M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1865-05-11


.rnHI ,.rbnsar thd tnG Prosldan
would !,sjhrd IL in ,tgAuoas os Chr /,
ale NeS EaglnSkt. t.cH,n rlat were
cIau lfRs tor t1aii4catiun and exter
m.lIti'l, IA win the ending oil
wlr 3n u vast scale, would proclaim
a pDlicy o. clncilalilu, and Of Ofrespect
Ior as msny as possioie OF the old
rights OF the people of the South. II
wanted but that, tor Abraham Lin~
d)lu to have found hinself for the
first time, sustained in his policy by
the people, irrespective OF the shar>
ings, or the hopes, almost amounting
to expectation, that this would be the
final policy OF President Lincoln
We believed he was exerting all his
natural sagacity to BEE how lar he
could g, in this way Of moderation,
without the fanatical portion Of tho
Puritans openly breaking with him
and seeking to upset him.
This. is the inauguration Of private
assassination as a supposed corrective
OF official mlssdoings. Where such
policy is countenanced- farewell,
not alone to lib1rty, but to all tolera
ble forms OF human government
Tue Italian Republics lost their glory
and their SUCCESS, almost as much BY
their resort to assassination, as by
tue general decline Of public and pri
vate morals otherwise Where it ia
p 30 tolerated shat one man, or half
a dozen i'll balanced heads, may de.
eide on the life of a public ruler, be
he called duke, doge, governor, king,
o: president, then the bsst, as we'll a,
tue worst OF men, in public plaza,
may DO sacrificed. Aye, a ruler is
far more liGely to be killed for doing
right, than for doing wrongl PoIiti
cal assassination oI Aigh public off
cial has, for the frat time, blotted
the records OF these States. 1t marks
how far We have degenerated from
better times. instantaneous and uni
Versal reprobatiou OF .ha act, if it can
not restore former virtue, my prove
Il cIeck, on ill.regu!ated minds, aud
unbridled consciences, TO keep hem
from nursing their imagi nations int)
fostering SUCH IDEAS in the immediate
future. 4
II the assassin Of the late President
is arrested, the fact brought holno to
him that he did the deel, an / a gene
ra mental condition be proved,
showing that he knsw what he was
doing, he will die the death OF mur.
derer. The course OF wisd ,m, the
above conditions having boen satisti
Cd, will b1 to have jury OF twelve
men, a very brief suI commonplace
trial, and an execution without any
pirade. Excuses that arc miwkish>
ly listened ~, in cases OF privat-
quarrel ending in mnrder, ara not to
be heard Of in a political assa'siaatlon
if, as people, We wish to put stop
to ths ike. A vdry c,n4,d CRADLE de-
gree o insanity cJuiI b1 cDrracd2,
and scienttica l., nal, odt, for a
very large number Of Sib11s in pau
taloOns-inc udng some preachers
who, perhapo, lack only tho physical
courage to carry thoir skill them,"
and thsir "hang them" into effect
But ii weak little top pieces indulge
habltually, in wicked thoughts, and
wicked words, till their feeble facnI
ties ge; crazed, their cases must come
under that maxim OF law that refers
some causes to their beginnings
They will have to 5e hanged by law,
or shot in the streets, for the results
OF the bad courses OF thought they
have become habituated to.
There are giddy heads enough, in
\ demOralzed community like ours,
that are willing to swing on the gal
lows, ifthey think they can have
grand death. An assassination such
as the present ore affords a fue field
for rhetorical barristers to make sent
mental speeches; but the good OF the
people, and the hope nf stopping this
system Of political assassination at its
first step, will be much better served
BY an absence Of all fuss, Of all " ord
rhetoric, and the committing the
question, on the mere facts, to the
Judgment Of twelve honest jurymen.
Lincoln's death is calamity to
these States. Four years of rule, in
the midst of such carnage and such
woes, was an education for any one.
There was hope that Lincoln had pro
flied By it. That hope has been blast
ed by his taking off. Now we know
not what is before u.s. But, any way
crime, such as the private ASA ssina
ton OF political tunctionaries, is no
cure for our evils. /, matters LITTLE