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尤’’維’托’’布斯 (EUGENE V1CTOR DEBS) 對’’’’’ Statement to the Court
’’有’個’關’獄中’我’不’’由’’
尤’’維’托’’布斯(1855－1926)’個’’組織’’’’黨創’’’六次’提’爲’’黨’統候選’’’布斯’生’’第’那’’’熱’’’’’歲’’’路’做’’最’成爲’’機車’’’’’’’歲’’參’’機車’’’’’’’組織’’’1893’’布斯當選爲’’國’路’’’’’翌’’’領導’反對普爾’豪華車公’’’’’’結’’邦’隊’’’’哥’’布斯’蔑視’’’監’六個月’’獄中’布斯’’’讀’’’’’文’’1898’’’’創立’’稱爲’國’’黨’組織’’’1900’成爲該
黨’統候選’’ ’布斯’’’’’黨’反對’國1917’捲’’’’戰’由’’’’批評’爾遜’’’’1918’6月’’犯1917’間諜’’’’’’布斯’’’’’’’講話’’’’’’’’’’’’’’統1921’給予’減’’1920’’布斯雖’仍’獄中’’’爲’統候選’’贏’’’歷次’選中’最高選票數 (’’’’五’票)’ 閣’’’’’’’我’’’’切生’有親屬關’’’’’我比’’’最’賤’’不’’分’’’當’我說’’’’仍’麽說’’’有’個’’’’’我’’’中’Ⅸ’’’有’個犯’成分’我’’由它組成’’’有’個’關’獄中’我’不’’由’’ 我’’’’’聽’’有支援’’’’’爲之’’’言詞’’我’’’’’’’’我把間諜’’成’’民’原’’’由’’’精’公’對抗’’橫’’’’’’ 閣’’’’’’我’說’’我反對我們’身’’中’’’’’’我’’有必’’’’’本’改變’’盡’’採用’平’’’’漸’’手’’ 今天’午’’’裏’我’憶’’’’童’’我14歲’’’’路’’’’’16歲’’輛’’機車’當’’’對早’’’’’’’我’憶’’’’那’’’’’’’我’心’終’’’階’’’’’我早’’’’’國’’’’我寧’’監獄’ ’’’’我’’’’裏’’’’’’’’’’路’’’’’我’’爲’薄’’資’迫’賣勞’’婦’’’’那’’’個’’’’剝奪’童’’’’’’’落’’婪之’殘酷’’’’’們’’們’’’’’’籠成爲機器’’’食’’心’’肉體’盡折’’我’見’們’’不’’’’纏身’幼’’生’’’蹂’’’爲’’20’’’’期’基督教文’’’錢仍比’童’’肉重’’’’’實’’’’仍’當今’’’’’’情’’勢執’著’類’’務’ 我們’個國’’天’’’我們有最’饒’’’遼闊’’’’之不盡用之不竭’原’資源’’’’生産’’最’’機器’備’有’百’樂’爲’個公民’’個’童’福’’用’’機器’’’’’’’産’’’’’而’’我國仍有爲數衆’’’民’爲’’’犧’’’’輩’’’掙扎’’’’’給予’們解脫’讓’們’心不’’’’把’’不’’’’’們誘’’夢’’’’那’’不’’’’不’’’ ’’’’而完’應’’’我們’身’中’畸’’’’’’’種’’’’應該’滅’’不僅’爲’勞動’衆’’’’’爲’有’類’最高’’’ 閣’’我’’’’’黨’’樣都’爲’’個國’應當擁有’控’它’’’’’’我’’’’’黨’都’爲’’切爲’們’’需’’’用’’’應’’們’’’有’’’爲’’生’基礎’’’不應成爲少數’’’有’産’爲’們’’’’而’’’’’應成爲’體’民’’’’産’應當爲’體’民’’’對’’’民’化’管’’ 我反對’種’’’’’它’’讓’個對’’’’’’’’’累’億’’元’’’’而讓’百’’生辛勞’’’’’’掙扎’’’’’’ ’種’’不’’’’’我’’’’我對它’抗議’我’’’’’’’’不足’’’’’’’我’’’’’戰’’’’’’跟我’樣’識’’我們必須把’’組織’’’’’’’基礎’’’’正’’文’生’’’福’爲’目標我們’組織’’個’捲’’’偉’’’濟’’’動’
’今’有’’六百’’’黨’’’們不分國’’種族’’教’膚’’’’’都對’’’’’’不渝’’們正投身’’’’’’’們不’’倦’’’’傳’’’’’’’’們’等’’’’察’滿’著’望’’’日’’’’’們仍’少數’’’’們’’該’’’心’等’’機’’們’覺’’’’們’實’白’’儘管’’重重’’’迫’’’樣’’天正’’’’解’’福音’傳’’國’民’’’少數’’成爲勝’’’數’’’握’’’’’歷’’最偉’’’’’’濟變革’
’那’我們’實’’’’邦’’國’國之間攜手’’’融’’’’’ Your honor, years ago I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth. I said then, and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. I listened to all that was said in this court in support and justification of this prosecution, but my mind remains unchanged. I look upon the Espionage Law as a despotic enactment in flagrant conflict with democratic principles and with the spirit of free institutions. . . . Your Honor, I have stated in this court that I am opposed to the social system in which we live; that I believe in a fundamental change― but if possible by peaceable and orderly means.... Standing here this morning, I recall my boyhood. At fourteen I went to work in a railroad shop; at sixteen I was firing a freight engine on a railroad. I remember all the hardships and privations of that earlier day, and from that time until now my heart has been with the working class. I could have been in Congress long ago. I have preferred to go to prison. . . . I am thinking this morning of the men in the mills and factories; of the men in the mines and on the railroads. I am thinking of the women who for a paltry wage are compelled to work out their barren lives; of the little children who in this system are robbed of their childhood and in their tender years are seized in the remorseless grasp of Mammon and forced into the industrial dungeons, there to feed the monster machines while they themselves are being starved and stunted, body