Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-07-11
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All the leading newspapers OF tho
country. papers that make and express
public opinion. do not hesitate to say
ths. the recent attempt to sssassinats
tho President was simply the o~utsrowth,
.hs result OF ~so-call.d "Stalwsrtism."
or In other words. Conklins's Senatorial
r.bsllious war against the Administra-
ton. aided and sbettsd BY vies-Prssi-
d.n. Arthur. They speak out in plain
Language, and although correctly con-
osdins that Mr.. Conklins and his friends
= gsntlsmsn too honorable and high
minded to connivs ct or c~ountenanos Tor
q moment the foul crime. or to regard
Ito psrpstrstor with other than feelings
Of unqualified horror and disgust. yet
they firmly and consistently set forth
that this great crime Was committed. Is
claimed BY the s1ultins assassin himself
In the interest Of Conklins and Stal.
wartism.
Mr.. Conkling and his friends. OF
course. claim. and with some show OF
reason. that they should not DO held
responsible for the voluntary act and
crime OF an ambitious political dssper-
ado. reckless Of anything except an in.
sans desire to achieve public notoristy.
aud reward ct the hands Of the Stall.
warts. The honorable leaders In the
Southern REBELLION made the same plss
with regard to Wilkes Booth and bis
assassination OF Lincoln. But IL It had
not been for that rebellion. Booth would
not have sssassinatsd President Lincoln.
Had 10 not been for the Conklins Stall
wart rebellion. Gi,tsau would not have
attempted to ssssssinats President Gar
Geld.
When Conkling In the insanity OF his
arrogant rage so abruptly resigned the
high and responsible position TO which
he had been elevated by an admirinR
Republican constituency. and traitor.
ously deserted his post Of duty. he did
20 Of his own free. arrogant will. regard
less OF the opinions or advice OF his
friends or the interests Of the Republican
party. When 0ittesu committed bis ter
zibls crime no did so Of his v inssnsly
ambitious will. consulting with no one
bat himself. and the most active and
efficient efforts and investigation have
failed to detect any conspiracy or collu.
sion with anybody else in the world.
There are prominent newspapers who
70 too far in this matter. and boldly.
without rejecting upon the deadly in.
justice they are committing. charge
Conklips and his Stalwart friends with
being accessories and voluntary particle
pstors In this terrible crime. Some OF
the New York papers have done %. q
we'll a. many others throughout the
country. The Louisville Courier Journal
10 the most plainly outspoksn and
openly unjust In this matter. In n oil
Henry ws.,srson's most vigorous edi.o.
rails ON the subject. he gives Mr.. Conk'
ling and some OF his political coadjutors
. most terrible srraigumsnt. going BE-
yond all sense and reason, his partisan
prejudios and personal animosity being
made clearly apparent. The following
are specimen extracts;
We do not charge anybody. directly BY
name and In person. with the deep dam
nation Of this awful CRIME except the
psrpstrstor himself. But We do demand
that the government shall proceed with
the minutsness Of inquiry and the rsso-
luton and the scope which were put
forth In search OF the authors Of the
murder Of Mr.. Lincoln. Three persons
at least will be saved from ruin by the
death Of the President. and nothing less
than the death OF the President can savs
them. They are Roscoe Conkling. Dor.
sey and Brady. We do not say that
they are guilty; but We are unwilling to
assume, 10 advance. that they are inno-
cent. There Is nothing in their chsrao-
ter or their antscsdsnts TO exempt them
from . suspicion which would instantly
and universally attach itself TO persons
In private life who might hold . similar
relation TO o crime directly and conclu.
sively profitable to themselves.
We speak thus freely and dscisively
because everybody knows that, II the as
sailant OF the President happened to be
Southern man. We should have . Stall.
war, outcry all over the land against the
South. The man Guittesu
10 NO more crazy than Mr.. Conkling;
not 40 much so. 1t 10 sickening to see
the newspapers rush p.llmell to the NO.
ton Of luuacy. What 10 there to
sustain it2 Not nearly 90 much %
to sustain the lunsey Of Conklisg's res.
igpstion and subsequent behavior.
We repeat. however. that We arraign
nobody. We believe Mr.. Conkling Co.
pabls Of any crime from incest to muir
der, and We fear be has absolute control
over Mr.. Arthur. We confess to . deeply
rooted feeling. which disquslifes rs 20 q
witness. We therefore merely insist
that the rules Of evidence which ver.
adopted and applied in the murder OF
Mr.. Lincoln be adopted and applied In
the attempted murder OF Mr.. Garfield.
II the President dies. Let all these men
be indicted. They have by the mere cir
constance OF their political celebrity no
immunity either from popular suspicion
or from arrest. Garfield. unodending
and gentle a. q baby. was not above DO.
ing shot down like = dog. Neither shall
Arthuf and Conklino - nreat m they