The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-10-31
AN MFAMOUS WAGER
An Invitation To Assass.na,e cr,,

Scarcely had Abrshsm lincoln ,s
ken his seat in the Presidential cbsi,
before certain newspapers in TIE
North and in the South hegsn to hin,
vaguely that some courageous persou
would perform a patriotic duty b
taking away lte life OF msn whom
they were pleased to call 8 tyraat-
One crazy enthusiast in the Solil
sfi1e his own nsIns to an savertise
menI cff+Ting lsrge reward to any
VILLAIN that would undertake the
murderous work. But little attention
was paid to these in;sm yus threats.
They were supposed TO proceed from
cowardly seouadreis who would
shrink from the danger attending
such an undertaking Neverless they
kept on with their proposals uutil al
last one lunstic, possessing more
daring than the rest, struck tie fatal
blow and earned the promised reward,
but peiished nisersbly before lie
elutcned the prea OF blood.
The sane wre ched sc.u1drels are
reviviug their old advertisements,
ri b mten: To persuade some mad
nan to sssassiRste President Grant
The Caucasian, disrer u,able news
paper published at Lexington, Mo :,
Is tue subsidized organ Of the e COW
ardly eonspTatOTs. In The issue o,
'he lllh inst, the FIST column OF the
editorial page ia devoted to 3 double
leaded article in which the DUTY OF
assassinaiinS "tyran:s'' is enforced
by examples cited from the Sacred
Scripture and from ancient history.
We quote few sentences to show
she spiritOf the whole column of raw.
ing villainy Tue first is q hlasuhe-
nous parsphrase CT q pasa9e from
the New Testsmtn', at is expedieni
for US that one man should die Tor
the people, and that the whole nation
perish not.' "a. Lincoln-that ruth
less embodiment OF knavery, vuI2sri
ty and triumphant hste-wss made
To hound the river Styx so may his
every criminal successor tall bv the
hand of patriot assassin IL The
Romsn Cesar, surrounded hy the
glitteIing pomp ard circumstances
OF war, ami mighty armies of obedi-
ent min ,Ons, could he reached and
slain by the subtle blow, why may
not cur Seizer yet yet yet feel the
keen blsde of an ayenging band ?'
Tbs communication addressed to the
Caucasian, in which the writer gives
his address as st ST. Louis, is as fol
Iows:
ST LOUIS, NO Oct l, 1873.
EIlor OF the Lexington Caucasian
Please publish the following card {;
propose to bet five Thousand dol
ars (s5,O00) that President u. 5.
Grant, unless he..tiies from natural or
Dther causes, will be sssGssinated be
ore the tenth day of April, 1874.
II accepted, the money to be depCs-
ted on or before the tenth day OF
November next
Parties desiring to wsger larger or
mailer amounts can address me at
It. Louis, Missouri, or thor gh Your
olumns. Respe ctfully.
III. CLAY HARPER.
To this the editor, with a shame
ess effrontery which we have never
cen equsled, sppends the following ::
we have only to add that it will af-
ord the Catcasian profound pleasure
o announce, on the morning OF Apr
i, that JLr, Harper has 1oOn his 6st'''
The Baltimore american says that
his news hiss 8 wide circulliOn, is read
" thousands of persons, and no ed
tor would write such an aTicle unless
Ie had good reason to suppose that
t would be pleasing to majority CT
lis subscribers. Each subscriber
hat reads this revolving proposal and
has in him the germ which
pay develop into q crime like that
by Wilkes Booth. Ali
hat he needs is the physical courage
o carry out the work which this
Videly-ciicuiated journal declares to
,e heroic. These men must be let
lone to ill up the full measure OF
heir infamous career. They are
without the pGle OF public opinion
md secure in the sympathy and
riendshlp of ten thousand ruffisns
ike themselves; the execratiODs hurl
ID against them by decent people on
V sff0rd them amusement IL any
lemented sdveDturer like Wilkes
Booth tries to win the reward which |
hey so conspicuously advertise, be
will be likely to take q short leap from
he scsffJld. but the men who tempt |
"a him 10 ruin will go unwhipPei / of
ustice.