The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-08-16
TALK ON SOCIALISM
Secretary Bonapste Strongly
Denomnces the lawiess
Addressing ChautauqEa Near Cum
berland, Md. He Ssys Anarehism
and Socialism Are Twin Stems
From Doctrine Tha; Men Are of
Right Equal and Ought 70 Be
Kept So.

Cumberland, Md, Speeial.-See-
retary of the Navy Cinries J. Bona
parte delivered an address Sunday
evening at the Alleghney chautau-
qua, near Cumberland, before
large gathering, his subject being
AEarchism and lis Remedy"
He referred TO the assassination of
Lincoln, Garfield and Mckinley and
said that the measures finally adopt
ed, after CzolgoZ ; crime. TO rid the
country and the word of anarchists
were plainly mere pallntives. I've
have now a homemade brand of the
anarchist" he said, ''snd, although
the original plant of this infant
industry was undoubtedly imported,
the domestic product is large enough
to gravely trouble US. Anarchims is
the product of two conditions which
prevail. to a greater OF less extent,
everywhere among the less enlighten-
ed classes of modern civilized society,
namely, the decay of religious faith
and a measure of superficial, and
therefore unsound popular educa-
tTon.
Secretary Bonaparte agreed that
the negro In the South before the
war represented more nearly the
ideal condition of society from a So
cialistic view point than any other
class ever had. Continuing he said ::
$50 much of the evil. How can
it be cured? Anarchism is the prod
uct of cause which cannot be erad-
icated by legislation, however dras-
tic, of causes which lie deep in the
scheme Of modern civilization. But
it has been already made much less
dangerous and harmful by being
dealt with seriously and nationally,
without regard to little doctrinnaine
prejudice and little paudo-humani-
tartan claptrap.
"In the first place the unlawful
acts prompted by anarchism should
be made crimes, In so far as they are
not strictly speaking, crimes already,
and, as crimes, they should be visited
| with such penalties as are particular
ly distasteful to the criminals and
therefore the most effective deter
rents to crime"
"On anarchists the death penalty
should be unequivocally imposed by
law and flexible exercised whenever
the prisoner has sought, directly ar
indirectly, to take life; for offenses
of less gravity, brief but very viger-
Gus Imprisonment, characterized by
complete seclusion, deprivation Of all
comfort and denial of any form of
distraction, supplemented by a Sc
we're, but not a public whipping; the
lash, Of all punishments, most clear
ly shows the culprit that he suffers
for what his fellow-men hold odious
and dlsgraceful and not merely for
reasons Of public policy. Any abridge-
ment from fear of the anarchists of
that freedom of speech and Of the
press guaranteed us by our State and
Federal constitutions would be Meth,
er a wise nor a worthy policy.
"American public opinion should
recognize the utter emptiness, the
inherent folly Of its theory and of al
the kindred ready-made Furnished
while-you-wait schemes for the socia
regeneration Of mankind Civilized
society, as it exists to-day, if it bt
nothing more, is the outcome Of ali
the strivings for justice and happi
ness of the human race during thou.
sands of years.