The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-06-02

DduuS OF tnut marriage, IOIDlO inelu at
the ballot box, forbid them on the plat
form, forbid them by great organiza.
tions, forbid them " the overwhelming
sentiment Of an outraged nation, forbid
them by the protest of the church of
God, forbid them by prayer TO high
Heaven. That Herod shall not have
this Abigail. 1t shall not be to abide
vouriug monopoly that this land is to
be married.
Another sutton claiming the hand of
this republic is nihilism.
He owns nothing but knife for uni
versal cutthroatery and a nitrog ycerin
bomb for universal explosion. lie be-
ieves i'm no God. no government, no
Heaven and no hell except what he can
make on earth. lie slew the ear of
Russia, keeps many "A king practically
imprisoned, killed Abraham Lincoln,
would put to death every king and pres
ident ON earth, and. if he had the power,
would climb up until he could drive
the God Of Heaven from His throne and
take it himself. the universal butcher.
In France it is called communism; in
the United States it is called
i'm Russia it is called uihilism. but that
last is the most graphic and descriptive
term. II means complete and eternal
smash-up. 1t would make the holding
of property a crime, and it would drive
a dagger through your heart and Put
"a torch TO vonr dwelling and turn over
this whole land into the possession OF
theft and lust and rarine an,kmurdcr.
Where does this monster live? In all
the towns and cities of this land. 1t Of
fers its hand to this fair republic. 1t
proposes to tear to pieces the ballot
box. the legislative hall. the congress
sional assembly. II would take this
land and divide il up. or, rather, di-
vide it down. It would give as much TO
the idler as to the worker, to the bad
as To the good. Nihilism! This pam
ther, having prowled across other
lands. has set its paw on our SOIL and ii
~ only waiting for the time in which
to spring upon its prey. II was nihilism
that burned the railroad property at
Pittsburgh during the great riots: il
was nhilism that slew black people
in our northern cities during the war;
il was nihilsm that mauled to death the
Chinese immigrants years ago; it is nj
hilism that glares out Of the windows
of the drunkeries upon sober people
as they go by. Al its power has never
yet been tested. | pray God its power
may never be fully tested. 1t would, if
il had the power, leave every church,
chapel, cathedral, schoolhousc and col
lcge in ashes.
Let me say it is the worst enemy Of
the laboring classes in any country.
The honest cry for reform lifted by OPP
pressed laboring men is drowned out
by the vocifcrntion for anarchy. The
criminals and the vaCabonds who range
through our cities talking about their
rights, when their first right is the pen
itentiary-if they could be hushed up.
aad the downtrodden laboring men ~
,his country could be heard, there
would be more bread for hungry chill
dren. In this land riot and hloodsheC
never gained any wages for the people
nr gathered up any prosperity. In this
land the best weapon is not the club
not the shillalah, not firearms. but the
ballot. Let not our oppressed laboring
men he hcguiled 10 coming under the
bloody banner Of nihilsm. II will make
your taxes heavier. your wages
,wallcr. your table scuuticr. your chill
.lren hmgrier. your suffering create,
Vet this nihilism. with feet red of
..uughtcr comes forth and offers its
hand for this republic. Shall the banIt,
be- proclaimed? If so, where shall the
marriage altar be- and who will be tn,
officiating priest and what viii be the
music? That altar will have to he
white with hleachcd skulls the otticiat-
i@g priest must he dripping assassin.
'hc music must be the smothercd gronu
Of multitudinous victims, the garlands
must be twisted of night shade, the
fruits must be the apples of Sodom. the
wine must he the blood of 81. Bartholo:
news massacre. No! II is not 20 nj
hilism, the sanguinary monster, that