Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-07

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the law SAYS: stop that II drain OF q
river from It's bed and verC 1t 10 turn
my min wheel. leaving he bed OF the river a
breeding place for malaria, the law says
"Qult that outrage" And mas not good
eminent right 10 say that few men
shall not gorge themseI yes on he comfort ana
health aud utc of generations. Tour rlghls
end where my rights begin.
Monopoly, brazeu- faced and fingered,
| vuture- hearted Monopoly offers his hand TO
1 this republic. He stretches 10 out over tie
lakes, and up the Pennsylvania and the Erie
ana he New IOrk Central railroads and over
I the telegraph poles of the continent and says:
"here is my heart and hand; be nine forev-
| err Let the millions of the people, North,
! south East and West, forbid he bans of that
| marrlAge -forbld them at the ballot box, forbid
| them on the platform, forbid them by great
/ organizations, forbid them by the ovcrwhelm-
/ ing continents Of an outraged nation, forbid
| them by the protest Of the Church of Cod for
bld them by prayer to high heaven hat
Herod snail not have Tins Abigail. 10 shail
not be to all devourlng Monopoly that tins
lant is u Ie married.
Another suitor claiming the hama of this
republic Is Nlhllism. He owns nothing but
knife for universal blood letting, and anitro-
glycerne bomb for universal explosion. He
DeueNes IN no God, no goVernme ut no heaven,
ana no hell eXcent what he can make on
earth. lie slew the Car Of Russia. keeps
+ nperor W Il lam, # Germany, PRACTICAL Y
Imprisoned, killed Abraham Lincoln. would
put TO death every King aud President on
earth, and if he had the power would climb
up until he could drive the God of heaven
from HIS throne and take II for himself-the
universal butcher. In France it is called
Communism; Ina the United states il IS call 1
Socialism; in Russia it is ca led Nihihsm.
That last Is the most graphic aud descriptive
term. 1t means complete and eternal smash
up. 1t would make the holding OF property
crime, and it would drive a dagger through
your heart and apply a torch 10 your dwell
ling: and turn over this whole land INTO the
possession of theft and lust and rapine and
murder.
where does this monster live? In st. Louis.
in Chicago, In BrooklS n. in New York, and
IN all the villages and cities of this land. The
devil Of destruction is an old devil, and he 8
TO be seen at every great fire where there Is
anything TO steal, and at every shIpwreCk
where there IS anything valuable floating
ashore, and al every railroad accident whore
there are OVercoaLs and watches to be pur
Joined on small scale saw 1t IN my COL
lege days, when in our literary society in
New ork University we had an exquisite
aud costly bust of Shakespeare, and one
morning we found a hole bored into the lips
of the marble and a cigar inserted. There has
not for the last century been ne picture in
your art gallery. or graceful statue in your
parks, or a fine frescO on your wall, or a richly
bound volume in your library, but would
have been despOiled if the hand Of rutlianlSm
could have got at II without peril of incarce-
ration Sometimes the evil spirit shows itself
by throwing vltrI0 into beautiful face;
sometimes by wIlliully soaring a horse with
veloclpede; sometimes By crashing the cart
wheel against carriage.
The philosophy of the whole business is that
there is large number of people who either
through their laZiness or their crime own
nothing, and are mad at those who through
industry and wit OF their own, or of their an
cestors. are in possession of large resources.
The honest labOring classes never had any,
thing to do with such murderous ente rprises.
1t IS the vlllanous classes, who would not
work If they had plenty OF work offered them
at large wages. Many OF these suppose that
by the demolition Of law and order they
would be advantaged. and the parting Of the
ship Of state would allow them, as wreckers.
TO carry of the cargo. IL offers its hand
to this fair republic. IL proposes TO
tear TO pieces the ballot box, the legislative
hail, the Congressional assembly. IL would
take this land aud divide it up, or
rather divide it down. 1t would give as
much to the ldler as to the worker, to the bad
as to the good. Nihlllsm? This panther hav-
ing prOWlcd across other lands has set its
paws on our soil, and 1t is only waiting for
the time in which to spring upon its prey.
