New-York tribune., 1901-09-18
BEYOND FORGIVENESS.
THIS LAND MUST PURGE ITSELF OF ALL
INsTIGATION TO ANARCHY.

| To the Editor of The Tribune. -
| Sir: What a pity that some OF the oea0ea ,,
| .h,r,s pou, said Of Mr. Mckinley were not said
| when he was alive. Newspapers thet caI.oo'
him without mercy. that held him UP 10 iI' ~ -
that caricatured him the insignificant poppe' III
the hands Of gigantic trusts. that spoke OF MN @
| .n ,rs,,oator of tvrannies and expressions, that
| obarred him with being the author FOR seihsl anu
| political ends OF the war with spaii o W
| nounceG with unsparing phrases MS Po'ie! -,
| the time of his inauguration, are no" e,oe IS
! Their tvpes with fulsome eulogy and lauding him
as one of the greatest Of our Presidents. ro
years he has been made the butt OF every ioiiii u
| ridicule known to the artists pench Oh ce' az
newspapers in various parts OF the country anu
news s,eened in yitriol have Wed in writing cruel
paragraphs concerning him.
| And now a poor miserable atonement is oeihs
! offered by way of extravagant praise ana pase " "
ELOQUENT estimates of his life and work But II Is
| too late The American people are generous 10
| fault and forgive with freedom tnat Is Hai'ei-
lous but once the line of forgiveness is crossed ~
| nation in the world is more impiacapie' IN .l.1
| case the line has been crossed Inc sehsa'i
| journals which have vilhed the President Tor tle
last five years, preaching and teaching anarchy III
| Its most hideous form, going so rar as u s"ss
| the assassination of rulers, have snneo peyohu @
nossiblity of forgiveness, and the American peopc
will see that terrible Justice be meted out to them
How can this be done? BY a trial in the courts
| Or the appointment of a rigorous censor Oh .he
press? No need Of either. Let all VINO ieei ,i'. ma
the vile wretch in Buffalo jail is put the Piou"'
| of degraded Journalism refuse to have anything 10
| do with the papers which have made such man
possible; let them withdraw their patronage lIo,ii
| such business houses these papers Tor ao-
vertisng let them sternly demand that such papers
be excluded from public reading rooms let neither
| morbid curiosity nor mawkish sympathy interfere
with their determination to put an enc 10 these
dangerous revolutionary sheets when nave aileau9
worked such havoc In our land, and soon we shaii
be free from their loathsome presence we nave
been altogether too lax in these matters Lest
we might be charged with interfering with the
liberty of the press have permitted liberty 10
take the form of unbrided license 1t is hish time
that we call stop. With the body of our muir
dered President now being taken to its place OF
burial and a cowardly assassin gloatins over ms
foul work we surely have enough cause 70 enter
unon n holy crusade which will rid our nation OF
one of it's most deadly foes
Nor must the work stop there otner tHihes
sternly demand attention. Anarchy IN every
form be uprooted, and the poisonous 'ruhN'
with every branch, cast into the hre OF our re-
morseless anger. The public street meetings heiu
! In Chicago and other cities every night, In when
anarchy is openly proclaimed. must be made I'M
possible Gatherings, wherever held IN which such
doctrines are taught must be declared uhia"iui'
Such meetings reasonable Their purpose is
rebellion against government. Their aim is
to incite TO murder and robbery. Their leaders
plan assassinat tions both here and IN nations oe-
yond the seas. We have no more right 10 toe'a'o
them than to give countenance TO oand OF con-
spirators whose intent Is to dynamite the Capitol
at Washington What is needed now is an iron
hand to grasp this hydra headed thing by the
throat and strangle 1t TO death We have oeen
tolerant far too long. Now, let II be understood
that the man who makes threats against our gov
ernment or who stirs up unhoy passion oy MS
seditious words is guilty OF treason. and as such
merits the extreme penalty OF the law
This is the only course 10 pursue Such hot
beds OF anarchy have recently been discovered
/ in Paterson have place In our nation. They are
! not a product OF American soil They are con-
| trary to the genius and spiri, OF our republic
They are working against every principle that Is
dear to a people. To permit them 10 gro"
under our sky is crime against honest govern
ment. and the day for trhing with them % has gone zone
for vengeance. The Mosts and the Goldmans
sent must learn that American hospitality has
order order in i'ii their highest form
Besides all this, there must be substantial eie-
much sentimentasm wtshywashy form OF
preaching from which law justice Judgment .ag1 ana
eliminated There has also been toying with
when everything viii be adjusted on a basis very
different from that Of to-day Perhaps even more more
the claims Of this life so tersely put by Jesus
Render unto Cesar the things which are Cgsars
A new duty and new obiigalion as I.h Wen nave
been put upon the ministry and the church at
! Of which can be evaded.
for 9 ss 6 b mnsf he agsa a% u at
be enforced with all possible earnesness. the
! larger place in public address When murder and
redha nded anarchy stalking fearlessly through
/ ways of Providence are not of much value. There
times when the minister. Ike his Divine Mas
/ a sword" And that time is now. And let that
dividing aaGnder Of all manner Of and
discerning the thoughts and intents of all vile de-
i il; true cannot recall the great good man
traitor who played part equal 10 that of Judas.
But we can try to IN make another rs, such H., crime
! the curse and shame from which such horrors
Preachers meetings and other religious bodies
are. passing resolutions and making speeches In
0r Wnifh the hga rues 81 MT are sef
/ at any rate and indicate wish to honor the illus
/ trious dead. But will some Of those who now are
anxious TO express their appreciation of Presi-
dent McKinIey's personal character and splendid
service to his country try and recall the angry
! preachers meetings when they denouncing
him for maintaining the dignity of the constitution
attitude the President secured such legislation as
made the passage OF an anti-canteen law a legal
| OF legality could never be raised. And yet while
he was doing this men who knew nothing of tenn
Indignation. There is a sensational Journalism in
the pulpit which demands as severe rebuke as that
Mr.. Mckinley was sadly wounded In the house Of
ms friends Ranters and demagogues posing re-
| evil intent But then Jesus met with the same
treatment and He said that In these things the
| nobler hearted earnest, patriotic man never
sat in the White House than William Mckinley
sympathy and support
A terrible lesson many Of us are learning in these
days May ii abide with us while we live!
Pastor John Street Methodist Episcopal Church.
NewYork, Sept. 16, 1901.
SEND ANARCHISTS TO AN ISLAND
To the Editor of The Tribune.