Charles Bellamy, Edward Bellamy, and Francis Bellamy were related and were
influential national socialists in the late 1800's in the U.S. Charles Bellamy
(author of "A Moment of Madness") and Edward Bellamy (author of the novel
"Looking Backward") and Francis Bellamy (author of the "Pledge of Allegiance")
were socialists. Edward and Charles were brothers, and Francis was
their cousin. Francis and Edward were both self-proclaimed National Socialists
and they supported the "Nationalism" movement in the USA, the "Nationalist"
magazine, the "Nationalist Educational Association," and their dogma of
"military socialism," and Edward inspired the "Nationalist Party" (in the
USA).
In 1885, Charles Bellamy wrote The Way Out: Suggestions for Social
Reform (Putnams). The author Arthur Morgan (Edward Bellamy's biographer)
said that it "in many respects is as daring and radical in its proposals
as is Edward Bellamy's own utopia." Edward's book came later, in 1888.
In 1850, Edward Bellamy was born (and died in 1898); In 1852, Charles
Joseph Bellamy was born (and died in 1910); In 1855, Francis Bellamy was
born (and died in 1931).
Charles, Edward and Francis were each successful writers who used the
medium to promote the growth of government.
Charles Bellamy was an author and newspaper publisher. In 1880 Charles
Bellamy and his brother, Edward, founded the Springfield Daily News in their
Massachusetts hometown of Chicopee. Both brothers went on to author
books. Edward left the paper after two years to write literature.
Both brothers became lawyers. Charles J. Bellamy wrote Everybody’s
Lawyer published by Peoples Publishing Co. in Springfield, MA. It gave
summaries on the “More Practical Parts of Common Law” such as Suing, Marriage,
Divorce, Testimony, Railroad Travel and more.
Other books by Charles Bellamy include: An Experiment in Marriage: A Romance;
Were They Sinners?: A novel from Author's Publishing Company (1890) or from
Authors Library; A Moment of Madness: A novel, from the publisher A.L. Burt
(1888) or The Manhattan series; and The Breton mills: A romance, from the
publisher G.P. Putnam's sons (1879).
1916 The Wonder Children, Their Quests and Curious Adventures, by
Charles J. Bellamy. The MacMillan Company. 321 pages. Stories of Christmas
Eve, Three Fishes, Enchanted Cave, Bad Boy, Golden Key, Magic Mirror, Boy
who Teased, Underworld and Three Wishes.
It is unfortunate that all of the Bellamys used newspapers, books and
pledges to reveal their desire to use the government to promote their socialist
dogma. That attitude influenced many other socialists in the USA, and
worldwide.
Similar to newspaper owners today, the brothers used the Springfield Daily
News to promote socialism. Charles also wrote several books critical of the
social and industrial conditions (See the above-mentioned "The Breton
Mills"). Much of the brothers' analysis of the American economy came from
watching changes in Chicopee Massachusetts during the 1870's onward.
Edward and Francis were self-proclaimed National Socialists and they supported
the "Nationalism" movement in the USA, the "Nationalist" magazine, the "Nationalist
Educational Association," (NEA) and their dogma of "military socialism,"
and Edward inspired the "Nationalist Party" (in the USA) and their dogma influenced
socialists in Germany, and the Pledge was the origin of the Nazi salute.
"Nazi" means "National Socialist German Workers' Party." A mnemonic device
is the swastika. Although the swastika was an ancient symbol, Professor Rex
Curry discovered that it was also used sometimes by German National Socialists
to represent "S" letters for their "socialism." Hitler altered his own signature
to use the same stylized "S" letter for "socialist" and similar alphabetic
symbolism still shows on Volkswagens.
Dr. Curry showed that the USA's first Pledge used a straight-arm salute
and it was the origin of the salute of the monstrous National Socialist
German Workers' Party (Nazis). Curry helped to establish that the salute
was not an ancient Roman salute, and that there never was any so-called
ancient Roman salute. The Pledge began with a military salute that then
stretched out toward the flag. Due to the way that both gestures were used,
the military salute led to the Nazi salute. The Nazi salute is an extended
military salute.
