Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-23

and lawless communities, that law
which Isl the Foundation OF civilization
and the basis of liberty and life. )"
ZoLA'S LETTER TO NINE. DREYFUs
Declares the Fight Tor an Acc ttal
Wtll Continue.
New York, Sept. %. The Journal and
Avertiser prints a dispatch from Paris
purporting to give the full text of Emile
Zola's letter to Nine. Dreyfus, as fol-
lows:
Dear Madam: Your husband and
those who defended him have been ex-
posed to the vilest insults and even to
bodily injury. For my part, there are
organs belonging to the gutter press'
and men SO tainted with moral dirt
that have struck them from my life,
from my memory For me they are no
more. I have driven them completely
from my thoughts as If never had al
ready swallowed them.
1T Is such forgetfulness of artocious
insults that recommend to the inno-
cent man who has suffered the wrongs.
He is so much apart, so far above them
all, that they should not be able to
reach him. May he come to life again
under your care and under the clear
Sunshine of universal sympathy shown
him.
Peace be to the martyr who has such
need of repose, and around him now, in
retreat, may there he nothing but love
and caresses. AS for us, madam, we
shall continue the fight. We shall to-
morrow go on with the struggle for JUS
tfce as sternly as we pursued 1t yester-
day. We shall exact rehabilitation of
the innocent man less for the sake of
him who has already so much glory
than for France, which would assuredly
be killed by this excess of infamy.
Our task will be the regeneration of
France in the eyes Of the universe,
which will take place when the infa-
nous judgment has been quashed. A
great country can not live in mourning
just as long as the stain of insult is
leveled at the highest jurisdiction and
the violation of the most primitive
rights shall remain.
1.-THE social fabric crumbles when the
guarantee of law no longer exists, and
there is in this violation of right such
an element of insolence and bravado
SO impudent that we can not ignore it.
We can not bury body secretly With
out showing our shame to our neigh
bors. The whole world has seen and
heard, and it is before the whole world
the PREPARATION should take place To
desire a France without honor is crimi-
nal.
without doubt foreigners will come
to our exhibition. They will overflow
Paris, just as numbers are attracted to
u fair by the sound of music and flare
of lamps: but should that satisfy our
pride? Should we not value esteem as
highly as the money of the outside
world? We shall exhibit our science,
our art and our industry. Should we
dare exhibitSour justice one can Imagine
Devils Island reconstructed and exhib-
lifted, For me the shame of 1t is intolera-
| BILE / do not understand how the exhi-
bition can be opened unless France
takes her rank among the nations.
When honor has been restored formally
to the condemned man honor will be
restored to France-not before.
.Allow me to say in conclusion, mad
lame, that you may depend upon those
who have restored to your husband his
freedom to restore him his honor. Not
one of us will give up the fight. We
know well that we fight for justice ant
for our country. The splendid brother
iof the condemned man will again SCI
the example of courage, wisdom ant
4 Justice We have not been able all al
Ionce TO restore your husband to yot
freed from lying accusations. We ask
s|yet a little patience, trusting that youl
lch!ldren will not be much older before
their name shall be legally purged of al
lblemish..