The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1881-08-12
DAILY INfRLLIGENCER.
Friday. Aug. is. 1881. /
THE HUHDEROCs ASSAULT on
PRESIDENT JACKSON IN Is35.


of Richard Lawrenee 10 assassiuate
President Jackson was ATTENDED by cir
cpmstsLc~s ard surroundings which
bear striking analogy 10 those OF the
recent more startling event in this city
In that case the wosld be assassin dis
played the grestest GOODNESS and reso-
tuition. By careful inquiry he ascer>
tanned that the President would be
present 81 the Capitol At the funeral Of
distinguished member of the House
Of Representatives, Warren x Davis of
South Carolina. lie stationed bimself
on the east porteo, where be waited
for the close Of the ceremony in the
House Of Representative. and for the
procession to move out through the ro-
tunds; aud a. the President, in com
pany with Mr. Woodbury.. the Secrets-
~ Of tho Treasury, passed within few
feet IF him, Lawrence stepped orward
and snapped pistoi-at him The per-
cussion cap. then recent invention,
exploded with loud noise, which ar
rested the attention af ell present. The
assassin immediately dropped the pie.
.toL and drew smother. which he ike
wise snapped withoat eject In q mo.
ment hs mas knocked down by. Lieut.
Godney of the navy, snd was SECURED.
On examination 7. was ascertained that
bstF pistols were in good order. and
that they bad been carefully leaded
with powder and ball. The Gis6s the
official organ, regarded the failure of
the caps to explode as evidence of the
superjntendiBg care of Providence over
the great defender of the liberties Of
the people. It was' no fault Of Law
renee. at any rate, that he failed 10
execute his murderouss purpose. He
had laid his plsns for aencountering
the President with skill. and display
led the desperate courage of q modern
Nihilist in carrying them into execu /,
ton. Unlike the wretch Guiteea. who
assaulted his unsuspecting victim from
behind Lawrence confronted the
eagle eye of the old hero. and aceoldt
10 the statement of the latter, he
did not quail when set upon by the
FsAident and his friends. 20 H. 4
According to the National B.telligeaeer
Of that date, Lawrence was a lunatic,
who imagined that President Jackson
bad killed his father, although the lat.
ter. q house painter by trade. died in
his bed ten or twelve years prior
to this event. He also believed, or
pretended to believe, that he was the
lawful heir to the crown of England.
His whole manner was frank and fear
less, and these hallucinations may have
been only feigned, 2 At any rate. Gen
Jackson and bis organ, the Giobs.
thought so. and the General regarded
Lawrence as the agent for executing
the bloodthirsty DEGREES Of his enemies,
The following remarks of the Globe are
identical In spirit with those from .ome
OF our contemporaries in reference to
the assassination Of Mr. Garfield: z
"whether Lawrence has canght, In his visits
to the Capitol, the mania which has prevailed
daring the two last sessions of the Senate;
whether he was become infatuated with the
kchimeras which have troubled the hrainsof the
disappointed and ambitious orators Who have
depNed the President 40 Cesar who ought
70 have Brutus, as Cromwell, q Nero, q Ii
berius, we know not. II no secret conspiracy
deed, we think it not improbable that some de-
fusion of intellect has grown out of his visits
to the Capitol. and that hearing despotlsm, and
even horrible mischief, threatened to the re-
public, and revolution and all its train of ca.
lamities imputed as the necessary consequence
OF the Presidents measures, it maybe that the
Infatuated man fancied he had reasons to be-
come his country's ayenger. Ii he had heard
and believed MIR CalhouRs speech OF the day
rdav he unrtfA hax La
Pile Justification for his attempt on one who
was Represented as the cause OF the most dread
fui calamitles to the nation. as one who made
peffeet rottenness and corruption to peryade
the vitals Of the Government, insomuch that'it
was scarcely worth preserving, ii it were possi-
BILE" -,,sr,'-. l.y. =. &.
In the Senate, on Feb. I'd, Mr. Cal /.
houn called attention TO these remarks
Of the Globe, and had them read from
the Secretsry's desk. In the course of
his remarks he said: - aaA
Whatever might be the character OF the pa
per Uhe Globe) from which the paragraph inst
Rad bad been, taken; however low, however
Degraded its character might be- i was yet
known 70 be the organ OF the Executive will:
and that II was sustained, pampered by, and
dependent upon that branch ofthe Government;
and In commenting on paragraph Ike the
present, In which the Executive was personal-
IL concerned. IL was not an unfair presumption
fo.eonclude that it had had his sanct.on- had
been authorized by him. To pass over the
personal insinuations, which. as he had OBJ
served. were unworthy of notice. he CMr C.)
would say few words on the new political
principle set forth in the paragraph. II was
impossible 10 read the article and not see that
- went on the ground that whoever condemns
what he believes cnnscienciously TO be the
abuses and corruptions of this Government was
70 be held up in the light Of an instigator OF
assassination: and that no uncertainty on this
point might be left on the mind Of the reader,
the article referred to particular transaction
bin which be (Mr CO was personally concerned.
lie would not condescend TO defend himself In
relation to she matters contained In the para
graph that had been read; they needed no de :
fence. What were the Asts7 The Senate were
in debate on the Post 0iiice reports. The Post
Onice. II was acknowledged on all hands, stood
ccskicted Of ENORMOUS abuses. not to say cor
suptions- He had risen IN bis place % COM
Ament generally on ihe abuses thus exhibited;
De bad made no personal ailusions phatever.
He spoke Of the corTuptioas q the tImes, aud
OF them mainly. though this he did say, that
a<s1 was not 30 much 70 be Attributed 10 anE d.
fses n the working Of the machinery a. Ia TIE
Administration itself. Yet these general de-
nasciaiiens In these broad terms are asserted
by the Government cfhciAl orkan As watranilng
IN individual 10 make Ills attempt az ASSIST
astson. Could be have. san,oaly said hat
which would have authorized assassination. he
would have been Iittle better than the assassin
himsef.
The Gisss reiterated its charges from
day to day. Two eminent physicians
examined Lawrence With references to
his ssnity. cad reported On sshe ease.
The G2s refsFrisg % this report says
n win be seen oa feadfhg their pint STATE