Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-07-13
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and uotori-ty. This fact, 40 doubt, has /
! tendency to rncouIagr the preparations of
! such deeds with 4 certain clI-~ Of cfimi I
! nails who thirst for uotori"ty aud cannot !
attain to- 1t III auy honorable way. Their"
/ Is hardly less curiosity to know til" !i~tory
pi Charles j. uuiiraH than there Is anAlr. :
I ~ fol the recovery OF hl- intended victim.
/ When this man WAS shot down. the Chief
/ Magistrate ut the United States, he, by
! that single net. h'ciur ~ famous rs the
President, and Apparently he i, enjoying
his fame. II j. too soon Yet to give much
Of the accurate history of this man The
/ excitement over the crime which he has
committed will give rise ,a numerous I'M
/ founded reports.
The most important QUESTION - whether
| the man il sane or insane. Even this
question cannot yet be definitely OF salts
| factorily ANSWERED. Theft different
J opinions. The Goodness aud dcliheratiuu
With which h. executed his purpose to
| take ,he life of the President do hot iuII-
/ cate q crazy HtH' iHt fHR'H bt ttHf' ana
/ the stcadfastuc-s Of purpose with which
he sought 10 carry hiS Pnlpp,r INTO eNrcn-
I ton, all 90 to show that the niau is not
insane. Jh" act itself j. the strongest CIR
| cumstaucc To support the pirao of insanity
! which has Yet been Developed. THIS qucs-
tion vtli he Investigated from every con
"civahe standpoint, aud il the man j.
found to l." crazy he will not hc punished
tor the commission OF au act tor which hc
y not responsible. THIS man is Il R.ruh-
lean, s'llwart Republican. but this tact
viii not justify ih. charge which suinr Of
the papers have made against TIN, faction
Of the Republican party. B'cAu>c Guitrnn
chaucrd to be- staiNat il not sufficient
warrant 20 charge the leaders of tins fac.
ton Of the rtrfy with hctug ratttrs to i
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the llir OF the (hlH
Magistrate. This J. a ,riy SERIOUS and
very grave charge. aud should never hr
made until fully warranted by the i,,i~ IA
,h. case. suppose Gritrau Lad tr,m
Democrat. What Justice would there
have been in charging the itcmu,Iacy with
hrlnG parties to conspiracy againt the
life 1t the President True, the South
and DEMOCRACY when President Lincoln
was as-t--tuitrd Vrtc char cd with hctug
n completes to the decd upon evidence
Hn hctttI than AT PRESENT east AGAINST the
-taiw ant rlcmrut ct the Ecputll,au party.
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= chalgc against the .tatwaIl- itut had
Gulteau hrcu a Democrat az Souih.rn
man We would have expected the North
aud the Republican panty I" have hccu I'm
tH~f enough ~ have sought to bold THE
south and the DEMOCRACY responsible for
the deed. and they ~"plA nn doHht have
r'atr II = very effective campaign instIu-
nrni ~ the n"At rlrriIou.
This man wanted an ctiicc. Tho t'rr.i.
drut had offices to give. The rr,.Idrui
ought t. G',c ham one. The President L.
fuses He hrrom'- m.,d with d,>pltl.
Garfield v"ut give h.m an office. f,rhap,
,omr other MAN VIII. lic vill have hi- re
t'ug". H. rsHf h. poI>, Oh He NAV
Ice hr,,,r, Itc Will >h"ot tho President
H. ,ln,, shoot l.4n auA ,nu>pi,., Aun-r,i
With TIA, /, lir,tnu that had hr have killed
the l1'-idrnl hi- >ur,,.>-rr wnnld have
come INTO "f'.,c under Obligations I" him.
And now ihi- man who ha~ >ho,kcd the
world With the houttlc crime which he
attempted To- c"inuut app,Ir- Ia hc well
, satisfied vtfh ht~ work fl~ oulv regret
that lac has = that h. did not succeed IN
tIklu. tn HE "f jh, President IT., SAYS
tina, tr- = -orty that hc did got >l,o, the
rr'>idrni again aud hni>h him At once"
iir"uIol> III" u"toli-tN vh.rh itI> act has
given lam very much. There - no;hin.
which r,c.s>'N him h.ft,t than e. hc iut-t.
viewed by the ucv>.,p,r irpnj,I> or Ia
be- called Htwit for ht, photos ftph To- hc
Inserted III SOME public journal \ man',
thirst i"r u"t"''.'y HH-, .trttoach to mad.
ness WHEN It drives him to the point at
wh'rh "a" !, ready 'o commit such crime
To attuuii
Tbs examination Al tplpntt was
good. The -tud"ris exhibited = flmil,aii.
~ with thcir studies. that spoke we'll both
ct thcm>el>c, and their teacher. Mr
Henry Leslie - u protcirni aud ,ucrsrtrc
teacher, and - SUCH Is worthy at the con
hdcnc' aud patronage uf any community;
and We feel SAFE IA saA ing that ia" tolquttt
community can "htaiu none other more
Al.