Middletown transcript., 1894-06-02

claration Of the true signincance Oh
that struggle between civilization ana
anarchy. Mr.. Cleveland referred to
the Homestead mob in his Madison
Square Garden speech; but in what
termsp Merely to prevert the incident
into an argument in support OF his own
theories of tariff taxation, and to ell
courage, II not to applaud, the nnfor-
tunate and deluded strikers III fur' her
acts of brigandage aud blnodshed. Here
is this extraordinary language on that
occasion.
"Our workingmen are still loid the
tale, of repeated in spite of its demon
STRAIT i falsity, that the existing protective
tariff is a boon TO them, and that under lts
benelicent operation their wages must IN
crease. while, as they listen, scenes are
enacted in the very abiding place of high
protect IN that mock the hopes of toll and
ottest the tender mercy the workingman
receives from those made selfish and sordid
by unjust governmental favoritism.
Three days later the Anarchist
Berkman shot Mr.. Frick.
Throughout all of these utterances
| the same attitude is perceptible; The
same disposition 10 widen the gulf be-
tween the employer, I" emphasize a
| distinction of classes and array one
class against another. to insinuate into
the minds Of the woikiugman the idea
that tlle prosperity Of another is neces-
sarily and essentially injustice and
wrong to him elf. Throughout MI.
CIeveland's writings and speeches the
words wealth, capital, corporation, are
generally accompanied with acjeclives.
singly or in cou. les, designed to dis
c edit accumulated proptry in the
| minds of those who have not much of
| il. and to infame them against its pos
SCISSORS. Greed, avarice, sordiness,
stlfishness, and cupidily are the ideas
VI hich Mr.. Cleveland Systematically
mates with tie idea Of riches or of
llrge organized enterprises; while toll
| tppression, Injustice. are the words
oftest on bis lips or at the end of his
rn y hen lie is speaking or writing OF
lab'r. In many other passages besides
those which we have quoted the color
j strongly and Intentionally social, tic;
We sly Intentionally, because the at
tempt t. widen the gulf tu which lie 80
often refers. and to mark more deeply
the class distinctions which he SO os-
tentionsly deplores, is too obvioust to be
overlooked.
To create dissatisfaction, to encour-
age discomfort, to inspire the less for
tunate citizens with hatred of his richer
fellow, is the first aim Of practical So
cialists. Few men in recent years have
done more to promote that first object
of the revolutionists Of society than the
President of the United States. For
whatever may be the intrinsic value of
his ideas in social or political economy,
the high Office which he holds lends
especial Importance to what be has to
say. A hundred inf1ammatory pam
phlets or tracts or newspaper articles
are not worth, for anarchistic purposes
one phrase like that in which the Pres
ident Of the United States represents
the average citizen as ''struggling far
in the rear, Or trampled to death be-
meath an iron heel"
There is not one word in all of the
passages here cited from Mr.. Cleve-
lands letters and speeches which might
not have been written and published by
any avowed revolutionist now engaged
in the socialistic propaganda. These
are teachings of the disturbersof society,
a1d sometimes such teachings bear ter
rible fruit.