The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-29
THE SCRANTON TR1BUNE-MoNDAY SEPTEMBER 30. 1902.

be said that very little has been done
toward throttling 1t; but we have our
mission, friends. and that Is agitation,
agitation, agitation, until something Is
done to clip the wings of this foul brood
able at any time to fill the land With
misery.
In the frstplace, I am inclined to think
that anarchism grows in the soil of un-
limited free speech. i suspect that we
have rung the changes too often in the
words of the immortal Declaration of In
dependence. Indeed we have inserted u
word not found in 1t. "All men are Gre
nted free and equal and are endowed
by their Maker with certain inalienable
rights among which are life, liberty and
the pursuit Of happiness" We have ,been
particularly jealous In guarding the right
OF free speech. But the time has come
when the free speech. whose purpose and
effect is to weaken the sacred character
of law. undermine government. and tear
down the barriers that safeguard life,
should be vigorously checked.
LIBERTY AND LICENSE.
Opinions that are expressed through
public prints. or the human voice. that
are disintegratng, that teach the young,
particularly. lightly to estimate the value
of law. the courts of Justice. established
govcrnment--life, must be suppressed In
sell defence. Liberty is one thing; IL
cense Is another.
Said Archbishop Ireland, think 1t was:
30 God of Nations Has it come to this,
that we must ask ourselves whether lib
erty is to be allowed on earth, such as we
have worshippcd in our dreams and
sought to embody in the institutions of
America. But God reigns and liberty Will
reign. Not against liberty must we un-
sheathe our swords. but against license.
that daughter of hell which drapes Itself
in the robes of the daughter Of heaven.
and dares call itself liberty" The un-
checked privilege of free speech is the at
mosphere that at last breeds all crime.
Anarchsm can propagate itself most
rapidly under the folds of our own flag;
anarchism! nurtured and fed under the
influences of our free institutions. Three
presidents laid upon the altar of liberty
of speech in thirty-siX years Is more than
our share to appease the demands of this
mooch. o Liberty! what crimes have
been done in thy name.
Now the right of free speech must be
ma aintained at any cost. MY first recol-
lection of any political campaign was
that in which the battle cry was the
birth cry of a new party: "Free speech,
free press. free soil. free men. Fremont
and liberty" The right of free speech
must be maintained at any cost. l say.
We must see to it that the pendulum OF
public opinion is not allowed to swing
to the other eXtreme-the repression OF
all free speech-that is despotism that is
un-American, that must not be permitted
under the folds of our flag stained so
often by the best blood in the struggle
for liberty.
God hath Joined together law and lib
erty. What God hath Joined together let
no man dare put asunder!
80 Law. fair form of Liberty, Gods light
is on thy brow,
Liberty, thou soul of Law. Gods very
self art thou!
One, the clear rivers sparkling flood, that
clothes the bank with green.
And one the line of stubborn rock that
holds the water in:
Friends whom we cannot think apart,
seeming each others foe,
Twin flowers upon a single stalk, with
equal grace that grow:
o fair ideas! we write your names across
our banners fold,
For YOU the sluggard's brain Is fire, for
you the coward bold:
o daughter OF the bleeding past, o hope
the prophets saw!
God give us Law in Liberty, and Liberty
IN Law!
MUST BE SUPPRESSED.
Put the teaching, whose legitimate goal
is murder; the teaching that has the dis
integrating power OF dynamite: the
teaching that will surely undermine the
walls of benefcent government. must be
suppressed.
Not another anarchist may ever come
to our shores, but he is here everywhere,
multiplying with frightrul rapidity, be-
coming bolder in his utterances. his in
fluence is widespread and dangerous. and
while we are wasting our breath In adj
vocating the closing of our doors against