The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-05-14

eS OF ANARCHISTS, DIS uLL6Eou IcCoHGiy III
Chicago, when they appealed to the
spirit Of their fathers soho fought for
their .freedons," abiding to tine Revolu-
tionary struggle. Those whose ances-
tors fled from religious persecution
and tyranny in the old world $50 years
ago, to establish a home in the wilder
ness, and to found country which
should be an asylum for the oppressed
of all nations, and Cor succeeding gen
erations, have fought the battles of the
country from the red man to the rebel,
and handed that country down to their
descendants, have some little pride of
ancestry, and of their deeds, both in
the forum and in the field, and to listen
to such harangues from such red
mouthed anarchists, in such bias
phemous illusions. is too much for
American endurance. Their fathers!
Who were their fathers, if they ever
had any? They were the offscourings
of Europe, and they are the contempti-
bic progeny of contemplate ances-
try, and if their villainy and degrade
ton have not been intensified in each
succeeding generation, it has been for
the reason that the degradation of the
ancestry had touched bedrock, and
could sink no lower. 1t is asserted
that thousands of those comprising
this foul scum of society were turned
loose from the overlooking prisons Of
Europe, who had become burden to
the government to support, and turn
ed loose upon our own cOuntrY-a
country of freedoml And they are as
serting their appreciation of a free
country, and the venom which has
been tolerated by the citizens of Chica-
go for years past, in the open streets
and squares, on Sunday afternoons, as
free speech, has at last borne its legiti-
mate fruits, by the slaughter of her
officers.
Freedom of speech becomes free in
deed if riot, arson and murder can
openly be taught without even re-
buke. AS long ago as last January
the authorities and the public Of Chi
cago were warned by the papers that
preparations were being made by the
Socialists for mischief, and by some ar
tifice one of these bombs was obtained
and reproduced by cut in their col
umns, with description of how it was
to be used, and statement that GER
tain brutes were practicing how to use
it. But all the warnings were unheed-
ed by the Mayor or Council. Election
soos approaching. If words lead to
such deeds, it is time that the freedom
of speech was curtailed, and the mouth
that utters such incendiarisms effectu-
ally closed. These harangues have
bred a progeny of lawless fanatics, and
the ingenuity of cranks has armed
them with the implements Of destruc-
ton more fendish than hell itself
could reproduce. No punishment can
be too severe for such fiends.
The finding of these internal ele-
ments and implements in the Office of
the Arbeiter Zeit,tfag has now confirmed
the warnings of the press, which were
met by Mayor Harrison with a sneer,
and even the Chief of Police listened
only with naughty air of disdain for
the information.
When the commune of Paris col
lapsed in 1871, and the remnant of an
archists who had drenched the city in
blood were driven into the corner of
the cemetery of Pierre La Chaise, en-
closed by high walls, with no escape,
they were considered outlaws, and only
fit for targets, and were shot down like
dogs. Volley after volley was poured
into the cowardly rabble, crouching in
to their corner, and for months after
the blood-stained ground and bespat.
tered walls, indented with bullets, re.
manned as warning against such up
rlsings of an Internal crew. AS they
had shown no mercy, no mercy was
shown them, and as they were a prey
upon society. their very presence was
a dangerous element, and the public
safety demanded a terrible example
and total humiliation. Others who
had been captured with arms in their
hands were tried by court-martial and
summarily shot. This was fifteen
years ago, and no communist has dared
open his mouth in Paris since. d.