The San Francisco call., 1899-12-24

III treated. In Austria. in Germany. in
America. IL has been fight. fight all my
life. and so the conditions Of society must
be wrong. ] was abused by my master
by my stepmother. by my employer. and
later-ah. ] had better not go into the
woman question-but / will say in brief
that I have had three wives. and it was
abuse all the time from them.
Whatever ] did IN the spirit OF free
dom society or the Government made me
suffer for. l have been thrown into prison
prison. think Of it! many times. First.
when 1 was peddling. Again and again
afterward the police found me and threw
me into Jail. Two companions met with
me and we discussed the wrong-doinCs OF
state. Then by a decree which the social
monster has made. saying that three men
together, speaking against establish d
law, are punishable for folony-by that
outrageous clause / was convicted.
Police. reporters. jury conspired against
me. See what a jury is. During one irial
there were seven for my conviction and
five against II. They could not come to
an agreement and II was growing late.
and the Judge sent word that If they did
not come 10 decision by II o'clock they
would be locked up for the night. So the
five gave iE and went home TO comfort
able beds and / 10 prison.
by the law which provides that an Of
fcnse repeated must receive no less pun
ishment he second time than the first I
was sent un again for "A yeal and still
again. Between times / made my living
as best ! might-as a peddler A halter.
and so on.
81 Thought everything over-not IN ox-
element, but in calm, and / said society
IS all an evil.
$50 / took up the movement Yes. ever
since a young man have been active in
H. That = not so long as you think. for
] am Younger than l look TO bel am
only 50"
Herr Most lumbers under the semblarce
of no less than siXty-hve whitened wears
But years are not all that make men old.
Then / began to preach this doctrine:
II a policeman hits you on the right check
hit him or the left. / practiced what I
preached and / was made to suffer be-
cause ! did so.
The state Is and always was a mere
instrument Of suppression and the reign
ing class always has used and still uses
this instrument TO protect their privileges
and force the mass OF the people Ia snh-
init We socialists wage war against nrI-
vate property. against the state and
against the church.
"A law is a rule connected with a mn
chine 10 compel obedience Behind the
law stands the court, the sheriff. the no.
lice. the hangman. and who wants them >
None. tell you none. Laws are to blame
for crime.
People do not know what anarchy is
They think OF bombs and daggers. I, 60
not right idea. We are not blood
hounds. We think slowly. seriously and
make up our minds deliberately. but when
once made up they will stay made
The words alSne played TO the gallery
the man was dull and spiritless Machine
like. he ground out the climaxes that ara
trained 10 listen for the screaming an
plause that follows in their wake. But
the words fell lifeless in the sleepv air
Across the room the group he had left
droned internationally I'm the half oblivion
OF many beers. A green parrot sagged
head downward. above them. 1t, too, was
sodden with tobacco fumes.
THE government is the archy, anti-gov-
ernnent is anarchy. All political contests
which have taken place during the whole
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