The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-10-14

the reason why anarchism 10 such n pernicious
and damnable doctrine? Grinnell has IN
formed us that anarchism was on trial.
III that Ia the case, your Honor. very
we'll you may sentence me, for am an an
archist. / believe with Buckle, with Paine,
Jefferson, with Emerson, with spencer. ana
many other great thinkers OF this century that
the state OF caite and classes, the state where
one class dominates and lives upon the labor OF
another class and calls IL order. should DO
abolished. You hay pronounce your sentence
upon me- honorable Judge but let the world
know that in the year Ammo Domini 1886, In the
State OF Illinois, seven men were sentenced 10
death because they had not lost their iai'u NJ IN
tho ultimate victory of liberty and justice. We
who have jeopardized our lives TO save society
from the hend that has grasped her by the
throat, that seeks her life,blood ana deyou5s
her substance we, who would heal her bleed
ing wounds, who would free her from the letters
you have wrought around her, from the misery
you have brought upon her-we arc her
enemies We have preached dynamite, III IL
said and we have predicted from the lessons
history has taught us that the ruling clasess OF
to-day would no more listen TO the voice OF req
son than their predecessors, and they~woulu at
tempt by brute force to stay the march OF
progress Are not all tho large industries OF
this once free country conducted under the sur
VIGILANCE OF the police, the militia ana inc
Sheriff?
If you think that by hanging US you can
stamp out the labor movement, then call your
hangman: But You will tread upon the spark
Here and there, behind you, in front Of you ana
everywhere, flames will blaze mp. The ground
is on fire on which you stand. You cannot I'M
derstand it, You do not believe In witcncratt,
but YOU do believe in 'conspracies. You want
to stamp out the conspirators, the agitators
Ah stamp out every factory lord who mas grown
wealthy upon the unpaid labor OF his employees
stamp out every landlord who has amassed
fortune from the rent II overburdened working
men and farmers. You, gentlemen, are the
revolutonists. DO you, in your blindness,
think YOU can stop the tidal wave of civilization
and human emancipation by facing n few po-
licemen n few Calling guns, some reg iments OF
militia, on the shore? Do you think you can
frghten the rising waves back into their I'M
fashionable deyths by erecting few gallowses
in the perspective? You who oppose the natural
forces OF things, you are the real revolutiopists
You and you alone are the conspirators and de-
structionists.
said the Court yesterday: These men refer
ring to the Board of Trade demonstration)
started out with The express purpose OF sacking
the Board OF Trade Building Well, cannot
see what sense there would have been in such
an undertaking. But L will assume that the
5000 workingmen who marched in that process
sion really intended to sack the building. In
this case they would have differed from the re-
spectacle Board of Trade men in that they
sought to recover the stolen property in a law
full way, while the others sack the entire coun-
try lawfully and unlawfully. This being very
highly respectable profession, this court OF JUS
tice and equity proclaims the principle that
when two persons do the same thing 1t is not
the same thing. thank the Court for this con-
fession 1t contains all that have taught,
and for which we are TO be hung in a nutshell.
1t is u respectable profession when practiced by
the priv, eyed class, but IL IS felony when re-
sorted TO in selfpreservation by the other class.
This il order. This is the kind OF order that
we have attempted and are still trying as
long we live, TO abolish.
Look upon the economic battlefield Look at
the starving pariahs, the miners in the Monon.
gahela Valley, or pass along the railroads OF
that great benefactor, the most orderly and law,
abiding citizen in the country, jay Gould, and
then tell me whether this order has in IL any
moral principle, and why 1t should be pre-
served. say that the preservation OF such an
order is criminal, is numerous. lt means the
preservation OF the systematic slaughter OF chill
dren and women in factories And last, but not
least il means the preservation OF past strug
giles and riots and bloodshed That Is your or
dor, gentlemen. Yes, and it is worthy Of you To
be the champions OF such an order. You are ex
celently fitted for that purpose. You have my
compliment.
These men, Grinnell said repeatedly have
no principles. They are common murders, rob
bers, assassins,' and so forth. / admit that oul
aspirations and objects are incomprehensible &c
the unprincipled rufiians. But the assertion Il
an infamous falsehood. Articles have been read
here from the better Zeitung and the Harm u
show the dangerous character Of the defendants
Those articles generally followed and com
mented upon some atrocity committed by the
authorities upon striking workingmen. They
were picked out and read to you. Other articles
were not read to you The other articles We're no
what the State wanted. And upon these artclei
the States Attorney, who we'll knows he tells
falsehood when he says so, says these mon have
no principles.
when anarchism gains it's point there will
not longer be any use for policemen and militia
| TO preserve so-cdlled peace and order-the order
| that the Russian General telegraphed to the
| Car after he had massacred half of Moscow,
order ia retored in Moscow" Anarchism does
not mean bloodshed, does not mean chaos
arson, and so forth. These monstrosities are
| the characteristic features of capitalism. An
| archism means peace and tranquility to all.
1t is true that we have told the people time
and again that the great day Of n change was
coming 1t is true that we have called upor
| the people TO arm to prepare for that day. This
| seems TO DO the ground upon which the verde
| is TO be sustained But when n long train Of
| abuses and usurpations pursuing unvaryingly
| the same objects evinces the design TO reduce
| the people under absolute despotism it is the
right and duty TO throw of sucl
| for their future safety This is
| quotation from the Declaration OF independence
| II you think you can crush out these ideas tina
| are gaining ground more and more every day
| ii you would once more have people suffer thu
| penalty of death because they dare to tell thu
| truth then say you may call your hangmai
| and turn me and my friends over TO him. w
| have not told anything but the truth. L def
you to show us whore we told a lie. l shall di
proudly and dehantly in the cause of truth al
| so many martyrs have done whom 1 could nam
| to you, and among them is Christ"