The Anarchists Cases

Author : M. M. Trumbull
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781331313243
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book The Trial of the Judgment: A Review of the Anarchist Case (Classic Reprint) written by M. M. Trumbull and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Trial of the Judgment: A Review of the Anarchist Case The pamphlet entitled "Was It a Fair Trial," published just before the execution of the so-called anarchists, had such a wide circulation, and excited so much interest, that after the execution a strong desire was expressed by many persons that the pamphlet be enlarged into a review of the whole case as a test of American democracy. It was desired that as the former pamphlet was written under the conditions prevailing before the execution, in the shape of an appeal to the governor for clemency, this one should be written under the conditions that prevailed after the execution in the shape of an appeal to the bar and people of Illinois for a reversal of the judgment and a restoration of the law. The awful tragedy in the Haymarket was "worked" in such an ingenious way that the American people were thrown into a state of terror as if their government and their constitution were made of brittle glass. Taking advantage of this panic, the law was strangled in the courts that the accused anarchists might be strangled on the gallows. Working the people into a nervous state of mind, authority asserted itself like a king, and, borrowing from Lord Salisbury his "coercion" policy for Ireland, adopted it in Chicago, with this difference, that whereas the prime minister of England did not dare to enforce his policy without special warrant of the legislature, his imitators in Chicago enforced it without waiting for any legal permission at all. In the trial of the anarchists a great wrong was done, not only to them and their families, but to all the people, whose lives, property and liberties can never be safe where the guarantees of the constitution are disregarded by the courts and the right of trial by a fair and impartial jury is denied. That the wrong done in the anarchist trial and judgment may be righted as far as possible, and that a like wrong may never again be done in the United States, this review is written. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.