Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 313, 30 ʻOkakopa 1891 — Communism. [ARTICLE]

Communism.

rhe application of the term "eom:can nism :T to Ka Leo, by thy P. C. Ao % ortiser, is to our mind not at all i nappropriate; though it seems j ~i*rbcrheld~ up as a namethaTmeans a r >at is bad. By applying the i «i'i to us as an epithet, meaning oubt that we are advocating njust disposition of other peo- - propērty and honest earnings. ? I e M to take it from the rich and to <Hstribute it among all classes alike, .v!iether they are deserving or not of un rqual share of this world's goods, plai- '-s the P. C. Advertiser aud its i»atrons, thc rich. as anti-coipmu-iai»m. i Tue meaning of thewordas given I iii \v*ebster's Unabridged i ary, is % '« scheme of equalizing the so-j eml conditions of life; speoifically a seheme whieh contemplates the i ;ibolition of inequalities in the pos*ession of property, aa by distributing all wealth equally to aD, or by holding all wealth in eommon for the equal use of and advantage of all." We are in a sense thankful to the P. C. Advertiser, that it has according to its own notions placed us as a communist, and the P. C. A. and its patrons as anti-commnnists, 11: othcr words that we are in favor of (*ommunityand that it isfn favor "i ;j few individuals; that he prefersto see all the world owned and subject to a few, The Adv. is honest tbr onee, in tel!ing the truth, about himself and us, though perhaps = ihoui knowing just exactly vviiere htj was driving to. Thepublie, however, ean vouch to the trath t the positions whieh it has heen |>ieased to plaee itself and us. We might rest our e&ak bere in*the li nguage of a pleato* kjkre a Court < < !* .>urymen, and eaee 'hetorc the iudgmentj<>fihe P«>pte as ] -Kirors But, 4ike horrest ad-' ocate before Oourt, we propose. !i t v.'ng a good case against our antiV t nmivniBt'io friends to plaee them » \ ictly where they bel(mg by their own admis£\on by every argument ; i-ud testi mony that we canr po«sibly bring againet thein as anti-com-inunists, and what that means as applied to the commonwealth, to the well-beiiig of all of Gods crcatures, whom He created to live as a communitV of brethren, with one inferest and to be sh©arers alike of ali thingte rn this world. • 1 n rtie l>eginnii»g (lod intcnded hif» crcatures to l>e communists, but Lwciter, a coverin<* angel, and an ir'i'i'rior, ))Ossesse»l with arrogan<'e aud pridc. dcsircd to supplant his M aau arr<t«. tiinis<»lf aii } -iings, cmitrarv tothe will uf (i >«l' *vi\o v>wnod "ahd maU'ii tt l'oi • i s oi 3s9uinption thc chief ;*u:i - .''l. nii>u>d was oul ot' ih«> h. he in and i<* !.ow in an

inytgijbl9 ehape m tliis world, wojrfc» ing upon the mind oT those 'whom he c£u, and impressing his charaeteristics» upoQ thein, one of whieh, is! anti-eommunist. God wiehea us all lo live together as brothers. Satan was first to oppoae this primarj condition of man, and eaeh have had his follower — viz — the true Christian or communist, and tbe falsē-Christian or anti-commu-nist. A true communist in any sense, aeoor<Ung to the universal and correct meaning of the term, is one who is willing and is an advocate of equality among all men. Take for instance the example set us by the Apostles of the Great Exampler. Thev were communists in the true sense of the word, and in in the beginning as the true sphere of man and his descendants. Take it either as taught by inspiration or by the order of nature it is the same thing. The apostle and disciples as communists lived in eommon i selhng all they had and placing it : in the hands of officers to be disposed for the best interests of all. This example should be a shining lfght to guide the perverted vision and understanding of our contemporary and the professing Christian belonging to its party. Wearecommumstsin thesenseo/ the social conditions of life. For this we are stigmatized in doggered verse, by those who are antiequality. Their whole life and the sudden accumulations of wealth whieh they have heaped around their itching ears are livmg evidences of what they are, and what we have shown them tp be, for whieh | they gao upon us with hearts and minds embittered| like those anticommunists who%«posed the truth when made manifest in the flesh, nineteen centuries ago, and who often no doubt feel like nailing us to a tree. . Aside from the knowledge derived from of all knowledge and wisdom, let us see what the Constitution of Nations say. "All men are born free and eqml" so they all say, and no truer or sounder principle ean be laid down as chief corner-stone upon whieh a people ean build iheir laws to .govern themselves as a Xation. And whenee do we derive these fundamental principles ? We answer, — from the same source that we de* rive all our knpwledge of all thpgs, and from that text hook tniose teachings are being taught, by suuh laen as inspire the P. C. Advertiser, as symbal and sounding brass." We eould ring "commuriism" as ian emhleha of love, in a thousand | difTerent shapes, but of what avail« lif they, whose desire to servemam- ! moii have grown cold and uneharitable;like the young mnn, to whom the great fundaii)ental principle of salvation was told sellfHU thou hast aml give to the poor.'' In this we are convmunistB, and whenev«»r our oontemporar£ has arrived that fcnr»wledgt*, which-l|te all wis(» teacher tclls tue seeker after the true aeme of dutv to one anot}MSL w<» will <uir interr*sts with l\ ('. A. nnd p;vt rons tur the pur|H»sē ihe .inten s st.s of thc huiuau faniiiy, H i'On' Hl t( »*»• n oi r<i