Mr. Oilgcr on Monday delivered a lecture on the International,
but we cannot make out from it what position he assumes. Ile repudiates bloodshed and fire-raising as means, but is far from explicit about the end. Does he or does he not desire a social re- volution in which the State or the Commune shall be sole capitalist, marriage shall be abolished, and inheritance unknown ? No, he replies, the International, as he originally framed it, only sought to establish solidaritd between workmen of different countries, so that they should not compete with each other. Very well; but why, then, did he remain a leader in a society which
• gee nn to the capture of Paris, has certainly preached Is
social revolution, which, whatever be its moral character, is absolute and complete? This is the explanation the public wishes to hear, not childish denunciation of soldiers for wearing gaudy uniforms, "decorated with feathers plucked from dead birds' tails." What does Mr. Odger suppose his coat was cut from, the trees or living sheep ? And why is it worse to strip dead birds than live sheep ?
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