Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-04-22
a Foreign View Of the Results OF the
Terrible er-Interesting Re
cord Of Attempsed Assnssinations i'm
Modern Times.
From The Toronto Leader.

From The Toronto Leader.
A crime so horrible as assassination il held in
delestation and abhorrenee by eyery civilized
people The savage TRIES of America. by whom
It 10 systematically prscuced, resort 10 il Only to
avenge the murder of a relative. Unless under
peculiar circumstances. it carries with il the pre-
sumtion of cowsrdice; the exceptions being
where the horrid deed is done Ia public, and the
perpeira,or places his own hie in imminent hsz-
ard either from the fury CT the popuIace or those
more regular steps shich lead through Judicial
process 10 q felon's death The assassin OF Mr.
Lincoln could hardly hope to escape, though the
murderer-in intent il not In fsct-of Mr. Sew
ard had more chances in his favor. There are
not wanting. in recen; times, plenty of instances
of attempts being made to assassnato royal OF
other eminent political percentages; but they have
almost invariably miscarried from one cause or
another. The attempts on the life of y 4poleon
Ill. are fresh in The public recolleciiou; but
though they have been more than once repeated,
the emperor Of the French still lives. We are
msny of US old enough TO remember the plo, OF
Pleschi TO murder Louis Philippe, and to recall
the days when the Duke of Wellington found il
necessary to secure his windOvs with thick iron
shutters.
Not all the virtues OF our own queen and the
love which is borne her by her subjects have pro-
tected her. st all times, from attempts upon her
life In le40, a mailman shot at the queen aud
tie princess roysi; and AZ another time. a Cap
tain Of dragons assaulted her N JestT by horse
whipping her. The successful attempt in recent
time. TO assassinate a Statesman IN the case of
Nc Perciv,. by Belnghsm in the lobby Of the
house of commons. in 1911. beltngham acted
from sense OF personal injury. A Russian mr.
chant he atribu al his ruin TO Pereival. and
took this means Of revenge. AT still later date,
~ithn about twenty wears. an attempt vas made
on the life of Sir Robert Peel. and The ball in
tended for him struck and killed bis private sec
retAry, Mr. Dtummond In 1890 was formed
the ,to street conspiracy, with fhistiewood st
its head Tor the purpose OF sssAssnaiing The
whole British cabinet. At dinner 10 be given .t
Lord Harrosby's house 10 Grosvenor square
The conspiracy vas denounced by governments
spies. aud fhistle~ood Was executed for the
crime About twenty Years before this time,
madmsn name Hadield fred from he pi; Of
Drury Line Thester az George III in his box
and. missing MS aim. was tried for treasol but
not convicted, on account Of his irrespon sibls
eonditica lie VAS kept in confinement for
safety This was the second attempt on the life
OF thst king. Margaret Nicholson having. in
I7S6. attempted TO stab his m-jeSty with knife
a. he vas slighting from bis carriage near 81
James PslSce The woman vas treated as q
maniac, snd eoa6ned IN Bethlehsm hospital
All these attempt 20 asssssinate ro5 81 and dis
tinguished political personHges taken Together
were not attended with "a much success as two
which were made simultaneously 81 Washington
last Friday night The success of these attempts
Is more unusual than the acts themselves And
the reasons tor that success are plain Ar Eng
li-h king nav DC fred az. - Ne have seen. iron
the pit OF theatre or emperor of the French
nay encounter attempt NJ Assassination. the
moment be passes out o. the opera into bis car
rage; but a, Washington AZ assassin can get
Immediately behind the chief magistrate in bis
boz At the theatre. and make sure Of his murder
o. purpose. Percisal vas shot in the lobby Of
the House Of Commons and SIR Rober, Peel
was shot AZ "a the street; bot at W sshington the
assassin. with clumsy lie in bis mouth, Ends
ready admission - the sick chamber of feeble
and emaciated minister OF state and strikes
blows which be intended 10 DC mortal This
strange facility of aeoess 10 great political per-
sons having proved fatal. nav cause the notions
Of primitive simplicity which were thought 10
comport with the character Of that republic 20 he
revised. and IL may heuceforth DC fonnd necsssA-
~ 10 surround the president OF the United St,ies
With that protection shich j. accorded 10 kings
AID EN- perors in Europe In this way the man
hers Of the republican court OF Washington NAV
undergo change. whatsoever may have bsen
lis motive for The assassination Of Presideni