"Even our wealthy gladly made sacrifices, and were happy to join and
know, that at last, they and their future generations would live in
peace, in comfort, in complete security, and without fear.
"Other states and nations soon started to join and emulate this system
until it was finally adopted by all of our nations. The metamorphosis,
from our former economic system, to our present one was smoothly
accomplished without any hitch. All Mars' nations then united and
entirely suppressed the political entity of every one of their nations,
merging all of them, even their religions and languages, into a single
one for the entire planet of Mars. Our old way of life was changed to
our present one by a gradual development. They put in execution the
following bill of rights. We are to promote, defend and guard human
rights, dignity and safety of the person. We are to have full liberty
of political speech and assembly. We are to have equal rights, and
opportunities in our economic and political fields. We are to have an
equal standard of life with economic security (barring those of us of
higher degrees) without want, fear, privation, or exploitation. We
are to be provided with all our life's substances. We are to be free
from an oppressive government rule. Our aim is, and will be, continual
social progress and expansion for a higher standard of life. We are
to have the right of individual petition and appeal to the highest
government executive, council, and court of justice. We do not and will
not have race, and sex intolerance and discrimination.
"Our government continually and gradually put in operation constructive
plans and improvements.
"It took long years with constant changes to bring it up to our present
standard of life. We now celebrate 'Emancipation Day' every year to
commemorate that event. It's our most important holiday.
"Our two planets are nearly identical and men-inhabited, both are
greatly blessed by nature. We Martians by our combined efforts,
unselfish, and perfect living methods have helped in creating it into
a paradise. Whereas you Earthmen by your selfish, greedy, corruptive,
filthy, and cruel ways and systems of life are defiling its God-given
bounties.
"Life on your earth is a terrible ordeal, after a most devastating
world war with all its ills, your nations are in dispute, holding up
your world peace, over possessions, reparations, booty, loot, material
gains, imperialistic aims, different ideologies, and aggressive wars.
Within your nations there is a lack of social control, insecurity,
instability, at all times the unknown, unpredictable, chaotic
conditions, serious strikes, disputes and greed, constant mounting
cost of living, inflations, increasing taxations, all of which halt
reconversion, tend to bring on increasing armaments, aggressions, wars,
fear depressions, famine, and miseries among the population of your
Earth, endangering the existence of your nations.
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