Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-09-17
LEADING TO ANARCHY.

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ant of properly understood an
archisn. This, in substance, is
the language of Emma Goldman,
the high prisstess of anarchy. I
was induced to kill the president
by hearing the lectures and read
ing the books of Emma Cold
man. This is the substance of
the assassin's explanation of his
act.
In each of these seemingly ad-
verse statements there is truth.
The Goldman woman is shrewd
enough 10 comprehend that the
safest and most efficient means of
inducing followers to accept as
sassination of rulers as a necessary
article in the creed of anarchy is
to disclaim any such purpo- e.
She seeks to render men sissatis-
fed with their condition. She
expatiates upon the tyranny of
the privileged classes, the toll,
poverty, suffering and intolera-
be condition of the proletarian
class. These things exist be-
cause Of our moustrous social sys-
TEN. All forms of government
are simply organized expressions
of tyranny and wrong. The rul-
ing class will not voluntarily
give up its domination. All
peaceful means have proved to
be inadequate to remove the ills
inflicted upon the masses. The
existing social order must be
overthrown, must be utterly de-
stroyed, and force is the only
remedy remaining.
She does not teach assassina.
ton of rulers; Oh! no, no. Men
who believe in that are radicals;
men who practice it are 1unatics
and objects of sympathy and pity.
Like Antony, over the dead body
of Caesar, she skillfully plays
upon the ignorance and preju-
dices of men, arouses their worst
passions and stirs them up ''to
such sudden food of mutiny"
that assination-be.
comes fixed purpose. It is an
old trick. 1t is always practiced
by smart, cewardly demagogues,
and is always fraught with dan
ger.
This danger is intensified wher
the offender is a woman, for de
ference to women is characteristic
Of American men. They ar,
proud of this distinction, and i
is exceedingly difficult for then
to learn that there are womei
and-women. We must lear
that the woman who unsexes her
self by disseminating anarch,
should be regarded merely as /
human female of a most danger
Gus type.
The attitude of public senti
ment encourages anarchy, for i
induces disregard Of law and con
tempt for our institutions.
Our attachment to free speech
has become an exaggerated, high
pitched sentiment. Fearful tha
we may seem to fetter SO dear
thing, we permit the privilege te
be grossly abused. Worse thar
this: We ourselves set the ex
ample. We give free rein te
partisan rancor and strife ane
bitterness. We charge corrup-
ton, sslfshnass, tyranny, oppres
sion, and utter lack of patriotism
upon our political opponents. We
assail every public policy but oul
own as in the interest of some
hateful class, or designed to de.
stroy our dearest rights. An ex.
ecutive lawfully chosen by the
people, a court far removed from
just suspicion of its integrity in
terprets and executes reasonable
and wholesome laws against or.
ganized arson, murder and terror.
ism; an Altgeldt, Lentz in
Weighs against government by
Injunction and by inharnma-
tory harangues and incendiary
speech incite men to continue
their violence and 1awless course.
Even reputable and influential
newspapers join the cry, and
through desire for notoriety, OF
actuated by low, sordid partisan
purposes, add fuel to the fires of
lawlessness, socialism and an
archy. Freedom of speech is a
sacred right, but it is high time
we should recognize the truth
that every abuse of it is an as
sault upon the right itself. We
must reform ourselves on this
matter. We must cease to aid
and abet any form or expression
of lawlessness; must cease OUT
senseless opposition to men who