Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-09-19
WHAT ANARCHY IS.
A Name For the Extremes Of IdeaIIsm and
Sayagery.

A Name For the Extremes Of IdesIIsm and
Ssyasery.
There are two kinds Of anarchy-the
anarchy Of individual idealism, which
needs no government by force, and the
anarchy of murder, which would assas-
sinate all rulers and remove all all re-
straint upon the lawless instincts OF
mankind. The anarchy Of murder is
the noisier and better known, and few
people realize that the word anarchy
can be anything but a synonym for
violent crime.
A disciple Of the gentler kind Of an
archy describes 1t as belief in the
greatest amount sof liberty consistent
with equality Of liberty. That excludes
government as the term is generally
understood, meaning the subsection OF
the non-invasive individual to will
not his own. The state Is looked upon
as the embodiment Of government in
an individual or set Of individuals as
suming to act as representatives or
masters Of the entire people within a
given area. In so governing, the state
is alleged to violate the equality Of lib
erty, and ideal anarchy would therefore
abolish the state.
To ask an anarchist what he would
substitute for government, says an
advocate Of the theory, Is like asking
q free trader what he would substi-
tute for the tariff. 1t may be OBJ
served, however, that anarchism does
not exclude under this definition the
right Of the individual to defend HIM
self against aggression, or the right
of individuals to organize on purely
voluntary basis for self-defense.
This theory may appeal to the IDEAL
ist as something very pretty; but to
the coarser being, who does not know
the difference between liberty and IL
cense, and would greatly prefer license
II the distinction could be discerned,
anarchy appeals as a religion OF VEN
geance and unbridled passion. That
the mill town Of Patterson, N. j.,
with it's heterogeneous population,
should breed a nest Of anarchists, 49,
therefore, nothing strange.
The general rules by which anar-
chists are guided-they object to the
word "governed'-throughout the
world, are understood to be the same
and impress an outsider as being more
inconsiderate Of individual liberty, al
legged foundation stone Of anarchy, than
the government Of Russia, Turkey or
Zululand. The orthodox anarchist must
recognize no country and no law. They
must not permit any division among
themselves. They are to recognize no
judicial tribunals other than tribunal
of honor named by themselves. The
DEGREES of this tribunal are irrevoca-
BILE. The anarchists form close body.
Each one, at the peril Of his life, must
defend his companions. They are to
look upon the social revolution as the
first and highest Of their duties and
the first Of their obligations. They
must repudiate every revolutionary
movement which does not have the des-
truction Of capital as its direct object.
No anarchist dares to decline to ac-
compush the mission entrusted to him
unless physically incapacitated. In
this case he Is replaced by another
comrade. No anarchist Is allowed to
exercise a public function without the
authorization Of the assembly, or to
take part in a foreign manifestation IN
the interest Of the cause without the
same permission. His only care should
be the revolution. All anarchists
should be personally acquainted with
one another. Anarchists are to keep
no political secrets from one another.
They are not to become members Of
other associations unless in the hope OF
discovering secrets interesting to anar-
chism or to unveil the actions Of false
comrades allied with the bourgeoise.
This last will be considered one Of the
most important services to be rendered
to the cause.
One of the leading anarchists Of the
higher class is Benjamin r. Tucker, Of
New York, a man of education and re-
finement, who is, Of course, opposed to
the murderous element. In Mr.. Tuck
er's opinion there are some 100000 per-
sons in this country in sympathy with
the anarchist tendency, although the
number Of avowed plumb liners Is
quite small. These anarchist support
quite a literature, and their publica-
tions have always been admitted to the