New-York tribune., 1901-12-04

his life and the grand heroism with which he met
his death.
ANARCHIST.
When we turn from the the nation. the
harm done is so great to excite our gravest ap-
prehensions and to demand our wisest and most
resol1Ite action This criminal was a professed an
archist nfamed by the teachings of professed an
archsts and probably also by the reckless utter
ances of those who the stump and in the pubic
press appeal the dark and evil spirits OF malice
and greed. envy and sullen hatred. The WIND is
sowed by the who preach such DOCTRINES ana
they cannot escape their share of responsibility FOR
the whrlwind that is reaped This applies alike to
the deliberate demagogue TO the eXploiter OF SEN
sationalsn and TO the crude and foolish visionary
who. for whatever reason, apologies for crime or
excites aimless discomfort
The blow aimed not at this President but at
all Presidents; every symbol of government.
President Mckinley was as emphatically the en-
bodiment of the popular will of the nation eH-
pressed through the forms of law as NeW-fng-
land town meeting is in similar fashion the eInoonl-
ment of law abiding purpose and practice OF
the people of the town On no conceivable theory
could the murder Of the President be accepted as
due to protest against Inequalities in the social
order" save as the murder of all the freemen en-
gagged in a town meeting could be accepted as a
protest against that social inequality which puts
malefactor in Jail. Anarchy is no more an express
sion of social discomfort than picking pockets or
wife eating.
The anarchist and especially the anarchist in the
United States is merely type Of criminal. more
dangerous than any other because he represents
the same depravity in a greater degree. The man
who advocates anarchy, directly or indirectly, IN
any shape fashion, or the man who apologies
for anarchists and their deeds, makes himself
morally accessory to murder before the fact Inc
anarchist IS criminal whose perverted instincts
lead him to prefer confusion and chaos TO the most
benehcent form OF social order His protest OF CON
Germ for workingmen is outrageous In its fmpudent
falsy for If the political institutions of this coun
try do afford opportunity to every honest and
RI of hnr
! ever closed against him The anarchist is every
where merely the enemy of system and of prog
ress but the deadly foe of liberty. If ever anarchy
triumphant, its triumph will last for but one red
moment. TO be succeeded for ages by the gloomy
night of despotism
For the anarchist himself, whether he breaches
or practseS his doctrines, need not have one
particle more than for any ordinary muir
derer He is not the victim of social or political
Injustice There are no wrongs remedy In his
case. The of his crfmnality is TO be found In
his own evil passions and in the evil conduct or
those who urge him not in any failure by others
or by the State do justice to him or his. He Is
maefactor, and nothing else. He is in no sense. in
no shape way. product of social conditions.
save hghwayman is produced" by the fact
that unarmed man happens to have a purse III
is travesty upon the great and holy names of
liberty and freedom TO permit them to be invoked
in such cause. No body of men preach
ing anarchistc doctrines should be allowed at
large any than If preaching the murder OF
some specified private individual. Anarchistc
speeches writings and meetings essentially Sc
ditious and reasonable.
SAFEGUARDS SUGGESTED.
earnestly recommend TO the Congress that in
tho exercise of its wise discretion should take
into consideration the coming to this country of
.parcbists or persons protesting principles hostile
TO all government and justifying the murder of
those placed in authority Such individuals as
,bose who not long ago gathered in open meeting
to glorify the murder of King Humbert of Italy
nernetrate crime, and the law should insure their
ri.orous punishment. They and those like them
should he kent out of this country; and II found
here they should promptly deported to the coun-
49,, n,bence they came; and far reaching provision
should be made for the punishment OF those who
,av No matter calls more urgently for the wisest
thought of the Congress
,r, Federal courts should be given jurisdiction
o,,.r anv man who kills attempts to kill the
President or any man who by the constitution or
NV lou Is IN line of succession for the Presidency.
should proportioned 10 the eforiiil'S oi Tic oi
fence against institutions
,r,-cbv Is q crime against the whole human
ace and all mankind should band against the
anarchist His crime should be made an oftence
against the law Of nations like piracy and that
form Of rnanstealing known as the slave uade'
| %, n ,s of far blacker infamy than either 1t
should be so declared by treaties among all clVilizeo
r,,,er. Such treaties would give to the Federal
Government. the power Of dealing with the crime
A grin, commentary upon the folly OF the an
| .,oni.t pos.tion was afforded by the attitude OF
| ,,a law toward this very criminal VINO hao JUST
,stsp the life OF the President The people "ouio
| hoy. torn him limb from limb II 1t mad not oeen
| ,ha, the law he dehed at once invoked In MS
| habs,s SO far from his deed being committed on
behalf Of tho people against tho government Inc