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Illinois vs. August Spies et al. trial evidence book. People's Exhibit 26.
The Alarm (Newspaper) article, "Anarchism," 1884 Nov. 1

1 p.
Introduced Vol. K p. 157, 1886 July 26.
Transcript of article.


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THE ALARM.

Nov. 1, 1884.

ANARCHISM.

The Anarchist believes in peace, but not at the expense of liberty. He believes that all political laws are enacted only to force men to do those things they would not naturally or if left untrammeled. Therefore he considers all political laws as violations of the laws of nature, and the rights of man. He believes that if each man held all laws within himself, he would be held to a just execution of them by every other man. Therefore, that we can only hope for justice and liberty through the abolition of statutes and governments. He has no faith in the laws of man; but all faith in the laws of nature.

He believes that, under any government, the more a man is governed the less he is free. Therefore, as the less government the better, none at all is best.

He believes that all governments tend to more laws, instead of less, and that therefore all governments ultimately become despotisms.

He believes the evil in man only appears when some natural law or natural right of that man has been violated, and therefore, as all statutes only operate when they oppose the natural will, they can only operate to produce evil.


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He believes that every law of man's is a "bone of contention," and that a majority of the laws are intended to help some person or class take or hold some advantage of another. He therefore demands the abolition of all political laws, and the restoration of the rights of man as nature has provided.


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