The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-10-14
UNION, S. c., OCTOBER "A, 1904.
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and everything that appeals to the
nunnn ,,o~r~ ana eon~N'ero", pure "r
vile, scared or unseared, horror
stricken and appalled, with feelings
Of impending dangers unseen and
unwarned, in the shadow Of the
church spires, within hearing of the
bells which ring out clear from these
lofty towers, under the benign in.
Ruenee and atmosphere Of the gos-
pei, the elevated and refining teach
ings Of schools, colleges and litera-
ture Of this land of progress ard
prosperity, we ask, with trem"
bling anticipation OF the perpe-
trstion of some diabolical outrage
upon individual, public or private
project or enterprise by some
unmitiagated incarnate fiend: What
next? The scattering and -"'.''-'"'I
-. ..,-.-.a,Uo upon the door steps anq
drive ways OF private homes ard
promises OF public works and gov
ment buildings, is unquestionably
the work OF the socialist, nihilist
AMI anarchist. In the peaceful and
pnce-seeking realms Of these United
States there has crept among its pop
al ltion an element too dangerous to
be tolerated. The skillful ingenuity
practiced by the one whose hell-born
intentions to destroy the battleship
C,nnacticut, was the work Of sn ex-
pert, who was thoroughly fnmili,r r
with ship building, as the means Of
-doat at-,s-tj~ fr rrcrr-u ~" or ship
builder failed for n time to detect or
discover the several holes made in
the bottom Of tho ship; had these
holes not been discovered, the ship
when launched upon the bosom of
the mighty ocean would have gone
to the bottom with all Of her crew,
lives been sacrificed perhaps, and
millions of dollars lost to the govern
medt. The three attempts made to
So~r@.~- ~--1sii->-->-A.-tLA-ap -aprt of the
discover the effort while being done,
n"twithsta nding the number OF
guards had been doubled and urged
to be more vigilant, is an evidence
that this diabolical work was done
oy some one on the inside and con.
nected with the navy yard and con-
struction crew. Now for the motive.
POSSIBLY we might say and with
truth. that a strong ally OF the Rus
sian government was one of the EN-.
ployees; that the attitude of the
United States towards the two pow
ers now at war, as viewed by the
Russian government, favored, or
rather were in sympathy with her
enemy Japan, and at no distant day
it were possible that the United
States would feel called upon to aid
Japan. II 80, one vessel, at least,
would not be able to take part in the
conflict. Certainly no American
citizen could have any motive in rem
dering war vessel useless, by such
bold and unprecedented means.
What next? All of the hellish de-
signs of human ingenuity known to
modern science, seems to have been
resorted to for the destruction OF life
and property. The use Of dynamite,
obstructions on railroad tracks, burn.
ing of tressels and bridges, seems to
US to have been exhausted, when
the holes in the ship were made, and
we are still left in terror as to what
will be the next thing done, and we
e1claim in anguish of mind produced
by this state Of things: Is there no
way to prevent this? Can there be
no way devised to contravent these
fends, for under the present condi-
tions it seems no one Is safe, not
even Uncle Sam nor his property.
We are no alarmist when we chron. 6
lcle one after another diabolical at
tempt to destroy life. We shudder =,
whom We write this: A manufacturer
of life pressrvsrs discovered pieces Of