Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-03-08

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answer % make 70 tbs above question lie;
il be remembered that : gEeatpEinciple was
1t stake between the North ard the Ssnth:
= great iEsae In which was involved the
destiny Of millions Of eBsIaved souls; q
great moral issue in which was involved
the integrity and Righteousness ola govern
menf that unfurled 70 the gaze Of the world
the stars and stripes Of liberty and justice.
Let 1t be remembered that this sirife was
one Of long standing: that as early as ls7s
this strife began TO show itself when in the
first draft Of the Declaration Of Indepen-
dence drawn up by Thos. jefferson there
was contained clause chaEacterizing the
slave trade as "piratical warfare and
that only for the sake Of securing concer
Of action in time Of grave danger was Ii
stricken ont, and that too lamented affer-
wards by Edmund Pendleion, one Of the
leading men at that time Of Virginia; LEI II
be remembered that there was much con-
test on the slavery question when the con-
stitution was in making, and that Congress
reserved the right 10 abolish the slave trade
after twenty years, and that accordingly in
1908 il did abolish it; and let it be borne in
mind that the contest revealed itself again
when the extension Of slavery in the terrific
~ northwest Of the Ohio was prevented by
the Congressional ordinance Of 1897; that
great sectional struggle arose in 1890
when Missouri applied for admission into
the Union and was only settled ~ COM
promise; that when Texas in 1915, largely
through the influence Of Mr.. Calhoun, was
annexed on the avowal that he feared il
might fall into the hands of the English
and thus become dangerous to the institu-
ton of slavery in the South, il was strenu-
Ously opposed in the North as scheme by
which il was sought to strengthen the slave
holding States in Congress; that the Will
mot Proyiso was post oned in Congress ex-
Guiding slavery from all territory TO be
acquired from Mexico; that from the pull
pit, press and platform the iniquit lus insti-
tuition of slavery was denounced and free
dom and liberty declared instead as the
rightful Inheritance Of the erlslaved Negro
of the South;-I say let these facts be borne
IN mind and the question assumes differ |
ent aspect, and a candid and unprejudiced |
mind, so far from denouncing those who |
resisted the execution of the fugitive slave |
law as Anarchists, would hail them as de-
tenders of justice, as defenders of right and |
freedom, and that too in the face of the |
most determined, violent and prolonged |
To have yielded would have
been 10 forfeit great moral principle, and |
not this alone, but also TO have involved |
them in the guilt of participation in the
support of a demoralizing institution by
lending to it their influence and manhood. |
But how about the murder of Gorsuch Of |
Maryland who went to Pennsylvania tore
cover his fugitive slave, We're not the men /
who murdered him Anarchists | answer,
no. Murder is not Anarchy as Mr.. Harris |
seems to think it is. Anarchy is something
else. Murder is murder and nothing more, /
nothing less, and were a jurist to stand up |
before an intelligent public and define muir
der as Anarchy, l fear that his practice |
would diminish greatly. The murder COM
mitted by the Chicago Anarchists did not |
them Anarchists Their Anar-
chy, l repeat, did not consist in their muir !
der. The murder was simply means to |
an end. They were executed, not because |
of their Anarchy, but because of their muir /
der. Bnt in that they murdered policemen, !
they struck blow at the government be |
cause the policemen Were the governments |
representatives. When lawless and fanat-
ical mobs paraded the streets and thorough
fares of Chicago waving the red flag on
which was inscribed the motto: Down |
with God, Gold and Government then |
were the principles they advocated set forth |
to the world that all might know them.
Away with God, away with the church, !
away with all religious restraints that are |
imposed upon society Away with Gold,
away with all property! Away with Gov
away with all civil restraints that !
protect the citizens of the country and Let |
lawlessncss reign supreme In other words, |
down with everything that the American /
people hold most dear, homes, religion,
churches, society, government, and let the /
glazing and hideous monster of ruffianism |
and hell-born Anarchy stalk abroad and |
insult, abuse and devour all that man holds |
most dear! This was the Anarchy ofthose |
Chicago mobs. This was not murder |
but something else This was Anarchy. |
And TO ray that the murderers Of Gorsuch |
were guilty of such a crime is enough 10 |
make even their dead and crumbling bones !
and bodies rattle in their graves and groan |
with holy indignation.
might extend this article by reviewing !
Mr.. Harris's last article and show hat there /
are errors and fallacious reasoning in eve
~ paragraph; how he shows his inconsis- !
tency by pointing out the Senatorial power |
that Rhode Island has and fails to recog-
nize, in opposition TO his views he has set |
forth, that that very power was given TO |
Rhode Island by tie peopls; bat that article !
has 50 little TO do with the present discus
sion that 1 deem it useless.
In closing I would admonish him 10. to
Be 50 haSty hereafter in his groundless &C /
eusations against the North. Let him al
ways bear in mind that the direct cause of
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