National Republican., 1883-03-02


/ Again, these "analogios" have IL that "each
after the deed was equally composed and
without regret or fear Of punishment" Law
\ ronce's cOmposure" was that of lunatic
\ with no real or Just sense of the crime he con
tcmplatcd-of n lunatio insensibe from hi.
mental disorder alike to regret or fear. ii,
consequently had no plan or thought of es
cape. and no dread at any time either of the
mob or the law. But Guiteau exhibited not
the composure" of lunatic, not the inson
sibilty Of disordered brain, bat the brutal
\ indifference Of hardened ruiHan, fully aware
Of the character and consequences of his
crime. His cowardice was notorious. III,
dreaded the mob, and consequently had n plar
of escape, coolly and shrewdly projected II
anticipation of mob violence. Here Is Ger
tainly curious analogy
Again, these analoges" have 1t that "each
alike claimed to be a patriot acting for the
good of his country" Where and when die
Lawrence so claim2 Bah Lawrence mad,
no such claim. He declared when arrested
that " the president had killed his father
that his (the presdent's) influence was Sc
great that he had got every one TO persecutC
his father, so that he died poor" Again
when In prison, in reply TO the inquiries o
the physicians who examined him. Lawrence
declared, as he did before the court, and the
declaration expressed tho prevailing notion
in his mind of his personal grievances, that
jackson was the source Of all his troubles :
that "he Uawrcncel was king" that Jack
son had defrauded him of his crown and rove
nues," and that he therefore determined Il
remove" him-to destroy him. Verify, Q
most "curious analogy" and an equally
curious claim of patriOt-an attempted seiz
ure Of q crown by q lunatic.
Again, these "curious analogies" " have IL
that Lawrenoe's hope of protection was in
the national bank and its supporters, as that
..Fn n.sI Oh al
chieftain" Lawrence expressed no such hope
His grievances were partly against the bank
IL refused him his revenues. Indeed, Law
renee secuted the notion of protection as being
necessary. His hope, if protection was neccs.
sary, was in the pcople-in some great
party" who would support him in his right:
or claim 10 the crown. But Lawrence appre
hended no danger. He declared, even before
the court, that there was no power in this
country to try or punish him for his ofiense
He was king and above the law. Besides, II
any attempt was made to punish him it would
bo resisted " by all the powers of Europe"-
by all his brother soveroigns. Truly, another
"curious analogy"
Again, our Dorman's "curious analogies u
have IL that Lawrence declared his act
would make Clay, Webster, or Calhoun presi'
dent, as Guiteau declared his would make
Arthur PRESIDENT Lawrence made no such
declaration, nor Is there the slightest founda-
tion for the statement Lunatic as he was,
Lawrence knew that Vice President Van
Buren would succeed to the presidency IL
Jackson was removed" He even hoped
through Van Buren to obtain his rights-his
crown and rovenues-but declared that il
Van Buren,, in the event of Jaclsson's re-
moval" had adopted Jackson's injustice
and resisted his rights, he would
have also "removcd" him. Lawrence
was asked while in Jail by the physi.
clans who, in your opinion, in the senate
would make q good president" lie an.
swercd, "Mr. Clay, Mr.. Webster, Mr.. Cal
houn." lie was also asked, "Whut do you
think of Col, Benton, Mr.. Van Buren, OF
Judge White all democrats and friends OF
Jackson's lie replied, "He thought they
would do we'll" Again, that "ho thought
them highly talented" But in no place, at
no time, did Lawrence declare that Jackson's
death would make Clay or Webster or Cal
houn president.
Having thus, with the art of Beelzebub,
elaborated these curious analogies," or lying
fabrications, and to his entire satisfaction,
having further authoritatively settled this
proposition that "it was no ono man who
killed Abraham Lincoln but that I" it was
the spirit of treason and slavery, inspired
with despairing hate" and applauding this
"logic" as "strikingly applicable" to Gar
fields murder, our truthful Dorman Il. urges
Guteau was Just tho man through whom the
viudiCtve passions OF q fierce faction fight should
naturally tind their full expression. lie and oil
those like him could see thai single bullet might
seat of the leaders Of the hostile faction in the
presidential chair, and cause new deal Of Offices,
in which he and they might win prizes. .
Never before in our history had the spirit OF fac:
ton sprung from causes so ignOble, or manifested
passions so desperate and revolutionary. Never
before had vice president Arthur LEFT the side
Of his chief to become the subordinate of senator
In faction fight. only once before, aud then to
prepare for deeds OF blood, had senators aban.
dOned their posts Of duty 10 feed the tames OF
angry passions in the states. The frenzy aud the
spectacle might well have made desperate faI
stronger minds than that of Guiteau His reasons
as he gave Them are strange mixture of logic
and folly:" had no i'll will toward the president
His death was n political necessity. II
will unite the republican purity. was
with Grant and the rest of Our men in New York
during the canvass Lam n snlwnrt of the
sOlwars, aud Arthur is now presidents
Thus Dorman b. Eaton labors in the Prince
ton Repiew, with Beel2ebubs art and falsehood
to iasten upon what he calls the "stalwart
factions" " the responsibility of Carfelds mur.
der Thus he labors through lying "curious
analogies' this deliberate falsiiicatiOn of his.
tory and facts, while stigmatizing the most
brilliant and worthy of our patriotic dead
the most illustrious for eminent public SER
yices-to defame, and, ifpOssible, to destroy the
character of the illustriOus living--tO cOnric
President ArAtT Of mstigdiig assassination.
And what is the character of such per.
utable? What reckless partisan ever stopped
lower or was guilty Of meanor or more un.
principled practices in tho revenge and wild
rush for oflice?" Where indeed, will we find
u parallel either in execution or purpOsoi
And throughout the so-Called civil service re-
form agitation was characterized by just such
performances, by just such brazen statements
such lying fahrications, such wholesale and
reckless slandering of the living and the dead
Well, these vicious principles and methods, y
Eaton's or Beelzebub's art aud falsehood, have
gloriously triumphed. Victory! Eaton's is
the law Of the land, and Dorman b., with
rare consistency, with characteristic reform
delicacy, has by impOrtuning" the man
whose character he labored to assassinate
succeeded in grasping the much coveted
favors" of the government. The reform
slanderer is king-is the grand arbiter of the
"spoils"
And, strangely enough, the civil service
law fixes Dorman's official quarters in the
department Of the Interior Hence here
after in that highly favored department will
be associated the principal grand reforms OF
this enlightened ago "-sO-called "civil SER
vice "and so-called christian and moral "
reforms, headed, respectively, by Dorman B.
and the devout chieftain of tho-with "the
smile 50 childlike and bland that pious
Christian master of "t the heathern Chinee't
peculiar art" of "ways that are dark and
tricks that are vain THAT far reaching or
grasping, but pious genius of vast "spoils" ca.
paGity who, disgusted Mt being confined to one
place and one salary, maintains perpetual in
trigue and irrepressible conflict for two places
and IN increased salary All hail the auspi'
cious union Let mankind rejoice! The
melennium has bcgun JUSTICE.
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