The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-01-31
Dynamltors, Socialists and Nihilists.

Dynamiters, Socialists and Nihilists.
Popular revolutions professedly for the
amelioration of mankind or public move
ments to correct abuses are more or less
carried to extremes. Histories of all such
show it, whether secular or religious. Fa-
natics viii go to the front and rush into
excuses, and mix evil with the good
Without approving or disappearing the
efforts Of the Irish people to free themselves
from British rule, we find that fanatics are
taking the lead. IF conservative men could
direct the agitation, success might be OBJ
tainable; but the murderers and dynamiters
who are acting in the name of Irish liberty
are more than discounting the efforts of the
cooler and wiser heads. Their most re-
cent exploit in endeavoring to blow up the
government buildings in London, an ac-
count of which is published in this issue,
is 30 revolving crime and an act SO sub
versivc of all government that the civilized
world has made haste to condemn it. The
perpetrators are no more than murderels
and enemies of society, no matter how pa
triotic they may regard themselves, how
loyal they are to Ireland or how zealously
they believe they are serving the cause of
Irish liberty. Lesser crimes have been
allowed to pass without particular notice,
because they were regarded rather as ex-
eesses of oyer-zealous patriots. But the
excuses have steadily grown, and the cul-
minating point was reached last Saturday,
when the lives of hundreds, and perhaps
thousands, of innocent men, women and
children were jeopardized by attempts to
blow up Westminster Palace, which con-
tains the Houses of Parliament, and the
historic London Tower.
The Senate of the United States has
officially condemned the act, and is now
considering a bill intended to suppress the
preparation of explosives in this country
intended to be used at home or abroad for
the purpose of assassination, murder or de-
struction of public or private property. 1t
is a well-known fact that this country has
been the basis of operations of dynamiters
for years, and it is strange that Congress
has not long ago passed law to restrain
these people. Some of our cities, notably
Chicago, arc very hot-beds of Socialists,
Nihilists, dynamiters and murderers. They
openly eoncoct plans and raise money to
work injury to foreign governments and
peoples. They have free license to assem-
bic in public meeting to denounce men and
measures; they raise public subscriptions to
wreak yengence; they arm and drill; they
publicly proclaim sentiments at variance
with good morals, society and organized
government. The Edmunds law, directed
at dynamiters, should be so amended as to
cover the operations of Socialists and Mill
lists, and all enemies of government. They
are desperate creatures, without moral,
social or governmental ties, and are abusing
their freedom in this country They are
liable to involve this country in a foreign
war, and they are liable to cause trouble
here, as they would turn upon this people
and upon this government as readily as
they act against Russia, Germany or Eng
land. This is shown by the proceedings Of
meeting of Socialists in Chicago last Sun
day. There the explosions in London by
dynamiters were exulted over, and there it
was publicly proclaimed that the innocent
must suffer in order to accomplish good
results sentiment brought out by the
fact that innocent women and children were
cut and bruised by flying glass and spin
tiers in Westminster Palace and the London
Tower. They rejoiced at the success at
tanned by the dynamiters, and declared that
the experiment meant death unless the
world were set free, on their basis of prin-
ciples and morals. One speaker said 'all
Chicago could be set ablaze in a minute by
electricity, and another said "there were
five thousand men in Chicago who knew
how to manufacture dynamite in their
kitchens for the price of good dinner.
Private property must be abolished if they
had to use all the dynamite there was and
blow ninety-nine hnndredths of the people
off the face of the earth.
These people are red-handed murderers
and outlaws, enemies to society and should
be restrained from promulgating such SEN
timents, and measures taken to prevent the
preparation Of their wicked designs. Herr
Most. O'Donavan Rosa, Justus Schawb
and other outlaws should not be allowed to
use this country as a basis of operations
nor should they be permitted to publicly
preach their doctrines.
This is land of freedom, but that free
dom is abused whenever the doctrine OF
murder and public plumber is promulgated.
People of all nations should be made to
understand that they are to be subject to
our laws, and are not to abuse their priv
ileges by scheming to work injury to other
nations, or to subvert society here or else
where.
Harper's Weekly this week has large