The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-14

remained from the chamber Of horrors
OF the old criminal law some legal method
Of slow and lingering and tortuous exc
cution that would wreak upon the mis-
creaut some small proportion Of the an
guish he SO wickedly brought upon our
whole people"
Mr.. Griggs article continues.
Here in America. with our perfect faith
i'm popular Government and our complete
satisfaction at the liberty secured 60 every
inhahitant under our Constitution. we
have INDUCED IN the delusi0n that IL was
not our institutions nor our rulers that
were the objects of auarChistiC conspiracy.
We know better now. We know. as all
the world knows, that TO the perverted
minds Of the men and women who call
themselves anarchists one form of law is
Just as offensive as another. that a crown
"a King Is no more the faNorit' object
Of these classes than thu chosen ruler of
the people I'm the frCeSt land on earth.
SO We may well ask, as every couSid,rate
citizen Is now asking. what can bC done
TO eNterminatc this horrible thing
Every man has "A right under our Con
StitutiOn to his own opinions. But no
man has a right 20 teach or advise the
overthrow or alteration of the forms OF
constituted government except by the
regular and Lawful! method provided for
its alteration. Whoever does So is guilty
OF an offence against constituted society
that Is akin to treason.
90 teach or advise the overthrow or de
StTuCtlun Of the Federal Government boy
murder, ASA SSinatiOn. uT any other ylO-
lent or unlawful means. shall constitute
punishable offence against the United
States. Let the States do the same with
respect 70 State governments. Let il be
made an offence punishable by lmprlSOD-
meut for life TO belong To or knowingly
participate m the proceedings Of any or
Eanlzaton, society. group, or circle which
holds as one Of its tencts that IL is justi-
h3bIc 10 aSS1SSInate public officers. Let
IN" publications Of all such societies
wherein such doctrines are taught be de
MED carriage through the mails. and be
made lawful objects of police suppression,
mcnt
Congress should amend the immigra-
ton laws so as 60 provide FOR the eNlmi-
nation OF ccrJifiCation Of every immigrant
as 20 his belief i'm anarchistic doctrine and
his connection with societies Of auarCh-
lists. All falling within the dangerous
class should be denied admission 10 this
country We might go further and deport
an allie rs already within our confines who
should be found TO belong 10 the class Of
dangerous anaTChistU Congress would
statute.
There Is no law which makes it an
especially htinOuS offence to assault or
murder President or other high officers
OF the Government As the law now
stands the moaStTOuS crime against the
Government and all the people which
CZolgoSZ committed when he fired his
nurderous shots at the breast OF PreSi-
dent Mckinley Will rank no higher and
draw down no heavier penalty than II il
had been committed on the person Of
some unknown tramp in the lowest slums.
This should be remeGicd. II should De
made an offence punishable with death
10 attempt the life OF To COnSpiTe to at
tempt the life of a President or Vice
President or OF any Cabinet officer, or OF
the Governor OF any state.