“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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