The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-07-14
THE PRESIDENTS FATE.
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NEw YORK, July }, lsol.--Ex- Senator
Conkiinr, being aske his opinion of the
situation and the way some newspapers
are disposed TO treat it. said The as
BauIt upon President Gariicld IL an as
founding assault upon the Nation. The
shot fired by Il Inadinan is a shot fired at
MI Of us No language can Ovcrstatc the
cnorlIlity Of tho decd. There is, how
ever. no occasion for public apprchcn-
sion or excitement. Our fathers fprcsaw
even such dire possibilities and provided
for them. The Constitution points out
just what shall be done III just such an
emergency The Vice President on the
death Of the President instantly succeeds
and the Government goes on aS IL no
change had occurred. In this case tho
Vice President il All upright, brave, able
man, abundantly uualIfied for the great
trust which Providence may have III
store for him. In his hands no harm
Will come 10 the public interests. lie IS
thoroughly patriotic. To strive to array
hostility Cr distrust against him at such
an hour il unspcakabfy wicked and trea-
sonable. No patriot. whatever his poll
tics, can do anything now till the shadow
passes by but bear up the hands Of tho
Vice President This the Constitution
and the law abiding people Of tho ccnn-
trv will all unite in doing. He Will have
the prayers OF III good incn ana women.
ASSASSINATION, whether by pistol or news
papers, Will be stamped out by the Amer
lean people with righteous ANA indignant
accord. There bciug no President, 10
Senate and no Speaker Of the House, the
ccl'rcedcnt IL the one safeguard and
reliance of the country against uncer-
taintv and chaos and lost indeed to wi5-
dom and virtue must be the American
who would increase the danger nf per-
turbatiOn at SuciI a time. sad AMI de
plOrable as tho crime is, II is the glory
and safety Of our free institutions that
the mad-mans = act cannot reach beyond
tho i'.dividual nj whom he aims. Tho
Government belongs 10 the people. and
will go on peacefully even in trial like
this, when grief and horror must pcrNadc
our hearts. Meanwhile, nS when death
strikes the head of Il family, the survivors
must manfully proceed, so when the
heat Of a Government falls, compOsure
and duty still remain to the Nation and
to all it's citizens Mourning, as we all
do. each nan has his par; Of forlitudc
and tirnncss, and the same sense and
wisdom which have led this people
through greater pcrils will not be want
ing new Instead Of bitterness ana trea-
sonahlc calamity, this il 4 time for the
American people TO cultivate peace and
good will and to strengthen and brighten
the links which biud them together.
Civilization will not halt or stumble he
cause Providence has dcmcntcd one poor
creature, nor because fcrociOus and afro
ci"uS falSchood las for Il time attempted
To bcwil'!cr the public scnsc.'
WA>niHGToS, july 7.-Thc following
correspondence has passed between cX-
Senator Conkling and Attcrncy-General
McNcagh
FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL. y. y, July ).
My Dear Sir: I'm the abhorrcncc with
which ali decent men alike shuddcr at
the attompt 10 murder the president, |
have given thought to II matter to which
your attention may or may not have
turned. our criminal code treats pre-
mcditatcd homicide in all cases alike,
irrespective Of the victim, murder being
visited by tho greatest penalty. Per-
haps no distinction between one case and
another could be founded OH the public
relations had by the person slain, but i'll
the ease OF an attempt to murder, II broad
distinction can be made between assail
ing the life OF an individual and an at.
tempt to take n life Of special value To tho
whole people.
The shocking occurrence Of Saturday,
/ think, demands that the definition and
punishment of assaults aimed at high
executive officers, whether successful
or not, shn,ild he made thoroughly rigo-
rous. The man who attempts the high
life of the president, if morally RESPONSE
Bile, commits an oilense which the ma
ton ought to guard against and punish
by tho cXcrting of all the power that civ
ilizcd nations may employ. | suggest
this rs deserving consideration.
My profound sympnthics are with the
president and with all of you every hour.
The conflict of reports keeps hope and
fear striving with each other. with nothing
stable except the faith and trust that the
worst is passed. wish you would cX-
press to the president my deepest sym
pathy in this hour which should hush all
discOrtis and enlist all prayers for his
safe deliverancc.
Please also give to Mrs. Garfield my
most respectful condolenco.
Trusting that all will be we'll, cordially
yours. RoscOE CoNKLING.
Thereby.
WAsIII MOTION, July 6.-To Hon Roscoe
Conkling: Thanks for your letter the
5th, which has Just reached me. It's sug-
gcstions will bo carefully considered
ana its Kind messages OF sympathy will
he conveyed to the president and AIRS.
Garfield ut tho earliest opportunity.
WAYNE MACNEAGH.
The Presidents Faith In God.
prayer for the presidents recovery are
hold ut II and o'clock every day at the
Christian church. At the meeting YES
tcrduy, DR.. Sunderland gave All account
OF the Interview between himself and
tho president after tho shooting. lie
WIS p'tSSilS uo"H L eIiiiSy iFailla avenue
at tho time the shooting occurred. IIe
rushed to tho depot and was permitted
to speak to the president. lIe said
"Mr. President, you are in the hands Of
tho God you have long trusted, and
say to you that tho heart of this whole
people will 60 out to God i'll prayer that
you may be spared" ~ know Il doctor
l believe in God and trIst myself to
His hands,
Guitteau Writes to Arthur.
WAsuISGToN, July r.-Ycsterday
morning it was reported in tic hearing
OF Guitteati, that the president was dead
rials, and these being given him, he sat
down and wrote letter addressed TO
president Arthur" After extending his
congratulations to him, he gave him a
lot of advice as to how to start out in his
new administration. This letter he
President Arthur. 1t is needless to state,
however, that this request was not com
piled with
The Mania to Bill Prominent Men,
WAsTINGTON, July 7.-Insanity ap-
pears TO be iii tho air here, and every lu-
nntic in the neighborhood seems to feel
himself invested with a special mission
to kill somebody in high place. No less
than three of these crazy would-be
slaughterers have turned mp in Washing
ton, and tho returns are not all in yot
The first to make his appearance was
all individual singled ont, in his mind,
He arrived nj the front door of an arsto-
cratic mansion on street, and when, in
response to violent ringing of tho door
bell, the servant girl put in an appearance
he announced that he was an administra-
ton man and had como there to slay
a A.sI, a.