Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-30

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ssmpathy fes Maxwell. he murdsrsr
Il PselleE. o. Titu4 he murdssss e
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publis sxfsnds e shsss ma Is fsund 70
b anairsiy wanaina when ne vieiims q
me hsIliah plos o. scies. Fisldsn and
thsIr fellow arImiuals ars undsF diss1s-
son. Many bravs men. whesa onls
cfanss waa has Trey wsFs fai1hful 10
he disrhaFgs q their duiY and stood
HE heroes - their pos between cisili-
zasisn and a. outburat q savage fssnEy,
anHsEsd terrible deaths bsenusn Of thsse
men. aud many othsrs viii linRsr On
shfoaRh years Of i0yIsss liis, oripDled.
broksn and suffering, living reminders
OF the plot against sosissy WHICH failed
osiy bsoauss 81 thsir heEoism ard the
hsEoism Of their oomradss.
Nes hare The saeota o. TIE ofims q
TIE condemned mnrdeEera yea oeassd 10
Be- felt. A pexaistent and determined
sG0Fi h being made 70 maEdeF ths sis
nsaass upon whose testimony spies and
his companions we're convicted, 10 mur-
der q intimidats the jurors Who foand
them guilty, and - vEsak Ike ysn-
Rsanea upon al who took part IN their
pEosesutlon. These oouaFdiy assaults
may BE- made With The knouledes Of
the condemned pEisonsEa sad they may
b mads without Il. but they aFs eor-
tainly IN keeping with their teachings
and With the Opinions which shsy siill
profess 10 bold.
A fungus growth Of misapprehansion
and nonssnss has spfnng OF % all
sides d this czse and has almost hidden
tie tras facts from viev. SPIES and bis
Eve companions are not 10 suffer death
On eecount Of the opinions which they
bold. bat hsoaass Of 9 murder which
they are convicted q having committed
on the svenine Of May SEQ. 1886. When
the people fairly grasp this fact, per-
hapa. there viii be less sympathy and
more common sense brsuRhf 90 bear on
he case. In America. . man has q
right 10 believe whatever be chooses. To
that proposition there can Be no denial.
Bat when be proceeds 10 Put false and
dangerous belief into pfactics, when be
violates one Of the laws which a saver
higher than humanily has deoresd a. .
defenae and 3 protection to society,
when be becomes . murderer, because
be hes reasoned himself into the belief
that Il Il night 10 murder, BE- shoald not
e0mpiain II be is crushed beneath the
power with which be pFesnmes 10 meas
ure strength. The Law has little 70 Do
With The course Of reasoning whioh 9
man follows 10 the point Of open crime.
II has 10 deal only with The crime itself.
Il would Be suicidal folly 10 withheld
punishment from murderer because
he PROGRESSED TO believe that Il vas hls
duty tooommit murder. Saoh 9 course
Woald bs as foolish Is il would Be 70
allow dangerous maniac 10 run lo0as
In ths streets because Of the hardness
o. the Inconvenience Of keeping him IN
confinement. self-pgessrvation is the
hrst Law Of mature. Either our ins.itu-
tons or those who Assail them must 20
down. Why the MuAieipal Council Of
Paris. Why 3 great labor organization.
why any reasonable maa o. number Of
reasonable men should express sympa.
ny with bead Of eonspiratsgs who De.
sought a oonsest With society,
and. having measured strength with Il.
and that Il il stronger than they, il 10
Impossible to understand. Such sympa-
nv is woEue than folly. nia almost =
crime.
Gall thesa condemned prisoners. uot
Anarchists. bus murdeEeFs. and ths case
sill Be stripped Of . good deal Of ssnsi-
mantai nunaanma