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SN CT Excerpor from Eugene Deba's Canton, Ohio Anti-War Speech US File to his addr, Drbs wasted til Owl /978 Er Der Libur Inder presidential nominee of these Pory of a thing to supporters in Canton, Olio condem him from the Epine Art. He was sentenced to tell i forhold by the Supreme Court, he stined w Down home to Time Hi, India. Below are portions from /1927 And by the prident, We Harding. Over 50,000 imprisoned Impala Led him in ruble with U.S. arthritis to the cause for which I am to speak to you this afternoon, Comrades, friends and fellow-workers, for this very cordial greeting, this very heart option. I chank you all with the fullest appreciation of your interest in and your devotion To speak for labor to plead the cause of the men and women and children who to are puring the penalty for their devotion to the cause of the working class. They have I have just returned from a visit over yonder, where three of our most loyal comrades tutional right of free speech in a country fighting to make democracy safe in the world upon the right of free speech. I must be exceedingly careful, prudent, as to what I say, and I realine chat, in speaking to you this afternoon, there are certain limitations placed even more careful and prudent as to how I say it. I may not be able to say all I think, but free soul in jail than to be a sycophant and coward in the streets. They may put those boya I am not going to say anything that I do not think I would rather a thousand times bes in jail-and some of the rest of us in jail-but they cannot put the Socialist movement in jail. Those prison bars separate their bodies from ours, but their souls are here this after noon. They are simply paying the penalty that all men have paid in all the ages of history for standing erect, and for seeking to pave the way to better conditions for mankind. If it had not been for the men and women who, in the past, have had the moral cour- age to go to jail, we would still be in the jungles... Yes, comrades, my heart is attuned to yours. Aye, all our hearts now throb as one great heart responsive to the battle cry of the social revolution. Here, in this alert and inspiring assemblage our hearts are with the Bolsheviki of Russia. Those heroic men and women, those unconquerable comrades have by their incomparable valor and sacrifice added fresh luster to the fame of the international movement. Those Russian comrades of ours have made greater sacrifices, have suffered more, and have shed more heroic blood like number of men and women anywhere on earth; they have laid the founda- my than any tion of the first real democracy that ever drew the breath of life in this world. And the very first act of the triumphant Rusian revolution was to proclaim a state of peace willen a or diplomats but to the people of all nations. Here we have the very breath of democracy all mankind, coupled with a fervent moral appeal, not to kings, not to emperors, rulers the quintessence of the dawning freedom. The Russian revolution proclaimed its glorious The Grear World War 315 of the So- adering ed, tried en years prisoned 2 came om the ming and inspiring appeal to the peoples of all the earth. In a humane aliw Romancipated at last from the cure of the centuries, called and in the frightful war, the Central Power as well as the Allies, to is to a conference to lay down terms of peace that should be and How the preme opportunity to wrike the blow to make the world wafe for We there any response to that noble appeal that in some day to come will News in lerrers of gold in the history of the world? Was there any response whatever her appeal for universal peace? No, not the slightest attention was paid to it by the Chan nations engaged in the terrible slaughter cheroux, charchey made a traitorous peace with Germany. Let us consider that propo- It has been charged thar Lenin and Trotsky and the leaders of the revolution were brity Ar the time of the revolution Russia had been three years in the war. Under Mie Gurshe had lost more than four million of her ill-clad, poorly-equipped, half-starved soldiers were mainly without arms. This was what was bequeathed to the revolution by Audies, sain outright or disabled on the field of barde. She was absolutely bankrupt. Her were solely responsible. When the Bolsheviki came into power and went through the In the Bolsheviki. For this appalling state of affairs the Czar and his rotten bureaucracy che Car and his regime, and for this condition Lenin and Trotsky were not responsible, archiver they found and exposed the secret treaties the treaties that were made between proposing after the victory was achieved, to dismember the German Empire and destroy che car and the French government, the British government and the Italian government, the Central Powers. These treaties have never been denied nor repudiated. Very little has y te tion cil: then said about them in the American press. I have a copy of these treaties, showing that the purpose of the Allies is exactly the purpose of the Central Powers, and that is the con guest and spoilation of the weaker nations that has always been the purpose of war. Wars throughout history have been waged for conquest and plunder. In the Middle Ages when the feudal lords who inhabited the castles whose