The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-12-12

conspiracy In one state TO XIII the
the head of another state.
Congress must legislate against this
new peril with courage, with firm
ness, but also with conservatism and
prudence. The constitution permits
congress to enact a law to punish
such crimes against the very exist
ence of the government the consti-
tuition ordained.
"First.-We must provide that the
person or persons who wilfully kill,
or assault with attempt to kill, the
president or the vice-president of
the United States, or both, or any
officer upon whom the powers and
duties of the Office of president of the
United States may devolve under the
constitution and laws of the United
States, are guilty of felony and shall
be punithed with death; shall be
tried for such offense in any of the
federal district courts to be given
exclusive jurisdiction under such
statute and that the punishment
shall be executed under federal au-
thority. Also, such statute should
provide that any person or persons
who shall counsel, advise, incite or
procure, or in any manner aid or
assist any other person or persons to
assault with intent to kill the presi-
dent or vice-president, or any officer
upon whom the office of president
shall so devolve, shall be guilty of
felony, punishable with death or i'm
prisonment for life or for term pre-
scribed in the discretion of the fed
eral court. Accessories after the
fact should be dealt with in such
statute in like fashion.
acknowledgements should enact a
law to give federal courts jurisdiction
to try and punish by imprisonment
for a term of years two or more who
confederate and conspire to murder
the president or vice president. or
both, or any of the officers in line of
succession to the president, or two or
more persons who confederate and
conspire to advise, incite or procure
another or others to wilfully kill the
president or vice-president, or both,
or any of the officers in line of sue
cession to the president, or two or
more persons who advise or incite or
procure any person or persons to
overthrow or to attempt to overthrow
the federal government or destroy it
by force and violence, by wilfully
killing or assaulting with intent to
kill the president or vice-presi-
dent, or both, or any of the officers in
line of succession to the president.
This statute should make it
crime with penalty of imprisonment
for term of years for any person to
knowingly become or to continue to
be member of any association, club
or assembly where any person or per-
sons advise or incite any of the often
ses before mentioned.
"Third.-We should enact laws to
expel and to exclude alien anarchists.
We shall at this session with unani-
nifty re-enact the Chinese Exclusion
Acts. | will cheerfully vote to ex-
clude the hordes of China and pre-
vent the competition of Chinese
cheap labor. Far more readily will
l vote to exclude alien anarchists.
We have alien anarchists here now.
We have naturalized and even native
anarchists in our midst. With these
we must contend in other fashion.
Why should we not. as we may, ex-
pei alien anarchists for cause?
Fourth. first section of the
immigration act of March 3, 1891,
should be amended by adding to the
classes of aliens to be excluded from
admission into the United States
criminal anarchists This term
must be carefully defined in the act.
| suggest that criminal anarchist
shall be construed to mean one who
advocates the destruction or over
throw by violence either of all govern
ments or of the government of the
United States
The famous Elisee Reclus is an
anarchist. He is man of pacific
life and of unrivaled learning. Being
an anarchist, he is an atheist, opposes
the institution of marriage and of
property, desires the destruction of
law and all government. We must
distinguish the anarchist of opinion
from the anarchist of violence. The
first class holds that free association
will be ultimate form of society Its
passion is for absolute individual
freedom. 1t is individuality run mad
Reclus has not sanctioned murder
and dynamite outrages to forward
his opinions. Under our safeguard
of free speech it may be best to suffer
such to believe and to teach such an
archism. When others who believe
as Elisee Reclus believes teach the
hideous doctrine and also teach the