New-York tribune., 1906-08-13
ROPE FOR ANARCHISTS.
Secretary Bonaparte Proposes Rad
ical Treatment for GrozCiHg EJil.

Cumberland. Md. Aug 12-Secretary Charles J.
BOnaparte delivered an address this evening at the
Allegheny ChautauQua, near Cumberland. before
large gathering, his subject being "Anarchisn and
It's Remedy. Secretary BOnaparte was greeted
with the Chautauqua salute and much applause
he was introduced by Congressman George A.
Pearre, Of Maryland. and said in part:
In September, 1901 when the American people
@ eneTe mingled with the universal amazement, grieI
ana Indignation feeling OF peculiar horror aroused
even intelligibe motive for the crime Lincoln was
olooay years OF civil war. were desperate in the
hi0ted most OF ain bv him That wicked and
reckless man should have conceived and carried
The wretch WHO murdered Carried combined such
intellectual fraiity with such moral depTavtty as to
seem rather a hideOus Iusus nature than fair
once recognized to he probably worse than
1d sD9e tn1qsanGs q Rsn and women IN no our mas1
world, men and women who accept the name and
se h a6ns GPa2ns ol @ Ee P7een re ts as MeKne
would lead any one OF them TO kill President Roose-
tcal application OF their theories their existence
dents but to ali public Officers and to all eminent
men And to the alarm they caused there re was was
tion for their doctrines their language and their
Anarchism is the product Of two conditions which
prevail to greater or less extent among the less
namely. the decay Of religious faith and a measure
Of superficial. and therefore unsound popular edu-
IL is sometimes said that ana rchism and social
ism. systems mutually antipodal ana de-
structve I should be very sorry to diminish what
hostility the adherents of either system may
feel for the ether for the old adage as TO the con
no small measure of truth. -,
socialist is essentially, althousm noe "a ai'%5 49,
avowedly or even consciously one VINO sees that
the equality demanded oy tnls coo COO M can n9 -,
slaves Southern plantation before the war con
very nearly a soctalistc community. and they
were probably as nearly equal inter sese as human
nunIty a socialist merely substitutes for the ON
potsn 0mnisfient master pr, sa9 ~ & sRsyeg them
selves, slaves each one 81 them as an lnqvloua
to all in their corporate capacity. and names this
corporation 'the state"
An anarchist differs from him by seeing that
he has, in fact. introduced a new source OF IN
equality For the corporation he created can lex eS
agents must be ez necessitate armed win powers
which make them longer the equals OF their
made one Of his slaves his overseer. The anarchist
therefore demands that there be no Such agents
So much of the evil. How it be cured? If
we mean cured IN day stirev n92r Hot at all An
archism viii not be removed within given time
perhaps it viii not BIZ wholly removed in any time
or bv any. means. - I would see ourselves and
our public servants in earnest, and willing to be
guided by common sense and experience IN seek. *
ing a. remedy, without ress4rd 20 IltIe 80 Ia -
prejudice and little pseudo-humanltarlah clap~
enuvocaIIy imposed by law and infexibly executed
whenever the prisoner has sought directly or IN
advise comparatively brief but very rigorous
Imprisonment characterized by complete secluston.
deprivation of all comfort and denial OF any form or
distraction. and which could be, 10 my MIND. ad-
vantageously supplemented by severe but not a
public whipping The lash, OF all p'lnlSllIreT1t
most clearly shows the cuprtt that he SufreTs TOT
what his fellow men hold odous and dlsgraceful'
and not merely for reasons Of public policy
ANY abridgement from fear of the anarchists OF
that Freedom Of speech and of the press guaranteed
US by and federal constitutions would be
neither wise a worthy policy. but these prlNl-
legas in no wise shield counselors Of crime or IN
sfigatOrs of disorder and rebellion. ANY changes,
however sweeping in laws and governnen Mt,
NAV he urged. and any arguments. however WHO
or gPotesque- advanced TO justify them, provided
the method Of change be orderly and lawful but a
Chief Magistrate and the violent overthrow OF the
government is a seditious libel at common law. ana
there is no good reason why public uttsrance or
words. Of the same purport should not De
make the like offence by statute. -
The final and truly vital condition OF sue
cess in rfdding country Of anarchtSm IN prac-
tice is that American public opinion. should recog-
theory and OF all the kindred ready-made. FUR
-wIile-you- schemes for the social re-
generation Of mankind. Civilized society, as II
exists to-day If II be nothing more. is the out
come of all the strivngs for justice and happiness
of the human race during thousands OF years. What
Yn0nstrous presumption. what prepostefous concelt
for any man were the wisest, the most learned
the most Justly famed Of his own age or OF all
ages 10 imagine that with but the dim hickering
few imperfect lessons OF his own short. III spent
life 10 guide his hand. he could cast down ana
build up again this incredibly vast this lnnnlteIy
complex fabric and improve on It's structure.