The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-21

q, q. FcoHCn, Secretary ---.--
The TuIluf tho Red Flag
Tho last actin the lilymaket affair II
TO DO filing conclusion OF that terrible
tragedy. The blood Of the martyred
policemen is 10 be reyengtd end the out
rago ladlled. Society feels ta!er and
public opinion declares m emphatic sp'
proysl rendered by the jury in tie An
archists trial, finding seven OF the prison
ers guilty of murder and ailixing the
death penalty, and giving one iifteer
years in tho pcnitentiary to reflect ovel
his folly.
The condemned men have had q fall
trial-lairer than they could have had IL
any other country OH the globe consider
Ing the enormity and two-iold character
OF The crimes with which they were charg
ed. The Judge wGs lenient and tndulRent
and II he erred at all it was in favor Of the
Anarchists. There can be no cry OF per
secutiou, and those silly seu!imentalisIt
WHO sympalhize with every doomed mur
derer would better cave their breath ard
conserve their health by keeping theil
OVERLOOKING feelings prudcntly pent up
Tho trial was long, the jury patient, and
now that It's work is done it is endorsed
by all righl.thiuking, home.Ioving, law
abiding people in the'world.
The crime for which these men were
tried is unparalleled in the history Of this
country. They we're found guilty sPe'
officially for tho murder Of tho policemen
VINO were in tho discharge OF their duty,
but tho verdict goes further than that. II
points to tho vllainous conspiracy back
Of the massacre and which led up TO that
tragedy. The AnalChistB not only plotted
to fitch the putse Of the millionaire, buI
to rob the poor man; they not only aimed
to level tho costly mansions Of the opu
lent, but poised tho fiery arrow 10 strike
tho cosy and modest homo Of tho work
ingmau, who by industry and ffugalty
had provided himself with shelter; they
not only intended to destroy society and
debauch the firesidc around which virtue
and contentmont sat, but with gloaang
eyes looked forward 10 silenClug justice
and tramping the law under their feet.
They merit death rs much for this
Aendlsh conspiracy as for splitting the
blood OF the policemen at the Hsymarket
They are condemned that others who hold
their Infamous doctrines may profit by
the verdict aud at least abstain from theil
practices. They are sent back 10 theil
cells with the ropO Of retributiOn around
their necks, that society may feel secure
in the protection Of tho laws that were
made for lis preservation.
The moral effect OF the verdict will bt
far.reaChing. 1t will ring in the earl
Of the spelsCs, Fieldens, and Mosts who
are yet out Of the clutch Of tho law, tina
while this Is land OF liberty 1t is {
land OF law; that while II is an asylum
for the oppressed, it is not refuge iol
those who plot against the peace aud hap
piness Of It's people and reyile and SCOT Al
the principles Of It's safety and iecr the
virtues Of the people who have been the
buildeIs Of lis prosperity.
The lesson Of tho verdict Is most salu
tary. and tho Maynard AnarchiS. thought
q fool will not err in interpreting just what
1t means for the future; and the country
may rest secure in the belief that it viii
be many years before another HaymRrket
riot will stain with blood tho pages Of III
history. There will be some delay in OK
ecutlng the sentences Of the condemned
men, but the verdict will not DO reversed