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property beasts? We must destroy them or be destroyed. By what? Anarchy, self-government, the right to work and live, the right voluntarily to associate and co-operate, the equal right of all to the use of all. The usurpation of man by man must cease; to this we are pledged. We are revolutionists. We fight for the destruction of the system of wage-slavery. To the despised, disinherited, and destitute of the early Anarchy offers love, peace, and plenty. Statue laws, constitutions, and Governments are at war with nature and the inalienable rights of man. The claim of capital to profit, interest, or rent is a robber claim, enforced by piratical methods. Let robbers and pirates meet the fate they deserve. Against them there is but one resource—force. Agitate, organize, revolt! Proletarians of the world, unite! We have nothing to lose but our chains — we have a world to win. Lead on the red flag to liberty or death!"
"After the highly dramatic peroration of Mr. Parsons a speech in German was delivered by August Spies, of the Arbeiter-Zeitung, and then the Socialists' male chorus sang 'The Red Banner.' The procession formed in three divisions under Oscar Neebe as Chief Marshal, and A.R. Parsons and Gus Belz as aids. The line of march was by way of Madison, Clark, and Division streets to Ogden's grove, where the day was spent in the usual picnic recreations and impromptu remarks by the speakers of the forenoon, supplemented by Mrs. Parsons in the afternoon."
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