New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-25
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
SCIENTIFIC STUDIES OF ANARCHY.

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les Docteurs Hamcl Ell y. Marie ParlS' ErHest
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PHILOSOPHERS DE LANARCHlE. Far Chai'eS
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Narte,azzo Nosso. Ferri. Ferrero. NoraGna'
IoScbi and Lonobroso have sought TO throw light
IN the origin Of insanity, crime. moral per-
version and all mental abnormalities' even 10
genius as connected Wit nervous diseases ana
vicious excuses in their direct consequences ana
IN their hereditary effects
And In the fatal sequence OF this world
An evil thought may soil thy chi!drens blood
rho author Of "I.'Uomo Deiinquente' sets forth
he causes of the rnalady OF Anarchy IN the lo'-
lowing exposition Of his opinions the rot'e''iess
Of the existing economic. social. poticaI ana euu-
cational Systems provokes the profound o'scoh-
tent of the people. Theocracy, though weak
cred still arrogatcs to itself control III secular
matters and spreads superstition ABROAD. Inc
military caste. another legacy or the Niiuu'e
Ages struts about In gold lace and conceit en-
tertaned by the sweat OF the peasant 5 o'o"'
Extravagant, useless campaigns beyond the seas
increase the burden Of imposts upon welinlgh
bankrupt community and meanwhile acre upon
acre of good land lies fallow al home The ad-
ministraton OF justice Is foully corrupt ana
Parliament irresponsible because numerous ana
incompetent because ill-chosen, Is carhlVai OIL
cheating and extortion for personal ehoS' Inc
populace is despoed by its own depu'les' uoV-
eminent is not never was. authorlzeu' pu' -
mere usurpation Of power. The enteTprlshs
acquirers OF wealth gain too much IN proportion
to the wages Of the laborers Education Is the
master incentive to Anarchy. for classical STUDY
has created the worship Of violence from when
all our rcvo,utionists have sprung. from Cola da
CT
learn how the clergy cried Hail! to Ravaillac's
dagger and the Republicans to Orsinfs bomb
HAS not a poet whom every one considers the
moral representative Of all modern Italy written
amid general applause;
want steel and wine:
Steel 10 kill tyrants $500
Wine 10 celebrate their burial?
These are In Italy, says Lombroso, the griev-
Gus ills which excite TO Anarchy. and Crisprs
rule Of repression has aggravated the evil and
has whipped dormant anger into ASSASSINATION
The warm climate Of Southern Europe fosters
temper and revolt which break out. as tabu-
lated record shows. more oft, In dog days than
at other times Mountains inspire men with love
Of liberty which brooks not oppression. Think
of the Rutli Maritime towns, or towns at the
confluence OF rivers are the centres of civiliza-
ton and progress II is there that bold novelty
lifts I'd its head against despotlc custom
Salubrity of air and fertility Of soil likewise
lend vigor to the innovator, the rebel. TAKE
Athens and Florence to witness.
The existence Of Anarchy thus justified what
is the medicine?
Power and property must be decentralized,
as we'll as the expenditure Of the revenues. and
so corruption will diminish. Fewer bockheaos
must be elected deputies. Legislatof1al extrava-
gance so fatal to a poor country IKE ltaiy' must
tnfnt,n
the savagery Of Anarchy. must at once be in
stalled Repressive laws are TO be abrogated.
CAPITAL punishment should not be abolished.
hut most derelictions could be met with term
of IMPRISONMENT subject TO parliamentary re-
Vision for a political crime often laoses into
insignifcance in the popular estimation, in the
process Of the sums" When the State mini
mizes the Importance Of such crimes. their per-
petrators will greatly lose in self-esteem. Con-
signment 10 lunatic asylum were the hty
scientific treatment OF many Of the delinquents.
and 1t would bring riiicule upon them. Little
is TO be expected in these days OF free thought
from religion but "the substitution or manuai
work and the study Of the positive sciences and
living tongues for the pretentious ana empty
classical education will be safety valve
against Anarchy far superior to all the repres-
sjve laws. on which only those who are ignorant
Of history rely in safety
Standing on the easel of delirium raved into
shape by Saint Simon. Babeuf. Fourier BaKunln'
Marx is the picture of Anarchy most cleverly
contriyed BY Charles Malato. THE Philosophy
of Anarchy" is tangle OF syogist!cal sophisms
painted red the covers Of both books under re-
view being Of that color. Lomhroso cpines State
Socialism to be the healing balm for Gilead. but
government stinks in the nostrils of Malato.
apostle Of Anarchy. who will none Of parlia-
mentary "barrack communism operating la
prussienne" notwithstanding prohibiting,
supervising. parcelling, meddling-is the enemy
Of Anarchy. which would set UP universal
commune. with absolute independence Of action
guaranteed to each OF its constituent individuals
This signalizes the enforcement Of fifteen
hundred millions Of His Majesty !. An intoler
able aggregation Of pompous bores to be sure.
though less unlovely than the dictation of If
teen hundred millions Of cooperating Paul Prys.
measuring the breakfast beefsteak. restricting
the length Of billiard-cueS ana SonnetS, cOmpell-
ing four hours Of ninepins or trombone-playng,
stopping your deaf grandmothers pocket-money
for refusal to of1ciare as auctoneer for the Com
monwealth. Anarchy, however in prescribing
nationality religion, marriage and personal
property wrongs every inc ldual who believes
in them and cherishes them and therefore at
the first step. tramples on its pet, personal
identity.
We are too short-ved to deve deeper into the
constitution of the universe on Anarchist prin-
ciples. the adoption Of few OF which would
take away q heap of venerable rubbish profit
able to none but the total institution OF which
would make our last state worst than the first.
The reading Of Lombroso's curious doctrines
and Malato's slashing chapters OF picturesque
Inflammation is advised all students Of human