Wichita eagle., 1886-10-14
WANTED. INFORMATION.
To the Editor Of the EAGLE.

To the Editor Of the EAGLE.
see in Saturdays EAGLE an editorial
headed "The Rule Of Anarchists would
Destroy Civilization" Would you or some
of your readers please inform me what the
rule of anarchists means? l must confess
that have never had the opportunity of
reading statement of their aims and OBJ
jects, only what l see in the EAGLE-"to
divide up equally with everybody who
might claim a share" This is too indef-
mate for me to understand, or to be able to
read anything concerning them intelli-
gently. Beside, why are they included in
your discussion of the labor question?
What has anarchy to do with the labor
problem, or the labor problem to do with
anarchy
l have been an active operator in the
ranks of labor in all its ups and downs for
forty-six years, and ought to be as able to
understand or discuss the situation as any
one. But need information concerning
these anarchists, SO that may not get them
mixed up with grangers, farmers alliances,
Greenbackers, anli-monopolists, Knights of
Labor, trades unions, and every other or
ganization of industry that is endeavoring
to obtain measure of justice.
Thirty years ago the name "abolitionist'
was used as holy terror to frighten the
voters and round them up to the polls to
vote for the continuation in power of the
pro-slavcry Democracy.
Their press and their speakers taught
the multitude that the aim and object OF
the "Abolitionists' was to steal niggers. to
incitc the niggers to massacre the whites, to
cut their throats in the night and give their
roofs to the flames The abolitionist was
especially determined that niger should
marry his sister, and he was fiend incar-
nate on general principles. The hirelings
of the slaveOcracy swore eternal extermina-
ton against the abolitionist. They i'm
prisoned and prosecuted the Parkers and
Lovcjoys, and hanged the Browns. They
shot down inocent men for arming them
selves in self defence, and arrested and i'm
prisoned honest men for conspiracy and
treason. While all this was going on l
was at loss to know where stood. But
when it was revealed to me that the object
of those who were termed abolitionists was
simply to overthrow the corrupt and arro-
giant rule of the slave power, to secure
justice, and to advance to higher plane
of civilization, l discovered that |, myself,
had been an abolitionist all the time. The
wrongs and outrages perpetrated upon the
people of those times are so vividly impress
sed upon my memory that cannot for the
life Of me surprpress lurking suspicion
that the same means are being used to ac-
complish the same ends To say the least
there is wonderful similarity in the meth
DDS and tactics of the money power of to-
day and of the slave power of thirty years
ago This is why want to learn what the
anarchists want to accomplish.
VIM. Ross.
Zone of the cardinal principles of the
anarchists. if indeed it is principle, is Op-
position to capital, aggregated, incorpor-
vted or otherwise. For an instance of the
success, progress and standing of nations
under such an idea we refer Mr.. Ross to
Old Mexico, to China and to India previous
to British rule Anarchy means the de-
struction of corporate and personal enter
prise and a mere dead civilization. unpro-
gressive and airnless-ED. EAGLE.