The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-10-29
PrcsI eht, and Rangmen.

Throughout cont men al Europe State
executioners are loathel by the people.
Their calling dooms them to a life Of
isolation. Men 7 $ them with averted
eyes. women SHRINK from them. Little
children are frightened by tho mention
of their names. In En-. land, Calcraft
was Stunned by the highest as we'll aa
the lowest of the Nation. He was forced
to live in obscurity. In all lauNssxecu-
TONERS are loathed. The mention Of
their names is sufficient to draw forth
curses from the ignorant. Thoy are
seldom spoken of by educated people.
They are looked upon as social lepers,
whose degraded calling excludes them
from all society, They hide their iden.
tity under assumed names in the vii.
lagos they dishonor by their homes
They conceal themselves from observa
ton, fearing that all men know theil
calling. They are haunted by the
ghastly specters OF their victims, and
are driven to drinking heavily to blunt
their sensibilities. s.jr '.l.rt
/ can understand the killing of men
in hot blood under suddenprovocation.
Il is necessary that some men should
be killed, and the slayer is justified by
man and nature in his act. The hang.
ing of stock thieves and the ruthless
killing OF robbers in Western mining
camps I highly approve of us I do oi
the killing Of men who assault
women. All these wretches are slain
in hot blood by an outraged com
munity. But that man, claiming to
be a gentleman, should abandon 6
reputable profession, and, tempted by
high pay, deliberately adopt the calling
of a hangman, is beyond my compre.
hension. II Grover Cleveland had
been man of dclicacy or imagination,
he would have resigned the Shrievally
of Erie County rather than choke two
men to death. He sho,!d have sacri.
feed his office and resumed his pos =
tion at the bar, and striven to save life
instead of taking it.
As / look into the future, in the dc.
plorable event of Grover Cleveland Z
election, / see Congressman and the
members Of the diplomatic corps care.
fully CLOWN their hands before attend.
ing State reception. After they ave
left the hangman's home see lhem
carefully remove the glove that has
been contaminated by the palm o. IN
executioncr, and with the gloved left
hand throw Il into n sewer ~ n CON
yeninnt cessp9o' md can her {
entire diplomatic corps cc'o the word,
OF n member of the British Iegation'
at is beastly country, vou know; d
barbarous people, devoid OF gentleman.
ly instincts, you know. or they would
not have elected a han@man TO the.l
highest Office, you know" And Il,
much as we hate the English race, and
love to oppose all they ay or do, we
would 10. obliged to acknowledge the
justice OF their sneer.
II an eX.hangman shall occupy the
chair that has been filled with honor by
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Adams,
Jackson and Lincoln, it will be Ma.
tional disgrace, and one that all Ameri
can gentlemen should be ashamed Of
The idea o. turning the bedrooms o
the White House into exhibition halls II
which Grover Cleveland can nightly un
wind tho ghastly panorama he carries
with him, and regale his eyes with Wis
ions of the death struggles and convul
sive throes Of his hooded victims, is al
offensive one TO Democratic voters.
We have had Presidents who begun
life on Mississippi River flatboats who
sat cross-legged on 4 tailor's bench, anC
who drove mules on canal towpath
but they assiduously stroye to rise il
life, and to occupy positions in reputa
BILE professions. 1t remained for tn,
Southern Democrats, who strenuousl,
insist that they are high-toned gentle
men all, to force on to the Democratic
party as its Presidential candidate this
sordid person, who, having secured ,
position in the ranks Of learned anC
honorable profession, descended intC
the ranks OF headsmen and hangmen. -
Frank INikeSon. in N. y. SaG