Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-02-16

aAaS14s and s4fesaes, bat kzm and sys,er.
The aim Of tho Anarchists was lust the re-
verse. They ainei 10 have not rl,atsou.
lsw. but - law; nos fsst governnenf. hu,
~ government; not lsr aaa essl<v, bat a.
arezs and cs4fssiaa.
Again, The ssfaeiingT thai animated the
two parties was entirely Different The
Northern people were moved not by feel
ings OF Aesti7ity 70 the government, but BY
those Of patriotism and loyalty 70 it; no,
By feelings Of HAIRED, eaAsaaps and rea-
seaacs toward all government. but by those
Of love and fidelity 10 the government Of
the United States Of America. The feel
ings that animated the Anarchists were
those ~ hostility. hatred, contempt and
vengeance towards all government and law
and orier--ieelings that revealed them
selves indeed in the last cry Of the doomed
criminals: @L.ong live Anarchy r'
And then again, the language Of the two
parties was entirely different Compare
the speeches and other productions Of Web
ster, Everett and Sumner, laden with polit-
ical truths deep and profound, with the in
cendiary harangues OF Fielden, Schwab
and Parsons; compare the captivating elo-
quence Of Wendell Philips with the reck-
less utterances Of Angus, Spies, and what
difference in this respect we see between
the two parties! affirm again that there
Is no analogy between the two cases and all
attempts TO treat them as such must be ia
tile. The one class, believing in right and
freedom, stirred by feelings of sympathy and
justice, ssroye 10 strike of the shackles
that held their fellow-men In bondage
The other class, filed with perverted views
and profound ignorance, fired with fanati-
cal zeal, strove to demolish the govern-
ment, society and homes of a just and
freedomloving people, and to raise on high |
the red banner, stained with the blood of
It's unfortunate victims
Mr.. Harris quotes me as saying, awhen |
those laws were enacted TO perpetuate |
slavery, the people of the North through |
their representatives who took part in the |
enactment of those laws protested against |
their execution, and they were right in |
theiI protest" and then accuses me of being |
entirely in error in my history. l made |
no such statement as the above. 1t is an |
inaccurate quotation from my article that
appeared in the BEACON of January s.
But the passage as printed in that issue of
the BEACON contained typographical errors
and in the next edition the corrections APP
peared, the statement running as fol-
lows: "When the laws were enacted that
tolerated or were designed TO perpetuate
slavery, the people of the North though
their representatives took part in the en-
actment of those laws, protested against
their execution. And they were right in
this protest" Had not Mr.. Harris mis-
quoted me. and had he been aware of the
corrections that had been made, he would
not only have been saved the trouble of
charging me with errors, but he would
have been saved also from the belabored
attempt TO give utterance to his wrathful
inyectives against John Q. Adams, and his
needless arraignment of the Northern peo-
pie upon the charge of hypocritical pretcn-
sions, perverted hearts and perjured souls.
G..