“A race that is fair requires an equal start.... The state must aim at perpetual renewal of the opportunities of life in every man and class of men.”—Dr. John Bascom, Ex-President of the University of Wisconsin.[[324]]
Don’t be afraid.
There will be no noise, no bloodshed; all will be orderly, legal and sociable—unless the capitalists anarchistically refuse to obey the law. In that case, of course, the roused, proud and powerful working class will do whatever is made necessary by the anarchistic capitalists.
Be it remembered—distinctly:
The roused working class, roused to self-respect, roused to clearness of vision by the study of the facts, roused to realize the wrongs thrust into the lives of the workers past and present, roused to see their rights and realize their power as a class,—such a working class will be a wholly different class from the present meek, weak, cheated grateful slaves.
Don’t be afraid.
We are weary of Antagonism.
We seek Mutualism.
The American Revolutionists said plainly in their Declaration that it is a DUTY to reorganize society, under certain circumstances.
We recognize our duty.