Ring Out, Ring In!

Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 43, 5 January 1912, Page 10

Ring Out, Ring In!

Sivin.u: inward, 0 gr.;"--. •>{ tin , future! Swiny; outward, v" ■'!«»-•:■> •>'» li" i>.i ■• For l!;i> "vmil u\ 4 ':i> pp.ovlf \< moving. .Vinl t i ■; ■ 1 1 _r irii'ii s!'r.i; ; >"-. :r List; Tin , black ii'.'i.i hi ut+Ui ;nv ivi nMLiiiji. ',I'ln- v:\.lu- i>-;C:< l\ •■■■.■ ■• I ho day. And r-.■■■;!••',! !■••:■ !.-.-.2; r> , ). j, V-nMM-, Aii.l r-;iil;:i- •!■•: sc:;.s t<) the iVuy. TliK C i)M'XC i'AX. Mourn not i'>r v.irxii- 4 - , ! ;t-j,"'\ Willi tlii'ii j;i----u 1;.•;■•»>' iii-'ii, W'lio (hw)l in !:;•.•■)■;>■'> jiia , - >■ j Aii'l livo in liic ji 1.4-. (I--!; ; I For llif- , Lrran' 1 ■-;!■ n;--> li-'l'n!"- us, i Aikl U:'< v.-oiil is ■••'. 'o J The n0i,!...-,) wo:-.-.;. <i: i.!:is ..M .- ; i:-l1i Is t!lc lin-r ti::r. :»!■■• M •>'. --Wi:. \\ •(■■•!.•:• \Vi;.'.»x. At tlu- li-\i:r:r>u >f i:.-k!;t v";u' ',vf in;)y jiroii(;i'(!;'" p■•■..■!■ :'i ->\'r: v.'-irkfii.';-'■!:ihis piiirinwv,- 1-i -y >: l:)f 0 'itwi the lir'rl'ormaiiC' , -; -••' • ii l - ti. , .i-'l T ln» p:is-■s-iijiliiii'S of th-, I-:: !i;- -. !;.■.-■■!.' !v (he I n-rr.niiiL; inrl ;:'':,- viMs. -'A V.v.>py Sow Vcar" \\:\v< >'•■•<;■-l>\ l>.mi; i ':fl'i<:iu "is -of lips unci 7ii:\;.■'.(■• ju , '" !■'■.'■;; f;orn t];ouS;1llr)s of \ s ■■■ '. :'sr ■''■■'i o!.)ji\" •.wl! at Nf\v Vpur. r;-! n-:h3;is !:.,:-?;- ---:y rl^^ir- , !>";>;>, r.'.il p!,i-'----perity nl! roßsl Al.n, : '.i: -.•,!,':. <!,K's not pnsuiv- f>: 1; 1 • • r ! So, it Sf"-. ; ;-!■- -■-■>:■-»■ ! . (^Tmiv^ that iiiifji.-r i-xi.itinj, <• »ii;l;%i >;i-. iln> ?v.'W V-'nr a:; I > ))•! wiiln-.q pnrtako hii,,~".ly '»i s';;i.<:fi.-inl ruid tlie ii;» jifK'i'ii.ir-al ~:."I *!i.) ii;o.;>:iii.>!i-;>i —arc iiukv.l in ir.aiiy ojv>3 a lioli<j',v iwockcyy. j Tii'-r« is little valuO-.in a v/isli imsiippnrtod by an effort to roaliso it. Tlio cver-presont uncforv-'ori-j of filth, imispjcr, disease an 4 fear is not omp v.hit tho loss brutal and terrible and ljorausA of our Yoar moutliwinch aro the Alpli* and Om<-u;a of iiiciiifior-s cnr-M'-ss'r or s.--!fniilv in-dirtV-ivMi-, in <,!),. jv. ;1 ; p.Miti-K! of th« world's j>->viTt/-st-i ■■!.-••>>. ';:»:F.-;-ii;4, uneasy and woi-ri.-l h.>=•■,. Mm-- ninntJiiii:2:s of s-mi'm,: '?::s will not do. Actiiiiis sp-.-ak !■)-.;!••::• ih.in -.vo'-iis. I If wo wmi'd •,'■•■» a ' : our New Year fftv-t.iiiiis )!h.--: ni'.i.s*. '."•> (.1 111010 than dream all (lay Iwto; .>f 'mdl- dc-twls ; wo must do thoiii. Wo suppose tint our arf fiimili.ir witfi Tennyson's iic.iiKtrlal

'".Ring Out"' vwses from "In Memoriaiu." Sings he: —

Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across, the snow, Tho year is going, let him go, King out tlio iaUe, ring in the true.

HiiijT out false pride in place and Wood, Tho civic slander and the spite, l*in<T in the l<,w> of truth and right, liin.H iv flu , common love of good.

' : .Hiii;; out!" "Ring in!" What of duty and aspiration may wo not have suggested hy these pron;nar.t phrnses? Our poets nro our mightiest voices, our loftiest teachers. As a New Year

"card wo earnestly coininpud the stirring linos just quoted, coupled with tlin prescient stanzas which lioad this article.

