Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-10-28
The Growth Of Anarchy.

grafton for last year into the United
States I was not surprised 20 learn that
large numbers OF Poles, Italians and Rus
sian Jews had come into America In 100
seeking home.
Notice Is also given that they are more
uliterate than formerly. The increased
percentage OF nliteracy Is q very serious
one TO contemplate.
IL goes without saying that this tide OF
immigration brings with IL the habits OF
mind and tendencies in morals 70 when
these immigrants have been accustomed
IN the old country
As muddy water from one stream will
eventually discolor the clear waters OF an
other stream, so the influx Of tliteracy
Joined TO anarchistic beliefs and tenden-
cies viii produce national evils before
very long. At least half million OF Eu-
r0peans. principally from the lower classes
Of society, were flung on these shores IN
the year 1900 20 make or mar our entire
population 10 the extent Of their COM
mingIing and influence
When the general census was taken IN
Chicago. In the year lSe0. there were onig
$4,000. native born Americans In that IN
land city OF a million Of inhabitants For
eigners were in the immense majority.
The Hayunarket anarchists had strong
backing on the shores OF beautifui Lake
Michigan There Is a slumbering vol
cano in anarchy in every city where INT
crate foreigners congregate IN large num-
hers. and although the assassin CZolgosz
had but few friends 20 go 20 him when
his trial was in progress nobody doubts
but ne has many sympathizers In THIS
country.
He acted Ike a person who Is conscious
OF backing. He posed before an audience
that We do not see and are not able 10
number, but we all feel certain that
Czolgosz Is one OF the many that are only
repressed by the present futility OF out
ward demonstration
with unreasonable dislike for and alb
hnrrence OF the assassin and his dastaroly
methods we cannot forget that he is a
Pole. and. Ike all OF his nation. fun OF
the hitter memories OF unhappy Poland
7-he noet saws: Freedom shriel1ed when
Koscieusko fell" and Polish emigrants
have a lively sense OF the wrongs that
Poland suffered when Russian Cossacks
overran their native land No Russian,
whether he be car or constable. can de-
pend on the humanity Of an unforg1ving,
unregenerate Polander. Nihilism Is MS
native breath. anarchy his native air.
When they come TO US they are ingram
ed. through and through. with these prin-
ciples. unless displaced by cultivation, ed
ucatfon and refinement These nliterates
are perhaps always degenerates IN the
sense OF unfOrgivenness In their hatred
for those in authority over them, or blind
troll them for evil.
The saloon evil is chargeable with nine
tenths Of the disorder in this country.
fCxoleosz was said 20 be at one time
saloon keeper, and his associations were
Of the class and order that cOngregate in
the low dives Of our great cities.
A sober man viii be careful An intoNi-
Gated man will do what the madness OF
his brain prompts him 10 do, with the
devils broth in his veins. Add intoxica-
ton 70 preconceived preJudices and the
fame viii burst out at the first opportun-
ftv with such madmen. The car or Rus
sia Is said 70 sleep in a room made Of
steel, supposed 70 be bullet and dagger
proof. but his grandsire was assassinated
n one OF the most elegant and we'll
guarded streets in the city with dyna-
mite bomb.
The empress OF Austria was stabbed 70
death under a MONDAY sun in a quiet
watering place
This excellent empress was killed sim
ply because she occupied a royal position.
The hatred was turned toward the ONCE,
E the station IN life, not 10 the individual
King Humbert was assassinated In the
same way and for the same reason HIS
murderer lived in New Jersey. he went
on his atrOciOus errand from this coun-
try. This h0t-bed OF anarchy existed
there a year ago
When you hear the argument advanced
that we must close the ports against this
entrance OF anarchists the question should
Be asked: what will you do with those
already here, and until the overt act is
committed where win you land how can
YOU'D spot the offenders?
Unless there Is a method devised 10
probe into their secret thoughts and pur-
poses the north and west may find
anarchy as great a problem as are the
race troubles OF the south at present
Emma Goldman and her associates were
beyond the pale Of the law. The overt
act must first be committed ana these
anarchists are aware OF their legal priv
neges.
Like the Nfhilists IN Russia, they are
schooled in the atmosphere OF danger, and
they are willing TO face death TO carry
out their schemes and plots against rulers
I'm every country.
There Is a growing prejudice against
royal persons on the eastern continent
As good a sovereign as the late Queen
Victoria was shot at more than once. Per-
haps there viii continue to be kings and
queens for centuries TO come. but they
VII stand in slippery places" English
men beheaded one Of their kings and
France another OF theirs. and the guillo-
tine had a carnival OF blood CmOstly
royal under Danton and Robespierre,
who were anarchists
II il a malady that Is catching. II
seems preposterous that our late presi-
dent. chosen by the people, should be-
come a target for anarchy. yet we know
Czolgosz had no personal grievance
against Mr.. Mckinley. He fired at the
executive because he was the chief Of
ficiaI in the government. just as King
Humbert was killed.
Wilkes Booth may be termed an anarch-
fst also. because he fired at the head of
the government in the person OF Mr.. Lin
coin. but his deed had extenuating feat
ures, in the fact that his patriotism and
love for the Lost Cause" gOaded him TO
the deed OF a mailman in the hour Of ma
tional defeat
Guiteau was in one sense an anarchist
OF a lower type than Booth The United
states government had failed 20 give him
an Office and he fred at the head in the
person OF Mr.. Garfield.
But Czolgosz IS a cOld-blOOded anarchist,
destitute OF patriotism and without aspi-
ration for ONCE, a germ OF something
more intensely virulent and deadly be-