Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-03-22
AN GRAFTON OF BLOOD.

Resorts frequented by Germans nave
been flooded for the past few days with big
flaming circulars, headed "Vive Ia Com
mune!" which announced that grand mass
meeting would be held one night last week
in Dehl's Arbeiter Hall, at 1856 Girard
avenue, for the purpose Of celebrating the
fifteenth anniversary Of tho Paris commune
Of 1871.
At 2 o'clock the hall was comfortably
filled with a motley crowd Of Germans.
Herr Strumper, assisted by Herr Wander
and Herr Zaimer, presided over the meet
ing. AS soon as it was called to order Herr
Johann Most, the apostle of blood and social
chaos was introduced as the orator Of the
day.
He began by saying that the New York
Anarchists sent greeting to their Philadel-
phia brethren. He then plunged into his
subject by declaring that the great social
struggle was between the poor and the rich.
He denounced education as power given
to the rich with which to grind down the
poor. The working classes, he said, had
never raised the banner of revolution as de-
terminedly us now, but they made their
grand mistake in not joining and operating
with the Anarchists, who advocated the on
" effective methods by which they could
rid themselves of the capitalists.
Most workingInen," he shouted ''are fools,
They have tried to introduce reform through
the polls. Bah Reform is only another
word for credulity. The only reform is to
destroy the government, the capitalists and
especially the church. No good ever came
through any of them Mankind existed be-
fore government and government is nothing
but an institution for the enslaving OF the
people and the church upholds the state.
Government exists to protect the rich in the
possession of their ill-gotton gains and per-
mits the poor to starve and rot in the mlre.
Government is the creation Of rascals and
scoundreIs. The path to reform is strewn
with corpscg and is flooded with blood. Gov
eminent, the church and capital must be
destroyed. 1t is impossible for US to gain
our ends without fight, for the scouudrels
and all their friends will resist our march to
reform. But lynch justice will be our watch
word and we will make every man Of them
walk the plank. .
"When that reform is achieved we will
want no police or guardians. Everything
will then be better than now. We will only
work Il few hours every day and we will
have no bosses. Neither will we have any
cares on account of food or clothing. We
will work two or three hours day. That
is enough. All labor will be done accord
ing to an amicabe division Of the common
property. Beer, wine, food, clothing, every
thing, will be taken where it is found. There
will be no over production and when every
thing is exhausted we will 90 to work again.
1.-THE Anarchist idea is not a hairbranded
idea it is Socialism in its broadcast and most
consistent sense The chances for success
in America are splendid. The system OF
violence has already been introduced by the
railroad strikers. but they have not yet car
ried it far enough. Violence-the shedding
OF blood and killng-is the creed of the Au-
archists"
In his peroration he called on his audit
ors to arm themselves with revolvers, guns
and dynamite and kill and murder, in spite
of tho police.
"How glorious" he yelled, "was the kill
ing of Alexander III. of Russia He was
sent to hell, where he belonged. Why not
send Gould, Vanderbilt and the rest of the
crew to the same place ?"
He urged his hearers to join the lnterna-
tional Workingman's Association which is
committed to the Anarchist idea. The
speech was delivered in German and WAS
generously applauded. Special invitations
had been extended to German clergymen
but none were seen in the andience.-Phil-
adelphia Times