The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-08-18
THE PREsIDENr.

It would only he closing our res 10 a
painful truth To deny that si,s. cnndiIfaa
NJ the President ~ al the gr v.-si chars;
Ter. ami that his nS.'v-iy, ia the light OF
The latest huileIihS 81 whIch ~ have
knowledge Al this writing. Is question
OF serious doubi. The patient at the
White House seems never TO have rallied
from the operation rendered necessary
by an accumulation Of pus. some days
ago, and his continued high pulse and
marked febrile symptoms indicate .
measure Of proslration which, in the case
Of person whose energies have been
taxed TO the utmost limit by . hand-to-
hand contest with death sxtending over
. period Of six weeks, furnishes cause
Tor the most serious apprehension.
There Is no justice, as we view IL, in
attributing this unfortunate condition OF
Affairs to any derelictiOn on the part Of
the attendants physicians or TO . lack Of
skin in their methods or treatment 1t
IL unreasonable 70 .sappose that . case
which involves the vast concerns Of .
mighty nation OF people would be allow
ed to suffer for want Of propee medical
attendance, ana the tniimiAfL0a that the
President has been the victim Of NAL
practice IL an insult 10 the intelligence
and fidelity Of the cmineat gentlemeR
who stand ct the heads OF the different
executive departments Of the govern
ment, andyxho have beenI ii CONSTANT
waiting upon their PROSTATE chief.
The claim that the suEgeOnss have
wlllfully conspfred 1 10 = deceive
the people through the daily
bulletins issued from the Exeea-
tive Mansion Is sill more absurd,
and the journals who persistently dis
Seminate this theory est q reAsetiQn
upoa the ptOSessioaal lhsaoEkOf men
whose worldwide regulations lin them
far above the reach Of such inyidiOus ar
persIons. Despite the severe STRUCTURES
Of the press, fair-minded people viii be
slow 70 entertain The conviction that
such emInsht dungeons e. ORA Hamil-
ton and Agnew would lend shemselvea
10 . deliberate plan 10 mislead the pub
lie In regard to matter Of such vital
concern as the condition Of the CHIEF
Executive, 4 .course which would In.
evitably react with fatal effect upon
those who would sanction. such Q dan.
gerOus policy. "
Reason, - well as justice. demands q
different construction. The deeply seri
Gus character Of the Presidents wound
has never been spccesSNally coqtrOverted,
and from the ivsr1 hOuF OF hi'
striking down, It was claimed BY
All who had any knowledge Of his iDjur-
les that the hope Of his ability to survive
them rested largely upon bis great vital
ity and the strength Of his wonderful
constitution to meet and vanqulsh the
manifold dangers that beset the road
10 recovery. In this painful and toll
some process we believe he hal
been aided by every once thai
medical skill and careful nursing could
devise, and II he should fail TO survive
the terrible crisis through which he ID
now passing, we believe that the nation
in Its great sorrow can derive ct least
some measure Of consolation from the
reflection that nothing was left undo0e
which might have contributed 70
10 the restoration Of our beloved Presi.
dent. That has life may prove a. pre-
cious in the sight Of the God Of nations
Is it is in the eyes Of the people who
made him their head, 10 the earnest
prayer Of every patriotic citizen Of the
American Republic. G ~ II