New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-27
DANGER TO TIE REPUBLIC.

AnarchIstic tendencies in this country give
much alarm TO the thoughtful men or DOth
partics They see that the vast tide of immigra-
lion no longer composed almost wholly OF the
thrifty md Industrious as it was in days gone
Inv. Is bringing to our shores every year dan
oorous clements. the worst in the Old World,
and the most difficult TO manage even where
the bayonet governs They see the crazy effort
Of demagogues to get Office by panderng to the
worst elements, and particularly to the hatred
of property and the discomfort of labor Ihey
see that Chicago Is not the only city and Illinois
not the only State having executives practically
oloctcd Inv Socialists and Anarchists. They find
ovcn in the uttcranccs OF the President. and In
his official papers and proposals to Congress, the
most pernicous appeals to this property-hathS
and law-defying spirit. When they see CoXey-
ism. in all the grotesqueness Of It's unreason,
tolerated in open and defiant lawlcssncss by
executives and other officials in various States,
and great strikes Of miners and others kept
alive from week to week purely by the terror
ism Of the nobs which local authorities do not
suppress. they wonder how long our lHm ol
government can stand the strain.
It IS a dark picture, and he Is not the best
American who makes light Of its threatening
longer safe to tolerate in either Of the political
parties, the prevalent tendency to court the
favor Of the lawlcss and the properly-hating,
and that the public man III his utterances. or
the official In his performance of duty, Should
be held n traitor to free institutions If by word
or act he encourages the spirit OF revolution
against the ballot-bOX and its deliberate de-
cIsIons. No party can any longer afford 10 be
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tainted even In the least degree, with that de
structive spirit which so many demagogues
have fostered for years. Arnolds infamy was
that he took a bribe for betrayng the interests
of his country; but the public man who takes
an office as the reward Of a treachcry TO the
true interests Of selfgovernng people shares
Arnold's infamy.
There Is hope for the country, however and,
strangely enough, 1t is found in one Of the most
revolutionary and communistc movements OF
the time The conservative power in this cOun-
try. which must in the end be stronger and
surer than any other is that Of the farmer.
Here are six millions who own property and
cmplOy labor Their interests are not with the
nropcrty-haters, and not with those who would
rob employers The men who want 10 fix wages
without regard to the needs Of an industry or
the rights of employers, the men who would
confscate property in order TO avoid the ncccs-
sitv of saving, will have to reckon in the end
with the farming vote. But hitherto this cnor-
nous vote has been inert, divided between par
ties by inheritance or habit, inattentve to the
true tendency Of public measures, and. in II
word. n vast force without thought or purpose,
and therefore almost wasted
The Populist organization, though one Of the
most foolish OF all human associations In It's
aims and methods and utterly perniclolls wher-
ever 1t gets power, IS nevertheless rendering
invaluable service TO the country. 1t Is waking
I'D the farmers and forcing them to think. II Is
teaching them, even by the insane folly of
things done In their NAME what their true in
tcrcsts are, and what part they ought to play
in n self-governing society. Before all Is done.
the farmer OF this country, awakened by the
noisy antics Of Popullsts, and taught by the
fearful sufferlngs which their amazing folly
produces, will become the stanch and immov-
able defender Of n genuine National policy, OF
free institutions and OF rights OF property II
Is his part to lay the heavy hand ON all com