Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1885-05-16
GUARDIANS OF SOCIAL ORDER.
"WoRDs THAT BORN" BY DAISY DARE.

We all know how excruciatlnglv pain"
full it is to good society to hear of the
least violation OF that "orler" winch 1T
holds so dear. Let there be a Socialist
meeting in which the debate is not car
fied on according to the strictest etl-
uuette, let there be strike among work
men, which even threatens in an innocent
way to be u little stormy, end, behold!
good society is Immediately thrown into
convulsions. Clubbing policemen, arme /
detectives, squads of militia, regiments OF
troops, are preclpitated here or there on
these "crininals" who thus Outrage or
der" Then do we hear from the big
wigs of the press, the pulpit, the bar, ros-
trum and college, shrieks of denunciation
on ..the yiolators of public tranquility"
This worship OF "order" is peculiarly
touching and impressive. Look around
on the crowded libraries of Cbristendon,
Oil its establishments of learning, on its
galleries ofart, its wonderful models of
mechanical genius, its colossal wealth, lis
sacred temples of prayer. What is the
end and aim of all tbese9 Order. what
were learning, art, knowledge, wealth
prayer, If order, their grand ultimate, lie
absentf
In the twilight bour ! had been gazing
into the boundless blue of the skies and
npnel.nuhi,ing Orltr-"O radiant and
hepirnant spiIi,, urIs ',Iv"v,, ,.-,N..' 80 S--
aud the poetry of the universe wien
somebody interrupted my rcvery with
few newspapers. had been thinking OF
society" Chat gorgeous coterie having a
prescriptve right to rule and to guide
human af,irsl As Hn angl o. sweetness
and light. utteIcng the eight beatItudes,
bearing in her white hands heavens first
law, sur. oundcd by the eente sisterhood,
i'aste. S1Ict;ty, Comfort, ana wearing
above her calm forth head diadem, tom
which blazed wontlerous gem-kesson'
1t was rather depressing to find ny
glancing at one of the newspapers thst
my enttancing seraph had suddenly de-
parted, leaving hag in place OF benign
beauty yes. a hag OF the neither world
foul of vlsagc, grim of front, red-eyed'
hagyard, wild and tangled OF hair, boarse
of voice, stained and tom OF garment. In
her hand she carried "a dripping blade,
and around her brazsn brow she bore
crclet of spherical Objects, from which
issued cloud and fame.
l, is quite needless to remark that "so-
clety" would refuse to recognize this un-
pleasantly suggestive female as the coun-
erpart of its own sweet self. But pr"of
of tue accuracy of the likeness is furnish
ed by the New YorE Sun of March 20, in
an article on "War in Modern Times" "
1t seems, according to this article, that IN
the three or four countries that manage
the affairs of this world, the worshipers
of "order" the l0udmouthed adorers OF
public tranquility" have indulged in
the pnstime of tearing the hair out OF
each Others heads to the tune OF sixty
wars during the present century, ara
"tewer than ten were begun by issn'ng a
formal declaration. These, too, were all
cases arising among nations that rccog-
nze the obligations OF what is called civ-
ilized warfare"
In plain English. these ''civilized" ma
tions sprAng at each other like enragea
tigers, having first cToucbed along in
their several jungles, watching the most
favorable moment for a jump. "Nowa-
days" says this remarkable article, "the
courteous warning end chivalric attitude
(of former timesr would be considered
absurd" What a precious thing is evo>
luton. The interesting statistics relatiag
to these sixty wars Of the guardians OF
socI,l order have been published by d
British ollicor; and IL appears that hos
tilities with savage tribes have been eX-
cluded from the reckon,ng." The other
tribes, look you, we're Of the creme de- Ia
creme. The British ToO.s compiler
thought that the attacks on the Savage
tribes, were of no consequence He is
only interested in the tribes that were