towers may still be seen along the Rhine concluded to enlarge their domains, to increase their power, their prestige and their wealth they declared war upon one another. But they themselves did not go to war any more than the modern feudal lords, the barons of Wall Street go to war. The feudal barons of the Middle Ages, the economic predecessors of the capitalists of our day, de- dared all wars. And their miserable serfs fought all the battles. The poor, ignorant serfs had been taught to revere their masters; to believe that when their masters declared war upon one another, it was their patriotic duty to fall upon one another and to cut one another's throats for the profit and glory of the lords and barons who held them in con- tempt. And that is war in a nutshell. The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles. The master class has had all to gain and nothing to lose, while the subject class has had nothing to gain and all to lose-especially their lives. They have always taught and trained you to believe it to be your patriotic duty to go to war and to have yourselves slaughtered at their command. But in all the history of the world you, the people, have never had a voice in declaring war, and strange as it certainly appears, no war by any nation in any age has ever been declared by the people. And here let me emphasize the fact--and it cannot be repeated too oftenthat the working dass who fight all the battles, the working class who make the supreme sacrifices, 316 Chapter Twenty-two the working class who freely shed their blood and furnish the corpses, have never yer had They alone declare war and they alone make peace: "Yours not to reason why, Yours bar voice in either declaring war or making peace. It is the ruling class that invariably does bon do and dic." That is their motto and we object on the part of the awakening workers of this nation If war is right let it be declared by the people. You who have your lives to lose, you certainly above all others have the right to decide the momentous issue of war or peace.... Source: The Call, June 27, 1918 THOUGHT QUESTIONS: 1. How does Debs respond to the understanding that the words he speaks during as speech might land him in jail? 2. Who did Debs blame for the current conflict? Who did he blame for all wars in gen- eral? Who did he say ends up bearing the burden for the wars of all nations, hence his opposition to involvement in World War I? 3. What are your feelings with regard to the freedom of speech in times of war or nationel emergency? Should certain types of speech be curtailed or forbidden? Should other type of public opposition to a war be resisted under any circumstances? Explain. SN CT Excerpor from Eugene Deba's Canton, Ohio Anti-War Speech US File to his addr, Drbs wasted til Owl /978 Er Der Libur Inder presidential nominee of these Pory of a thing to supporters in Canton, Olio condem him from the Epine Art. He was sentenced to tell i forhold by the Supreme Court, he stined w Down home to Time Hi, India. Below are portions from /1927 And by the prident, We Harding. Over 50,000 imprisoned Impala Led him in ruble with U.S. arthritis to the cause for which I am to speak to you this afternoon, Comrades, friends and fellow-workers, for this very cordial greeting, this very heart option. I chank you all with the fullest appreciation of your interest in and your devotion To speak for labor to plead the cause of the men and women and children who to are puring the penalty for their devotion to the cause of the working class. They have I have just returned from a visit over yonder, where three of our most loyal comrades tutional right of free speech in a country fighting to make democracy safe in the world upon the right of free speech. I must be exceedingly careful, prudent, as to what I say, and I realine chat, in speaking to you this afternoon, there are certain limitations placed even more careful and prudent as to how I say it. I may not be able to say all I think, but free soul in jail than to be a sycophant and coward in the streets. They may put those boya I am not going to say anything that I do not think I would rather a thousand times bes in jail-and some of the rest of us in jail-but they cannot put the Socialist movement in jail. Those prison bars separate their bodies from ours, but their souls are here this after noon. They are simply paying the penalty that all men have paid in all the ages of history for standing erect, and for seeking to pave the way to better conditions for mankind. If it had not been for the men and women who, in the past, have had the moral cour- age to go to jail, we would still be in the jungles... Yes, comrades, my heart is attuned to yours. Aye, all our hearts now throb as one great heart responsive to the battle cry of the social revolution. Here, in this alert and inspiring assemblage our hearts are with the Bolsheviki of Russia. Those heroic men and women, those unconquerable comrades have by their incomparable valor and sacrifice added fresh luster to the fame of the international movement. Those Russian comrades of ours have made greater sacrifices, have suffered more, and have shed more heroic blood like number of men and women anywhere on earth; they have laid the founda- my than any tion of the first real democracy that ever drew the