The Rise and Fall of Anarchy in America: From its Incipient Stage to the First Bomb Thrown in ChicagoMcLean, George N.
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The Rise and Fall of Anarchy in America: From its Incipient Stage to the First Bomb Thrown in Chicago
McLean, George N.
Anarchists -- United States; Haymarket Square Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1886
"And further, give a few hints to some of the fellows who
desire to live on anarchists, that may be for their welfare.
In the first place, I am watching the papers and also the
knowing chaps who give the pointers as to my whereabouts, some
of whom will make good subjects for the coroner's inquest one
of these days should they persist in their present course. To
the public I desire to say that the devil is never so black
as you can paint him. I will in due time turn up and answer
for myself for anything I may have said or done. I have no
regrets for past conduct and no pledges for the future if
there is to be nothing but blood and death for the toilers
of America. Whenever the public decide to use reason and
justice in dealing with the producing class, just at that
time will you see me. But, should the decision be to continue
the present course of death and slavery just so long will I
wage relentless war on all organized force, and all endeavor
to find me will be fruitless. Watching my wife and her kind
friends is of no use. I am dead to them already. I count my
life already sacrificed for daring to stand between tyrants
and slaves.
"To show you how well I am kept posted, I know who was sent
to La Grange for me to-day. I was not there. I know who put
you on the track of Glasgow, and just where to find him. Just
say to that man for me that his day of reckoning will come
soon. I read all the papers to-day, and will see the _Times_,
_Inter-Ocean_, and Hesing later.
"Now, as to what must be done to satisfy the anarchists is to
stop all these demands for blood and show a spirit of reason
and a disposition to put down the oppressors of the people,
and enforce laws against rich thieves as readily as you do
against the poor. Grant every fair demand of labor. Give
those poor creatures enough to satisfy their hunger, and I
will guarantee a quiet period in which all the great questions
of land and wages, and rights can be put in operation without
further bloodshed. But if not, I am already sacrificed as a
martyr for the cause. I have thousands of brethren who will
sell their lives just as dearly as I will mine, and at just as
great cost to our enemies.
"I shall wait as long as I think necessary for the public to
take warning, and then you decide your own fate.
"It must be LIBERTY for the people or DEATH for CAPITALISTS. I
am not choosing more. It is your choice and your last. I love
humanity, and therefore die for it. No one can do more. Every
drop of my blood shall count an avenger, and woe to America
when these are in arms.
"I have not slept, nor shall I sleep until I sleep the sleep
of death, or my fellow men are on the road to LIBERTY."
"A. R. PARSONS."
SAMUEL FIELDEN.
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