The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-22
rax srurTDrrr or axAErnr&x-

TIE STUPIDITY or AxARrnIsx-
Tie great Frs-rA historian TxzSe. n Us
hlstorT - Tar FrszcA rsTp1zsisa- cs-S-
p4ssesT sssyezs sas ro~sz- aeAzsaon sss@
TIE Terro-ssrs we-. zzea - Eezsass 81
F5wxatsc zasgzs6. so1 Szsyzss6 ~ To
EsenSy1s ressso-.- Tsin.. By arsgzsL re-
sexsrh Easc SO 6oca=enss-r Asssory os
Is&s ssfzE tine. nsxxss Il e-ea- s1ss rAe
Ts-ro<ssSs r<se n eons,sac1oza fcr E<zn-
asss. sarcsSaess sd izcozE~se7ce - ssse-
wevs for wscxs6rsess. Az ssAs critic o.
Tame IN ia Ssw Yerx Ens~s@9 Fs@<. sxss-
Tie zsorE of rs writings - fsss: Tie
ysoss1es O. revGz-saon Id 1G2ns occzssaz4y
o.<as nsx pzsEs by vascs oszsrz-s talent
Ray rise 70 sz&1ze1es, bat u sa- 1ass-s cs--
rxz-fy frees froE restraint fsss cGvesoszs-
ress. sA< scrs1lSn~@s. TIE s-ztszzry. and
tAe cowzr1sce OF AEzsa sx12rs, ara k&ts
Es 80, L ws hare eyes 20 Use. Aow se--za4s
"a tie csz1i.sc1 Of ezy state Were lie
ap1r9s xaaeA Keep N eoEs<rxlzs re xsck-
eezess sSt folly Ct MANKIND are sG- =
E10zs1t -eS.xs1. sn6 81 sAz; Is vie sd
ss1ps1 - Exz Is azlowe9 20 co.zs 20 The
EroaL@
These ara so1n4 xcr8s All sszesv zr.e--
ssees sSss a. rr@s@n:, whsa the sz.a1s Of
tie Fososs' sn3 Easves' Parsdise sega 70
scrseca ana stalk throoza sse iaa1- Tie
t-ixatfzi September rnassacr<s Of the
French reroSstsoa Tains Shows ss-e DE
- zCch 70 tAe covs-zlcs aad folly WHICH
tolerated - they we-e 20 the reekses=ress
AID b>ssaai brutality wAzca perpe.rased
this shameful and crEez slazghs<r % izno-
E&< 7%=~z
prssons-& These Massarres bregghs 10
heneSs whatever 20 Frzace- Sos Tbs h0--
ri6 erselsy and cova-1ics Of tas Psrs.ian
mob. bit The hraTrry C the Fr~zch sa4-
dser.. saved France from Ss.;ruc;soa-
These September Eassarre., xi.h their
bo-rl1 cruelty. cowxrdios and sxeachs-g.
! began TIE reign Of tsrro-. shseh, Tame
shcxx Insured the failure OF the revolt
tio1, since they stool tor the worst pos
sisle pubic !rsT-olicy AID fezly. As I0nz
as Miraoeza lived there sss chance that
France would achieve deceas conssis1-
tlonM freedom. 40 Esglzna did under
Pm. hsne. Eazpd and Cromwell, hut
, with Msraoesa expired ali sane law and
order IN fraaee, after fhas j. vas a rule Of
and vain as they xere cosa-1ly and c-asz.
. Govsranen. sssncs tor ocAssrxcfioa, which
requires brains. patriotism, wisdom and
te..rss,raias, bat ara-chisgn and nihiIssra
stand tor d>strwaio.. fs-oei.y. eowa-oice
and folly: any foo! can DESTROY . work
Of besu.lsai art that it required geniEs
10 construct. eyea IS q mad bull cxn
wreck china shop. So with the
government Of hEmsn society; il
takes Q statesman 10 consir1c. j: % recon-
str0ei Is on practical working basis, ba;
say ferocsoc<. ignorant, cowxrdiy, vain.
usprinciplsd. craes tool can execute an
i-chixrn or nihilisn. Just - band O.
Apacaes miga: torture Webster o, .
Lneola to rnAks . barbarian holiday
The moment that the death Of Mira
| beau. who wss the only really great man
Of the revolution, gave ansrehisn and
nihiilsm full swing the revolution "a.
I doomed and "the rsa on horseback"
I Napoleon. was iueviishle. Human society
/ viii not consent TO blow It's oxn brains oct
By submitting long 30 The rue OF destracs-
i've oowardice. ferocity, cruelty, ignorance
/ and ineomresencv, and the ansrchisra Of
TIE Reign Of Terror was logically certain
( - oe sucee1ed by ''the man on horse
sack" The tine may come when anz-csa-
ism Aad nihilIsm N America may succeed
( II wrscksng our constitutional freedom
through ts4s cowaraice and folly OF IS
naia-ai defenders. oas x th.s tsEne ever
does come 80. isgscal Consequence 0. our
folly and nms3ity gill be the invocation
f q the rnie of ''ihs man On horseback.
Pa;s-naslsra and socialism, drifting into
anzrchisza aud n3hiIisnl, viii nsve- be long
tolerated IN tAis country. we sIIl be cor
tsat WITH good deal less Theoretical
liberty rather .hA1 lie wholly wIthoq,
/ equal legSl protection fer the individual
rights o. life. property and the purxuls Of
happiness. France nader an inie!leetual
despot. Ike Sarso.soa, or PRUSSIA un6s-
az intellectual despot. ike Frederick the
F. Great. wzs better country 80 live in than
France under tie ''Tefroris,s." or than
Frascs would lie under her radical Social
Asts zni feToesous anarchists ~ to1av. who
seek - rnzks PARADISE for fools arsa
kn=ys- Ii every civilized coantrY in tie
( world
Modem esvsllzstioa is no: going 20 be
esien ~ by the white ants of anarehisra
ard socialism witnoai fsht for its life
and cut OF that fgA; vii come either
The eoEgaes: Of crznkiora or he arrival
+ q s"fhe man on horseback -
-----------