breath of life in this world. And the very first act of the triumphant Rusian revolution was to proclaim a state of peace willen a or diplomats but to the people of all nations. Here we have the very breath of democracy all mankind, coupled with a fervent moral appeal, not to kings, not to emperors, rulers the quintessence of the dawning freedom. The Russian revolution proclaimed its glorious The Grear World War 315 of the So- adering ed, tried en years prisoned 2 came om the ming and inspiring appeal to the peoples of all the earth. In a humane aliw Romancipated at last from the cure of the centuries, called and in the frightful war, the Central Power as well as the Allies, to is to a conference to lay down terms of peace that should be and How the preme opportunity to wrike the blow to make the world wafe for We there any response to that noble appeal that in some day to come will News in lerrers of gold in the history of the world? Was there any response whatever her appeal for universal peace? No, not the slightest attention was paid to it by the Chan nations engaged in the terrible slaughter cheroux, charchey made a traitorous peace with Germany. Let us consider that propo- It has been charged thar Lenin and Trotsky and the leaders of the revolution were brity Ar the time of the revolution Russia had been three years in the war. Under Mie Gurshe had lost more than four million of her ill-clad, poorly-equipped, half-starved soldiers were mainly without arms. This was what was bequeathed to the revolution by Audies, sain outright or disabled on the field of barde. She was absolutely bankrupt. Her were solely responsible. When the Bolsheviki came into power and went through the In the Bolsheviki. For this appalling state of affairs the Czar and his rotten bureaucracy che Car and his regime, and for this condition Lenin and Trotsky were not responsible, archiver they found and exposed the secret treaties the treaties that were made between proposing after the victory was achieved, to dismember the German Empire and destroy che car and the French government, the British government and the Italian government, the Central Powers. These treaties have never been denied nor repudiated. Very little has y te tion cil: then said about them in the American press. I have a copy of these treaties, showing that the purpose of the Allies is exactly the purpose of the Central Powers, and that is the con guest and spoilation of the weaker nations that has always been the purpose of war. Wars throughout history have been waged for conquest and plunder. In the Middle Ages when the feudal lords who inhabited the castles whose towers may still be seen along the Rhine concluded to enlarge their domains, to increase their power, their prestige and their wealth they declared war upon one another. But they themselves did not go to war any more than the modern feudal lords, the barons of Wall Street go to war. The feudal barons of the Middle Ages, the economic predecessors of the capitalists of our day, de- dared all wars. And their miserable serfs fought all the battles. The poor, ignorant serfs had been taught to revere their masters; to believe that when their masters declared war upon one another, it was their patriotic duty to fall upon one another and to cut one another's throats for the profit and glory of the lords and barons who held them in con- tempt. And that is war in a nutshell. The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles. The master class has had all to gain and nothing to lose, while the subject class has had nothing to gain and all to lose-especially their lives. They have always taught and trained you to believe it to be your patriotic duty to go to war and to have yourselves slaughtered at their command. But in all the history of the world you, the people, have never had a voice in declaring war, and strange as it certainly appears, no war by any nation in any age has ever been declared by the people. And here let me emphasize the fact--and it cannot be repeated too oftenthat the working dass who fight all the battles, the working class who make the supreme sacrifices, 316 Chapter Twenty-two the working class who freely shed their blood and furnish the corpses, have never yer had They alone declare war and they alone make peace: "Yours not to reason why, Yours bar voice in either declaring war or making peace. It is the ruling class that invariably does bon do and dic." That is their motto and we object on the part of the awakening workers of this nation If war is right let it be declared by the people. You who have your lives to lose, you certainly above all others have the right to decide the momentous issue of war or peace.... Source: The Call, June 27, 1918 THOUGHT QUESTIONS: 1. How does Debs respond to the understanding that the words he speaks during as speech might land him in jail? 2. Who did Debs blame for the current conflict? Who did he blame for all wars in gen- eral? Who did he say ends up bearing the burden for the wars of all nations, hence his opposition to involvement in World War I? 3. What are your feelings with regard to the freedom of speech in times of war or nationel emergency? Should certain types of speech be curtailed or forbidden? Should other type of public opposition to a war be resisted under any circumstances? Explain