The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-03
expression q disapproval Within Fac envir0ns Of the

expression Of disapproval within the environs of the
city
Bnt We he'd come to protest to peaceably seek to
dissuade if possible those servants of the citizens
of Massachusetts, from an act Of terrorism, to as
sert the rights guaranteed us under the constitu-
ton Of the United States and OF the state of Massa
chusetts, and though numbered ourselves among
those who realized the futIity of the measures to
which resorted we proposed to utilize those
methods as long we remained free agents
Since intended to carry into effect our desire
to influence those in power it was necessary to go
before the public and the public in Boston, on Aug
ust 21st 1897, most of to be found on Boston
Commons.
For generations, Boston Commons has remained
involate, the place where the voice of the people
might be heard There, could petition for a
redress Of any and all grievances could air any
political philosophy, could challenge any form of
tyranny. But contrary to the belief of many that
this would hold true all occasions, we were soon
to discover that the traditional right Of the people
did not include the right of criticism of govern
ment bent on murder a government bent upon the
destruction Of the morale of its working class bent
upon satng itself of its boodlust with the burning
of two class-conscious workers who were innocent
of all crime, the crime of exating class above
country, class above race class above creed.
Determined to proceed. we became one of small
group equally so determined and armed with pla-
cards bearing such Inscriptions "Gov. Fuller is
your conscience clear, have you examined the re-
port of your advisory committee % "Sacoo and Van
zett must not die!" "Is justice dead in Massachu-
sets? ~ Has the cradle sof liberty become the ark
of tyranny" and others proceeded on our mis-
sion The effect of our appearance thus armed was
instantaneous There was little time given us to
speculate about reception The preparations
Boston had been put to, had a use value, and Bos
tonians were eager to measure its extent. Cheers
mingled with boos, curses with words of sympathy
hand claps with cat calls, and then the first dele
cation of the reception committee, the mounted
cossacks, charged down upon our line. One gently
ran his fingers down back and lifting us off of
our feet tenderly yet in unmistakable terms of
welcome, said, "You the first niger anarchist
] ever saw. Just think of niger bastard a Boil
sheWk" The placard was torn from our hands and
destroyed. BY this time others of the reception
committee had arrived and between two uniformed
Officers with several plain clothes men gleefullv
trotting by their side, we were marched to patrol
Wagon which had been kept waiting at the Ire
mont Street entrance of the Commons for those of
Boston's visitors who had the temerity to comment
upon her dishonor. There we were greeted bv one
of our comrades who had also been gathered in bv
the reception committee. She was assisted into the
Wagon, then one Of our guardians said eve can't
put the niger in the Wagon with white woman
we will let him ride outside" And there we rode
to the building prepared to receive u.s.