The National tribune., 1901-09-26
THE yIPER'S HISS.

The leading Anarchistic paper in this
country is die Freiheit," published in
New York by the notorious Johann Most.
Its editorial upon the assassination of the.
President shows a cold-blooded venom ut
terry incomprehensible to men educated
in freedom-oving, law-abiding America.
1t says:
Are the Americans going crazy from
an epidemic of excitement? Have they
also excited the other half of the world
from Ii Hung Chang to the Roman gorilla
! mummy, from the Gar and the Turk to
| the last Salvation Army nymph: Every
| body who reads the So-called newspapers
| or Instruments of SenSatonaliSm must be
asking this question. Everybody is think
| ing the end of the world must be com
ing. Such n witches Sabbath as was
enacted by the American press after the
attack on Mckinley in Buffalo is entirely
new to us. 1t is of such character that
it cannot be gagged as an absolute retiec-
| ton of the public opinion. but wholly and
| thoroughly Il hypoCritical business trans
action, characteristic of the spiritual pol
son mixers of this country.
The people far and wide have shown
| themselves, so far as We can conceive our
selves. wholly indifferent. Only the press,
Church and political priests have given
vent to idiOtic bowls of anger. Wherever
these prostitutes are seen their faces
show cynical grinS and doggiSh deprayIty.
/ o Temporal, q mores, These sh0otings
| occur all the time among cowboys, 5,oOO
or GOO times Il day, and the County
! Sheriffs and the local papers hardly take
any notice of the matter, and since it has
| been said year after year that all clti-
zens of this country are equal, there IS no
difference between President and a street
| cleaner and no excuse for all this noise
and nOnSenSical uproar.
..EnI-npN-h pNu iS told n q mpUrniun
band on his hat and to speak i'll mournfui
phrases. This is not only done at the
death of prominent politicians, but also at
| the death of corrupt faklrS who are at
the head of the labor organizations. Those
who have no special interest in this mat
| ter show themselves quite Indifferent.
The shooting affair is now made an ex-
cuse for the general persecution of Auar-
chiSts. The aSSailant is reported as hay
| ing said that he is an Anarchist, and that
he was inspired by the speeches and
writings of Emma Goldman. These are
only the assertions of the police, for no
person outside of the police and Govern
ment employees was allowed to come near
| the prisoner, and now TO establish a con-
nection between this man and Emma
| Goldman they are moving heaven and
earth Literary detective reporters sur
round every so-called Anarchist like flies
\ around carcass. Whenever a crowned
or uncrowned person of prominence is as
sassinated the entire sulphurous band of
| the police and the newspaper mob come
| together and discover conspiracy, but
every time this bubble bursts sooner or
| later.
"All this sensational twaddle is middle
age romanticism only fit for idiots. Not
| withstanding all this the conspiracy swim
| die is diShed up over and over again. In
Buffalo, Pittsburg and Chicago number
of arrests have been made and more are
threatened. Full-blooded cranks speak of
the general arrest of all Anarchists in all
States, and say they should either be
kept under lock and key or deported.
| Poor foolsi
1T was said that there was a plot to
assassinate the President. NOtwithstand-
| ing all the excitement no one has yet dis
covered plot, and it will be necessary
| to release all those who have been ar
rested, which will make the politicians,
| Government and press ridiculous. Assas-
sinations are not especially Anarchistic.
We rejoice that Mr.. Czolgosz is not u for
\ eigner. but native"
This reveals a depravity, a lack of I'M
Outstanding of American feeling and
spirit, and utter contempt for it that the
worst felon in our penitentiaries could
hardly display. The felon, while excus-
| ing his own crime, or condemning the
| ny ~ S III
prison, yet recognizes the vital necessity
Of laws, officials and other safeguards of
society.
"Die Freiheit," on the other hand, open
ly lauds crime because it is crime, and
denounces all those who condemn it as
liars and hypocrites. Die Freiheit's"
editors and readers believe-or assume to
belieye-that all other men are as vile as
they, and only condemn crime because of
the consequences to themselves.
The horror and grief over the murder
of the President are due to the fact that
he was in the highest degree the repre-
sentative of America and American inst-
| buttons. He was shot down for no other
reason. VIM. Mckinley, the man, was
not in issue any more than any other
peaceful, law-abiding man. 1t was the
President of the United States-the indi-
vidual who, according to carefully-elab-
GRATED forms and rules, had been selected
out Of S0,000,000 Americans as their Chief
Executive, servant, representative and ex-
ponent. The assassin, with malevolent
presumption, tried to strike a mortal blow
at every American institution when he
shot the President of the United States,
for the President IS the contamination and
| embodiment of all of them.
Eighty million Americans ardently de-
sire that their country shall be governed
in one particular way. They are ready
at any moment to make the uttermost sac
rifces-even of their liyes-to maintain
that particular form of Government. A
little knot Of twisted, deprayed Anarchists
try to Illustrate this wish of tens of mil
lions by foully numbering the man select
ed by them to carry cut their ideas.
Johann Most is no more q part of
America and Americans than rattle
snake lurking amid the rocks on which
church is built is of the congregation sing
ing praises to God above them.
AFTER the State of New York has cleo
troeuted the assassin, what have we
gained?
Absolutely nothing but the removal of
one wretched tool of the Anarchists.
1t is ike sponging off one drop of
venom from the serpent's fangs.
The venom is there yet; the fang is
there yet; the serpent is there yet.
The only remedy is to kill the serpent
r itself.