Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-09-02
OUTLAWS

OUTLAWS COUBAeG
II the miscreant Guiteau Was sane
when be shot the President he knew 10
certainty that be would bang Tor the
crime. Thus he deliberately gave bis
own life away. II 10 absurd to say ina
such q desperate deed BY . . man
ala mot require courage. A coward could
nsysr nerve himself up to an sssassina.
don which be knew would be followed
surely BY his " death. - Virginia
Chronicle.
The Chroniels Is right on this PROPOSE
ton, most certainly. No n will say
tia, wilkes Booth had no courage whom
hs ersp, up behind President Lincoln In
. quiet, pescsabls boz at the thsassr. in
the midst Of his family and deliberately
shot him through the head. we'll know
ing the desperate chances Of making bis
eve escape without being killed. for
those were sIcitabls times. noted for
sudden and deadly action. Being .
theatrical man. well acquainted With the
arrangements Of . thostsr. hs had well
and carefully studied his chances for
escape. and made full arrangements to
that effect. yet II also reqirsd . eoodly
amount Of physical courage to make that
noted jump Of sixteen feet from the
box down upon the stage. Yes. and 1t
even required the courage OF an actor
like himself to fac. that large audience.
dramatically psusins to utter his mem
orsbls remark: "Sic senper tyrannis."
Booth, In collision with his confsd.
crates, had we'll calculated and AZ
ranged his plans for escape. He knew
full well that for the moment all would
b totally unexpected surprise and con.
fusion. amid which he could make his
escape. He boldly and most courage
ously took oil the chances. effected his
object and also his escape from tho
thsatsr. No one has ever accused Booth
Of lack OF courage. He had too much
Of Il.
Guitssu possessed quite an amount OF
the same sort Of courage. He lurksd
around Washington. carefully watching
and studying the movements Of the
President and laying his plans. Like
Booth be sought to kill his victim in .
public place. but instead Of providing
for safety In flight. he planned to com.
nit the deed where he would be at once
arrested and hurried away to safe quar-
tsrs In Jail. He sven went and took .
look ut the Jail beforehand. In order to
assure himself Of its availability as .
safe harbor OF refuge In the contsm-
plated emergency.
Revenge and ambitious thirst for no.
toristy. nervsd him to the desperate
deed. and according to his own tsstimo-
ny he fully expected . political diversion
in his favor which would result in bis
release and elori6catiou. He said he
committed the deed in behalf OF the
"Stalwsrts." and calculated on the en-
sisnt influence OF the Stslwarts in de-
Tending one who so boldly chsmpioned
their cause and promoted their success.
Like Booth. hs studied we'll the chances.
and boldly ri.hsd his life in the accom-
plishmsnt Of his wildly ambitious ven
turs.
It requires no small amount Of cour.
age to BE- = successful hishwaymsn or .
burglar. 4 nan may studisdly nerve
himself up to most anything Of the kind
for the occasion. and then subsids into
mortal fear OF the consequences. And
% with Guitsau. The result has not
been 90 he anticipated. be sees no diver
sion In his favor. he ands not one SYM
psthstie friend. and now realizing bis
situation, he has lost all courage and
subsidsd into one OF the most abject
towards imaginable. he had plenty Of
time to work himself mp to the murder
ing point. and now hs has plenty Of time
to realize the consequence and spprsci.
ate the true quality and effect Of his
moral or physical courage. He feared
not to take another mans life. but hs
lives now in mortal fear Of losing his
own. May his most oovardly fears be
fully realized.