The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-05-09
ANARCHY is NOT DEAD.


The SlumberIng Monster Arouses LONG
Enough to Promulgate IneeDdiary
screed. Hoping, Perchanee, to Agair
Inffame It's Deyotees to Acts of Law.
lessness.
CHICAGO, May 4.--On the 30th inst. the
Haymarket monument is TO be unvailed
and that the Anarchists are already pre-
pairing for the event is evidenced by the
issuance by some secret printing estab-
lishment of an infammatory circular,
copies of which fell into the hands OF the
police yesterday. One Of the circulars was
inclosed in an envelope and sent to Chief
Hubbard yesterday morning. Another
was found lying on the base Of the monu-
ment in Haymarket Square. 1t is be-
lieyed that many other copies of the cir
cular have been secretly circulated among
the Anarchists, who are known to bo still
loyal to the memory Of Spies, Parsons
and the rest. The circular reads as fol.
lows:
May T. 1885, and November II, 1887.
Maya 1886 a pcaceable meeting attacked
by $50 armed policemen acting under orders of
well-known bully and ruiiian, contrary TO the
commands OF the mayor OF the city. An un.
known hand throws deadly and death.dealing
missile and In moment the air is rent by the
shreks and groans Of wounded and dying men.
And this is the result OF the dtsobedienoe, the
cowardice and hatred OF ono man.
CITIZENS: Ycu are asked to commemorate
by your attendance at the unvailtng Of the
statue erecte to the memory OF the policemen
who fell on that terrible night, the bravery ~,
not of the common people who had no choice
but to obey, but Of the man Bonneld, whose
murderous act caused untold suffering. Some
Of you who read this will listen, it may be, with
IN he or uVtt nj
that memorable night. With vehemence and
great eloquence slIillful orators will picture 20
you the situation, and strong appeals Will be
made to your patriotism and your prejudices.
Passion, which time has cooled, viii be agair
aroused, and the hated Anai chists who, you
Will be told, are entirely responsible for this
dreadful affair, will be painted as hends in hu.
man form. SO have the people ever beer
blinded by cunning l5nayes. But stop Have
you ever given thought to the patient suffer
ing, the cruel persecution, the unjust trial and
conviction and the base murder OF five of the
real victims OF the Haymarket tragedy? Or TO
the undeserved punishment, compared with
which death would be merciful, to the other
three? Have you forgotten the selfsacritce
and grandeur OF spirit and bearing OF the man
who voluntarily surrendered himself to share
the fate OF his comrades? Do guilty men thus
voluntarily return 10 meet certain death?
All friends, ask yourselves these questions
IN sober earnestness, and then listen without
blush of shame, il you can, to your orators as
they tell you this is the freest country on the
face OF the earth This kind OF patriotism, like
the song OF the siren, puts you to sleep whilst
you drift on to certain slavery. You remember
the trial of our friends? How the public pros.
ecutor, States Attorney Grinnell, pursued our
friends with all the malevolenee OF hend.
How he adopted every device known TO COW.
ards and knaves-intimidation, bribery, jury
packing and force-to carry out the viii Of the
money-power, whose willing tool he was.
There are many incidents connected with the
trial which stlll remain to be told. The time
will come for the ample Justification OF our
comrades; but it is not quite yet, and you who
pay your tribute TO brave men, and exult In
the triumph OF law, consider for moment at
what fearful price that triumph was secured
When you assemble on the thirteenth OF May
think also of the eleventh Of November. See
the four martyrs to free speech and liberty, as
they stand transhgured on the dreadful scat.
fold. See the proud triumphant look which
lights their facesl Hear the voices OF Fischer
and Engle exultingly shout for the cause they
loved dearer than Iife Hearken to the
warning and prophetic voice OF Spies as he
foretells the time when their silence viii speak
in thunder tonesi Listen again to the last ap-
peal OF the noble Parsons-choked in its very
utterance.
While ''law and ORDER reigned supreme with
in the Jail on that sad November morning, with
out the walls was being enacted another scene.
At the very moment when the devoted husband
and father was being prepared for eternity, the
faithful wife with her two children seeking
admission granted 10 her the night before) 10
obtain one last word and embrace. Made des-
perate by the insults OF the uniformed ruffians
who surrounded her, she and her children were
hurried away to the police station, and there
o, shame on American manhood--by command
Of Captain Schaack, whom politicians have re-
Gently returned to power, the almost heart.
broken woman aud the two children were
stripped stark naked. This at the very moment
the husband and father was giving up his life,
willing sacrifice 10 his convictions.
On the fourth OF May, 1885, free speech was
dealt q stunning blow. On the eleventh of No
vember, 1887, free speech was killed outright
choked in the utterance OF one OF its noblest
champions-and every sentiment of deceney
was outraged in the brutal treatment Of Mrs.
Parsons.
On the monument at the Haymarket should
be inscribed in letters OF fire these words:
Erected 10 commemorate the strangling OF
free speech and the shame OF an enslavcd peo-
pie"
Chief Hubbard was interviewed con-
cerning the circular late yesterday after
noon. He said he scarcely thought it
possible that the Anarchists will attempt
an outbreak on the day the statue is un-
vailed. He says every preca ution will b
taken, however, to secure the safety of