The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-29
DOCTRINE OF VIOLENCE.

Mowbray, the English anarchist re-
Gently arrived in this country. says that
the laboring man, to gain the things he
| desires. must call to his aid violence.
While Now bray is blatant fool, he IS
smart enough to see certain tendencies.
| He understands that the condition OF
the country is such that it furnishes fall
| low ground for rank, false, weedy
growths. 1t is his purpose to plant the
seeds of anarchy. lie cannot do it. lie
avows himself an anarchist, and the
term anarchist is repulsive to the people
OF this country. No sensible American,
no matter what his station, will follow
/ the self-avowed anarchist.
But conditions change mems thoughts
and their methods of thinking. 1t Is
there the danger lies. Mowbray, while
he can have no following, can see an
embryo condition which will license
violence.
If values continue to decline, and IN
duStries to suspend, and commerce con-
tinues to become more and more slug
gish, great and fearful industrial con-
vulsions will follow. The lsborer VIII
become desperate. When desperation
comes, it suppIants patriotism, respect
for law, respect for religious teachings
and respect for humanity.
Desperation is itself anarchy, and
anarchy has but one idea-abolition.
With desperation Will come the ex-
ercise of the right of violence. 1t will
not come as a systematic warfare, but
as the instrument of mad unreasoning
mob5; unreasoning because it will not
be done with the thoughts of resultant
benefits, but for the satisfaction of re-
venge.
We have not been so very far from
such a condition of affairs. The Chicago
mob jeered the order of the courts. But
it fed before the soldiers, who were the
officers Of the court 1t had 10 respect
for the law as the law. 1t had respect
fer the soldiers. Could the mob have
repulsed the soldiers it would not have
respected the government. Then the
mob would have employed violence.
Should it ever come, violence will
accomplish no good. After a season Of
madness, it will spend itself. The peo-
pie will be weak with dissipation and
sick of carnage and murder. They will
be glad to end it all. and to accept
leader.
That leader viii appear in good time.
He will be strong enough to bring order
out of disorder. In doing it he will
gather about him strong military force
which he will use vigorously. When
order is restored he Will use the same
military power to elevate himself. He
will not ask the people to elect him.
He will elect himself, and remain
elected.
There is no danger of the English
Mowbray, AN Anarchist, bringing any
such curse to pass. But there is danger
of others who are not Anarchists do
ing it.
The Populists can be cited. They are
patriotic. They would dread to throw
this country into a monarchy, as much
as the average Republican or Democrat
would.
But the Populists are playing with fire
Their doctrines are dangerous. Their
leaders cannot control these doctrines
under pressure. At times of great in
dustrial excitement such as we have had
in this country, the Populistic ideas
would break away from the leaders and
teachings are unsound. An unsound
teaching may thrive during normal con-
ditions and be harmless. In a stress it
becomes dangerous and drags not only
those who have been taught down, but
the teachers as well.
This nation has nothing to fear from
foreign Anarchists. The homemade
malcontent, the demasogue and the ''re-
former" constitute our peril.