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Proclamations for 1874

January 14, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur

[ezcol_1third] EMPEROR NORTON PROJECT: [/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_2third_end] January 3, 1874 Proclamation. “A Happy New Year” to all true and loyal subjects of the Empire of Norton I. January 10, 1874 Proclamation. For the better protection of the health of all our citizens, We, Norton I, Dei Gracia Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico, do hereby order and decree that a separate locality in the several cities, respectively, be appropriated by the City Councils of each city, to be termed the Chinese quarters, and the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco forthwith set apart […]

Proclamations for 1875

January 13, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur

[ezcol_1third] EMPEROR NORTON PROJECT: [/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_2third_end] January 2, 1875 Proclamation. Norton I, Dei Gratia Emperor U. S. and Protector of Mexico, demands from all concerned a proper organization of his Empire, so that the Emperor can have a suitable residence and attendants, and a good observance of his decrees and authority, by which means the National affairs and finances can be got and kept in proper shape. Wishing all a prosperous and happy New Year, Norton I. January 9, 1875 Proclamation. The Emperor congratulates Spain on the prospects of peace in electing Alphonso Murphy as King. In case of any […]

Joshua King Ingalls (1816 – 1898)

January 12, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur

[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] J. K. Ingalls: …among the Universalists (1840–1847) …in “The Univercœlum” (1847–1849) …in “The Spirit of the Age” (1849–1850) Mutualist Townships: Brisbane and Ingalls (1849–1850) …in “The Shekinah” (1852–1853) …in “The Journal of Progress” (1853) Psychometrical Portrait of Joshua King Ingalls (1853) S. B. Brittan, “J. K. Ingalls” (1873) …in “Liberty” (1882–1896) …in “The Woman’s Tribune” (1888–1894) …, “Reminiscences of an Octogenarian” (1897) A Joshua King Ingalls miscellany Architectural glass patents of Ingalls and Hyatt [/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] Chronological Bibliography – Joshua King Ingalls Joshua King Ingalls, “A Sermon, Delivered in the Universalist Church, […]

Reconstructing the “Anarchism of Approximations”

January 9, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur

The Anarchism of Approximations (2007) Part I Part II There have been a lot of opportunities recently to think about the last decade or two of mutualist history. Part of what I will have to do, if I follow the plan laid out for What Mutualism Was, is to treat the whole period of mutualist resurgence with a certain amount of critical distance, applying the lessons of mutualism’s long history to a period during which we knew little about the mutualist past and muddled along as best we could. It’s an interesting project, not least because I’m still not quite […]

Anarchy as a Beacon and as a Focus for Synthesis

January 8, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur

Posts in the EXTRICATIONS series: A synthetic anarchism is bound to pose some problems, whether we think of anarchism as an ideology or as a set of experimental practices. Most of the difficulties surround the notion of anarchy. Whether we imagine that anarchy is the ideal or principle upon which an evolving ideology should focus with increasing clarity or whether we consider it a placeholder, the name for a discovery or experimental result that we have not yet encountered in any full sense, it remains a largely negative element. As such, anarchy certainly does not provide all the practical direction […]

William B. Greene, “The Bible and State Rights” (1851)

January 7, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur

William Batchelder Greene’s articles for The Worcester Palladium are an idiosyncratic mix of religious and political concerns, but it would be interesting, for example, to read articles like this alongside Proudhon’s The Celebration of Sunday. Idiosyncratic mixture was, after all, more the rule than the exception among the earliest anarchists. Wm. B. Greene in “The Worcester Palladium” For the Palladium. The Bible and State Rights. The Hebrew Commonwealth consisted of ten distinct tribes. Each of these tribes constituted a civil community, independent in its legitimate sphere of the other tribes. Each tribe had its separate rulers, legislature, &c. To illustrate […]

William B. Greene, “Plutocracy” (1850)

January 6, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur

[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] Plutocracy is the subject of several of the articles William B. Greene contributed to The Worcester Palladium. The term would have been familiar to him from Pierre Leroux’s 1842 essay, “De la ploutocratie,” but it had also featured prominently in an address by the Massachusetts Democrats, which prompted the Whig denials that motivated this essay. Wm. B. Greene in “The Worcester Palladium” [/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] For the Palladium. Plutocracy. “Ours is no “plutocracy” but a Constitution of Grecian model.”—Whig State Address. It was authoritatively determined, at the Council of the Whig Church recently […]

William B. Greene, “Equality—No. 6. Cain and Abel” (1850)

January 6, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur

Like several of the other articles that he contributed to The Worcester Palladium, this early article by William Batchelder Greene contains some of his most direct expressions of anarchistic and socialistic ideas, but weaves them together with his rather esoteric readings of scripture. The result is both striking and perplexing. Equally perplexing is the question of just which essays we should consider to be the fourth and fifth entries in the “Equality” series. While the two installments of “Capital and Labor” were included in the book Equality, the themes here seem to be a continuation of the material covered in […]

William B. Greene, “Resistance to Law” (1851)

January 6, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur

This early article by William Batchelder Greene is remarkable for its discussion of anarchy, a topic to which Greene devoted very little attention. The treatment of the topic is characterized by a familiar sort of ambivalence. It closely resembles some more familiar forms of the “anarchy is order” argument in places. Wm. B. Greene in “The Worcester Palladium” For the Palladium. Resistance to Law. Mr. Editor:—In former times, when the people supposed that their kings reigned by diving right, men were bound in conscience to obey the laws with alacrity. But it happened, in the progress of events, that the […]

William B. Greene, “The Red Republic” (1849)

January 6, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur

[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 10px”] This early article by William Batchelder Greene is one of three written for The Worcester Palladium on the topic of plutocracy. It consists of a translation of most of the eighth chapter of Pierre Leroux’s De la ploutocratie, with commentary by Greene. Wm. B. Greene in “The Worcester Palladium” [/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] For the Palladium. The Red Republic. The French national flag is composes, as every one knows, of three colors, read, white, and blue. These three colors represent the three estates of the former French realm: the white denotes the nobility, with […]