There is not the slightest need for him to expose himself to assault.

In the proper performance of his duties he ought to keep somewhat aloof.

The people have the right to expect that in their interest he will take good care of himself.
As for anarchism, that is a political theory that possesses the minds of a certain number of men, some of them entirely inoffensive dreamers, and anarchism as a theory can no more be suppressed by law than can any other political or religious theory.

The law is efficacious against acts, but powerless against notions.

But anarchism in the abstract is one thing and anarchism in the concrete is another.