President. under no circumstances. from no conceivable standpoint. nor for any reason can the Wyoming massacre be either palliated or excused. much less justified. However much we may deplore the fact of the existence in this country or any part of it of objectionable. antagonistic. and nonassimilating race elements. whose presence tends to riot. anarchy. and bloodshed. when the blow comes. from whatever source it may come. and human rights are stricken down. the civil law overridden. the public peace disturbed. private property destroyed. and human life sacrificed. humanity. law. civilization have but one voice to utter against the perpetrators. and that is of unqualified and absolute condemnation. Whatever may be said of the undesirability of the presence of Chinese in this country. or of that of any other obnoxious element. the massacre of twentyeight of the Chinese race at Wyoming on September 2 last by mob violence is as inexcusable. reprehensible. defenseless. and cowardly as was the recent act of anarchist alien fiends. who a few days since. with civilization proscribed weapons. scattered death and destruction among the preservers of the peace in the streets of Chicago. Mob violence in this country. however great the provocation. or whether. as is too often the case. without any provocation whatever. should receive the unqualified and emphatic condemnation of every citizen of the Republic. both native and foreignborn. whether the representative of labor or capital. On the preservation and vindication of the majetty of the law at all times and under all circumstances must the people of America ever rely as upon a rock of enduring safety for the preservation and perpetuity. not only of the rights of property and life. but also the principles of human liberty and free institutions. This great barrier against ruthless and dangerous invasion once broken down. or impaired in vitalizing force and effect. and the security of the public peace. the protection of public and private property. and the preservation of human life become proportionately weakened. subjected to imminent peril. and more readily exposed to the rage and fury of those disturbing and abnormal elements of society. whose mission on earth seems to be the dethronement of law and order. the establishment of lawlessness and confusion. and who. in the language of Cowper. "spread anarchy and terror all around." And let it not be supposed for one moment that the people of the Pacific coast who have felt the infectious and paralyzing touch of Asiatic invasion. and who by reason of actual experience have been enabled to rise to the importance of the situation in reference to that grave subject. and who today with one voice demand absolute exclusion in the futureone petition alone to this Congress demanding absolute prohibition containing over 50.000 namesare for this or any other reason any less earnest in their patrioticdeterminatiou to maintain to the extent of their power. at all times and under all circumstances. in every legitimate and proper way. the preservation of the public peace. and the protection of the individual rights of life. limb. and property of every human being rightfully within our borders. whether native or foreignborn. citizen. or alien. white. black. red. or yellow. Unfortunately a somewhat contrary impression of the motives. inclinations. intentions. and actions of the people of the Pacific States and Territories has been created here and elsewhere in the East through the unwarranted and unjustifiable misrepresentations of a portion of the public press. and by those prompted by sinister motives and for selfish ends. but all such misrepresentations are gross and indefensible libels upon as brave. peaceable. lawabiding. and as courageous and intelligent communities as.any to be found east of the Rocky Mountains. They. irrespective of party. with one emphatic voice condemn the Wyoming outrage.
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objectionable, antagonistic, and nonassimilating race elements, whose presence tends to riot, anarchy, and bloodshed