1t was Nlhilism that mussacred the heroic pO-
hcemen OF Chicago ami st. Louis a few days
ago, and that burned the railroad property 1T
PittSburg during the great ripts. 1t was
NIhilism that slew black people IN our North
ern cities during the war. II was Nihilism
that again and again in san Francisco and in
New York mauled to death the Chinese. 1t Is
NIhilism that glares out of the windows of the
drunkerIes upon sober people as they go by.
An, its power has never vet been tested. 1t
would, If il had the power, leave every
lege and home in ashes.
Les me say it is the worst enemy of the
labOrlng classes in any country. The honest
cry for reform lifted by oppressed laDoring
men IS drowned out by the VOCiferations for
Anarchy. The criminals and the vagabonds
who range through our cities talking about
their rights-when their first right IS the peni-
tenuary-if they could be hushed up, and the
down trOdden tailoring men of this country
could be heard, there would be more bread
for hungry children. In this laud riot and
boOdshed never gained any wages for the
people or gathered up any prosperity. In
TINS land the best weapon ia not the club,
not the shillaah, not firearms, but the ballot.
Let not our oppressed labOring men be be-
guilet to coming under the bloody banner of
Nlhlllsm. IL Will make your taxes heavier,
your WAGES smaller, your table scanticr, your
children hungrier, your suffering greater.
fet this Nlhillsm. with feet red of slaughter,
comes forth aud offers its hand for the reuub-
lie. Shall the bans be procamedy If so,
where shall the marriage altar be, and who
will be the officiating priestY And what will
be the music? That altar will have 10 be
white with bleached skulls, the officiating
priest must be IA dripping assassin, the music
must be the smothered groan of multitudinOus
victims. the garlands must be twisted of
night shade. the fruit must be apples of Sodom
the wine must be the blood OF ST. Bartholo-
news massacre. No! IL is not to Nihlism.
the sanguiaital monster, that this land is to
be married.
Another sutton for the hand OF this nation
is lnfitclity. Mark you that all Anarchists
are intides. Not one of them believes IN the
Bible, and very rarely any of them believe in
a Cod. Their most conspicuous leader wn S
the other day pul ed by the leg from under
the bed In a house OF inidmy, cursing and
biaspheming. The police OF Chicago cN.
pOrlng the dens of the Anarchists found
dynamite and vtriol aud Tom Payne's Age
OF Reason" and obscene pictures, and com o.
planetary biographies OF thugs and assas
sins; but not one Testament, not one of
| Wesiey's hymn books, not one Roman Cath
olc bFcviary. There are two wings to Inf =
pears in highly literary magazines and rs for
the educated and refined; ne other wing il
in the form OF Anarchy and rs Tor the vulgar.
But both Niugs belong 10 the same old filthy
vulture, Inddelty. Elegant lnhdelity pro-
poses to conquer this land TO itself by the
pen; Atarc9y proposes TO conquer it by
biudgeou ami torch.
When the midnight runians dpspoiled the
grave Of A. l.. stewart IN st. Marks church
yard, everybody was shocked; but Inndentv
proposes something worse than that-the
robbng Of all the graves OF ChrisiendOm OF
chisel out from the tombstone Of your Chris
tan dead the words: Asleep in jesus" and
substitute lac words. "ObltseratiOu-annihk
I latiou.' lnhdelity proposes to take the let
Ter from the worlds Father, inviting the
nations 10 virtue aud happiness, and tear 10
mp IN O fragments so small that YOU cannot
read word OF ~. 10 prop uses TO take the con-
-olanon from the broken hearted, aud the
100 hing pillow from the dying.
tnhdeuty proposes % swear la
tine President Of the United States and
the supreme Court, and the Governors of
states ami the witnesses in The court room,
with their right hand on Pane's age Of
tory 1t proposes 10 take away from tins
/ country the book that makes the dluerpnce