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VOL. 1, NO. 30. NEW YORK, MONDAY, JULY 30, 1900 ONE CENT.
SECOND EDITORIAL
I CAME, I SAW, I CONQUERED.
By DANIEL DE LEON
he London Spectator in an editorial article on the Chinese situation says: “It
is not the strong States that are dangerous to the peace of the world, but the
weak ones, such as Spain, Turkey and China.” As coldly as one might discuss
dividing apples among children, the capitalist press discusses the partitioning of
China among the strong States, and never a mention is made of the “rights” of the
“weak States,” or of that “individuality” which the capitalists claim to be the special
guardians of.
It is only when the interests of the capitalist class are assailed in any way that
the cry of “rights” is raised. The taking of property only becomes “confiscation” when
the property belongs to the ruling class. This is true within and without the
national boundaries, and the bourgeoisie indulges in no cant when it speaks of the
“sacredness of private property,” because always and ever it means capitalist
private property.
As the capitalist class increases in strength it demands a powerful
governmental weapon to extend the sphere of its exploitation; it needs a strong
State. Hence, those States whose position or form render them unfit for this purpose
must suffer the fate of out-worn and antiquated machinery: they are broken up, and
whatever material is in them that may still be useful goes to the upbuilding of the
modern implement; the rest goes to the rubbish heap.

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The capitalist class is not averse to patriotism and national traditions—while
these may be made a source of profit. It does not destroy the family—until the
family life becomes inimical to profits. It supports and fosters religion—as long as it
yields a good per cent. It does not support prostitution for the love of prostitution
per se, but because prostitution is necessary to the existence of the capitalist class.
It does not make war for glory or fun, but as a business transaction.
With the cash nexus as the only tie that binds; with profits and even more
profits as its goal; the capitalist class marches on over the ruins of out-worn
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systems, institutions and traditions to the smashing and plundering of “weak
States.” From every battlefield it sends Caesar’s message “I came, I saw, I
conquered.”
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But on its heels marches a power that some day the bourgeoisie must turn and
face. Not a “weak State,” not an antiquated and decaying nation, but a class, virile,
young and eager for the fray. Physically, mentally and morally superior to the
capitalist, the proletariat will make short work in the death grapple.
The proletariat will send from the battlefield where it meets the rough-handed
smasher of “Weak States” the same message the capitalist was wont to send:
“I came, I saw, I conquered.”
Transcribed and edited by Robert Bills for the official Web site of the Socialist Labor Party of America.
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