Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-02-03

ksichrnOnd, Tuesday, Feb. 3.
Tie attempted .assassiaation Of thc Presidenr !.


The attempted ASSASSINATION Of the Presdem!!!
We have to record event TO day, which is unprecc
denied in annals During six years VIC have had
seven Presidents, and no attempt has been made upon
the lie OF any oil them, until Friday last, when man, in
the midst OF immense crowd called together by one of
the most solemn occasions which could occur darinr at
tempted to assassinate a. jackson We givcthe pariicu
lars they stated by the lntcgencer and the Globe
which substantially in all the circumstances
OF The case We annex also the following interesting
ington correspondent of the Baltimore Gazette Some
OF them are not found in the Washington papers
the n%," s Ss % PI9en was The President Of
Woodbury. after him MARSHALL his ocia,s
and chief mouners. Aer niscd the senb
,Ss S 4, eSi the San Yod s
by that arrangement, as ,ual the i.s " , ~.
placed in the rear the Re.e therefore 81 .s @
med e M Woodbury. and other heads ofdcpir,mcn among
sidcnt crossing the poieo Capitol the
siyey pistols him, rrosien,sly n irc
District for i6 year. pas,e Is abo,, ANU , ea u,
ss small stature PALE and USUALLY of quiet habits. lie
tempted both his life and sister, respectfully
confinement, for his insanity good oncd his IL
about the Capitol tbs streets OF the city
Was observed to be ptowiins around the columns Of the Hall
the members seats hi. hand held inside vest
out by side door assembly up, President on The
pistols from his bca, fired them person President,
Tho PssLa immediately raised e sneS q, t ss 3D.
ssoan; but bss the blow coul upon him,
from him, very elegant pair in NOS, exin, oqSer
being about six inches long ohcr percussion caps were
aPG h Eah by birth and ia his that
in which he lot hi. and in which commanded
mendous, aud tho indignation so great that ba, for the
wretch would have been upoa stops Of the Capitol
examined and has bee" since o%S 9eo 70 inc TX a to
Spng from the totundo the por,ito the
all the raised his ann ana lis vcice
Tag . mo 90 geaiiemeni airail,hey Kill me-
can protect myself lIe assured by his attendants
and the aoP nc co osRe %e is5 to hi
@ this s9 no out law. WAITED to see the viii
onisns circumstance loaded they were, percussion
viii which spoiled The eap. the ''
washington as may be expected, is rife with
some OF these are stated by passengers and the letters
| from the city Among others a letter reports 1--WE
know not upon what authority the rests) hat
Lawrence had been formerly convicted of larceny
Incarceratcd in the Pententiary of Washington and
discharged by pardon from the President (Jackson on
plea of nslnity and that he was afterwards confined
in the New York PcnitentOry for the same offence
but that witness testified that he 'boardcd with the
psoner' and hs not observed any thing like derange
ment oil mind The same letter states that Mr. Leigh
was just before the President the cans of the Two
pistols explode, and was rushing seize the prison.
which made him turn round; when seeing Gen Jack
! at ALL ~ -
Time will doubt develope more of the history and
character of the man who wished emulate a Rayaac
IN the murder of Henry the Fourth. Whether he he
maniac have asscrtcd-and his fanatcol sn;rit
has been melted by his gloomy imagina,ions a
more critical investigation must determine In the
mean timc trust tSat effort will be spared TO
follow up every clue which may offer itself to nm
rarei the real motives of Lawrence. What has been
! his lie Who We're his associates? Where did he
obtnn his rass pistols and his powder? If they
! were nos has own pistols. whose they? No
pans should be spared by the Presidents friends or the
irlsnas OF the county to trace every circumstance out
would have committed SO horrible outrage food
OF caamcs would have been poured upon the country
which almost defes the force of the imagination To-
Inv
Deen liked upon annas--in the assassination
OF one OF our best public benefactors. Where would
TINS blood spot have stopped To how many lives
might 1t possibly have spread? To what other napis-
trates might not this fatal example have exicnded We
can, therefore, for full investigation of the case.
rass ms over, with indifference and with inpuny and
who will answer for the consequences.
we viii not say that Gen Jackson 90 bears charmed
HE about him. but this viii say, that his escape has
been as extraordinary in ITSELF it is crtunntc for his
country We congratulate readers upon lis wonder
i9l delIyeTance from of the apparently fatal
plans, that was aimed at the life of any individual
we had hoped, that even the madness of party rapc
would have been silent on this occasion Who could
nave supposed, that there could have been two views
two feelings upon IL Will it be believed that even the
worst party fanatcis itself could have contrivcd to
extract any poison from the incident be used against
Ine PRESIDENT dhc intended victim y his friends p
Yet such is the act-for find the following Infamous
nsnuution in the Saturdays Telegraph:
II j. remarkable fact that pistols we're well charged with
cse and ball and that both should although
were ppersa for the occasion, aud that the whole
But what Shall say of the nsidous and malignent
comments of the "Richmond Wing upon this transac-
tom IL IS impossible, should think, for any fair
minded and generous man, (be his party what it NAV
TO read rs nsnuatons without indignation and disrst
The man first sets out with saying that ga circumstance
occurred at Washington Friday, digRifed with this
name, "Httcmpt 10 0sSGSSiRqte tie President" II was
clearly an attempt 10 aSsaSsn0e though cannot for the
lie OF Us conceive what dignity there is in the express
sion.
| Next hc tells u.s. that
p5ocus to reading Che narrative ofthc u. s. Telegraph
formed an opinion coincdcnt with that prcaod rather nta.
edOy mat that the alleged
rom The hrst OF doing execution adr rot ~
70 hs nsel INTO Dcorcy, passionate thirst which
lucs IN MAIDS
pr0posrd bgt
gr nc PRISON ~ racr. Since the
wees nave not been unfamiliar TO kings po;cnate yfan their
power and authority of those
the people in their tender sympathy rcnca
no' only permitting but urging the endangered yorte
MS person with lcguad
What mpoten well as Liberal conclusion this,
Had such trick been got up wclvemonih ago and a
Psistratus been at the head Of affairs il might have
seNed better his purposes that of his friends But
te revolution that has taken place in that time i'm popu.
lar sentiment supersedcs the necessity Of such plot
The President is now riding upon the top of the wave
IL was but three days before that Mr. Preston
openly In the Senate, that his party twas beaten
beaten down and the party Of the Administration was
triumphant Every thing about us and around us shows
US how unnecessary IL to "cyive and rc-ana the DO
pulor affection for his person Besides in two years time
he Is to lay down his Office and retire the Hcrmita ne
1 why them seek to revive the popular feeling?
! But take the argument Of the Wing, as il stands
and how strangely ridiculous is it, II is perfect.
y suicidal, II he does Hean 10 1sinaafc that il is