The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-04

the same depravity in a greater degree. The man who advocates anarchy directly or indirectly. in any shape or fashion, or the man who apologies for anarchists and their deeds, makes himself morally accessory to murder before the fact. The ans rchist is a criminal whose perverted instincts lead him to prefer confusion and chaos to the most beneficent form of so- cial order. His protest of concern for worktngmen is outrageous in It's impudent falsity; for if the political institutions of this country do not afford opportunity to every honest and intelligent son of toll, then the door of hope is forever closed against him. The anarchist is everywhere not merely the enemy of system and of progress, but the deadly foe of liberty. If every anarchist is triumphant, it's tri- umph will last for but one red moment, to be succeeded for ages by the gloomy night of despotism.
 An Archism is Treason.
 For the anarchist himself, whether he breaches or practices his doctrines, we need not have one particle more concern than for any ordinary murderer. He is not the victim of social or political in- justice. There are no wrongs to remedy in his case The cause of his criminality is to be found in his own evil passions and in the evil conduct of those who urge him on, not in any failure by others or by the State to do justice to him or his. He Is a malefactor and nothing else. He is in no sense, in no shape or way, a product of social conditions" save as a highwayman is produced" by the fact that an unarmed man happens to have a purse. It is travesty upon the great and holy names of liberty and freedom to A~ k. s~xr bod ftN a cause. No man or body of men preaching anarchistic doctrines should be allowed at large any more than if preaching the murder of some specified private individ- ual. Anarchistic speeches, writings, and meetings are essentially seditious and reasonable.
 I earnestly recommend to the Congress that in the exercise of it's wise discretion it should take into consideration the com ing to this country of anarchists or per- sons protesting principles hostile to all government and justifying the murder of those placed in authority. Such tndi- viduals as those who not long ago gath cred in open meeting to glorify the mur- der of King Humbolt of Italy perpetrate a crime, and the law should ensure their rigorous punishment They and those like them should be kept out of this country; and if found here should be promptly de- ported to the country whence they came; and far-reaching provision should be made for the punishment of those who stay. No matter calls more urgently for the wisest thought of the Congress.
 The Federals courts should be given Jurisdiction over any man who kills or attempts to kill the President or any man who by the Constitution or by the law is in line of succession for the Presidency, while the punishment for an unsuccess- full attempt should be proportioned to the enormity of the offense against our insti- tutions.
 Anarchy is a crime against the whole human race; and all mankind should band against the anarchist. His crime should be made an offense against the law of nations, like piracy and that form of manstealing known as the slave trade; for it is of far blacker infamy than eith- CT. It should be so declared by treaties among all civilized powers. Such treaties would give to the Federal Government the power of dealing with the crime.
 A grim commentary upon the folly of the anarchist position was afforded by the attitude of the law toward this very criminal who had just taken the life of the President. The people would have torn him limb from limb if it had not
 
 invoked in his behalf. So far from his deed being committed on behalf of the people against the Government, the Gov ernment was obliged at once to exert it's full police power to save him from in- stant death at the hands of the people. Moreover, his deed worked not the slight est dislocation in our governmental sys- tenn. and the danger of a recurrence of such deeds, no matter how great 1t might grow, would work only in the direction of strengthening and giving harshness to the forces of order. No man ever will be restrained from becoming President by any fear as to his personal safety. If the risk to the Presidents life became great, it would mean that the office would more and more come to be filled by men of a spirit which would make them reso- lute and merciless in dealing with every friend of disorder. This great country will not fall into anarchy, and if anar- chists should ever become a serious me- mace to its institutions. they would not merely be stamped out, but would involve in their own ruin every active or passive sympathizer with their doctrines. The American people are slow to wrath, but when their wrath is once kindled it burns like a consuming flame.