Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-07-07

!. nation of the President than the complac-
ency of the miscreant who fred upon him
This man, who has for long time been
nursing paltry conceits, of greatness. and
thrusting himself forward with the charac-
teristic blackguard assurance OF a ward
politician, acted upon the theory that he
would become unquestionably great man
if he murdered the PRESIDENT.
He seems to have tn ought General Shar-
man would be glad to hear from him, and
call out the troops, and he anticipated the
solicitude of the world about his miserable
antecedents.
It pleased him to address package .of
papers to a correspondent supposed to have
"Sta wart" sympathies. and COX up the
cant of political faction, displaying the
disease of vanity In an lnHammatory
state.
AS for political principles or sympathies.
the fellow had not any. He was ready to
be an Administration man if he could get
an Office, and if he couldn't he would take
the most violent form of opposition, and
assert himself in that respect in some sell
sational way.
The wretch seems to have had, to begin
with. but small allowance of sense His
callber appears in the notion that If he
m ordered the President he would have an
influence with his successor that would aid
in the appoin ment business.
His lunacy was of a character that en-
abled him to make close calculation of
chances. When he found that he could
| not escape, he took very kindly to the
police.
Taken to the Ill. he was recognized as a
visitor who had desired to make an exam
ination of the quarters an important prs-
| oner would occupy.
His apprehension seems to have been
that he might be lyncned. Hence this let,
Il L. -
away when made prisoner
Undou btediy he assumed that his con-
duct would &c taken ss SO irrat onal as to
be proof of insanity and he presumed pom
great notoriety and future of tender care
in palalial institution, with sniveing sem
| timentali.ts about, rowing over him and
hoping to brighten his path.
The country swarms with unhuDg muir
| derers and thieves of all sorts not III peril
of the penitentiary. Public meetings have
been held sympathlzing with the murder
| ers OF the Gar, and q professional patriot
| claims to know that other good men like
| himself caused the explosion of the Doter-
| ell aud the loss of mo g than one hundred
| lives. Why should not the murderer Of
the President be accepted rs lunatic, and
| his life preserved as u pre- clous po session ?
The sort of malignant tool that this mur>
| derer is should be hanged Precisely such
lunatics should be placed out of The way o,
dong mischief by official slrangulation
We suppose if mad dog had been
haunting the White House for tho last
three mouths, running up and down stairs,
his manifestations would have attracte d
Intelligent attention, and he would have
| been duly knocked on the head.
The relatives of the slalwarC theologian
politician who shot the President in the
o4ck, testify with great unahimity that he
was dangerous lunatic, that lunacy was
strongly developed, and that ne had Ie-
peatedly shown a tendency to kill persons,
He wanted to XII one Of his sisters. and
| made deadly threats against Others. DID
| none of these people know that this blood.
| thirsty IN 4niac was Constant bore at the
White House? Did his relatives not know
that his occupation was effice-seek ing, and
| that he would probably develop dange ous
| aDimositIes toward those of whom he IN ade
| unsuccessful demar d.?
Tn re must be soma restraints upon our
free and easy sty le Men charged with
great responsibilities should ut least be
we'll informed relating to those who fre
quent the r houses and such iunstlcs u
| Charles Guiteau should be executed