The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-10-06
4 LESSON FROM
THE ASSASSIN.
10 RAISE OTHERS IS 10 RAISE
OURSELVES,
Preeent-Day Thoughts.
BY G. GresvenOr Dave.
Written for The Commonwealth

Written for The Commonwealth)
AS to Anarchy An unwholesome
ditch is not purified bv simply curing
the diseases that arise from it. No
matter whose dead and honored hands
dug it, Its distractions must be removed
until only a harmless stream flows
through. But this is no talk about
hygiene. The ditch represents certain
social conditions, and a number OF Eu-
ropean powers figure as doctors who
deal with the sick, but shrink from the
impure source.
~
A short time since the Empress OF
Austria. one time a pleasure-lOvlDg,
fox-hunting woman, but later with
enough of sorrow in her life to make
her seem one with us, suddenly went
out in the darkness OF assassination.
We all shuddered at the tragedy. not
solely because she was an Empress but
because she was also a benevolent wo-
man. Further than that, our hearts
dumbly protested when we learned
that the murdered had neither been
wronged by her nor anyone near
her.
Luchessi, insane with social hatred,
simply struck at her because she rep
resented to him a system OF civilization
that gives nothing to one and every
thing to another. He himself is
symptom of poison in the social ditch
Out of what slime then was this evil
hani thrust forth to kill? AS needless
ly as animals his parents gave him be-
ing, and as heartlessly as only the hu'
man animal can do his mother flung
him out to live or to die. Unfortunately
ne lived and an institution robbed him
until ten of every semblance OF home
Thrust out at that ridiculous age tc
shift for himself, money and its power
became to his infant soul one got
above all, worshipful forever. Then
came Young manhood of unskillet
labor, with frequent starvation pinches
Then the army, where without parent
age to boast of there was nothing 1ol
him but the drudgery OF exasperatlnl
discipline. Then yalet, actually II
. contact with wealth though unable t
| rise and take OF its pleasures. Gradu
!, ally his souls protests against tat
soured utterly, his intellect became
slave instead of master, and at on
fell stroke the unknown evil OF tn
: ditch which society must cleanse soor
er or later, became a power. His nam
| will be remembered as long as that
, the stricken and afflicted woman whol
! he hurried to the tomb of the Hap
: burgs.
-
J. The European powers are arouse
r and number of poor misguided crea
ures like him will probably be put OF
OF harm's way in the next few week
These learned governmental pundl
's find it easy to kill and thus cure r
Is tients, but they are neither wise n
progressive enough to try preventlo
"a We may call .Luchessl fool becau
one or dozen murdered monarc
- would make no change in social &C
a. ditions except that the way would
% harder for the poor and downtrodde
~ He and his like are wrong In expe
~ ing society to quiver and shrink a
10 d,saolve because of hundred murde
:" It will 20 man-hunting relentless
Rut if he is fool, what shall be 81
" of rulers that hope to cure anarchy
n' killing anarchists? They are only &C
y batting symptoms and still neglect1
the ditch of social wrongs that L
~ heoan to be dug back in dark az
o' when lords knew little and serfs kr
o less. UnhesitatingIy we can decl
-" Luchessi's method to haye been wro
But it is a wrong that grew out
Wv wrong and if it be fair to conde
;.', him it is right to condemn the col
''' tions that made him brute.
rd- 'lon" ''
=. VIC Should all the sympathy be glve'
@ ne the royal mourners? You can ans
u'o "No" without by hairs breadth
~ coming mawkish in your sent'm
And the more you have known o.
feat in your plannings OF industr'
Vith warded by idleness, because OF &C