National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-07

ihc tHtup-hnUVhhl way OF CousiuclluA
the outbreak In Chicago Is to regard II as
directly or indirectly attributable % labor
societies composed Of our American fellow
citizens. Nothing can bemore Numerically
opposed to the facts, aud IL is not the
first time by many thousands that legitl-
mate movement has received "a bullet
aimed at the heartn from the action Of
irreconcilables, bound by no obligations TO
God or man. Yet the majority OF people,
well-meanlng but indiscrlminatlng, have
no hesitation in fastening on reputable
men and organizations the crimes of a few
desperate ruflians who have entered into a
solemn pact against law and order aud
sCciety-everywhere
Few people, except English tories of the
most bourbon type, have ever regarded the
home rule movement as criminal organi-
Zation. Yet when the most cold-bloodcd
assassination Of modern times was COM
mitted in Phoenix Park, in the summer Of
1889, II was duly credited to the political
party led by Parnell, Justin Mccarthy, and
Michael Davitt, three men as humane as
the nineteenth century has produced.
That native labor societies arc not In
| sympathy with anarchy, witness the testi
mony Of professed anarchist interviewed
| by New York YHJuUc reporter: "The
! Chicago fight is simply the fret gun in the
revolution. Our brothers there did nobly,
hut they were not as well prepared as they
| might have been, or moro Of the blue.coats
| would have got their last dose. Our motto
| is, Neither God nor Master and our doc
trine may be simply stated as Down with
| Church. State, Capital, knights Of Labor,
ard other kindred yillainles.'" This is
anarchy, pure and simple, and who shall
say that any society OF American citizens
is based upon such dlabollcal principles2
Let us contrast with this the express state
ments of those who direct the greatest
labor organization IN the world. Robert
Blissert tells the New York Herald repre-
sentative that "the riot In Chicago is shot
fired directly at the heart Of labor. . "
The trades unions are conservative bodies,
ana opposed TO violence OF any kind. Arbi-
tratlon and cool sense must win in the end.
was pleased to see that the anarchists Of
Chicago denounced the Knights of Labor.
II shows what the anarchists are. Improves
them to be the enemies OF labor" This is
the direct opposite of anarchy; it is the
voice Of people who are struggling for q
fair participation in the profits which they
produce, aud 1t means that the struggle
shall be carried on only with the weapons
Of reason, compromise, and moral force.
In addition to the evidence derived from
prominent men in this country corrobora-
tlon is found in leading English journal.
"The anarchy in Chicago" says the Pal
MdH Gazette, ''is an importation. 1t is
caused by men who are not American citi-
zens. and who, in most instances, have
been driven from Europe as criminals"
No sane man In this country entortalns
any other feeling toward the miscreants
who have perpetrated the outrages which
shock the moral feeling OF mankind than
the hope that they shall have the full meas
ure of punishment allowed by law. But
in our Indignation, we would do well to
distinguish between the just and the un
just, and to abstain from confounding the
fruits Of undisguised anarchy with the law
full struggles of organized American labor
When body of anarchists dofes Law
and order, commits arson and murder
there is but one remedy, and that Is the en-
forcement OF law at any cost. The bust
ness men OF Chicago are to-day, with thei
employees, being drilled to arms in the
upper stories Of their warehouses, and ar,
willing, in obedience to law, to risk thei
lives in putting down the wicked, lawless
and murderous crew now dealing deatl
and destruction all around them.
The municipal, state, aud national au
thoritles must promptly meet this challeng
with armed force, and curb those demon
Of society who are attempting to destro
the best of existing governments, and who
If their desires were carried into action
would resolve this world back again t
chaos and old night.