Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-23

growth should not be allowed to thrive in the Soil of this free, liberty-lovlng republic. 1t is an exotic that should be destroyed root and branch, a moll- strous evil that should be extirpated. The doctrines of anarchy, which seem to have their origin in hell itself, and whose father would seem to be none other than he who first rebelled against authority, and who said, Il will not serve," the '.Archangel ruined, are incompatible with the progressive spirit of the twentieth century and ut terIy foreign to the ideas of liberty that here prevail.
 Antagonistic to law and order, deaf to the dictates of justice, blind to the demands of reason, in a word, con- scienceless, the anarchist stands be- fore the world an outlaw pariah, the relentless foe of true liberty, his hand raised against every man who pc lieYes in the purity of the home, Ill the sanctity of marriage, in the ne cessity of religion. in the sanction of the law, in the existence of God. For him perjury is pastime, violence his, shibboleth, murder a duty. He IS periurer, for when admitted to the privileges of citizenship he swore to obey the laws and uphold the consti- tuition of the land. Murderous ill his tendencies he is a loathSome object both from personal and sociological reasons; and in my opinion it is now time that the strong arm of the gov ernment should be raised against him. Lynch law will serve no good pur- pose Anarchists are the embodiment of disorder. we should represent order. No matter that such q dastardly crime as that committed at Buffalo should mcve us with indignation and rage, so that, losing for the moment our selT- control we seek to encompass the mis- creant's death by violence; it is the lower passions within us striving for the mastery As much as we abhor anarchiStic violence. as much as we deteSt anarchistic doctrines, as deeply and strongly as we may feel the late outrage against society, We must re- member that our government has with in itself the power to crush out every attempt against it's life; it has tne power to safeguard it's liberties, as 1t is its duty to hand down to future generations the noble structure build- e1 by the fathers. Into the hands of the law. then. may we safely commit l the CzoIgOSZeS of society, whose mis- sion is the destruction of human fife and the subversion of all established l order.
 [ It does not fall within the scope of ! this address to discuss the various al- legged causes of anarchy. Intelligent | and sincere students of sociology have ] differed in their views as to the causes that produce such a condition of things | an anarchy. as they differ also in the means to be employed to repress the evil The unequal distribution of wealth throughout the world may be a cause; or it may be found in, the conditions that prevail between cap i ital and labor. Corrupt, or as it is called, yellow journalism, may he | responsible for it's existence; or the l odium may rest upon those gigantic 1 monopOlies called trusts, by which 1 few individuals control the commercial l and money markets of the world j; l but it is, 1 believe, indubitably true, l that one of the causes of anarchy. and l in my judgment the chief cause, is tue 1 denial of the existence of God with all which that denial implies. To drive God l from ones life is to abolish all idea of responsibility to q power higher than ones self. 1t implies the nega- ] tion of what we call religion with the moral lessons it inculcates. If there l is no God. there is no future life with l ifs rewards and punishments. Con- l science is blasted. If death is ami 1 hilation, this life is the end of all 1 If God is not, there is no justice, no ! purity. no sanctity, no order, no ra- l Sponsibility. He who believes not in i God or is a stranger to the sweet and | holy influences of religion will laugh i at the virtue of purity and scoff at the holiness of the married state. He will sheer at the eternal principles of justice, break every sacred promise, I violate every oath; and such is the anarchist. Without religion and with our God. interruptions, treacherous, | ccwardly, he wanders, hunted over the I earth a va9abond. Home ties, as we understand them, he has not A moral leper,, he exhales malignant virus which con taminates all who come in
 contact with him. Anarchy and re Iigion are repugnant terms. They are antipodal He who believes in God as the Rewarder of the good and the | Punisher of the wicked cannot be an anarchist. He may be an offensive agitator, a disturber of the peace; but he will respect the home as the unit of society upon whose purity depends the stability of the nation. He will hesi- tate before becoming a wanton per jurer. Fear of God. if not love for
 Him, will prevent him from plunging
 q nation into grief by the murder of
 its head. Oh, my brethren, the in- dividuaI who drives God from his life, the home from which He is expelled,
 the state from which He is banished
 the nation that does not recognize Him
 will perish. If every home in the land
 were such as that one over which the
 late president presided. peace would
 hover over Us like guardian angel
 Contentment would displace discord
 agitation would give way to tranquil
 ity, love would supplant hate, injus-
 tice would cease and justice would
 reign. Were all our homes such as
 that one wealth would be no crime
 poverty no disgrace; to possess prop
 erty would not be robbery and to oc-
 cupy exalted station would not be
 the unpardonable sin. We thank God
 for the sacred influence of that home
 and for the example given Us by Will
 liam Mckinley and his gentle, devoted
 and suffering consort
 If l have rightly fathomed the
 cause, or at least one of the causes
 of anarchy, it is pertinent to inquire
 What is the remedy? The remedy fol
 anarchy and for all other social dis
 orders is an unwavering belief in Gods