第76章
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  “InoneofmylastletterstoyouIenclosedyouacopyofaletterofmine,inwhichIquotedfrom[Soandso’s]advocacyofmurder。

  YoumaybeinterestedtoknowthatheandhisbrotherSocialists——

  inrealityanarchists——ofthefranklymurderoustypehavebeenviolentlyattackingmyspeechbecauseofmyallusiontothesympathyexpressedformurder。In/TheSocialist/,ofToledo,Ohio,ofApril21st,forinstance,theattack[onme]isbasedspecificallyonthefollowingparagraphofmyspeech,towhichhetakesviolentexception:

  “Wecannomoreandnolessaffordtocondoneevilinthemanofcapitalthanevilinthemanofnocapital。Thewealthymanwhoexultsbecausethereisafailureofjusticeintheefforttobringsometrustmagnatetoanaccountforhismisdeedsisasbadas,andnoworsethan,theso-calledlaborleaderwhoclamorouslystrivestoexciteafoulclassfeelingonbehalfofsomeotherlaborleaderwhoisimplicatedinmurder。Oneattitudeisasbadastheother,andnoworse;ineachcasetheaccusedisentitledtoexactjustice;andinneithercaseisthereneedofactionbyotherswhichcanbeconstruedintoanexpressionofsympathyforcrime。

  “RememberthatthiscrowdoflaborleadershavedoneallintheirpowertooverawetheexecutiveandthecourtsofIdahoonbehalfofmenaccusedofmurder,andbeyondquestionincitersofmurderinthepast。”

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