The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-04-16
THE DYNAMITE WAR.

The dynamite war that threatens all the
governments of Europe and, indeed, all gov
eminent, and stands furious and unappeasa-
bic monster with its foot on the threshold of
universal anarchy, is now agitating minds in
every field Of thought, but will yet 60 on in
its own way to practical solution. 1t is the
march Of intelligence that, in the face of in.
supportable wrongs, has thrown aside religion
and moral restraints. 1t is born Of hunger
and want and misery, begotten by sel6shness
and injustice. The iconoclast has torn away
the dei6c semblances by which power worked
coniurations and with which governments,
and exclusive rights, have been clothed since
the beginning of time, and the common mind
has grasped the great principle of universal
equality as a sword and brandishes it over the
heads, not of governments alone, but Of
society. Property selhshly works evils, and
its rights have ceased TO be sacred. Instead
of abolishing abuses, of reforming by peace
full means the evils that exist and, regulating
property, the spirit of the age despairs OF
making such instrumentalties as offer, the
means OF such reform and regulation, and
strikes fiercely at property itself. 1t has dis
carded the religious monsrosity of consigning
one-half the human race to eternal flames,
while the other half dwell amid eternal beati-
tudes, and, as an effect of such growth, is
fighting the social monstrosity Of subjectine
one-half Of society to penury and starvation,
while the other half swims in wealth and lux
ury. In the present stage Of the conflict the
larger hemisphere is not in view. tits wal
upon governments, but when these shall be
destroyed, when peoples everywhere shall
rise in their might and be self governed, will
there be rest None not even pause. The
armies of the royalties and aristocracie'
will have been destroyed, but the great prin
ciple Of universal equality will no more reigr
than now. 1t is that the dragon of dynamite
pursues as the ultimate Of its ends.
In this country we may partially escape tn
dynamite 6end by abolishing, in some meas
ure, the abuses that incense and vitalize tn
energies Of those who are under in the figh
for existence. We may deny to wealth it
power over legislation and make the latter til
means of wide social reform, put upo
property exclusively, and not upon labor, tn
support of government. There are man
rational and reasonable measures that may b
adopted which will go far to appease the dev
u of revolution, who in his operations again
e governments works with dynamite
and will find some equally destru
tive agent when he comes to opera
:. in the broad social field, where, at last ii
ends prospected are to be reached. In IL
meantime let him be watched and vigilant
denied every facility for waging his monstro
- war against governments. Let Ireland's flu
- Gus purpose of gathering in her political 9
senals the worst and most deadly instrumer
~ of Nihilistc and Communistic enginery al
=. hurting them, in a tempest Of fury, upon
lordly aad arstocratic masters, be discou
~ tenanced, and such balefu reformers discoI
- .ood and disheartened in every Wav