The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-25

than ever. 'i'm going home" we're
almost it not quite his last words.
How much these words convey.
Heaven is home. Here we have
no continuing city, but there ls
an abiding home. Here an active
nervous restlessness; there the rest
that remains for the people OF God.
Death is not so much of an enemy
after all but mans pilot to conduct
him safely home. Outside it is cold
and disheartening at tie best; inside
there is warmth and fellowship, and
the Fathers face. How i'm pressive
was the lesson OF the Presidents
submssiveness. lie did not question
Gods right to do as he pleased. but
said "rhy will be done. Let us
well learn the lesson.
III. A word about anarchy.
1t must be suppressed but this will
be difficult. 1t is hard to get hold Of
man for the opinion he holds. 1t
is only when that opinion is transla-
tel into a deed that there is some
thing tangible to attack. ''Free
speech" is the right Of every citizen
unless that speech curtails the free
dom and speech Of another citizen.
Emma Goldman's remarkable con.
fession is that she has talked too
much. That would be Of little mo.
ment were it not for the declaration
Of Czolgosz that what she said inIlu.
enced MIN with the anarchist prob.
lem 10 America. would have every
man in the u. S. with known anarch.
istic tendencies deported to The State
of Delaware. Following each anar-
chist would nave detective whose
business 1t should be TO report the
daily habits and conversations of his
man. Every time an anarchist open.
ed his mouth against the government
from which he accepts protection and
benefits. ! would arrest him for trea.
son, and lead him over to New Cas-
tic and punish him with fifty strokes
well laid OH by the strong hand of tho
sheriff. After two such closes as
this, and failing, | would send him
back In irons to his native land acr oss
the sea, or else toPaterson or Chicago.
Czogos2 himself must be punished,
but according to law the wild threats
about lynching him are as anarchis.
tic in their tendency as the pistol
shooting Of this loathsome man. An
anarchist is ore who takes the law
in his own hands, while at the same
moment he denies the right Of law to
exist. Now IL we take the law in our
hands and murder the assassin before
the law has time TO give him his just
deserts. we become practical anarch-
lists with him.
Now Is our chance to show that we
are u Christian nation. We can well
afford to be sober and let the law
take its course. Let the spirit of our
martyred chefs first word for his as
sassin be our word today --"Don It
hurt him." America will learn this
lesson offorgivenes' Cor America is a
Christian nation.
1t has been said that the custom
OF promiscuous Presidential hand.
shaking must cease. No, No, Presi'
dent Roosevelt was right the other
day when he said 10 the two laborers
that greeted him, "Our very protec'
tion rests with men like YOU" We
can afford to lose even SO noble a man
and President US Wm. Mckinley rattl
y cr than to lose our Democratic spirit,
and exalt above their wishes our rul.
ers above our selves. Let the hand.
shaking 20 on, but in the name OF
decency ana safety keep Ihc anarch'
lists out u the procession.
The stability of our government
will never lie destroyed by anarchis
tic hands. "God reigfs and the