The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-01-06
THE UNEMPLOYED.
CHICAGO's COMMUNE.
WHAT Is DEMANDED-THE SITUATION IN THE

ry upon us: Are we to be soon required to
face like alternative? Is Chicago fallen
into the hands of La Commune? The in
cendisry utterances of certain irresponsible
wretches that assume (it is hoped falsely to
be the leaders OF some large crowds of un-
employed persons, appear to indicate that |
such is the case. These wretches-a speci- |
men appears in the person of one +. A. Hoff-
mann-talk as if they were already masters
of Chicago, and had, in virtue Of such mas
terry, right to break open the vaults OF
treasures and banks and the doors of ware
houses, and distribute among themselves
whatever accumulated wealth" they NAV
find. The language of the person Hoffman,
the language OF person called McAuliffe,
and of several other communistic blather-
sixties, is the language of the enemies of So
ciety whom the government of Paris exc
cuted on the plain of Satory. After some
violent abuse of the Relief and Aid Society, |
the creature Hoffman, said to the Mayor:
1--WE demand OF them that they turn over |
this trust. Let them come prepared now that |
they are notified. We shall now demand that |
the money, every cent of il, shall turned over,
whereas heretofore we would have been satisfied |
with portion OF 1t. Let them come prepared |
for the issue. They have given us an opportu- |
nifty TO expose this close corporation which has
been fraudulently formed with the money of |
the people. myself will rip the in testines out
of that infamous Boana, and show that it is a |
fraud and a curse. These gentlemen will come |
with an opinion from Judge Drummond that
the money can not be taken from them. But i, |
while am no prophet, can tell them this, that
the people will no longer tolerate this outra-
geous conduct. Woe viii come unto them and
theirs who have allowed woe to come upon 9TH
ers and theirs. 1t will come on Friday night, il
they do not come prepared TO yield 10 the just
demands of the people"
These incendiary and threatening words
| were addressed to the chief executive of the
| city government, and therefore are under
stood TO be addressed to the city itself.
| That the mayor listened to such language
without administering to the disorderly
| speaker a proper rebuke, is a matter for
| surprise. The mayor should know, Just
now, that the city government is not a
organ of any kind whatever. 1t has no
| power to assess taxes to furnish employ
ment to anybody, nor to raise money to dis
tribute in the way of aims. 1t was not Gre
ated for public almoner, and has not by the
law of its existence any power or authority
whatever to set up as an administrator Of
charity funds. 1t exists for an entirely diff
| ferent purpose. 1t exists to quell and pun
| ish lawlessness, to put down riots, to seize
| and punish law-breakers and disturbers of
| the public peace and order. Before and
| pending the November election, the leading
spirits of the popular conglomeration that
| elected Mayor Colvin proclaimed very loudly
| that they and their followers constituted the
| ''real party of law and ORDER" If the pre-
tense was true, then they can not sympa-
poses of these lawless and orderless ring
leaders of La Commune If the pretense
was anything more than display of dema-
gogical hypocrisy, then the new administra-
ton in the tender affection it manifests to-
ward such creatures as HOffmann and Nc
| Auliffe, takes bad way to demonstrate the
fact. 1t has not escaped public observation
that for claw and order" administration
the new city administration is in great dan
ger of a pitiable
| BREAKDOWN AT TIE START.
The Mayor knows, and the creature Hoff-
mann, who processes to be q lawyer, also
should know, that the Relief and Aid Socie-
ty mas no more lawful right to turn over to
the city any charity funds that may be in
its treasury than the city has to turn over
to the Relief and Aid Society any remainder
of the sewerage or other funds that may be
in its treasury. The corporation called the
Relief and Aid Society exists, as the corpora
ton called the City of Chicago does, in vir-
tue of law of the State of Illinois. Each
was created by the State for specific pur-
pose pertaining to the exercise of its own
Sovereignty, and the purpose of neither COM
prehends in any way the purpose of the
other. One exists as an administrator of
charity only; the other exists only to ad-
minister the functions of the city govern
ment, to maintain law and order in the
community. The scalawag Hoffman, is
right when he says that the Relief and Aid
Society will not willingly surrender its
treasury to a committee of communists or of
city aldermen. 1t can not do so, except
to violate the law. The function of the
} Mayors to maintain law and preserve order
and not to demand or suffer any violation
of them. If the city government, at the
head of which is the mayor, can not fulfil
its appointed functions, then it becomes the
| imperative duty of the Government of Illi-
nois to intervene, and with all the civil and
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down communism in Chicago, and if need be
, to deal with such creatures as Hoffman, and
McAuliffe as their lawlesS compeers were
dealt with on the plain ofSatory. How near
!, we are to realization of this violent neces-
sity can only be a matter of conjecture. But
J the incendiary declarations by the ringlead-
ers of La Commune, and the seeming hest
fancy in the local administration in mater
where its only lawful function and duty are
as plain as the light of day, warn us that it
is always the part of wisdom to anticipate
the worst that can happen. 1t Is not to be
supposed that the Governor of Illinois will
not take note of the disorderly threatenings
by these lawless ringleaders of the La Com
mune, nor that he will not stand prepared
to meet with the cannon and musketry of
the State this threatening spirit of La Com
mune at the first symptom of failure on the
part of the city to put down violence by
superior violence. If the new city admins
tration, which came in with professions of
law ana order on lts tongue, snail not make
good its professions by executing govern
!. ment of law against the lawless spirit of
T communistic scoundrelism, which finds it's
instruments in such wretches as f. A. Hoff-
mann and his confreres, then the superior
authority of Illinois must and will intervene
to execute law and crush out disorder by the
! military power of the State. If the scoun-
Il drels of La Commune choose not to obey the
laws and respect the local authority, or if
the local authority shall fail in the fulfill
ment of its appointed function, they may as
well know the inevitable alternative. If
Chicago is in the handsof La Commune, then
La Commune and not Chicago must perish
Whether it die peaceably or violently rests
in its own choice.
TILE DEMANDS OE TILE COMMUNISTS.