The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-02-15

furnished him sometimes brings him
home again. There are others who
still prefer freedom. and in spite Of un-
accustomed hardship do not return to-
the mothers and fathers who have dis
CipIined them.
This tenacious love Of freedom Tor
it's own sake grows less and less exact
ing as the boy adjusts his muscles 1"
the weight Of responsibility. Never
theIcss the assassins Of kings and rul-
ers are young men who die bTavcly de
cIaTinS that their execution and the
hatred of all but anarchists are of NO
consequence. They are ready and will
ing To die il their death express
a protest against all human govern
ment which they sincerely believe Is
bad All the asstSsinS are young. The
old rascals are cautious. Mr.. Henry
Holt. i'm the current number of The
Review of Reviews" advises a new
treatment of anarchists. The govern
ment must take them at their word.
They say government is bad. and rN-
hort converts To resist it. Therefore OF
ganized society can put the anarchists
outside the operation of the law. II hc
attacks persons or property society can
protect itself against him; but If his
own property or person is attacked h"
can not have recourse to the law ar any
of the legal conventions which men
have adopted i'm the course of centuries
to protect what they call their rights
inalienabIe liberty. HoodIums can
kill the anarchist or deprive him
of his property. In the bill pro
posed by Mr.. Holt for the anarchist,
there are no courts and no policemen.
no soldiers, no governor. no president.
His life and his property are only safe
so long as he protects them unaided
by the institutions of society. In a
way this amounts to the same thing
as the isolation of anarchists ON
desert island; but it is much more
practical.
The parts of Mr.. Hollis scheme are:
Exclusion of immigrants of avOwrd
anarchistic sentiments. And 1 would
exclude KrOpOtkin and Tolstoy more
carefully than Jerry the Red See
Ondly, taking the anarchist ut his word
-Obliterating his relation to the gov
eminent so far as permitted by his un-
avoidable use of government facilities
and by his power of self-defrnse. which
power involves the reciprocal power Of
defense against him. Thirdly. the cx-
lie of all persons whom the withdrawal
of government protection has not
taught the beneficence Of law. Fourth
Iy: The exiled anarchist who returns
shall be imprisoned for life. Filthy:
For the anarchist assassin (and he is
as much the assassin if he tries and
fails, as if he succeedsD, the asylum.
President Roosevelt suggests in mis-
message that anarchism b. made an
Offense against the law of nations like
piracy and the slave trade. Senators
HOar and McCOmas have introduced
bills making the profession Of anarchy
punishable by exclusion. two perfectly
natural consequences of a declaration
of hOstilities upon organized society.
Why warm and harbor yipers in thu
breast when the vipers business Is to
bite, and the only difficulty in his way
is the difficulty of getting near enough
the flesh to bite it? The moment a
man or woman publicly declares that
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vises men and women to destroy it that
moment he should be- arrested and
tried. All that the jury has to do is
to discover if he said what he has been