The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1881-07-08

A noIr Of lightning from the clear sky
of the beautiful July morning Of saiur'
day, would not have surprised or awcd our
people more than the news that the tele'
graph brought Of the attempted assassina'
ton 81 President Garfield. For time nc
one could realize il, and many refused ic
believe until second Dispatch fearfuliy
confirmed the startling news. They could
not conceive why, in these piping times o.
peace, a President lawfully elected and
dischsrging his duties according to Tho
Constitution, should be made the target O
the cowardly assassin TO he shot down as
worthless dog, unless the perpeirator Of
the foul deed was raving lunatic or IL
the hire Of that INSCRIPTIONS faction ruled
and governed by Coskling, Arthur and
their class. As yet there i nothing tanei'
bic connecting the latter with 1t, but We
know not what day may bring forth. When
members Of party ignore the great ends
for which Il was created and scramble
over the spoils Of Office, they are capable o.
using any means to accomplish their OBJ
iect. The insanity dodge will no doubt b
the plea TO save the guilty scorndrcl's neck,
but the people are tired Of such pleas. II
is made every DAY by men Of whose sanity
before they committed a foul murder
there had never been a doubt. and Il b
time an end was put TO II. Crazy men who
persist in shooting down unprotected and
unsusPecting people, are better out Of the
way, and there will be fewer Of such ami
mails when Il il once found out that their
lives alone must pay the penalty Of their
enormous crimes. Therefore we hope ia
see the man, Guiiesu, swung up just so soon
as a thorough investigation can be ha9 &c
show who, IL any, are his accomplices. W.
do not believe the hiasy plea Of insanity
can be maintained. Il is urged by some
oser-lealous people that the very act itsel
indicates insanity. Bat that will not do
look at the mans actions and his meth
eds. After determining on the infameu'
job, he buys heavy pistol, goes down I,
an unirsquented place on the river AMI
endeavors, by firing at targets, to improve
his msrksmsnship. the more to be certain
Of his prey. lie fnds out the plans Of tn
President, loads HE pistol with particuls
care, and after preparing means of escape
he singles out his victim and with uneer
ing aim he buriss two balls into his body
Was there ever such method in madness
Surely IL he is mad the Nihiisis who blew
up the Gar Of Rusia were bowling lunatics
The attempt on the life Of Mr.. Garfield
perpeiraied as 1t was. when no sectiona
and warlike feeling prevailed the country
and when everything was peaceful anC
calm, savea disappointed faction Of the Re
publican party, creates more widespreas
horror in the public mind than the asu's
sinstion Of Mr.. Lincoln, because that dee
was done at the close Of bloody civil war
when hot animosiiies had dethroned tn
reason Of majority Of the people Of tn
United States. Then everybody was pre-
pared tor any extraordinary event nov
with those animosities and sectional feel
ings in a great measure healed, we ar,
able TO regard an attempt on the life Of oul
Government in the light that il should be,
and To realize the full force Of the blow
And the beauty Of our form Of Governmeni
can not be better shown than when the
minority yields to the majority. and car
feel that a lawfully elected President o.
the United is just as much its President al
il its votes had made him 80. That is the
way that the whole country now regard,
Garfield, and il is remarkable fact
that the Democrats are, IL possible, more
earnest in their sorrow, more genuine in
their indignation than the Republicans.
Nothing but the blood Of the misersble
assassin and that VI his accompice- can
atone for the hsinous crime, and the pun
ishnent should be as summary as posi-
BILE. Assassination must be stamped out
by the American people in the most de.
sided manner possible.