New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-11-06

=" s"'Ah0us wager. The Pr@si-
dent rhrraicnrd with
Assassination.

We have had occasion before. Tin. l., osnt,
infamous savings of col. DOMAIN, prinripal
editor nt the Lexington tMuD f!urJy,,p,
hut never anything approaching the iuiamy
nf an editorial i'll that paper lAst wrek
DOMAIN served in the Confederate army ia,
Democrat of the purest water, AID carries in
his bosom tif he is 10 be judged hy the language
,e employs heart Tiled with malinrnity
toward the National administration ana nil
VINO aided III the supprcssinu ut the rebellion
But, although some allowance may bc m,Ia
i"r the bitterness which OCCASIONALLY crnn,
out from The lips or editorial prIis -! defeated
rebels against the Union aud the Aomini,.
tration, there l. no excuse Tor the rriniu,!
anu bloody threats of DOMAIN and the wretch
VINO oilers the wager IN his paper. unl-,,
they are indisrutably and hopces,ly insane
ana III That case they should be confined To-
lunatic YUM. II they are not insane the
proper place tor them is the pcnjtcur.ary.
IN the Ch"rdS'rf of last week, now b.frr,
Us, appears the following, which requires no
other comments than We have already
made:
cool WAGER sic oEHrER rSEAvvI, .-
s],uoo mar GRANT WILL M SLAIN Hi
FORE April. IT,, ISL
The Jewish high priest. Caiaphas. cx-
pressed, on II certain historic occasion. "A
sentiment which, had it not been 80 uufnrtu-
nntcly connected with Il worlds greatest
wrong, the CTuCiiNiDn OF the savior. would
have inund an cChuing response IN the heart.
of every freeman, the world over, who has
been robbed by usurrcrs aud dc4po,s of lib
ettS ana rights a: " IL is OXpclicut tor u. that
one Han should die Tor the people aud that
tho whole nation perish not. -
1t would be- we'll for indicators in our
high places to learn lesson from history.
old nnl new. As Lincoln, that ruthlr,4
embodimoal at kuaycry, yugarity and tn
umphant hate, was made 10 bound the river
Styx, 50 may his every criminal successor
fall by the hand Of II patriot assassin julius
Cesar, when he had BETRAYED the Hbcrtie.
and rights at the Roman people. wa. stricken
IN the senate BY bosom friend, not that hs
loved trsar less, but Rome more II tlu
komau Cesar, surrounded By the glittcrring
'pomp aud circumstance ot war" aud mighty
armies OF obcdlcnt miIiinus could be- roarhui
aud slain by subtle tnr, Why may not our
SeAer yet ieel the keen bluir 81 uu aycn.ln.
hand? Death to tyrant,, Confusion 10 thr
conspirin3 enemies ot liberty throughout the
world. Yea 1t is better that "nc mln 7hoult
die, and that II whole nation perish not
Let the sentiment spin, - lie anew ia
every patriots heart.
But business is business aud a liin .usi-
ness proposition need, no Introductory essay,
either historical or political. Hero i, a novel
"A most unusual but by no mran, improper
venture. a reader OF the r1uarsnfa desrra
to test the faith oil the fmhily foolish H..
offers II wager To the world which should pat
the loyal sports TO thinking !; 900 more o.
less) that Ulysses :. Grant, thr American
ScILer, II lac does not die hon. natural o.
accidental causes, /, slam before the Irlh
day OF Aprii, 1874. We shall let Lun ,pcaa
for himself. The original, inriudin. the ~
Selopc is on Tile ia tins olir,. auI may be- IL
spccted by the iuCTcIuyu-
Isl Lots, Mo, oct. !, ~.
" To he Ht'for n hir Lsf,aj'.l Ca..J..9h
Please publish The following cart
! propose To- bet i've thousand dpIitl.
90, 900 that President I. =. Grant, unlcs.
he dies from natural c.,iis"- viii b. a--a-siu-
ated before the 18th day "i April next, I-7i
II accepted, the money 10 be- deposited nu
OF before the 10Th day 81 November next.
Parties desiring 10 WAGER largrr OF smaller
amounts can address ms at 4. l,uis, 80.
or through your rOlumn-.
Respectfully,
II. ca. iiAEIlE.'
We eau only add that Il sal! AFFORD the
CdnadstoH profound pleasure &. announce on