Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1901-09-20
Put Up tho Bars.

4 The attempt on the life of the pres
Aident, says the Toledo Blade, should
$bring sharply to the attention Of
Sthe American people the need Of con-
Agressional action against an IN
$desilable class Of foreign immi-
2grants. The United States has been
&too long the dumping ground for the
Evicious and criminal classes Of Europe.
sThe character of immigration is
$changing. Each year there are fewer
sesturdy Germans, Swedes, Norwcgians
Sand others who are mostly excellent
Amaterial out OF Which to make honest,
and law-abiding American
hcitizeps.
q And, on the other hand, there is an
8increase in the number Of immigrants
safrom those races whose civilization is
HHon different plane from ours, and
8who settle down into what are. to all
Xintents and purposes, foreign colonies,
|8instead Of an1algamating with the
|$masses Of the people and becoming
: aAmericanized.
( The worst class of immigrants, how
3ever, is not made up of those whose
Hracial characteristics are thus objec-
E ationable, but whose political and social
8beliefs are radically opposed to all
54American ideas. We refer to the an
Harchists and socialists. The man Czol-
&gosz is not to be condemned because
Il he is Russian Pole, but because he
|ais a red-handed anarchist. 1t is diffl-
: cult for an American to understand
Il the bloody ard abominable doctrines
szof these pests and enemies Of civiliza-
Elton. They aim at the abolition of all
agovcrnment. They do not appear to
! be able to define correctly the word
Aliberty. To them it means unrestrained
!Slicense; to every American it means
+ freedom Of personal action, 50 far as
: #this does not infringe the rights and
s privileges OF all other men.
:. America is the haven of the op-
pressed, but it must not be made the
: 8harbor for the oppressor. No tyranny
|ais so blind, SO mad, so senseless, as
8that of mob. Anarchism is the mob
acting through a single irresponsible
l4sindividual. Anarchy is the en-
3emy Of society, Of law, Of order, Of
asafety, Of civilization. 1t finds its re-
|8cruits among the ignorant and badly
8educated, among men who never,
alearned to reason logically, and who
apparently are incapable Of under
astanding that the highest freedomI
possible under any workable theory of
Hsociety is freedom under the law-theI
Freedom Of equal rights and equal op-|
gportunities, SO far as the man himself
Bis capable of utilizing the opportunities|
(which are freely his.
The murder of a president is abso-
!lutely useless as a means OF Destroying
government, which seems to be thel
lain of anarchism. The incumbent of
1.-THE chief magistracy may fall, but the!
government still lives. His c0nStftu-l
ati0nal successor steps into the place.
land the functions Of the office go OH;
Without a break. It is the Imperative;
)lduty of congress to take action in the!s
lmaIter. 1t is not q political question:
4and every member Of both honsess
Sshould join in the work Of framing:
Ilegislation which will crush out these;
4enemies of society. The bars Of the.
Rimmigration laws should be put up:
against these half-insane, mnrderous
&haters OF authority and law. The.
Spress,ire Of popular opinion, North
sand South, East and West, should be-
ESQ strong upon congress that itcannOt,
ffail to do It's plain duty in this matter.