed against private property
against marriage, against the
state? Has it not preached in the
place of these, charity and povef
ty, celibacy and the mortification
of the flesh, monastic life and Mq
ther Church ? Christian Socialism
is but the Holy Water with which
the priest consecrates the heart*
burnings of the aristocrat.
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