Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-06-01

much to the idlcr as to the worker, 60 tho
| bad as to the good Nihilism! This
! panther having prowled across other lands
| has set its paw on our soil, and it is only
| waiting for the time In which to spring
| upon its prey II was nihilism that burned
| the railroad property Mt Pittsburg during
! the great riots; it was nihilism that slew
! black people in our northern cities during
| the war; it was nihilism that maulcd to
death the Chinese immigrants years ago;
it is nihilism that glares out of the win
| dows of the drunkcriCs upon sober people
! as they go by All, its power has never
! yet been tested pray God its power may
never lie fun tested 1t would, if 1t had
the power, leave every church, chapel,
cathedral schoolhousC and college in ashes
Let me say it is the worst enemy of the
| laborinR classes in any country. The hon
| est cry for reform lifted by oppressed la
! boring men is drowned out by the vocifera-
/ ton for anarchy The criminals and the
/ vagabonds who range through our cities
talking about their rights, when their
| first right is the penitcntiary--if they
could he hushed up, and the downtrodden
| laboring men of this country could be
| heard, there would be more bread for
/ hungry children. In this land riot and
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