The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1892-07-28
The Assault on Mr.. FrIck:

pany, is an Anarchist OF the Most
school, and a foreigner by birth. He
had never been an employee of the
company. His proceeding was self
suggested. He is a man Of the Ravs-
tchol sort-that iend in human shape
whose head recently rolled into the
basket OF the ~guillotine. The Anarch-
list is the baleful but natural products Of
European institutions. In countries
where men are born to be peasants or
mobiles, where class distinctions are
maintained by the state, where the
aspersions OF men are limited by the
DEGREES of kings or the methods of
government, there are, and-wfi ever
be, Anarchists-men driven crazy by
the h~opelessness Of inherited condi-
tons. But in this country there is
neither room nor occasion for'Anarch-
lists. Society is established upon al
altogether different basis. Nearly all
the men distinguished in the official
and commercial life of the nation to-
day are men who rose from poverty by
dint OF natural abilities. The Anarch-
lists who are driven out OF European
kingdoms and who seek shelter on
these shores, shut their eyes to this
fact. Their Observation-Disclosures con-
tinues. They see no kings Oh princes
or mobiles. They encounter nothing OF
class or caste. But having acquired a
taste for blood they Immediately set
about to strike at society merely for
the sake of striking. Whenever there
is a conflict between labor and capital
these rattlesnakes crawl unasked with
in springing distance. They Turk in
the shadows and prefer assassination
, Berkman's idea waS not to help the
: workingmen OF Homestead. He had
' no real sympathy with them. The
propaganda Of anarchy is distinctly
opposed to the divine law that by the
sweat OF ones brow shall a mar carr
his daily bread. The Anarchist wishes
to destroy existing order that he may
be free to despoil the land, to seize
i that which he has not earned, and I'm
der the banner OF the red flag, to thrive
upon that for which others have toiled
License is his synonym for liberty
He despises all government which
!. curb the vicious and which insure'
: the orderly and peaceful operation o.
2 social life. Berkman struck down Mr.
Frick in the name Of the gospel OF an
archy and that alone. Without reli
gion, without faith, without love o
country, the anarchist becomes a bri
: gand who lives with but one idea-tha'
: he is entitled to possess all that his fel
low-men possess. Murder with him
therefore, becomes at once a pastimt
: and a vacation. Berkman is definite
and familiar type Of the class. Il
should be a law inexorably enforced
that the preaching of the murderou'
. principles Of anarchy, whether in The
: press or from the public rostrum
:, should be followed by the instant an(
: severe punishment OF the person gull
: ty Of so doing. Had there been M
Herr Mosts the Haymarket tragedy o.
Chicago would never have occurred
the assault upon Russell Sage would
never have been attempted and thu
: assassination OF HI. @. Prick would
never have Mortified the country. TX
extinguish the anarchists should be
:" come the immediate and special bust
: ness of the legislatures and the police
These anarchists do not realize how
terrible is the wrath of the Anne ricar
who loves his country and its institu
: tions, when once he is aroused. The les
: son OF the New Orleans affair has no
been grasped by them as yet. But as thu
: people of that city, finding law UNI,
vailing as against the Malta, rose in
fierce reprisal, SO will they find that
the American people will show a like
spirit if it be found that the rattle.
snakes swarming in the Storage OIL
: American-bound vessels have become
too numerous in the land.-Appeal-
t Avalanche.