The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-07-09
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10 90 20 prove thal hc as'a' Q
was insane, but, ihc core vith
which he laid BIZ Plah sni mode
al his preceding Arrangement, d,
well as his well founded apple
tensions of mob violence. o. e.
prove tina, there was M, onlf
"meihod In Ms madnc.,, but that
his mind was sufficiently clear 10
render him accountable 20 the law
for his terrible and iucxcusable act
OF transgression. No reasonable,
thinking man, however much be
may despise Conkling and Arthur,
will for a momcn, believe either Of
them to be guilty Of any previous
knowledge Of, much less connec-
ton with, the deed, and ye, every
elear-sigh,ed, thinking man viii be
bound TO acknowledge iha, !, was
but the natural ou,growih ofCunk-
ling's impulsive course. and the
fanaticism Of stalwartism thereby
engcndcred. Tha, il will result
whether the President lives or dies
lii the complete ruin and bank
rup,cy Of Conkling's Presidential
aspirations, there can be but little
doubt. Even be himself blinded
though he is by his vanity and
presumption, must see this already,
though he mag not have the man
illness 10 acknowledge it even TO
his most intimate friends. And
things have reached a terribly
alarming pass, when the life Of so
good and true a man as President
Garfield was proving, (if he had
not already proved) himself to be,
Is to be placed in jeopardy by the
rabid frothings OF such a man as
Roscoe Conkling, whose whole
ssul could dance with a thousand
Others OF similar dimensions, upon
the point Of a cambria needle with
out being crowded or josiled. We
know not whom to trust. The time
has come when those most I'M
quali6edly eonfded in, have
turned against those who trusted
them with a child-like faith. But
IN this instance there vas no open
demonstration OF treason. The
assassin was an obscure French
Canadian-it is said-but his mind
was wrought up TO the idea Of as
sassinating The President, By the
course of Conkling, and ALL are Of
the same political family.
II is a terrible thing to eonlem-
plate, for though it has been long
a proverb that .'Uneasy lies the
head that wears a crown" the
maxim has never been thought in
the very siightes, degree applica-
bic to the President Of a republi.
can Government like ours. Tho
in arms at the time against the
Government, we did not excuse
or palate the guilt of Wilkes
Boothe in the assassination Of Mr..
Lincoln, nor do we do so yet, but
In the midst Of the exciting scenes
Of that day there seemed TO be
something to work a man up to the
frenzy Of believing that he would
: be doing apatriotic deed to destro,
the head Of the Government, ant
thus bring the war to a close. /
was all wrong, bitterly wrong, ~
other deeds arr that people do I'm
der the belief tina, they are RICH,
but in the present instance, tn
country was at peace, and prosper
ing, and President Garfield had =
conducted himself, as TO hav
largely increased his popularit
since his induction into III
Presidential chair. And yet
still aliye) he lies now the victi
Of a bloody assassin, who seems
glory in proclaiming himself :
stalwart'' OF the conkling and A
thur school.
LATEST NEws.--The latest /
selligence we have received beio
going 10 press is favorable.
do not understand from this, no
ever, that the President is out
danger, nor indeed can he be CO