The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1894-08-02
To Crush Out Anarchy.

Strange as 1t may appear, it is
nevertheless true. that there are men
whose whole business in life seems to
be to stir up contention and strife,
and whether this peculiar idiosyncrasy
is a misfortune or fault is an omen
question.
If the disturber confines himself to
the neighborhood or community in
which he lives he is called busybodv,
gossip or disturber of the peace,
and all we'll regulated society seems
to have doomed such to social obtra
clsm. not alone as punishment, but
to render their Vaccinations as in
nocuous as possible.
If the offender rises step, if it
may be termed rising he becomes a
labor agitator aud insinuates his
poisonous venom between employer
and employed to the discomfort and
hurt of both.
The same party may make another
pestilent step and begins vain but
wordy vigorous assault against exist
ing forms of government and abuse of
all the restrictions of law and order,
and is then classed as an anarchist.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer in dis
cussing this subject says:
sit is not true that Anarchy gains
its main strength from the fact that a
man cannot be molested by the law
for simply assaulting the public with
his mouth. Freedom of speech, an
inestinable boon to those fitted for it
may. it is true, become curse when
vicious fanatics avail themselves of it
to stir up enmity against the social
order. But to concede that an An.
archist may be arrested and restrain
ed from defaming the government be-
fore any evidence appears that his
incediary utterances result in actual
violation of the laws is to place
thousands of honest, well meaning
men subject to a grave injustice.
the law reaches into the dark to
grasp malefactor it is just as apt to
grasp man who is innocent.
The true way to meet Anarchy is
that which has been found wise and
ust in meeting all other crimes, and
hat is TO meet it individually and not
collectively and punish man only
'fter he has been found guilty of |
'rime. The talk about Anarchy's in
idiously growing until it shall be-
'ome strong enough to crush the gov
at one blow is nonsense. Such |
'ile criminality can never gain fol-
owing enough to do more than create
poradic disturbances. The chief in
entive to the movement lies in the
'otoriety given it. If everyone
Tould drop the term "Anarchist,"
'hich sounds big, and substitute
blackleg," which sounds just the
ight size, there would be fever lay-
ng claim to the title. When this gov
makes it thoroughly under
5ood that the Anarchist is at liberty
} shoot off his mouth all he sees fit.
ut that the Instant Anarchy obtrudes
S hideous head upon the public in
vert acts that head will be smashed
flat as a pancake, then there will
no need to fear Anarchy"
While the idea of the Plain Dealer 7
no doubt sound as regards the
tterences of citizens yet we maintain
lat the opposite course should be pur-
led in regard to aliens. e
If an alien does Lot like our gov
our institutions or our social t
stem let him at once take himself t
,nce and if he will not leave the a
'untry voluntarially, and presists in S
ring his demoralizing doctrines the t
'vernment should see to it that he is n
ken out of the country at once. o
No alien should be allowed to de- v
'unce our government while within b
II borders. i