The Washington times., 1901-06-30
A CONCEPTION OF ANARCHY.
Measuring the Extremes of IdeaIism
and SaVagery.

There are two kinds of anarchy-the an
archy of individual idealism, which needs
no government by force. and the anarchy
of murder, which would assassinate all
rulers and remove all restraint upon the
lawless instincts of mankind. The anar-
chy of murder is the noisier and better
known, and few people realize that the
word anarchy can be anything but a syn
onym for violent crime.
A disciple of the gentler kind OF anar-
chy describes it as a belief in the greatest
amount of liberty consistent with equality
of liberty. That excludes government as
the term is generally understood, mean
ing the subsection of the non-invasive in
dividual TO a will not his own. The State
is looked upon as the embodiment of gov
ernment in an individual or set of indi-
viduals assuming to act as representa-
tfves or masters of the entire people with
in given area. In so governing, the
State Is alleged TO violate the equality of
liberty, and ideal anarchy would there
fore abolished the State.
To ask an Anarchist what he would
substitute for government, says an advo-
cate of the theory. is like asking a free
trader what he would substitute for the
tariff 1t may be observed, however, that
anarchism does not exclude under this
definition the right of the individual him
self against aggression or the right of in
dividuaIs to organize on a purely yolun-
tary basis for such defence.
This theory may appeal to the ideaIist
as something very pretty, but TO the
coarser being. who does not know the
difference between liberty and license, and
would greatly prefer license if the dis
tinction could be diScerned. Anarchy ap
pesls a religion OF vengeance and un-
bridled passion. That the mill town Of
Paterson. y. J., with its heterogeneous
population should breed a nest of Anar-
chists is, therefore, nothing strange.
The general rules by which Anarchists
are guided-they object to the word gov
erned'-throughout the world are under
stood to be the same and impress an
individual liberty, the alleged founda ton
stone of Anarchy. than the Government
OF Russia, Turkey, or Zululand.
The orthodox Anarchists must recognize
no country and no law They must not
permit any division among themselves.
They are TO recognize no judicial tribun-
ais other than tribunal of honor named
by themselves The decrees of this tri-
bunal are irrevocable. The Anarchists
form close body. Each one, at the peril
of his life. must defend his companions.
They are to look upon the social revolu-
ton as the first and highest of their OBJ
legations. They must repudiate every rev.
olutlonary movement which does not have
the destruction of capital as its direct OBJ
complish the mission instructed to him
unless physically incapacitated. In this
case he is replaced by another comrade.
No Anarchist is allowed to exercise pub
lie function without the authorization OF
the assembly. or to take part in a for
eign manifesto ton in the interest of the
cause without the same permission. His
only care should be the revolution. All
Anarchists should be personally ac-
quainted with one another. Anarchists
are to keep no political secrets from one
another. They are not TO become nem-
bers of other associations unless in the
hope of discovering secrets interesting to
anarchism or to unYeil the actions of a
false comrade allied with the bourgeisie
This last viii be considered one OF the
most important services TO be rendered to
the cause
one of the leading Anarchists of the
higher class is Benjamin r. Tucker, OF
! New York, a man of education and re-
| finement. who is, of course. opposed to
the murderous element. In Mr.. Tucker g
opinion there are some 100000 persons in
this country in sympathy with the Anar-
chist tendency, although the number Of
avowed avowed plumb liners" is quite
small. These Anarchists support quite a
! literature. and their publications have al
ways been admitted to the United States
| mails without question. II is estimated
! that about Si00 900 is now invested in pub
/ fishing plants devoted TO the propaganda
OF anarchy. Various attempts have been
| made to exclude these publications from
| the United tatesgnails. but hitherto the
Anarchists have been able to exert infiu-
| ence enough to prevent such action.--Lon-
/ don Advertiser.