Edward Bellamy's book "Looking Backward" was translated into every major
language including the languages of those countries that became home to totalitarian
socialism and the socialist Wholecaust (of which the Holocaust was a part)
under the National Socialist German Workers' Party (21 million dead), the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (62 million dead), and the Peoples'
Republic of China (35 million dead). It is easy to see why anyone would
want to cover all of that up, but it should not be covered up. That
is one of the reasons why the Bellamys are known as the first American Nazis.
In the USA, the Bellamy dogma supported a government takeover of education.
Regardless of what the brothers might have wished, their ideas in support
of government schools enabled government's schools to impose segregation
by law and teach racism as official policy. The USA's behavior was an example
for three decades before the Nazis. As under Nazism, the Jehovah's Witnesses,
and blacks and the Jewish and others in the USA attended government schools
that dictated segregation, taught racism, and persecuted children who refused
to perform the straight-arm salute and robotically chant the Pledge. Some
kids were expelled from government schools and had to use the many better
alternatives. There were acts of violence. When Jesse Owens competed in the
1936 Olympics in Germany, his neighbors attended segregated government schools
where they saluted the flag with the Nazi salute. The U.S. practice of official
racism even outlasted the horrid party. And the schools and the Pledge still
exist.
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The Way Out: Suggestions for Social Reform By Charles Joseph Bellamy
By Charles Joseph Bellamy Published 1884 G. P. Putnam's sons 191
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The Breton Mills (1879) is by Charles Joseph Bellamy. It was popular with
readers in the labor movement. It portrays a romantically doomed labor organizer
who marries above his position and then suffers for it. It is antistrike
and invokes what some have described as a profit-sharing plan. The mill-owner
hero, Philip Breton, suffers a worker outbreak that he believes will erupt
into violence against mill property. In the workers' response to the reforms
that are mentioned, and in the romance plot, the author offers only pessimism.
Curran threatens to usurp both Breton's management and Breton's emotional
life. Curran whipped up the strike threat, and then married Breton's well-born
love interest.
In "Labor's Text: The Worker in American Fiction," the author Laura, Hapke
states "Breton pardons Curran the agitator and the rival alike. In a fantasy
of labor's ideal relation to management Breton's offered reorganization of
the mill and of dividends based on skill level are met with wild enthusiasm."
"In a work world gone awry, however, 'the glad shouts of the poor ringing
in his ears" cannot put things right. In a moment of verisimilitude, Breton
points out that workers will see little raise in pay or shortening of hours.
But rather than look to Breton's noble patience, they visit Breton's home
to complain about their conditions. Perhaps worse in the Bellamy worldview,
they leave dirt marks on the carpets and curtains."
"In this conservative vision of providence, Curran, punished by fate for
aspiring to cross-class union, weakens and dies. He leaves the members of
an "inert" and presumably pliable workforce to keep their dirty feet off
the carpets of their betters."
Page 72: "Harriet Beecher Stowe herself in 'We and Our Neighbors' (1895)
devoted many pages to anxieties about the morality of Maggie the Irish serving
girl, as did, less generously, make foes of labor like Charles Joseph Bellamy
in 'The Breton Mills" (1879).
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The Economic Novel in America - Page 79
by Walter Fuller Taylor - 1942 - 378 pages
514. 82 For early references in fiction to the slums, see Josiah Gilbert
Holland,
Nicholas Minturn (1876), pp. 281 ff.; and Charles Joseph Bellamy, ..
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The Yale Banner and Pot-pourri: The Annual Yearbook of the Students of
Yale University - Page 417
by Yale University - 1909
... , Jr. Clarence Earl Barton Alexander Humphrey Beard Charles Joseph
Bellamy, Jr.
Harry Berman Gordon Farrar Blackwood Watson Keep Blair Arthur ..
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Harvard College, the Class of 1876: ... Report of the Secretary - Page
xix
by Harvard College (1780- ). Class of 1876
... 26+ 116 = 142 TEMPORARY MEMBERS Walter Scott Andrews William Herbert
Atkin-son [J897 * John Richard Baldwin, Charles Joseph Bellamy * Walker
Blaine, ...
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Harvard College, the Class of 1876: ... Report of the Secretary - Page
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by Harvard College (1780- ). Class of 1876
... New York City William Herbert Atkinson, North Waldoboro, Me. Charles
Joseph
Bellamy, Springfield Lawrence Bond, 40 Water St., Boston William
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