The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-09-14
rRE ArrENprEp ASSASSINATION.

shocked lhsJ rtiuaS ostuoy Ae'S oo'S
been since the assassination Of James
A. Garfield when the news was flashed
over the wires from Buffalo. New York,
that q ~red.handed anarchist, without
love Of God or fear Of the devil, had
fred two leadeu missiles into the body
Of William Mckinley and that death in
all probability would result. In that
day of national calamity pronounced
grief swayed the feelings of men with
out regard to political utilization and
hearts beat in sympathetic unison from
the lakes to the gulf and from ocean to
ocean for the stricken chief. In q few
remote cases men gave expression to
utterances connecting the cowardly
assault with partisan politics, but let
the curtain be rung down shutting OF
from the view Of a decent, self-respect-
ing people the personality of men SO
depraved and prostituted q $ 10 allow
their political feelings to so sway them.
The expression of such sentiment
should cause the blush of shame TO
drffuse the cheek Of him who gives it
utterance.
The assault came most unexpectedly
while the president was holding a
public reception in one of the EXPOSE
ton buildings. At nj moment an hon-
ored chief of a great people enjoying the
fullest measure of health-at another q
stricken man on the operating table
under the knife of modern surgery
cutting to remove the bullets Of the
intended assassin and save to the
country that endeared life to the
American people that seemed so surely
ebbing away. How frail is humanity
and how surely true that death is nc
respecter OF persons.
1t is unnecessary here to discuss a
length the supposed motive tina
prompted a blood-thirsty villain Il
do such devilish work. Enough
TO say that he belongs to that school o
thinkers In this country who believe il
the divine right to remove those VIII
are seemingly in the way Of carrying
out their lawless designs. In othe
words he is an anarchist and declare
that he Is proud of the distinction
Circumstances point to the conclusio
that the mar was chosen by lot t
assassinate the president, which mean
that the entire breed Of his kind shout
be forced from our shores or put to th
stake.
But as TO president Mckinley
Wherein lies any logical reason ic
striking him DOWN. Surely q mar
lovable disposition and unquestione
integrity, the American people hay
come to respect and love him for b
pronounced worth. Not even Il
political gulf that divides the parti
has been sufficient 10 ALLEVIATE fro
Mckinley the very strongest frien'
ship of those who disagree wi
HIM on matters Of public impo
and now in his hour Of great trout
the hearts Of all 60 out to him WI
one accord. And in this is the beau
OF American citizenship exemplife
We assume under our constitution th
each and every man has the right
think for himself, hence a diversity
political opinion has no tendency
estrange, socially. and from a stan
point Of ~brotherly love, one from anol
or, the people who form the bulws
of this government. We stand
what we believe to be the right,
when the majority has spoken at
polls the president from one st;
becomes the respected and homo
president Of all the states and Amerit
manhood accentuates itself as
immovable rock upon which that hi
official can safely anchor as one "
must be respected Of all nations
chief Of the greatest nation Of PEG
the world has ever known-a nat
OF characteristic oneness when
honor is at stake-a liberty low
God-fearing people who love hone
and uprightness and hate with
venom of the most poisonous thing
Gods creation the ways Of the m
derer and the assassin.
In mourning the assault made al