Hero in Xew Zealand ive have in the past done worthy deeds for workers' liberation ■- aiid being <!o;ie for the grandest cuuse of ln'story it lias surely been good. "\Yo can especially sum up lnil as a year of effective activities. We iiav done things 1 liat have told, that wiil nil. Aye, and yea!-hut nevertheless trump 'tins forth from the inner consciousness is that soundless '■King out, ring in!' . And in the trumpeting wo know that from another .standpoint that which wo have done is trifling to that which we may, an we will, do. AYhy stand so many of us idle all the day? King out- Out with inertia, and apathy and hopelessness and ignorance in our unions and parties. Out with mi ;fnist of each other and with I he I backbiting eating like :i cancer at the I very heart of our liinnanifarian imivoI incut for economic justice and hrotherj hood. Out with the petty lililMatHng so hurtful in a comparatively isolated nioveu'.cnt sucli as ours. Out tvith iiiaiiliood-dcgfj'diiig sph<> and wonian-li(iod-aii!'i!.il ii ing Itiekei'ing : neither of ihem shail ,>• • r:)■ iL in our crntres it we be sii:;- r ■ ai.d null; .-hn ;i!g. Olli with coiisiimi.ig [/M'.imal ambiiion and with intolerance ;:;:d o'.ii with envy, hativd. malic.' ard .11 vi:. hi: i: ahl"i:css. Oiit with iiie V: h!s;>''!-iiu: '.'.■.iiieiid;.. the paltry insinuation, t!ie dc. dish suspicion. Out wiiii 'he::! all! Out. a thousand tiiiws oiu ! Cannot we- under .i.;;■ 1 ihat these iiiisi'i-able il-t'g.-'i:. i-a-'ive iiiings up- ineoinpnti'.ile with th. , i»t. ~-■;:■»i ;'>'d ;d a!- ; of the worki;:g-clnss move'.iesiL -are c()!iL''a(lic-tory to ihe aluiiisiic imjiiilse whidi is tlie U'o'ive jiowev ol' our d;wand for social ji:--it;-:-•-. C'a■'!.■■■'. \ ■■ I uiidcrst.tiid that as far ;n i he cnvi:'.):----j illicit nf struggle .-md v.-.idl and < ;■ ie permit, WO must pn'.'l'V wi'iii we ]i:'r;',(!i Know we not indeM r\u 1 ihly tlni ihi;: griliolis ha "-.['■ Lib,:;- PMV":i;eii(-. is lor liiberty, F/iiialily, I'V;.t'rniiy, fin Breiidfh and Urohei lin:, 1 -• tliat it has its place in i h-w.u '.er-lmil ling as al-o in the 't'coii.niiic ••!■■ •■.l.ion if all manI kind? King in! Ju with i: ir;i'iiiiy. n-ace. ' J( • i • • J • -,'ilj). ■! ,, ' ! !'>-..':)ii|) !:■ life, the Iμ-!; ot {< !!■> i> d.-viih. ,. In With hope ,v:d i.n W > .;„! 1, i..,-,.-|--d-jy — ill with re;- xiii -.'ji: , :'-'- iM'l * v <>->[;:.'•:■'■■ ai:d light. "!n v/iih ].:;;iiy.. secunty. ci t- L o v: 111! i:» l i' i! i. and wi; ! s ti:e i:rac.:ig cheerl'libi'.'s-, a:;-! ii i: v.' »\< ■ .■in;.'; j.ei.;e--veranc :l t'l-.u u!!l ; -»—. 111 _ i: lue solidary. L.- !;■,..•>- he Y.JmI There i< lie: d ;' >r greater t<■ n;ii■ ity to ideais. ■j;n , :He: , p: , nv.r.lg.H ion of jiriuciples. .Mn:-i' tli.'in ever i< \i r.-ny.iisite to grip ihe idea of si: 1 ;'»i-linnt: tlie indi\'idual to ■[):■.• c;uise. mon , titan ever it is deiiiand-d liiir we ii;;ht de-tennini-dly W-γ '.ih> fiiily progressive and the iVriidui'.rnta!. li:ere-,se(| activity, no "deals."' :'■» p:i]:li.:il coTiiproinis"! For the i'uiurn is our.s. The great

inspiring power of Lifo is manifesting Ibsolf with increased purpose in the growing effort toward. l ) emancipation. Let the enemies sneer a3 they liko, the Socialists know that our talk of cwancipation, of freedom, of "each for all and all for each," means something. A constitutional revolution is possible, and we mean to have it. Equality of opportunity for all, and monopoly and privilege for none, is tho end wo are seeking. Labor throughout the world is awakened, and the stomach-filling, soul j saving movement of which Labor is the dominant inspiration is to-day attracting not alone tho noblest but the ablest minds. Yes, the future is ours, if we he true, to one another, standing together in the world-wide fight for the right to own our own.

In the brightness of tho future, in the Hearing triumph, wo do well never to forgot the blackness of the past — and there- is horror enough now, let it bo insisted. That past when to speak for the working-class in Australasia meant denunciation, cnlumny, boycotting, intimidation, imprisonment. Out of tliis has come some measure of success and strength. Tito risk of failure is consequently greater because tho temptation is more cunning. Let us see to it that we increasingly apply our intelligence, our abilities, and our knowledge to help on the 'enfranchisement of all who to-<lay grovel in ignorance and misery—to make tho Noav Year and all the year as grandly happy for tlie peoples as it win designed to he. Hereafter, if so wo do, wo shall earn tho tribute to our work: ''This was glory—the true domination : these men builded on eternal foundations their might, majesty, dominion and power."