The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-29
THE PRESS AND THE ANARCHISTS
The Sun and the striker sovere,Gns %
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Prom the Se,m. ro.. fat,ioenosr.
The Philadelphia Press renders nothing but
Justice when II says. under tho caption All
Honor to THE Sun:
THE Nrw Youx suS deserves special honor for tu
bold manly fearless delivcrancs during the present.
crisis Of labor and law It's voice has runR out over AL
tn. land Ike clarion Every friend OF truth Justice
and right owes 1t vote OF thanks for its courageous
and inspi ring uttcrnnces.
1T easy at such time pay the demaGoTue The
hcrski,rs and the eagerly sezc such
OF portune. to IN stead the nnthinknv and to cater
depiavcd 1t is easy. too to pnter ana rariey
and play both sides Tux sun has been neithera
drma rogue trimmer. 1t has had the courage OF
it. convictions and 1t has struck right out from the
shoulder with Write. muscular force that has bcsn
exharat,ns Its judgment has been as clear ascrys
tai. and ITS good Anglosaxnn has been As robust -
Horace Grcecys in his pa;miest days.
An honor TO Tut Sex
Tho great merit Of THE suSs uttorancos has
been that it has unninchingly insisted upon
the vindicaton OF tho right OF property to bs
protected against illegal invasion and the
fundamental right OF the individual man to
labor on his own terms. The Sun has elo-
uucntly ftood up for all Tint max es tho Amer.
lean flag mean anything more than mere bit
of Gaudy bunting: it has stood up for society.
for law. and order: for tho Constitution and
the laws. 1t has called things by the right
when body OF striking workmen undertake
to prevent other workmen by force and MUIR
derous violence from accepting work that
these rioters have refused. these riotous strik-
| ers. when they are too strong for the Sheriff.
| should be instantly suppressed by tho milf
| tury OF the state.
| The American flag is trniled in the dust when
| Government for n moment upholds strikers
who declare that other workmen shall not
| tl,o. trlo hn,,n rfad
pose to kill them if they do. and The Bun has
without any qualification insisted that it was
the fundamental right OF n property holder to
protect his property from invasion: that 1t was
tho first duty of the State to protect mon in
their right to work as firmly as in their right
| to strike.
The issue presented by tho Homestead riot
| ers was simple enough. but the shameful con.
donation Of the riot by the press in certain
parts Of the country: tho advocacy Of State
socialism in its defence by certain Democrats
on the floor of tho United States Senate. bo-
logged the true situation and the criminal
| enormity OF the action Of the strikers and tho
| storm. patriotic buGlc notes blown by The
Sun brought every true friend OF American
law and order to his feet without distinction
Of PARTY. No service of equal magnitude has
been rendered by any great newspaper since
the Ne,c York Times attacked the Tweed ring
and upset 1t.
In these DAYS Of cowardly demagogloal
newspapers that never dare speak up for
law and order. lest they lose subscriber or
vote at the next election. 1t is something to
thank God for that THE Suns courage and
patriotism rose above party cries and petty
personal interests and spoke out sternly In
denunciaton of rioters and land pirates SOCK
ing to rob law abiding citizens OF their right
to have. to hold, and to lawfully use their
10 nt nv cinl1nCA
other lnw-abidinG citizens from taking work
on their own terms.
| THE suns vindication OF the right OF prop
erty to protection and the individual right to
labor under our flag. has been presented with
so much simplicity strength and patriotic
iervor that it will have farreaching onect for
tho future. In our judgment The SUN has
walked the law and order people OF America to
n lasting sense Of the peril Of coGuettinR with
industrial incendaries who organize ri0e
against both rights Of property and tho indi-
vidual freedom OF labor.
THE Sun has completely burnt up all the
wrctched sophistry pleaded in conformation OK
the crime at Homestead. whether by contemp-
tiblr newspapers or contemptible demagogues
on the floor OF Congress. 1t was a great OPP
portunty. and The Sun rose grandly to the
level OF the occasion.
There is not reading young man OF tntelli-
Cence on this coast that has not had his Drain
clarified OF n deal OF cobweb woven by the
political spiders that are always tho crawling
demagoGues in pross public speech whom
riot lyingly dubs itself labor battling for its
rights" Tho rights OF labor are dearto US alls
It is the rights of labor that really arc as
soulted whom organized riot affrms with arms
that tho individual right to labor Is not a.
sacred as the right to strike; that tho individ-
ual right to labor Is not right that strikers
i. are bound to respect.