Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-09-06
THE IDEAL AND THE REAL.

Z ton. This incident c-tusel Us y
procure a couple Of numbers ant
thus be able TO judge Of the charac
ter Of the thought conveyed il
them. The result was a disappoin.
meni, the views expressed in then
being anarchical.
It is not without interest, how
ever. 10 observe the popular trend
Of thought, especially wherein il
indicates a significant yearning
after a universal condition with
which to supplant the existing
forms OF government. The mean
derings Of thinkers in that line IT,
mind one Of people CROPPING in the
dark to Gni the light They are
certain that somewhere the sun
shines IL splenIor, but they cannot
reach the opening which will en-
abe them TO bask in il.
The bent Of the T.TeHtigA Century
Z can be TO some extent estimated 10y
some comments Of it, editor upon a
communication from a eorresPon-
dent in the Far West, who wrote TO
/ the magazine IS follows:
"Thc West has had experience o.
Anarchy, and that experience i fairly
I conclusive that while ]; may be, a.
believe. the ultimate goal Of society, 9.
is NJ present decidedly premature.
Anarchy became 20 unbeaable in
| California, Colorado and Montana that
the citizens Of various localities or
/ canized vigilance committees, and the
I practically unanimous verdict is that
these committees were great blessings
in spite Of all that has been said
against them \ year ago this town
had no government 20 speak Of, and
I l. was rendered hideous nightly by
I -Inrs Of drunken men, playfHlly fir
/ Ing their rcvolvers when they pleased.
and insulting any woman that dared
[ 10 venture in the streets. /: then be-
came incorporated and 4 poles officer
WAS elected. and II j. uow one Of ;he
quie;est towns in the Northwest.
Whatever my theoretical preference
FOR AuarchisIn, cauno. shut my eyes
10 such facts
The editors views are conveyed
g. 81. . Tr...-- s.-.- o. -
What is here referred to was no:
AHarrhism. Il was rowdyism. An
arsaism has never existed. nor can i:
sSis. until public opinion is strong
enough 10 bring about freedom from
those statute laws that violate wha;
should be the rights Of all people 20
the use Of vacant land, aud entire
. CONNER. isl and social liberty. with
such liberty, won by thought, a police
man would be a. useless a. a knights
armor now is. ARlrchism cznno; be
| premature, becsuse l. clnnot eyis.
until people are ready for il. But in
order % be ready FOR il we need not
all become angels; we need no: he
come unSclfi>h. We only need 20 b.
fairly just ard enough more selfish
. than We nOw are 10 grant others wha.
should be their rights, Tor the purpose
81 increasing our own happiness.
Anarchism does 10. mean disorder.
Il means order. But there never can .
be order until there Is Liberty. There
never csn be order while there are
Ie-al mon5polies.r
II "ansrchism docs not mean dis /
order" but "means orier.- it.
TO.aries should give some other
title to their ideal condition nfman. .
that there may lie 10 conflict 1
between them and the lcxiccgrapb- I.
erss who define the word to convey T.
a state of confusion; absence OIL
government II the editors ey-
Ilasation Of the system-if 4 coudi-
ton no. regulated by law can be -
i'sigIateG-5e taken - correct. the
title = appropriate, Including it,
meaning As expressed Dy Webster. .
IL involves freedom from the s.a,ut,.
laws in relation to requirement hy
tn people Of the vacau: lanes. In
another ar-isie the Magazine editor
den7uucs The government sorinter-
fe-ins ~.,h thei.eople in ,leirela-ts
10 secure possession q the tracts in
Oklahoma district.
Now. suppose there had been no
such interference on the part o. the
government, what would have bscn
the result in No Mans LAMB Il ,
Is NJ stretch to state that t5,.
almost inevitable consequence would /
have been that the rcu IA and ,
desperate element would Law. Z
5eclrsi the entire tract, 10 the ex- ,
o!the m)7e pelcclhle and {
spectacle claimants. Resistant. =
IA the pa-j o: the latter would have. Z
''en M, with violence. ami horribl,. !
.eens-z II carnage would have l,,,r J.
enacted. Where wyYlI hav. been !
he freedom in such 4 situa,ious I, .
vail be sorry day for the country :
When tie regulation Of Law. even :
'hen not administered With exact Ct
Isiiees is supplemented 10y the tv- Q,
amy OF mos, which Is worse than o
hat ofmonarchiai desp5ts. h
The idea that a high quality nj =
oPular gpoiuess woaId not be x
eeessary uaIer 4 condition M, Al
,sllat-i - statutory law, is fal- u
'-ious on IL face. That in such A.. !.
tlation an increase Of self.bD,-.s l.
'cuiI c5niuse 70 the existence NJ -
-acs Is not any more reasonable d,
hat men would be more regarie,l -
the rights Of their fellows on N. ar
iiish basis that tina. courss w5uIs as
'ndace 10 their own happiness. l. te
nguiariy absurd. To prove this !; OF
only nen'sslry 70 point t. the fact r
Al mankind are gradually drifin, na
'ay Rom a Heiief in the immor III
ny Of t-s s0al. rnis life Is n m
ioelievers in the future life. al Ne
ere l. II they are not unusuaIIv
Oh aud unusulily uaseIfsh tbsy -
I'd sees u7s-rdpalousiy to seize y,
on |haisver ministers to their er
I'.icA'ioa during the m1rtllspan. Gel
ven some Of those who profess be. pr,
7 III an ai'eT life are not free from ia
81! s''lii pursuits, being evidently raj
.l'ils TO crafty the desires o, ~. cat
'''snt i at the risk Ofl1siny possible FAC
.1rc bliss. Sl.p &C., uu