Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-10-08
the BEAM IN OUR EYE,


attention OF the country to the iac.
that there is an American anarchy ,ha,
needs attention and check quite "a,
much As does the imported article 1t
says:
All over this State and the >,onth
and many parts OF the North ard West
1--we men who have taken the law in
TO their own hands and need ont
sister vengeance upon criminal, or
those suspected OF crime In DONG
so they have themselves dciied thr law
and undermined the structures OF or
DERBY government, and they know il
yet they have taken as their cxcuse
the indulgence OF public opinion.
There Is anarchy and anarchy. nc
disease often takes diffcren, forms, but
IL IS always defiance OF regulated aud
orderly government, always the a,sul,l-
ption by individuals OF the right, with
out process OF law, to pass Judgment
aud execute it upon those they haze.
There is depth and the tohc,'rt;tcSs
of reason and sound sense in thai Nay
person who defies the law am! 81, It
At nzught. or usurps its functions. and
with violence executes judgments II
its defiance, deals in anarchy OF a cry
dangerous form
Wha1 is the law: Abs,ractly u IS
rhe essence OF human reason: ;ht con
crete result OF the experience OF rlan-
sind during ages seeking TO ore:sHizsa
soeie1! into safe and convenient form,
10, the promotion OF human happiness,
the restraint of the wrongdoer AMI the
direction OF the individual in the mes
of duty 70 his fellows.
Statute law but gives sharp, form
and body to these principles. i, a., Ivy
no means always wise or discreet and
there is greatly too much OF it. f; II N
4 republic it is the voice OF the pc pp::.
determined by the will OF the large st
number 10 which process OF d>ternin-
alton all have acccdcd and coverAtcd.
When, therefore. any Individual lsurty
to such a compact. or any group Q! III
dividualS Sc, aside the law and sunsli-
tule his or their own will and ps sion.
his. or their. pre- udice; his, or their.
force. there is introduced form 81
anarchy into the social order.
Judge Lewis at the trial OF Czo-gosz
at Buffalo dwelt at length upcn this
form OF anarchy; and the language
Used BY the distinguished jurisi MS IS
strong as true in denunciation oi such
procedure, because in i, is the ,.c,I an!
germ OF the other form OF an:,r .lv,
that has for its slogan stab the l.a.
In the last sixteen years, $50 per
sons have been lynched in the United
States. Oh that number only 10. we're
charged with the crime OF rape, while
over LOO were lynchcd ior murder,
or crime related to murder :,rnr
hundred and ,hrty-six OF the lyncinnys
occurred in the Northern State Fit
ry.one OF the victims were women
That is record of anarchy No
inlde1 term will describe it. Ali .=nei-
mental pleading about outraged pub
lie sentiment, Supremacy OF tn, die
rum OF the people, "avengins >rlci
wrong" the. laws delay" and II Pr
ins terror among evil-doers.' VIII not
serve TO soften the charge that inesc
mob expressions OF human pa sion
were anarchistic. They lacked only
the cool plotting, deliberate action and
devoted self sacrifice OF the European
anarchist They were not pron,otcd
for destruction OF the Governn,t II. it
is true. But they operated in ta-r ,ii-
rection and cultivated the dangerous
and inhuman sentiment that tn pas
sion OF the mob is OF higher val- in
organized society than the cain. Sc
we're and unqucstioned will OF the pr"-
Pile. expressed through the laws they
themselves make.
Judge Lewis says that letter we're
sent to him urging that Czogsz saonld
NOT be permitted TO have 4 trial ieiore
the court. bur should be turned over 10
mob. Judge Lewis denounce the
writers Of such letters as anar. llists
and enemies OF the Government and