The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1901-09-20

y" -'tfoN ana IN
h"iniiiaiion-ia sorrow because it's
chief executive. iis official head. j.
Ts-s.ng through the valley Of the
shadow 80 desth-in humiliation be-
cau-e the president of our republic
hss fslisi tie victim To- the cruel and
c"~ardiy methods employed in non
archiss where helpless and hopeless
subjects sometimes meet arbitrary
po~er with violence.
in morals and i'm the CONTEMPLATION
- la~ all lives are of equal value
All arr prieele~s-but when seventy
ave millions 81 people select one Of
ueir bumber and invest hIm with the
suthority which attaches to the pres
idency he becomes their representa-.
tive aud blow aimed at him il re-
sentsd A. an attack upon all.
Beneath the partisADship Of the in
diSidual lice the patriotism of the
citizen, sometimes dormant, IL il
true, nat always active I'm hours
90 peril or misfortune. While
the presidents life hang- IN the bal
ance there sre mo- party lines. The
gri.f 81 personal friends and close
politioal Associates may be more poig-
nsnt tut their sympathy j. not more
siurtrr fhsn that extended by politi-
II Ia.
family aud his pLy-icisns are adj
mitis-d o. his room. all MS country
men are at his bedside In thought aud
-eutiusnt aud their prayers ascend
fsr his recovery. IL MAS characters
10 &C his ihoughtfulness that, even
amid the excitement following tine
assault. he cautioned his companions
not o. exaggerste his condition to his
invalid wife.
The fastest dispatches give crafty
Ing news of his improvement, but
there j. still deep sOlicitude lest un-
favorable symptoms may yet appear.
Aud the humiliation, Are our pub
ic servants those who are chosen by
the people aud who exercise for a
limited time the authority bestowed
- the people-are these e. 1--WE in
constant fear of assassination? l.
there o. he no difference between our
constitutional government and those
ds~Putic governments which rest, not
upon the consent 81 the governed,
hut upon hrute force
There j. no place Tor anarchy i'm the
United state: there J. no room here
for tho-e sho commit. counsel or con-
done murder, no matter what poliii-
cal excuse may he urged In its defense.
The liBs- between peaceful agitation
aud violence J. clear and distinct. We
have frsedom 20 speech and freedom
e the press in this country, and they
are e~-sntial o. the maintenance of
eur liberties. ~ any one desires 10
critici-e the methods of government
&c the conduct of an official, he has 3
perfect right to do 80. but his appeal
must 90 90 the intelligence and pat
rioti-m of he fellow citizens, not To
force. Let ~ one imagine that he
can improve social aud political COR
duion. by the shedding ot blood.
PRE- governments may he over-
thrs~u, hut they cannot be reformed
hy tho.e who violate the command
m.nt. 'Thou shalt not kin Under
. esvernment like our every wrong
can g. remedied hy laws and the laws
arr en- the hsses of the l-eople them
.elve~
Anarchy eau neither he excused
nor Tolerated here. The man who
propa~-- 60 right y public wrong 10y
taking the life II hunan being
make- him-elf an outlaw aud cannot
s-sB--tently appeal Co the protection
&C the government which he repu-
diste-. he invites q return To state
- esrt..ri-m, in which esch one must,
NJ M e~n risk, defend his Own rights
and sseng. hi- own wrongs.
rhe punishment administered To
the warsi-he assassin and Co HE con-
-tar.tor~- ~ ne has any, should he
ssch .. O. ~arn sa inclined o. anarchy
that white this V an asylum 60 those
~ho hove liberty, it l. an ihhospitable
y.lare for tho-e who raise their hands
against al form- of governmeGt.-W.
\ Brysn in The Conlmoner.