The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-13

man. II is true that the best governed
! people are those who are least governed
! leaving to each individual the greatest
/ personal liberty-the right to employ his
( powers as he wills ana 10 dispose of his
/ affairs as he deems best, save only in
/ so far as he is limited by the rights OF
/ others or the welfare Of the community.
/ He should be enabled to enjoy the fruits
/ OF his own labor untrammeled by oppres-
sive laws and unjust combinations, 50
that every man who is willing and able
to work may provide himself a COM
Portable home and for his family the
necessities OF life.
Bishop Brooks says: He is the best
benefactor of his race who makes it pos
sible TO have one law less
In his individual actions, man should
be subservent only 10 his own conscience
and society does best by leaving its mem
bers TO provide for themselves. It is only
when he comes in contact with society
and his fellowman that ne must give up
some Of his individual prerogatives, and
that is because OF the benefits he de-
lives from society. In isolation. man
needs no laws, but collectively and in
his dealings with others, he needs them
for his own protection.
Anarchy is defined by Huxley to
mean: a state Of society in which the
rule of each individual by himself is the
only government the legitimacy OF which
is recognized
This is an ideal society, il all men
were just, honorable and loved only the
good and beautiful. II men could rule
themselves and act only according to the
decalogue and the rules OF nature. pure
and simple, the ideal anarchy could ex-
list: but where men have not the same
perfection and the same true morality
government is a necessity, and the laws
are many or less, according to the stand
ard OF morality, the simplicity of the
PEOPLE and their varying necessities
Some men do things without being com
manded; others through fear of the law,
but TO the purely moral man the law
is not a restraint.
Anarchy, in its ideal sense, is an i'm
possibility. and in its present accepted
sense. namely. that based on the notion
that society has no business 70 act-that
each person is his own master and has
an inherent right to do as he pleases-
IS not only absurd. but impossible. Such
rule would certainly produce anarchy
in the generally accepted sense OF the
term as we now view it.
But what is anarchy as promulgated
by the present school OF anarchists? 1t
means the abolition of all forms OF gov
eminent and absolute and complete in
dividual action. Property is declared to
be the cause OF all social evil, and as
this property is so closely connected with
the state, its bad effects are only to be
prevented by the destruction Of the state
itself. In place Of the state, which is TO
be abolished, there shall be an agree
ment of contact, binding by no external
force and involving no consequences ex-
cept that which viii result from mere
personal promise.
TO the anarchist, elections are tyran-
meal and they would not vote nor per-
form any duties of citizens If If could be
avoided Courts are instruments of des-
potism, and jury service an infringement
upon personal rights. Money, as a me-
dunn of exchange, should also be abolish
ed Social vices must not be checked by
legislation. Nor does the anarchist be-
lieve in the sacred rights of the marriage
contract In short, shorn Of all its sur
plusage and in its naked pristine purity,
the modern school OF anarchists believes
in the entire abolition of state and all
government and all restraint, and it de-
MES even the existence Of a Supreme
Being. It does not require an analytical
mind to trace the results, namely, chaos.
IN their Pronunciation Of the state the
anarchists make no distinction between
the despotism of the old world and the
democracy of the new, in the laws Of
which every man mas his share.
The flag of anarchy has no place upon
American soil, and the advocates of such
a system deserve no mercy at the hands
Of the American people. Obedience and
respect Of law is the first duty we ask
and demand of every citizen, and on this
line may I digress and say that too
much latitude is often taken by our good
people in the heat OF political discussion
and that seeming discomfort Of govern
mental action. and traitorous utterances
Of so-caIled peace congresses, and I'M
lust criticism heaped upon our public
breeds an atmosphere tempting
Just such men TO acts OF violence.
Here the will Of the people, when
legally expressed. becomes the law of
the land We. the people, are the gov
eminent. and If 1t fails 10 do right, we
are ourselves 10 blame. We rule through
our repersentatives-they are our serv-
ants. If they do wrong. we are ourselves I
10 blame.
we all believe in liberty and the great (
,st personal liberty. To the anarchist, |
liberty is only another word for license, /
and the license of the anarchist is not I
earned at the fireside, in the homes or /
n the elevating Influences Of the schools /
and the church. but in the dens Of in /
ouitv. and we can but Judge OF anarchy /
from the acts Of its deciples in the past 1
rbev are the enemies Of society and pro- /
zress and are deadly foes Of real liberty. /
An their acts are destructive Of the ideal !
existence. and the American people must I
lct for their own protection The right f.
II self-protectiOn is as essential part of /
The doctrine Of liberty as the right of 1
.ssertion. and when a set OF men en- /
iesvor 10 terrorize a peaceful community /
nto acts OF violence. they act in man
Ter for which no theory Of liberty makes
provision.
we believe absolutely in the doctrine /
-lsrantead in the first amendment TO
he Constitution. Of the freedom Of speech /
md Of the press. and OF the right OF the
,aonle peaceably TO assemble; but Ian
mage which goes beyond discussion and
Notes TO crime. is an cfense- and 10
nv mind accessory to the crime. and
bouId be prohibited. in order 70 Protect
he crime 10 which il leads
.srhe New York World. in recent IS
ne. suggests four remedies, viz
o. First. Furnishing with death any at
empt on the presidents life. whether
lich attempt fails or succeeds
second Providing for the hanish-