The Socialism of to-day

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Identifikator:: 835096955

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-28834

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Laveleye, Émile de

Title:: The Socialism of to-day

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Field & Tuer

Year of publication:: 1884

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (XLIV, 331 S.)

Collection:: Economics Books

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EVANGELICAL SOCIALISTS. 109 happy marriages and inspired the husband with respect for his wife. After he had developed these ideas, Most replied to him : “ I do not deny the good effect of Christianity on savages, and therefore I would urge many missionaries and court preachers to go and deliver their sermons to Hottentots. With civilized people they can only produce weariness and annoyance.” The meeting broke up half an hour after mid night, when the ladies left, singing the Marseillaise of Audorff. The formation of the Social Evangelical party was re ceived by the Liberal press in almost as hostile a way as by the demagogue papers. “We prefer,” said one newspaper, “socialists in blouse to socialists in surplice.” The official and Conservative press, on the other hand, praised the attempt. “We are glad,” wrote the ¡Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, “ to see men who are enlightened, patriotic, and devoted to the monarchy, bravely confronting the atheistic and anarchic movement which is daily gaining ground. It is a mistake for the upper classes to shut their eyes to the danger. Let them support the efforts of these men, who are placing themselves in the van in defence of all that we hold dear. It would be well if local societies, animated with the same spirit, were formed in all parts of the country.” This was, in fact, what the evangelical party of social reform were endeavouring to do. They showed the most praiseworthy activity. Besides frequent and well-attended conferences at Berlin, when the different points of the programme were discussed, they sent missionaries into the provinces to convene meetings, explain the objects to be pursued, and found local associations. In this way they succeeded in forming, in many districts, groups of well-to-do persons, who were disposed to take up the social question in both its theoretical and practical aspect But they had much less hold on the lower classes than the Catholic areles had. Obedient to the word of command, all the Catholic priests were engaged in the work, while the Protestant pastors acted in an isolated way and in accordance with their own convenience and convictions. The attempts against the life of the Emperor and the pre sentation of the Anti-Socialist Bill placed the Social Evangelical

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