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Moufang,  explained  it  at  an  electoral  meeting,  on  the  27th  of
ebruary,  1871.  His  address  is  a  regular  exposition  of  econoico-rehgious
  principles,  and  as  it  is  the  creed  of  the  party,  it
IS  important  to  study  it  in  some  detail.
Canon  Moufang  starts  from  the  facts  which  he  looks  upon
as  proved  by  his  bishop.  The  wages  of  the  labourers  are  inurticient,
  and  their  condition  is  not  such  as  either  humanity  or
^bristianity  requires  that  it  should  be.  The  evil  comes  from
application  of  Ricardo’s  “  iron  law.”  “  Self-help  ”  is  poweress
  to  remedy  it,  and  even  Catholic  charity  does  not  suffice
R  f  V.  ^  gigantic  task.  The  State  must  therefore  intervene,
thp  1  eure  evils  which  appear  to  result  from
e  laws  of  economy?  The  canon  does  not  hesitate  to  name
thf*  protection  of  the  law,  by  pecuniary  aid,  by
pains  each  of  these  points,  which,  at  first  sight,  do  not  fail
follo^s^î.  somewhat  to  disturb  Economists,  as
cTi.  to  organize  labour  by  means  of  a
g  neral  law.  It  is  for  the  labourers  themselves  to  form  associations, ­
  to  draw  up  regulations  and  a  constitution  of  labour  in
every  trade  and  every  industry.  The  State  should  then  in-Middle
  rgef"  f"“  “f  as  in  the
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‘™nge  of  r„t  r  machine.  He  is  made  in  the
,  w  om  he  should  learn  to  know  and  to  serve  :