The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-12-06

ing lacking to complete the Judas-iike in
fanny OF his act he took advantage Of an
occasion when the president was meeting
the people generally, and, advancing as IL
to take the hand outstretched to him in
kindly and brotherly fellowship, he turned
the noble and generous confidence Of the
victim into an opportunity to strike the
fatal blow. There Is no baaer deed in all
the annals Of crime.
A Glorious Death.
The shock, the grief Of the country. are
bitter in the minds of all who saw the
dark days while the president yet lowered
between life and death. At last the light
was stilled In the kindly eyes. and the
breath went from the lips that even in
mortal agony uttered no words save OF
forgiveness to his murderer. of love for
his friends and of unfaltering trust in the
will of the Most High. Such a death
crowning the glory OF such life leaves
us with infinite sorrow, but with such
pride in what he had accomplished and in
his own personal character that We feel
the blow rot as struck at him. but as
struck at the nation. We mourn a good
and great president who is dead. but
while we mourn we are lifted up by the
splendid achievements of his life and the
grand heroism with which he met his
death.
When we turn from the man to the ma
ton, the harm done is SO great as to ex-
cite our gravest apprehenSlons and to de-
mand our wiSest and most resolute action
This criminal was professed anarchist,
infiamed by the teachings Of professed an
archists and probably also by the reckless
utterances of those who on the stump and
in the public press appeal to the dark and
evil spirits OF malice and greed. envy and
sullen hatred. The wind is sowed by the
men who preach such doctrines. and they
cannot escape their share of responsible
fly for the whirlwind that is reaped. This
applies alike to the deliberate demagOgue,
to the exploiter of sensationalism and to
the crude and foolish visionary who FOR
whatever reason apologies for crime or
excites aimless discomfort.
The blow was aimed not at this presi-
dent, but at all presidents. at every SYM
boil Of government. President Mckinley
was as emphatically the embodiment OF
the popular will of the nation expressed
through the forms of law as New Eng
land town meeting Is in similar fashion
the embodiment of the law abiding pur-
pose and practice of the people or 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 engaged in town meeting could
be accepted as a protest against that So
cial inequality which puts malefactor in
fail Anarchy is no more an expression or
social discomfort than picking pockets
or wife beating.
Anarchy and Anarchists.
The anarchist and especially the anareh-
ist in the United States, is merely one type
of criminal more dangerous than any
other because he represents the same ue-
praVitV in q greater degree. The man VINO
advocates anarchy directly or indirectly
i'm any shape or fashion or the man who
apologies for anarchists and their deeds
makes himself morally accessory 10 muir
der before the fact. The anarchist is
criminal whose perverted instincts letu
him In prefer confusion and chaos TO the
most beneficent form OF social order. lis
protest Of concern for workingmen is out
raceous in its impudent falsity. for II the
nolitical institutions of this country do
not afford opportunity to every honest
and intelligent son of toll then the door or
hope is forever closed against him me
anarchist is everywhere not merely the
enemy of system and of progress, hut the
deadly foe of liberty If ever anarchy is
, triumphant its triumph will last for hut
one red moment. 10 be succeeded for ages
by the gloomy night of despotism-
For the anarchist himself. whether he
breaches or practices his doctrines. we
need not have one particle more concern
. than for any ordinary III -
not the victim of social or political lnJuS-
tice. There are no wrongs to remedy IN
his case. The cause of his criminality Is
20 be found in his own evil passions ana
I'm the evil conduct OF those who urge MN
on not in any failure by others or oy the
state to do justice to him or MS he Is
maIefactor and nothing else He IS IN no
sense in no shape or way, product q
social conditions save as highwayman
is ..nroduced' by the fact that an unarm-
ed man happens to have a purse. 1t Is
travesty upon the great and hoy names
| of liberty and freedom to permit them 10
be invoked in such a cause. No man or
| body of men preaching anarch'stlc uoc-
trines should toe allowed at large any
r,orc tban IL preaching the murder OF
some specified private individual Anarch-
istic speeches, writings and meetings are
essentially seditious and reasonable.
should Keep Anarchists out.
T eorpastIv recommend to the congress
that in the exercise OF its wise discretion
/ IL should take into consideration the COM
ing to this country OF anarchists or per
sons processing principles hostile 10 an
government and justifyIng the muroer oi
those placed in authority. Such indlVld-
nails as those who not long ago gathereu
in open meeting 10 glorify the murder OF
King Humbert of Italy perpetrate CRIME
and the law should insure their rigorous
puniShment. They and those IKE lhehl
should be kept out of this country. ana IL
found here they should be promptly oe-
| nortca to the country whence they came
and farrea ching provision should be mace
for The punishment of those who stay NO
| matter calls more urgently for the wlses'
! thought Of the congress
The federal courts should be given Jurls-
/ diction over any man who Kills OF at
| tennis to Kill the president or any man
! who bv the constitution or by law Is III
. line Of succession for the presidency,
while the punishment for an unsuccessful
| attempt should be proportioned TO the
enormity OF the offense against our insu-
buttons. ~,
| Anarchy is a crime against the whoie
human race, and all mankind should pano
against the anarchist. His crime snouio
he made an offense against the law or ma
tions. like piracy and that form OF man
stealing known as the slave trade, Tor IL Is
| of far blacker infamy than either II
should be so declared by treaties among
| ali civilized powers. Such treaties would
| give 10 the federal government the power
| of dealing with the crime
|