se faces I recognize.
I see that Morrison has taken a "horizontal" position. Free trade
seems to have received an exceedingly black eye. Carlisle, in my
judgment, one of the very best men in Congress, has been defeated
simply because he is a free trader, and I suppose you can account
for Hurd's defeat in the same way. The people believe in protection
although they generally admit that the tariff ought to be reformed.
I believe in protecting "infant industries," but I do not believe
in rocking the cradle when the infant is seven feet high and wears
number twelve boots.

_Question_. Do you sympathize with the Socialists, or do you think
that the success of George would promote socialism?

_Answer_. I have said frequently that if I lived in Russia I should
in all probability be a Nihilist. I can conceive of no government
that would not be as good as that of Russia, and I would consider
_no_ government far preferable to that government. Any possible
state of anarchy is better than organized crime, because in the
chaos of anarchy justice may be done by accident, but in a government
organized for the perpetuation of slavery, and for the purpose of
crushing out of the human brain every noble thought, justice does
not live. In Germany I would probably be a Socialist--to this
extent, that I would want the political power honestly divided
among the people. I can conceive of no circumstance in which I
could support Bismarck. I regard Bismarck as a projection of the
Middle Ages, as a shadow that has been thrown across the sunlight
of modern civilization, and in that shadow grow all the bloodless
crimes. Now, in Ireland, of course, I believe in home rule. In
this country I am an Individualist. The political power here is
equally divided. Poverty and wealth have the same power at the
ballot-box. Intelligence and ignorance are on an equality here,
simply because all men have a certain interest in the government
where they live. I hate above all other things the tyranny of a
government. I do not want a government to send a policeman along
with me to keep me from buying eleven eggs for a dozen. I will
take care of myself. I want the people to do everything they can
do, and the Government to keep its hands off, because if the
Government attends to all these matters the people lose manhood,
and in a little while become serfs, and there will arise some strong
mind and some powerful hand that will reduce them to actual