Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-11-11

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down IN dastarlly fashion. .r..
warned, !efencelcss, ly COW ri,
assassin, vi on whose head in,c.
reratipnS arc hurled lv the masses
white from mcn % peace, mon 81
God, and even tender, gentle wo
men, we hca. Tie ayen.in9 cry
" Away with the traitor from .ic
face Of the EARTH No ,itv is OK.
pressed Gust reason wly) for Inn.
who rerpctratel tins foul decd.
md YET, midst binding tears. 80
look, by faith tl.rou-A the fillur vel
when ccIceala the spiri: Of the g..
parted from mortal view aud :: .
him released from suffering, cola
pretending and ri ing in IL.
providence CT God, "a u, 50 ircy-
pAcabic. Oar loss is a-,urc1ly Lii,
lmmeasuiable gain. Heaven ochcos
with glad welcome to the redeemed
soul whose earthly work is accom-
plished.
To-day our natirn lnourns. And
from alley and avenue, from tone-
ment to mansion, FROM farm house
and counting house, arise agonizrd
walling, lamentation and mourning,
" Rachel weeping for her children
and will not be ccmforted because
they are not"
Within our national borders.
thousands of men writhe in agony
under wounds inflicted by an as
sassln; women, too, and even those
OF tendorer years; and though we
fam would reclaim them to life and
health, they are passing away at the
rate of more than a thousand each
week! Hiding in alleys or at cor
ners; covered from view by midnight
pail, holding half open the trap-door
for unwary feet; graphing his vic
tim in lonely and deserted places;
or Turing him into dens of infamy
and death; even on the sidewalks of
our most public streets and in the
broad glare Of the MONDAY sun, this
lawless demon is striking down, with
uneiring aim and fatal blow, the
idol of mothers, tho comfort and
hope of fathers, the stay and support
OF wives and little ones, the pride of
village or town, the favored of his
state, and even him whom the na-
ton delights to honor.
Appalled, we gaze on this fearful
work of destruction, this merciless
shedding of human blood, then turn
to those who denounce the Infamous
Guiteau. and ask: What is to be
done with this treacherous slayer of
mankind who deals death by whole
sale? Astouuded, we receive the
most unconcerhed replies: "This
matter is one with which our courts
Of law cannot deal" sThe victims
should have been on their guard.
eve can do nothing" What can
it mean? We call upon the officers
/ of the law TO secure the arrest of the
murderer, and behold him an hon
ored guest at their respective tables.
We look for popular Indignation
only to find tie masses Indifferent
or friendly; men of peace, averse to
wallike demonstrations; men OF God
content with an occasional denuncia-
ton, and fair, pure woman persis-
tentiy ignoring the existence of go
vile Is character! The ruthless as
sassin OF our cOuntry's head is met
will, contemptuous scOrn, when, in
cowardly fear of merited vengeance,
he demands stronger guard and
increased vigilance to secure him
from violence until the wrath of the
populace be assuaged; but this vile
destroyer OF her bone, sinew and
muscle, finds sympathy and security
accorded him, while there are not
wanting, in every station, men who
not only defend him but vindicate
also the host of accomplices who aid
in his frightful crimes and are them
selves responsible for the death of
multitudes of their fellow beings.
On the subject of the probable in
ability Of our courts of law to convict
Gniteau of murder, one of our lead
ing journals in q late issue has the
following: "The execrable assassin
must die and under the circumstances
it matters little how. The earth will
somehow and by some hand he rid
of a miscreant whom no man can
willingly suffer to polluto it. )"
Goods law will not sleep and more
over Gods law will find the hand of
some swift minister of justice to exc
cute its DEGREES" Strange that the
same journal that thus condemns the
shedder of innocent blood in one
case, should s.outly defend those
who make business of dealing death
to their fellows in another, and con-
denim as fanatical those who express
sentiments similar to the above in
regard to the demon who Stays an
nually sixty thousand souls!
As in the one case death was not
| AWIuCuiutCs Oue AOuS WccAS u NuSI-
ing painful illness interviewed be-
tween the fatal shot and the disso-
luton resulting therefrom, SO in the
other, long period of torturing
soul sickness follows The assault,
during which the victims whole sys-
tenn is changed to putresences, and
all that was good and noble in him
is TUNED to corruption. But here
the analogy ends. To the man cut
down by murderous weapon, death
is a sweet release which shuts out
behind him forever all pain and
WEAKNESS, all trouble and sorrow,
and opens to his enraptured vision
the portals of heaven. Not thus
with RUNS victim! Painful as are
the scenes through which he must
pass ere life close, the reproaches of
conscience, the loss of respect of
friends and self-respect, the giving