The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1901-09-24

and our uDerty. ne ""o VIZ
regent of law in this country
Therefore, he was hated by the
anarchists. But that bullet could
not kill Mckinley. Although his
body is dead, his name will be Tor.
ever among the immortal names OF
history. :.
Anarchy is hatred Of law. IL
is the foe of all authority. 1t Is
the expression and embodiment OF
lawlessness. Law is the expression
of the authority, tine expression oi
personal rights of the individual.
When man becomes an anarch-
ist he is striking against these
rights of the individual. HIS
hand is raised against society and
against God, for all law is OF God. ."
So much for what anarchism Is.
How shall it be dealt with? This
is one of the serious questions that
confront the American citizen to-
day. 1t is a question for our
greatest thinkers, for our wlsest
statesmen. Before entering into a
discussion of remedial measures,
let us consider for moment the
causes that have brought about
this state of affairs.
The most fruitful source of an
archism is immigration. The
great bulk of our population Is OF
Anglo-Saxon origin-a race whose
predominant trait is love and re-
spect for law. But our generosity
to the poor and oppressed OF other
races and our liberal inducements
to immigrants from foreign coun-
tries have brought the low, the ig-
norant, the desperate, the outcast
from everywhere to our shores.
Through these people, the OIL
securing of continental Europe,
this plant of alien growth has
been grated on our body polite.
By the most liberal naturalization
laws these people are allowed to
even become citizens before they
have the fainest conception of the
duties and responsibilities of citi-
zenship. For many years far-see-
ing people have protested against
the continued encouragement OF
immigration; but a sickly senti-
mentality has sustained our gov
ernment from passing such laws /.
The cry is raised that the restric-
tion of immigration would show
ingratitude to those noble foreign
ers who gave their lives for our
Independence, that this land of
liberty is for the poor and oppress-
ed of every cline.
The sad event which has just
occurred will demonstrate that
this is not a matter for sentiment,
but a matter Of self-proservation
Our society cannot assimilate all
these people. We cannot educate
them all to become, as we are, low
ers of the law; but these danger
Gus and criminal classes have be-
come parasites drinking the very
life-blood of our society.
Should there be any question as
what to do with them? Because
they are unhappy and wretched
we pity them, but is that an excuse
for bringing them into our midst
and offering them homes to give
them an opportunity to strike at
the government that protects
them? We pity the iepers, but We
do not invite them to come and
live with us. Anarchism is dis
ease, an infectious disease, and it
is the height of folly to allow those
who have been eXiled from their
native land on account of being
unworthy of living in it to come
among us TO incite and inhame the
evil passions Of the discontented
Of our own country.
The Remedies for these evils have
already been suggested More
stringent naturalization laws arc
an imperative med No for
eigner should be allowed to become
citizen who has not become by
education IN ouC systems and by
love of law ana liberty. worthy OF
citizenship in free community
The criminal and worthless classes
should not be allowed TO land upon
our shores.
The next step shoIld be The ex.
pulsion or imprisonment or all
enemies Of government. 4 mar
who incites another 10 commit 4
crime, to violate the law, is az
guilty as the one who commits til,
overt act.
While we should be careful t,
avoid going to an extreme in thes,
matters, do think that the com
plex state of society makes it in
cumhent upon our law makers t,
suppress ali meetings held for tn
purpose of propagating dangerou
doctrines. 1t is appalling to thinl
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