and soul. I see them dwarfed and diseased and their little lives broken and blasted because in this high noon of our twentieth-century Christian civilization money is still so much more important than the flesh and blood of childhood. In very truth gold is god today and rules with pitiless sway in the affairs of men. In this country, the most favored beneath the bending skies― we have vast areas of the richest and most fertile soil, material resources in inexhaustible abundance, the most marvelous productive machinery on earth, and millions of eager workers ready to apply their labor to that machinery to produce an abundance for every man, woman, and child― and if there are still vast numbers of our people who are the victims of poverty and whose lives are an unceasing struggle all the way from youth to old age, until at last death comes to their rescue and stills their aching hearts and lulls these hapless victims to dreamless sleep, it is not the fault of the Almighty: it cannot be charged to nature, but it is due entirely to the outgrown social system in which we live, that ought to be abolished not only in the interest of the toiling masses but in the higher interest of all humanity. . . . I believe, Your Honor, in common with all Socialists, that this nation ought to own and control its own industries. I believe, as all Socialists do, that all things that are jointly needed and used ought to be jointly owned― that industry, the basis of our social life, instead of being the private property of the few and operated for their enrichment, ought to be the common property of all, democratically administered in the interest of all. . . . I am opposing a social order in which it is possible for one man who does absolutely nothing that is useful to amass a fortune of hundreds of millions of dollars, while millions of men and women who work all the days of their lives secure barely enough for a wretched existence. This order of things cannot always endure. I have registered my protest against it. I recognize the feebleness of my effort, but fortunately I am not alone. There are multiplied thousands of others who, like myself, have come to realize that before we may truly enjoy the blessings of civilized life, we must reorganize society upon a mutual and co-operative basis; and to this end we have organized a great economic and political movement that spreads over the face of all the earth. There are today upwards of sixty millions of Socialists, loyal, devoted adherents to this cause, regardless of nationality, race, creed, color, or sex. They are all making common cause. They are spreading with tireless energy the propaganda of the new social order. They are waiting, watching, and working hopefully through all the hours of the day and the night. They are still in a minority. But they have learned how to be patient and to bide their time. They feel― they know, indeed― that the time is coming, in spite of all opposition, all persecution, when this emancipating gospel will spread among all the peoples, and when this minority will become the triumphant majority and, sweeping into power, inaugurate the greatest social and economic change in history. In that day we shall have the universal commonwealth― the harmonious co-operation of every nation with every other nation on earth.... ’ ’ |