The Short ConstitutionWade, Martin J. (Martin Joseph)
History
The Short Constitution
Wade, Martin J. (Martin Joseph)
United States. Constitution
Constitution of the United States.—“Such trial shall be held in the
state where said crime shall have been committed.”
Declaration of Independence.—“For depriving us, in many cases, of
the right of trial by jury.”
Constitution of the United States.—“The trial of all crimes, except
in case of impeachment, shall be by jury.”
Declaration of Independence.—“For quartering large bodies of armed
troops among us.”
Constitution of the United States.—“No soldier shall in time of
peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner.”
Declaration of Independence.—“For imposing taxes on us without our
consent.”
Constitution of the United States.—“Congress shall have power to
levy and collect taxes.”
95 On December 2, 1917, in New York City, in a meeting of men who
called themselves Bolshevists and I. W. W.’s, the following
paragraph was an introduction to a set of resolutions drawn up: “We
are the Bolshevists of America. We denounce governments,
institutions and society; we hail social revolution and the
destruction of the existing order of things.”
In the preamble to the Constitution of the Independent Workers of
the World (I. W. W.) we find this statement: “The working class and
the employing class have nothing in common. Between these two
classes the struggle must go on, until the workmen of the world
organize as a class, take possession of the earth and the machinery
of production, and abolish the wage system. Our motto is—_The
abolition of the wage system._”
How foolish is the above statement that the working class and the
employing class have nothing in common. The truth of the matter is
that they have everything in common. Every employer—almost without
exception—was once a workman. He was a successful workman, therefore
he became more than a workman—he became an employer. Furthermore,
workmen cannot exist without employment. Neither can employers exist
without the workmen. They are not only each concerned in the welfare
of the other; neither can exist without the other.
The following is another passage taken from the resolutions drawn up
by the Bolshevists in which they say the general strike is their
weapon of defense: “We will strike for a six hour day, then for a
four hour day, then for a two hour day, with increased wages all the
time, and then we will be strong enough to take everything and work
no more.”
We wonder how any sensible man can believe such logic as this. Was
it not Saint Paul who said that if any man would not work neither
should he eat.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account