Craig Reucassel Quotes
When anarchy is declared, the first thing we do, let's kill all the anarchists.
In a Chicago labor demonstration at the Haymarket a bomb killed several policemen. Fisher and his colleagues were anarchists who had printed a pamphlet the previous day advocating the demonstration and urging violence against the authorities in retaliation for the police-caused death of demonstrators the day previous. When the police were killed, Fisher and his colleagues were arrested, tried, and convicted of murder even though they were not even present at the scene. Several, including Fisher, were hanged before Governor Altgeld commuted the sentences of the other Haymarket “conspirators.” See {43713}
Even in 1837 there were already riots over slavery and race in a number of American Cities. What is particularly interesting about this quotation is Lincoln bemoaning the violance and contrasting the then present with the past when law and order prevailed. Even our greatest President has had a romantic view of the past with respect to law and order, as many Americans have done in almost every American era.
Craig Bruce Reucassel is an Australian radio and television presenter and comedian. He is currently the presenter of Breakfast on ABC Radio Sydney. He was an original member of the satirical team, The Chaser.
