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There is no end to this kind of dodge, nor will be apparently till there is an end of the class which tries it on; and a great many of the Democrats will be amused and absorbed by it from time to time. THERE IS NO END TO THIS KIND OF DODGE NOR WILL BE APPARENTLY TILL THERE IS AN END OF THE CLASS THAT TRIES IT ON AND A GREAT MANY OF THE DEMOCRATS WILL BE AMUSED AND ABSORBED BY IT FROM TIME TO TIME
r would some of them, perhaps most of them, be discontented if by this means we could glide into complete State-Socialism. I think that the present Democrats are widely tinged with this idea, and to me it is a matter of hope that it is so; whatever of error there is in it, it means advance beyond the complete barrenness of the mere political programme. Yet I must point out to these semi-Socialist Democrats that in the first place they will be made the cat’s-paw of some of the wilier of the Whigs. There are several of these measures which look to some Socialistic, as, for instance, the allotments scheme, and other schemes tending toward peasant proprietorship, co-operation, and the like, but which after all, in spite of their benevolent appearance, are really weapons in the hands of reactionaries, having for their real object the creation of a new middle-class made out of the working-class and at their expense; the raising, in short, of a new army against the attack of the disinherited. TEND TOWARDS THIS GOAL NOR WOULD SOME OF THEM PERHAPS MOST OF THEM BE DISCONTENTED IF BY THIS MEANS WE COULD GLIDE INTO COMPLETE STATE SOCIALISM I THINK THAT THE PRESENT DEMOCRATS ARE WIDELY TINGED WITH THIS IDEA AND TO ME IT IS A MATTER OF HOPE THAT IT IS SO WHATEVER VERA THERE IS IN IT IT MEANS ADVANCE BEYOND THE COMPLETE BARRENNESS OF THE MERE POLITICAL PROGRAMME YET I MUST POINT OUT TO THESE SEMI SOCIALIST DEMOCRATS THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE THEY WILL BE MADE THE CAT'S POOR OF SOME OF THE WILIER OF THE WHIGS THERE ARE SEVERAL OF THESE MEASURES WHICH LOOK TO SOME SOCIALISTIC AS FOR INSTANCE THE ALLOTMENT SCHEME AND OTHER SCHEMES TENDING TOWARDS PEASANT PROPRIETORSHIP CO OPERATION AND THE LIKE BUT WHICH AFTER ALL IN SPITE OF THEIR BENEVOLENT APPEARANCE ARE REALLY WEAPONS IN THE HANDS OF REACTIONARIES HAVING FOR THEIR REAL OBJECT THE CREATION OF A NEW MIDDLE CLASS MADE OUT OF THE WORKING CLASS AND AT THEIR EXPENSE THE RAISING IN SHORT OF A NEW ARMY AGAINST THE ATTACK OF THE DISINHERITED
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