The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-17

destroyed" Disciples of doubt and patrons of
impiety, and Knockers and materialists of every
degree will be found among them, but no Chris
tians. "Let us eat and drink, and make
bombs, for tomorrow we die" is their ripest
philosophy. They are often as immoral as they
are profare l can think of nothing in modern
history more nearly approaching the ideal
| than the recent temperance in New York OF
Herr Johann Most Ever since the Chicago
bomb the police had been on his track He was
great man. He had been in prison once In
Berlin, and once in London. He had been twice
a member of the Prussian Parliament lie is
the editor of "Freiheit." Suddenly, after two
weeks of retirement. the great man reappears
| Where does he reappearl Under bed his head
stuffed into pillow, harlot standing guard,
and policeman at each boot heel hauling him
| from his fragrant retreat That is the sort OF
creature which has been suffered By our good
! nature malicionsly to dig away at the founda-
| tons of our liberty The light has now been
flashed into their kennels. The Anarchist under
a harlots bed may now be handed down to
history a companion piece to Mr..
jefferson Davis in bonnet and skirts
1t is worth thousand times more than it has
cost to let the country see just what the people
| are from whom this din has come.
Secondly-Wegeta view not only of the dyna-
miters in person. but of their relations to the
| press Americans believe in the freedom of the
| press We have been willing to endure great
deal in order to secure and defend 1t. 1t is evil
| dent how much we have gained by 1t. The free
press in the United States is arsenal for civil
| ization. If it has its defects and blemishes, it
| is. Notwithstanding, a tower of strength against
| our enemies. In the present debate between
labor and capital the fairness, force and fullness
of the press have had much to do with
the marvelously rapid progress< towards
a settlements settlement which, four
weeks ago, seemed far away. But while Amer
leans believe in the freedom of the press
they do not believe in licensing either dirt or
demonism. There are certain things too foul to
ha al mar cad or y,viy, fn6 fnn
disloyal and dangerous to be said or printed.
| Among the many so-called 'labor journals" in
this country thirteen of the lawless and dan
| gerous kind. They have been industrously
helping disorder ard violence Suddenly
| they become known by their fruits. Their bru-
| tai doctrines. encouraging and applauding the
| most cowardly forms of murder, arson and con-
spiracy are understood. In Chicago and il New
York the freedom" of such a press. hostile to
| the very existence of society is promptly inter-
fered with by the police The bomb not only
explodes the Anarchist, but the Anarchists
journal too We get hold of the man, and we
get hold Of his measures. One hour of rioting
sufhces. The entire country knows what to
think of that specialized, disheveled narcoti-
cized alien and his alien press. He has gone to
stay. 1t has gone to stay-away.
Thirdly-We see the blessing of the bomb in
the chance it has given the laboring man to I'M
load The laboring man in America can be
trusted. He is America. Take him out of the
country and there is not much of the country
left We can trust not only his trained muscles
but his sense of justice his conservatism, his
patriotism. But the laborer has had too big a
load to carry. These Migrants, whose disjecta
membra the bomb has flung into the air, have
been the wage winners curse. They have tried
to saddle themselves and their pack of pestient
nonsense on labor's patient back. Now see
how quickly, startled by dynamite, labor throws
the whole pack off
The burden of labor is not work. No doubt it
is the burden of tramps-Anarchist tramps and
al Ry1t hoc cot 10 u0r-
He has got to work hard. He
is good for nothing without work. We shall
not amount TO much unless we take delight in
our work. What we need TO teach our children
is the nobility of work. We want no immi-
grants from Europe's prisons and poor-houses to
teach honest Americans that work is degrading.
With the degradation of labor comes the decay
and destruction of society. That was the
perience in our own Southern States. That
was the curse which came on Athens and Rome.
What the laborer needs to get rid of is not
work, but the shrks and the sharks. The
country has been too full of noisy people who
wanted to be the leaders and the patrons of
labor. Happily, since the Chicago riot there are
fewer of them. Some fell on that ingorious
battlefield Some are in Jail. Some are out
on bail. We are hearing on every
hand that American workinemen are to
have nothing to do with these people Mr.. Pow
DERBY issues another circular, in which he says.
with his usual force and clearness, how much
he and those who are with him abhor them.
That is the word repeated everywhere To have
lost in an hour all hope of leading labor in this
country is simply the doom of labor's enemies.
For labor itself the blessing is incalculable.
There will be some hope now that labor may
furnish its own leaders.
l observe once more that the hour with the
dynamiters has given the country chance at
its enemies There were disloyal men in Afneri-
ca before Sumter; but after Sumter there was
an opportunity to shoot at them. Disloyalty was
a crime before SUMTER but it was Sumter that
nS66a rafi aft vel f0 6aa1 wit
1t. The American people will be able to deal
with all these latest problems. They dealing
with them, and showing marvellous celebrity Of
judgment and frrnness of touch in getting to the
roots of the matter, and putting the rubbish
out of the way.
Since the Chicago riot there has been a signii-
cant change in the atmosphere. Everybody
feel it. Before, strikes were running rampant
Boycotters confident and happy. Some
unseen and inexplicable force was manifestly
making mischief between those who are neces-
sary to one another, and who ought to be fast
friends. Labor was more and more hostile to
capital and capital more and more afraid of
labor. We We're on the high road to just that
sort OF confusion and enmity in which Anarchists
delight. The bomb sobered us. We saw
whittier we were drifting The people cried
halt, and that is the positive degree. Next they
will want halter; that will be the comparative
degree-and it will be superlativey just towards
all such plotters against the life of this free
nation. What we believe in here in America is
the old virtues of industry, economy and thrift
We like independence. We do not like disorder
and violence. The men who create it are public
enemies They will be treated as such.
These social problems all to be settled by
Christianity. We must reach mems minds and
hearts. When the poor are just and honest
towards the rich, when the rich are friendly and
helpful towards the poor the difficulty will be
over The golden rule is the solution That is
Jesus Christ's rule What we have to do is to
push more diligently than ever those happy
Christian influences by which we are made to
see ard feel that ali men are brethren, that we
are to bear another's burdens and so fulfill
the law of Christ
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