The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-04
BLIND MoSARCHs OF THE ONE
EYED.

rnoia.ed on the altar Of Msnmca, Il which
cruel capital worships and bC-ns incense,
Chicago tried and executed her anarchists,
not for their opinions. but for their acts.
The Opinions" Of the Chicago anarchists
we're disseminated in the shape OF bomb,
whose explosion killed and wounded 10
persons. Chicago hung her anarchists
not because OF their Opinions" but BE-
cause their opinions" expressed them
selves in acts Of murder.
Their Opinions" we're loaded with
dynamite, and nov France hastens sop1ss
Law which Eil enable her TO send
TO tie sczfold with shcrt shrift
fellows whose opinions" Insserialize
IN shape Of dynamite explosion
The argument for clernency to all these
creatures, whether in Chicago OF Paris. L
that such men are insane. In the sense
that no absolutely sane mind ever com
miss crime these merciiess sssassins are
presumably morally insane, but that they
are legally zane and responsible for their
actions there IL no reasonable doubt
These anarchists, whether found N Chi
csgo, Dublin, s.. Petersburg, Berlin OF
Par.s. belong 10 Class Of minds that are
constantly appearing and disappearing on
the boards Of history. They stand for the
zone idea" caT.hrosfs and 1rebugs
whose pictures are found in the historic
gallery Of every country. Your natural
born nihiIiss Is no. modern figure al all;
be stands az the dawn Of literature, he viii
be seen 81 rs closs Tia. was the diEsr-
enoe between Governor Andrew, Theodore
Parker and John Brown All three men
hated human slavery, but Andrew and
Parker we're entirely sane nen,
while Brown vzs, as Andrew and
Parker affirmed. mononzai.c, q
man responsible fo- his actions, and
ye: man nSde morbid By dwell
ing constantly on one idea 70 the exclusion
of ell other IDEAS. Parker and Andrew
had twenty social and moral reform irons
in the fire: they hated slavery. iatemper-
anoe, intolerance. bigotry, cruelty and
oppression Of any sort nzsqusrading IN
the robes and under the shioooIe.h Of Law.
But Brown had only one idea, and ths.
vas a morbid hate Of negro slavery, bot
toned on the literal Interpretation q
Bible texts.
Cromwell was = sas< Puritan: 20 was
Hampton; they could organize and fling
fansticism 81 the head OF fe1dslisn, bit
they were Tot the fools o. slaves o. fsnsri-
cism, ike fleetwood. who Vas a eathasi-
asst who never could hare governed Eag-
f1- IL - -
serve the ez1se under Tie sanity o. Cro-a-
well Milton Vas Puritan, sane Pzri-
tan; 50 Ireton, Bradshaw. Vgus and Monk
were sane Paritaa., but behind these
great Eea we're hundreds Of c-zzy,
unzrrangei minds Who Z they
hare made IS bloody = blrnde-
Of the English revolution Ct IeA0 Is
Robespierre and 81. Jus. id Of the popu-
ls- eruption Of I7ss. The ranks Of Crouz-
wells army ze-e full Of crazy sscsaries
who burned 70 cut every Cavaliers throat
as Samuel he~ed 70 death Agzy. b1s the
sanity Of Cromwell, Milton, Vsne, Ireson
and Bradshaw ralei TIE hour, and tie
English revolution vas not an eruption
Of popular insanity. but deliberate and
digasfed uprising Of 81 insaIted and out
ragged people.
The dynamite hend Of our day. whether
MS rlurder0ns p-elks are exhibited IN
Europe o. the United States, Is nothing
more OF less than the rezppea-ance OF the
''oEe, IDEA" creature who thinks he can Up
SCI society with straw. These "Oae idea
fellows embrace men OF various degrees Of
ability and private virtue, but they have
one quality Il common-an insane in
capacity to consider consequences. 10 adj
Just means 70 endsi FELTON, kniing the
Duke Of Buckingham, the lunsties who
murdered William the Silen, OF Holland
and Henry the Fourth Of France;
Charlotte Cordsy killing Ma-a..
Ro5espie-re aud 81. Just sending every
sristocraI 70 the scaifold. John Brown al
Harper's Ferry, BrUtus decl.iming over
the corpse OF Cesar, all have the same
oha-acIeristics-She insane indifference 10
and non-cons]6erasioa of consequences
The sanity OF Mirabeau's intellect made
hin recoil from the nihilis.ic philosophy
Of the Jscob5ns; the superior sanity Of
D&ntOn filed him with profound disgust
and horror fo- the policy Of Robespierre,
but lie retired too late 10 save France or
himself.
No doubt, in the sense Of having una--
ranged in1ellects, the anarchists OF orr
day. whether in Chicago or Paris. are in
sane. as are all deliberate criminals who
have no consideration OF consequences
when they seek 70 WORK their own sweet
OF sour viii against the world: but in the
most charitable construction we can place
on their conduct these creatures are hon.
iciial lanaiics. who deserve TO walk the
scadold, whenever COW icfed, IS fairly IS
did the ''te-rorists" Of 1884, They are
not morally sane, and yet they
are legally responsible. They draw the
sword against society and throw away the
soaobard, and they are outlaws who de-
serve to be hunted 70 death IS much As :
cStamoun, or tiger. On their moral re-
spoBsibiliJy society IS not called upon 70
pronounce. Houiciial luaatics in politics
are wild beasts 20 he hunted down 70
death, not 10 De supported or sobbed over
by society.
Enthusiasm for right o. wrong carries
men bravely through the dusky hour OF
death. but the anarchists Of orr day, Ike
| sll the anarchists OF history, are men Of bad
" o-ranized minds who undertake acts Of
enormous consequences 10 themselves and
society without cNnsi3s-1rl- F1- = -,o-,s-r