dominant conventions of the established order is startling. They
laugh to scorn the sweet ideals and dear moralities of bourgeois
society. They intend to destroy bourgeois society with most of its
sweet ideals and dear moralities, and chiefest among these are those
that group themselves under such heads as private ownership of
capital, survival of the fittest, and patriotism--even patriotism.

Such an army of revolution, 7,000,000 strong, is a thing to make
rulers and ruling classes pause and consider. The cry of this army
is, "No quarter! We want all that you possess. We will be content
with nothing less than all that you possess. We want in our hands
the reins of power and the destiny of mankind. Here are our hands.
They are strong hands. We are going to take your governments, your
palaces, and all your purpled ease away from you, and in that day you
shall work for your bread even as the peasant in the field or the
starved and runty clerk in your metropolises. Here are our hands.
They are strong hands."

Well may rulers and ruling classes pause and consider. This is
revolution. And, further, these 7,000,000 men are not an army on
paper. Their fighting strength in the field is 7,000,000. To-day
they cast 7,000,000 votes in the civilized countries of the world.

Yesterday they were not so strong. Tomorrow they will be still
stronger. And they are fighters. They love peace. They are
unafraid of war. They intend nothing less than to destroy existing
capitalist society and to take possession of the whole world. If the
law of the land permits, they fight for this end peaceably, at the
ballot-box. If the law of the land does not permit, and if they have
force meted out to them, they resort to force themselves. They meet