The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-11

as their representative in his par
ticu1ar department; and, like Other
Presidents that preceded him, he
drew inspiration from meeting his
fellow citizens face to face.
Such confidence in the people by
a President, and such feeling of
safety while with them, are right.
But there rests upon the people Of
this country the sacred response
bility Of seeing that this trust shall
not be betrayed. God long delay
the day when the President shall
not be safe among the people! To
hedge him about with an armed
guard will be an evil for more rea-
sons than one. The very thought of
it sits uneasily upon our minds.
What must we do, then, if we con-
tinue to demand that he go in and
out among us, honoring us with his
presence and being honored by our
respect and good will?
WE MUST MAKE IMPOSSIBLE
THE BETRAYAL OF THE PRESI-
DENTS TRUST BY THE RASH
ACT OF A LUNATIC OR CRANK,
OR BY THE DEvILISH ACT OF
AN ANARCHIST.
If there be insane men among us
who are irresponsible, the people
Of this country should place them
where they can be kindly cared for
and where at the same time they
will be unable to do mischief. And
those responsible kinsMcn or guar
dams who permit such beings to
roam at large should be made re-
sponsible for their acts, unless they
can clear themselves from the
charge Of contributory negli-
gence.
For the anarchist-a declared
enemy Of all law and order-a thing
capable of all that is hellish-who
has reached that unfathomed depth
of infamy when, with the appear
ancc and studied air of an invalid
he can extend one hand for the
sympathetic grasp Of a lovable man
and with the other shoot down that
man as if he were a common cur
for such vermin there is not one
square inch Of room within the
borders of our common country.
We believe in freedom of thought
and in free expression of that
thought. But that belief applies
to our fe11owman under the Law
and not to any man or set of men
who, by declaring enmity to all
law, place themselves beyond the
pale Of law. We believe in the
prevention of cruelty to animals,
hut we believe there is but one thing
to do with a mad dog and that is to
exterminate him. He has through
disease thrown law to the winds
and has become the destroyer of
every being in his reach. It is far
worse with the anarchist. He is
afflicted with no disease. OF his
own deliberate choice he becomes
the declared enemy Of law. He de-
clares himself above the law and
he should therefore be declared
outside Of the law. Declaring that
he does not believe in law and will
destroy it, ne should not be pro-
tected by law nor saved by that
which he would destroy.
We have had too much of the
maudlin, soldering sentimentality
that would throw the mantle of
love and protection about those
who even, while enjoying this pro-
lection, laugh it to scorn, deride de-
ceny, and brazenly drink to the
health of a cowardly assassin. We
cannot sow corruption and reap
cleanness. Nor can we permit
others to SOW anarchy and then ex-
pect to reap law and order. 1t
were better-far better and far
more fitting-that such vile seed
should terminate under a govern
ment of force than that it should
be allowed to bud and blossom in a
country where the very basic prin-
ciple of our government is mutual
trust and dependence Of man and
man. We may harbor the Cypress
ed, but we may no longer harbor
the hater and destroyer of those
laws which harbor the oppressed.
For the utter exermination of this
poisonous plant, root and branch,
THE NEWS AND OBSERVER
urges prompt and effective meas
ures, and promises it's earnest sup
port to steps looking thereto.
The Morning Boast is very severe upon
Of