Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-24
WHAT ANARCHY is.
A Name for the Extremes of Idealism
and Savagsry.


and Savagsry.
Patterson. y. j.. May 24-There are
.wo kinds of anarcl-y -the anarchy of
individual idcalism, which needs no
government by force, and the anarchy
If murder. which would assassinate
all rulers and remove all restraint upon
the lawlesS instincts of mankind. The
anarchy of murder is the noisier and
better known. ana few people realize
that the word anarchy can be anything
but synonym for violent crime.
\ disciple of the gentlcr Kind Of an
archy describes II as belief in the great.
est amount of liberty consistent with
equality Cf liberty. That excludes
government as the term is generally
understood, meaning the subsection of
the noninvasive individual to will
not his own. The state is looked upon
as the embodiment of government In
an individual or set of individuals as
Stunning to act as representatives Or
masters of the entire people within
given area. In so governing. the state
is alleged to violate the equality of
liberty. and ideal anarchy would there.
fore abolish the state.
To ask an anarchist what he would
substitute for government, says an ad-
vocate of the theory. is like asking
free trader what he would substitute
for the tariff. 1t ma, be observed.
however that anarchi>m does not eX-
clude under this definition the right Of
the individual to defend himself
against aggression or the right of indi-
viduals TO organize on u purely volun-
tdry basis for such defense
This theory may appeal to the ideal
list as something very pretty. but to
the coarser being. who does not know
the difference between liberty and Ii.
cense and would greatly prefer license
if the distinction could be discerned.
anarchy appeals as Il religion of venCe-
ance and unbridlcd passion That this
mill town, with its heterogeneous pop
ulatiun, should breed nest of anarch.
lists is therefore nothing strange
The general rules by which anarch.
lists are guided-they object to the word
governed throughout the world are
understood to be the same and impress
an outsider as being more inconSder.
ate of individual liberty. the alleged
foundation stone of anarchy. than the
government of Russia. Turkey or Zu-
luland. The orthodox anarchists must
recognize no country and no law. They
must not permit any division among
themselves. They are to recognize no
In al tpil
nal of honor named by themselves.
The decrees of this tribunal are irrev-
ocable. 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 rcpudiate every revolutionary
movement which does not have the de-
struction of capital as its direct OBJ
ject. No anarchist dare decline to ac-
complish the mission lntrustcd to him
unless physically incapacitatcd In
this case he is to be replaced by anOth
er comrade. No anarchist Is allowed
to exercise a public function without
the authorization of the assembly or to
take part in foreign manifestation in
the interest of the cause without the
same permission. His only care should
be the revolution. All anarchists
should he 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 an
aTchism or to unveil the actions of a
false comrade allied with the bour-
geolsie. This last will be considered
one of tie most important services to
be rendered to the cause,
One Of the leading anarchists of the
higher class IS Benjamin II. Tucker OF
New York, a man of education and
refinement, who is, of course, opposed
to the murderous element In Mr.
fuckers opinion there are some 300-
600 persons in this country in sympathy
with the anarchist tendency, although
the number of avowed plumb liners"
is quite small. These anarchists sup
port quite literature, and their publ
cations have been always admitted to
the United States mails without ques-
ton. 1t is estimated that about $780,
600 is now invested in publishing
plants devoted to the propaganda of
anarchy Various attempts have been
made to exclude these publications
from the United States mails, but
hitherto the anarchists have been able
to exert influence enough to prevent
such action. PETER HAMILTON.