The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-12-04
Presidential Fears.

tacle presented to us; 1t is the fact OF
an American president refusing to at
tend the funeral obsequies of the sec
ond officer of the government be-
cause ofthe fear that an accident
would leave this great government of
the people without head. The rate
OF mortality of railroad travellers Is a
wonderously small one. Perhaps not
more than one man in million of all
the hosts who travel by rail, is
killed. We do not know what the
rate is. We only know that II is Won
derfully small, perhaps less than the
above jocularly made comparison.
But we do know that 1t is so small, as
TO appear childish and weak, and
stands as slam at the railroads. But
it is suggested that there are men
who would shoot the president down
like dog, when they know that his
one solitary life iutervenes between
lawlessness and order, between peace
aud war, between security and an
archy. We don't believe single
word of 1t. This land has produced
but two regicides. The OF Q was a
crazed actor and the other crazed
office seeker. The grave has closed
over both and there walks
not on the soil of Amer
lea to-day another TO
put the country to hazard by the
murder of the president. But we are
of those who believe that not even
Mr.. Cleveland's death could produce
disorder Of the kind feared. The
mode of succession seems clear
enough, aud we know of no man in
all this broad land who would wish,
or who could be induced to succeed
by any but lawful means. Morton is
dead. The returning board and cleo
toral commission are both dead, and
Hayes, from living political stand
point, is as dead rs either. What
then, have we to fear?
We have this: There is far more
danger in the example of unwhole
some fear expressed by the wrong
headed advisers of the president, in
Withholding him from the post OF
duty at the vice-presidcnts bier.
side, on the score of danger to his
person, than in all aud singular the
influences at work to secure the pres.
ideDey b. any sort of means. Conf.
dence in both the wisdom and securi
ty of the laws Is stabbed. Confidence
In the stability of the institutions o.
the land and the permanency of gov
ernment is wrecked. The emperor o.
Russia might refuse to attend the OBJ
! sequiss of his premier aud the world
would esteem 1t matter o.
wise precaution; or 1t would
have done so a few years since
But the ruler of fifty millions of FIRE,
citizens, chosen by their unbough
and un-coerced votes, ought not tC
fear to meet them all, or any of them
within the year upon which this grear
popular selection was made. Ii W,
have population which cannot b,
trusted with the life of the president
1t cannot be entrusted with the power
to select him. The suffrage IL wrong
Everything is at skies and sevens IL
our republican governmental system
if the president has no more persona
Freedom than has his badgered males
ty Of Russia.
| We don't like to admit that the
people of the United States are muir.
4 derers, or that they build railroad,
which make ride from Washington
to Indianapolis SO dangerous that i,
is certain death to risk it. Take II
either way, it is undoubtedly void Of
compliment to the American people
When are we to have the presiden.
tial life-guards organized, aud who
will be eligible to serve in this "corps
de elitep II seems that we are get.
ting rid OF our republIcsnism about
as rapidly as we ever acquired ii.
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