The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-02
A Teacher of Assassination.

A Teacher of Assassin alton.
Americans are prone to regard anarch-
ism as a danger threatening foreign coun-
tries only. The prevailing idea seems to
be that in free America, where the peo-
pie govern. there is no room for the doc
trine; that anarchy is "uu-American, -
and, therefore, cannot flourish here. 1t
is not INDIGENOUS to the soil. to be sure
but the seed has been transplanted here,
and is being diligently cultivated. The
anarchist propaganda has a newspaper
organ, published in New York, which
breaches assassination and destruction
In recent issue, published shortly be-
fore the assassination of President Car
not, the paper referred to printed in
its editorial columns the following para
graph;
Whosoever wants to undertake an as
sassination should AT first learn how TO
use the weapon with which he desires To
accomplish mis- purpose before he brings
1t definitely into play. Attempts BIZ
means of the revolver are utterly PLAYED
out, because out of twenty fiVe attempts
only one is successful, as experience has
thoroughly shown. Only expert dead
shots may thoroughly rely on their
ability to kill No more child's play
Serious labor. Long live the torch and
bomb
The editor Of the paper is John Most, a
somewhat famous character about New
York, a typical theoretical anarchist,
and the leader of the infamous fraternity
in this country. AS his paragraph indi-
Gates, Most is a teacher of assassination
He is not himself an assassin. His OBJ
iect is TO make assassins of Others He
is too cowardly to shed blood himself and
risk punishment. Some time ago when
he was wanted by the police to answer
| for some of his teachings he took refuge,
like a frightened cur under a woman's
| bed, whence the officers dragged him by
the heels.
Nevertheless S, despite his cowardice,
! he is dangerous man. His teachings,
through his newspaper, exercise a most
pernicious effect upon minds more infam-
| mable and less cautious thar. his own
The sentiments he teaches are
those of Spies. Engel, Ravachol, valiant.
| and finally Santo, and if readers become
saturated with them and commit murder
| or arson, the teacher should be held as
much responsible as the pupil. In short,
it would seem that ordinary prudence on
the the part of the authorities demands
that an example be made of John Most
1t will be too late to force him out of the
country when he mas caused, indirectly
though it may be, an occurrence similar
to that in Lyons the other day
The lawyers of an Indiana county have
signed an agreement not to work from
July to August /. If the COMPACT
could be made general, to apply to all
classes of toiling humanity, the hot
weather would lose much Of its terror.
Unfortunately, however, the butcher.
the baker, the candestick maker" must
continue their daily grinds. Men, women
and children must be fed in summer, as
we'll as in winter. Some day the re
formers may discover plan for a general
vacation in the summer, and combine a
cure for overproduction with cure for
overwork. But that day is far distant
yet.
The police of Pittsburg have solemnly
declared kissing to be unlawful a few
days ago a Sunday-school picnic was held
in one OF the parks, and officers watched
the little boys and girls all dav to see that
they didn't play Copenhagen or any