“InoneofmylastletterstoyouIenclosedyouacopyofaletterofmine，inwhichIquotedfrom[Soandso’s]advocacyofmurder。
YoumaybeinterestedtoknowthatheandhisbrotherSocialists——
inrealityanarchists——ofthefranklymurderoustypehavebeenviolentlyattackingmyspeechbecauseofmyallusiontothesympathyexpressedformurder。In/TheSocialist/，ofToledo，Ohio，ofApril21st，forinstance，theattack[onme]isbasedspecificallyonthefollowingparagraphofmyspeech，towhichhetakesviolentexception：
“Wecannomoreandnolessaffordtocondoneevilinthemanofcapitalthanevilinthemanofnocapital。Thewealthymanwhoexultsbecausethereisafailureofjusticeintheefforttobringsometrustmagnatetoanaccountforhismisdeedsisasbadas，andnoworsethan，theso-calledlaborleaderwhoclamorouslystrivestoexciteafoulclassfeelingonbehalfofsomeotherlaborleaderwhoisimplicatedinmurder。Oneattitudeisasbadastheother，andnoworse；ineachcasetheaccusedisentitledtoexactjustice；andinneithercaseisthereneedofactionbyotherswhichcanbeconstruedintoanexpressionofsympathyforcrime。
“RememberthatthiscrowdoflaborleadershavedoneallintheirpowertooverawetheexecutiveandthecourtsofIdahoonbehalfofmenaccusedofmurder，andbeyondquestionincitersofmurderinthepast。”