The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-01-17

self In prison nowadays finds that his
life is paraded in double leads, his
achievement made the topic Of conyer-
sation throughout the world, his meth
ods the subject of a thousand illustra-
tions in the sensational press, his daily
life transformed from the vulgarity and
dread Of crime into the romance of the
world Of adventure. He only regrets
that he1id not make greater crimi-
nal while he was about it. The other
young devils who are in the background,
waiting for an opportunity, when they
read these exploits resolve to outdo them
when their opportunity comes, and it
soon comes, and if it does not come
they will make it come.
In former days the brutal publicity
of punishment was great source OF
criminal contagion. In our tine, the
sensational newspaper is the most COM
mon medium for the transfer of this ba-
silisk of crime. An anarchistic out
break in one nation is sure to produce
through this means an outbreak In an
other.
CRIMINAL INSANITY.
~ It would be idle to suppose that an
archy is itself separate phenomenon.
Anarchy is criminal insanity. tits an
insanity which is the product of dis
ease. Insanity usually comes from the
same organic disturbance Of the consti-
tuition of the patient. In this case, it
is produced by organic disturbance. Ii
we seek to cure anarchy by killing all
the anarchists, we have undertaken to
cure disease by ministering simply to
the surface. / do not believe that an
archists should be spared, nor would
any rational man advocate our sparlng
them. They should be removed from
society as wild beasts are removed from
a crowded street. and by the same meth
DDS that Wild beasts are removed. Such
men have noright to exist in civilized
society. But if they should all be re-
moved by violence tomorrow the next
day there would be anarchists, and the
next year there would be practically as
many to deal with as the year before.
Anarchy cannot be exterminated by ex-
terminating anarchists, for the simple
reason that it does not produce itself
primarily. It is the result of social
disorder. It is the madness Of despair
and crime coming from social disor-
der which must be remedied first.
It is useless for men to cry. Peace!
Peace!'' when fhere is no peace in the
social world. tits useless to strengthen
the police, strengthen the militia, to
strengthen our laws with e1tradition
against crimes Of violence. tits child's
play to merely hedge in the manufac-
ture of explosives, when the spread Of
knowledge in chemistry makes it posi-
BILE for any child which goes to the
public school to manufacture an an
archist's bomb.
INDUSTRY OF WAR.
What is the zeal status of our indus
trial world today? Asa matter of fact,
it is arrayed into two grand hostile ar
mics. On the one hand are. arrayed cap
ital and conservatism in government
and society. Capital and conservatism
are organized and powerful, and they are
not only organized, but they are mill
tant in their organization. The spirit
by which capital is continually being
strengthened in its organization is a
spirit of deep hostility against those
who are not within the organization.
Business has slain sentiment. Labor
becomes more and more strictly COM
modify, from the point Of view of these
men. Humanity is relegated to the
sphere of sickly sentiments. Twill run
my business to suit myself, or will
not run it at all, is the motto Of the
capital king Of today. II will shut down
my business when it suits me, and it
does not matter what may become Of the
people dependent upon it. II they starve,
it is their lockout. am running my
own business. lsis needless tosay that
this position is one of war. It's need
less TO say that it is tantamount to 9,
declarationof war
Upon the other hand, labor is organ
iziug in hostile camp some hostile
groups. The. farming element hitherto
has been bulwark of conservatism, but
now has become the stronghold Of rad
icalism. We have groups of radical la
bor unions. We have groups Of radical
socialists. And weshaye groups of mad
men called anarchists. But they are all
haunted by a spirit of deep seated hos
tility against the capitalistic and con-
servative classes of society. They are
extending and perfecting their organi-
zation, and they have shown their tre-
mendous power in the past 10 years.
They have organized strikes that have
paralyzed trade, costing millions Of dol
lars, precipitating chaos in more than
one nation in the business world. In
the spirit and mightiness and demands
of some of these organizations there is
much that is brutal and unreasonable.
They refuse to allow man to earn
living who will not work in their way
and through their union. They would
force him to starve, and if he attempts
to work they would murder him in his