Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-12-05

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 she murder OF all the
fre9men engaged in town meeting could
he accepted as a protest against that So
cial inequality which puts malefactor in
TALL. Anarchy is no more an expression OF
social discomfort" than picking pockets
or wife beating.
Anarchy and Anarchists,
The anarchist. ard especially the anarch-
ist In the United States. is merely one type
OF criminal. more dangerous than any
other because he represents the same de-
prayity In u greater degree The man who
advocates anarchy directly or indirectly
in any shape or fashion or the man who
apologies for anarchists and their deeds
makes himself morally accessory to muir
der before the fact The anarchist is a
criminal whose perverted Instincts lead
him TO prefer confusion and chaos to the
most benehcent form Of social order His
protest of concern for workingmen IA OUT
raseous in Its impudent falsity. for II the
political institutions of this country do
not afford opportunity to every honest
and intelligent son Of toll then the door of
hope is forever closed against him. The
anarchist Is everywhere not merely the
enemy Of system and Of progress, but the
deadly foe Of liberty. II ever anarchy is
triumphant, its triumph will last for but
dne red moment. to he succeeded for ages
by the gloomy night OF despotiam.
For the anarchist himself, whether he
breaches or practices his doctrines. we
need not have one particle more concern
than for any ordinary murderer. lie Is
not the Victim OF social or political inJus.
tice. There are no wrongs TO remedy In
his case. The cause Of his crininality ia
10 be found in his own evil passions and
in the evil conduct of those who urge him
In n ~ fti haF 9TH l.r-t H..
state to do justice to him or his He is a
rnalefactor and nothing else. He is In no
sense. In no shape or way, product of
social conditions save as highwayman
is ''produced' by the fact that an unarm-
ed man happens TO have purse. 1t Is
travesty upon the great and holy names
OF liberty and freedom TO permit them to
be invoked in such cause. No man or
body of men preaching anarchistic doc
trines should be allowed at large any
moro than II preaching the murder OF
some specified private Individual. Ansrch-
tstic speeches. writings and meetings are
essentially seditious and reasonable.
should Keep Anarchists Ont.
earnestly recommend to the congress
that in the exercise OF its wise discretion
it should take into consideration the COM
ing 10 this country Of anarchists or per-
sons processing principles hostile to all
government and justifylng the murder OF
those placed in authority. Such indlvid-
uals as those who not long ago gathered
in open meeting to glorify the murder OF
King Humbert of Italy perpetrate crime,
and the law should insure their rigorous
punishment. They and those like them
should he kept out OF this country. and IL
found here they should be promptly de-
ported to the country whence they came,
and farreaching provision should be made
for the punishment Of those who stay. No
matter calls more urgently for the wisest
thought Of the congress.
The federal courts should be given juris-
diction over any man who kills or at
tempts TO kill the president or any man
who by the constitution or by law Is in
line of succession for the presidency.
while the punishment for an unsuccessful
attempt should be proportioned to the
enormity of the offense against our insti-
tutions
Anarchy is crlmo against the whole
human race. and all mankind should band
against the anarchist His crime should
be made an offense against the law of ma.
tions like piracy and that form of man
stealing known as the slave trade. for II ia
OF far blacker infamy than either 1t
should be so declared by treaties among
all civilized powers. Such treaties would
give to the federal government the power
of dealing with the crime
grim commentary upon the folly of
the anarchist position was afforded by the
attitude of the law toward this very Grim
inal who had Just taken the life Of the
president, The people would have torn
him limb from limb II 1t had not been that
the law he defed was at once invoked in
his behalf. So far from his deed being
committed on behalf of the people against
the government, the government was
Obliged at once to exert its full police
power to save him from instant death at
the hands of the people. Moreover, his
deed worked the slightest AislOr0ffo1
in our governmental system. and the dam
ger of n recurrence of such deeds, no mat
ter how great 1t might grow, would work
only In the direction of Strengthening and
giving harshness TO the forces Of order.
No man will ever be restrained from be-
coming president by any fear as to his
personal safety. II the risk to the presl-
dents life became great, it would mean
that the office would more and more come
to be filled by men Of spirit which would
make them resolute and merciless in deal
ing with every friend Of disorder. This
great country will not fall into anarchy,
and II anarchists should ever become q
serious menace to its institutions they
would not merely be stamped out. but
would involve in their own ruin every
active or passive sympathizer with their
doctrines The American people are slow
TO wrath. but when their wrath Is once
kindled 1t burns like consuming flame.
Business Conditions.
During the last five years business con-
fdence has been restored, and the nation
is to be congratulated because of its pres
ent Astounding prosperity Such prosper
tty can never be created by law alone. al
though 1t is easy enough to destroy II by
mischievous laws. II the hand of the
Lord Is heavy upon any country. IL food
or drought comes. human wisdom is pow
erless to avert the calamity Moreover. no
law can guard us against the consequent
ce5 OF our own folly. The men who are
idle or credulous, the men who seek gains
not by genuine work with head or hand,
but by gambling in any form. are always
u source of menace not only to them-
selves, but 10 others. IL the business
world loses its head. II loses what IegisIa-
ZION cannot supply. Fundamentally the
welfare OF each citizen and therefore the
welfare of the aggregate of citizens which
makes he nation must rest upon indlyid-
uai thr II and energy, resolution and in
telligen,e. Nothing can take the place OF
this Individual capacity, but wise legisla-
ton and honest and Intelligent adminis-
tration can give It the fullest scope, the
largest opportunity to work to good effect.
The tremendous and highly complex in
dustrial development which went on with
ever accelerated rapidity during the latter
half OF the nineteenth century brings us
face to face at the beginning of the TWEEN
ueth with very serious social problems.
The old laws and the old customs which
had almost the binding force of law were
once quite sufficient to regulate the accu-
mutation and distribution OF wealth. Since
the industrial changes which have SO
enormously increased the productive pow
er Of mankind they are no longer sum
Client.
The growth of cities has gone on beyond
comparison faster than the growth of the
country. and the upbuildng of the great
industrial ccnters has meant n startling