The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-07-13

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shall earn thy bread" Not only. thi
. but q life of honest toll deserves q
!, least to be rewarded with sufficien
compensation to afford REASONABLE
; provision for old age, it should nc
end In wretched poverty or the Aim
house. The days of the black slav
are over. The future holds no plac
for the white slave. The long wait
ing difference between capital and la
Dor so called will in the country a
least be flnally adjusted upon al
equitable basis. The adjustment will
not be 30 long in coming, it will b
more equitable, and it will come t,
stay. If the whole question can b.
freed from the communicating influence
of the demagogue. The settlement
will not be by the sword, it will no
be by force. The wisdom and cour
age and patriotism of a conservative,
people who thoroughly believe in jus
tice will find q way out, and the enc
of 1t all will be another victory for |,
government Of the people, for the peo
pie and by the people.
There is another class of people with
whom we or our children may bav,
to deal. They are people who toll moi
neither do they spin, who have no re
spect for any law, either human or di
vine, who assume that all legal con
troll is tyranny, that liberty signifies
freedom from all restraint, and should
license the victim and idle to pillage
and plumber, to reap where they have
not sown, to prey upon the honest
the industrious, the virtuous.
Their hands are against everyman's
hand and everyman's hand should
be against theirs. They are the fol-
lowers II the red flag, the enemies OF
all governments, the friends of none,
men who have no country. Having
been fought from the beginning that
liberty is the birth right of all, that
every man has the right to his opin-
ion and Is entitled to express them as
he may think proper; we have at all
times been an indulgent people. We
have permitted these men to teach in
public places and through their news.
papers, theories which If adopted
W ould result In the overthrow of our
In situations. We permit those who
think 1t proper to do so to grumble,
and threaten and denounce the gov
ernmeht to their hearts content, yet
the government is in no danger from
such sou trees, for if it is not the old
story OF the barking dog, we feel Sc
cure in the knowledge that the first
overt act of treason, the first hostile
gun fired upon the flag would serve
as call for the first volunteer soldier
and we know from past experience
how that call would be answered.
But 1t Is not often now that we have
to fear from these people. The SYM
bOls of their order are the firebrand,
the dynamite bomb, and the OCCASION
al dagger. Their blows are struck
without warning and the victims of
their unreasonable fate are never
given an opportunity to defend them
selves. A few days ago the President
Of a sister Republic that was our
friend lin time of reed, was
down by one of these
representatives of Anarchy. AS
great as was the private wrong, so
u njustly upon the individual and his
family, it was insignificant i'm COM
parison with the public WRONG. The
blow was really meant for the law; it |
was an assault upon all governments.
1t was an attack upon humanity. Be-
,ause the deed was done i'm view of
he public let us not fall into the error
" believing that it was the act of a
brave man. This assassin was not
moved by the courage of a christian
nan who was willing to die for the
light, but like all of his kind was
moved by the desperation of total de-
,ravity.
Our Republic will in time find q
way to exterminate this class of out
avs who have sought home among
10.
In order to do it we have to recon-
truct, in some measure. our ideas in
egard to the right of free speech.
Iut whether we do this or not we will
o and all law-abiding citizens will be
Killing to do whatever is necessary
D accomplish this end. Every citizen
Id and young should be taught to
ate an anarchist as he hates the
evil. In dealing with them the time
" sentimentalism has gone by.
When few months ago that diatrite
allied pardon, was issued by a gov {
rnor of one Of these United States,
hereby justly convicted murderers j
nd dangerous enemies to our free In
itutions were again turned loose
pom society the people of the whole !,
alton suffered an outrage, mercy felt :
lat she was Outdone, and justice COW v
ed her face from very shame. 1t f
as an act that should not, and prob f
bly, never will be repeated.
The proper enforcement of proper .
WIS is the principal safeguard of the y
'tiOn. The way to know that we {
i've proper laws is to enforce all the t
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