The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-07-10
BASE AND INHUMAN ASSASSINATION.
A DEMOCRATIC EDITOR MURDERED IN cool
BLOOD, In TIE EUDLIC sTREETs

a DEMOCRATIC OK NJ IN CoOL
BLOOD, IN THE PUBLIC sTREErs!!
Verify, the sangunary and cruel enactments Of
the memorable "REIGN of TERROR" in 1900,
are to be fearfully REVIVED in our day and gen.
Grafton. The demoniac spirit, which in those days
gave birth to the "ALlEN AND SLDlTlON
LAWS" and hunted down frccmen as wolves Of
the forest, for the awful crime of utterg the deber
crate conviction of their souls, Is once more in Ou-
midst, and stalks abroad a living spectre at noon
day. Men are to be no longer permitted, in this
boosted land of freedom, to express their minds
public matters, without fear or trepdatiOn, but
must now do so at the imminent PERIL OF THEIR
LIVES, subject TO the fearful contingency of hav-
ing the Poignalra or the .RoWe HSiiS, phe"ssRvrn
the "Reading Adler" Eagle n vetran Of the good
cause, editors were torn from the embraces Of their
ailrighted wives and children, dragged by merce-
nary crew into the market place, and there pub
Iicly llORSE-WIllPED, aiordng striking en-
duplication ofthe penalty ofllAKEIsoN's WHITE
SLAVERY LAW, in Indiana, Now, however It
has grown worse, and Democratic editors are no
longer suffered to escape with the infection of mere
olporeal punishment and presumed gnoniny
attached to their names, but they are, 1t seems TO
he STRUCK DOWN DEAD BY TIE ARMS
IF FEDERAL ASSASSINS, and their blood made
to crimson the streets of our mos, popuIous towns
| and cities
Our heart beeds at the recital ola stale of no."
which we shall give in detail to our readers IA far
| ,ished by the bereaved editor Of the est. LOUIS
\RGUs," whose assistant was the unfortunate VIC
i'm of Federal bood-lhirslucss, a n'iscreant in
t. Louis, named l'arnrs, it scenes, has been for
some time busted in getting up pubic sentiment in
favor of the nired states kanh, under the auspi-
.es of the federal party. 7 he "ARGus' took oc-
| all Ism, a. nI tho hluprN n cd
| o aid the Bank in that quarter without, however,
lea Ing in any thing til cor.d be turned into
personal au>ion barnes too; offence at the re-
| marks and demanded retiaciicn from ANDREW
| DAVIS. Esq, an assistant in the office Of the
Argus. Nr. DAVIS handed the note to N'r. Gill
| PIN, the editor, whose nanc stands NJ the head OF
he pa per- aud who ofcourse could alone he held
| espunsibIe. GiiPIN soon alierw rds Published
IN article in The Arg 5, announcing 10 barnes, and
| III. friend named GRIMsLEY, that he (Gipin) Is
| lone The editor Of the Argus, as is apparent upon
rs face, ard 'hods himself personally responsible
| for all lis statements Ei'pin also unnndvered
upon the improperly Of ing upon his assistant
for an article deemed offensive, who had none Of
The responsibility to share What would have been
the course of barnes and 'his friend" GRIMsLEY
had they possessed spark Of honor or bravery =
20 seek redress of GILriN most assurdely. But
no, GiLpIN they well knew to be gentleman
who understood the use of firearms and would
have given them both coll reception. DAVIS.
on the contrary, they knew as quiet, unobtrusiyc
"irizen, who never exchanged shot in his life,
and it better comporied with the cowaIdly DISPOSE
ton of the bank myrmidons to glui their bloody
rancour upon him. They did SO as the sequel
proves.
After the lapse Of a few days, barnes and Grim
sley way-lad the nnotlendihg Davis, as he was GO
| :. :. al. NJ, .,l IntnI ,,,tl
die of Market street Davis being without weap-
on, save a lrail umbrella, was completely in their
hands, After acosting him with an insulting re-
mark, Darhes struck the unfortunate Davis with
heavy iron loaded cane, six or seven times upon the
head EVERY STROKE BREAKING IN THE
SOUL! While this bloody tragedy was enacting
bv DSrncs, ''his friend' Grimsley maintained
continued shout against any interference on the part
cfthe by-standers and stimulated the MURDERER
to finish the bloody deed There were too large
number Of by-standers present, who one ana al,
seemed Indifferent to of the most atrocous ana
cold booded murders which has ever disgraced the
annals Of any counry-but they were all FED
ERAIISTS-the political friends OF barnes and
Grmsey.
Davis was Immediately conveyed to the hospit-
NJ whore oI,houub every human effort for his res
,oraton was exer sed, he laid foi seven DAYS in
the most acute and agonizng suffering and then
EXPIRED. lie was a native of Massachusetts,.
but 25 years cd, ofdislingushed family connection,
unofTendng and bameess in his IT,, and universal
" beloved and respected His unimely and mean-
choly departure is mourned By widowed mother.
two sisters and two brothers. Peace 10 his ashes!
Such is the spirit Of Federalism, and well might
the talented KENDALL exclaim 'Gop FOR
BID THAT 1T SHOULD EVER GIT POSSESSIONS
OF OUR GovseSMrSr." lneypressibly deep
H., d, which world merit SucA
an iucalculabe CALAMITi.-Krys'ons