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trines should be allowed at large any more than if 

 preaching the murder of some specified private in- 

 dividual. Anarchistic speeches, writings, and meet- 

 ings are essentially seditious and treasonable. 



I earnestly recommend to the Congress that in the 

 exercise of its wise discretion it should take into 

 consideration the coming to this country of anar- 

 chists or persons professing principles hostile to all 

 government and justifying the murder of those 

 placed in authority. Such individuals as those who 

 not long ago gathered in open meeting to glorify the 

 murder of King Humbert of Italy perpetrate a 

 crime, and the law should ensure their rigorous pun- 

 ishment. They and those like them should be kept 

 out of this country; and if found here they should 

 be promptly deported to the country whence they 

 came; and far-reaching provisions should be made 

 for the punishment of those who stay. No matter 

 calls more urgently for the wisest thought of the 

 Congress. 



The Federal courts should be given jurisdiction 

 over any man who kills or attempts to kill the 

 President or any man who by the Constitution or 

 by law is in line of succession for the Presidency, 

 while the punishment for an unsuccessful attempt 

 should be proportioned to the enormity of the of- 

 fence against our institutions. 



Anarchy is a crime against the whole human race ; 

 and all mankind should band against the anarchist. 

 His crime should be made an offence against the 

 law of nations, like piracy and that form of man- 



