The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-19
THE TIMES DIsPATv1. RICHMOND VA FR1DAY, AUGUST 49, l91o

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TO all petitioners. This was his
reply 10 the Alexandria man No. sir;
I cnnnotad that. i want no man to
stand between mo and my assailants.
and mono to take revenge on my &C.
count Had been prepared for this
tcowardly Villains approach, can as.
sure YOU all that he would never have
have tile tcmerity to undertake such
u thing ngnin."
Randolph forthwith, issued state.
Bncnts to the newspapers. declaring
that he had received WRONGS" at the
hands of the Government. "The oppo-.
sition papers, though condemning the
Outrage. did not tall to remind tho
President OF certain passages in his
own life and conversation which sane
toned resort to violence - Ran
dolph was never prosecuted. His
friends said that his purpose was only
to pull the Presidents nose-and the5
insisted that he had done II.
Buell., intshis History Of Andrew
Jackson" thus comments upon this Mt
tack: Jackson suspected that Ran
dolph, II not directly instigated, had
been unduly wrought upon by Calhoun,
who was his. friend, and who had tried
to get him reinstated in tho navy
from which he had been dismissed
This seems to have been a suspicion
unfounded In fact.
or course, the details in which this
incident compares with the Gay
nor assault are few and small. In
lboth cases. the assailant was n former
office holder, who thought that he had
suffered wrong" at the hands Of the
supreme executive authority under
whom he had served To both Jackson
and Gaynpr. their assailants were per-
sonally unknown. Both attempts were
made on shipboard. and we may well
Imagine that the captain OF Jacksons
boat was n physical counterpart OF
Big Bill" Edwards. who SO effective
i ~ handled Gallagher right after the
Gaynor assault. We might add that
both OF the assaulted officials were
y T r TlH5 {" v L
hardy and staunch Democrats.
In one case. there was simply al
] intent to insult, while in the other
the purpose was to take life. Jackson
4 was practically unhurt while Mayor
Gaynor was seriously injured, Othe
i similarities and dissimilarities nigh
Z be drawn.
II So far as we know. this assault OF
Jackson was the first personal tndig
nifty ever offered to President OF TN
!, United States and perhaps the frs
given to any public official in tn
country.
/. A few years later an actual attemp
. at assassination Of Jackson was mad
by n lunatic named Lawrence. who a
eight feet from the President levele
, a pistol ut his breast and pulled tn
= trigger. The cap exploded with lou
) report without discharging the pisto
. The man dropped the pistol upon III
pavement and raised another on
which he had held in his left han
under his cloak. That missed fire ais
: Lawrence was knocked down an
seized by Lieutenant Geuney, OF IN
: navy, and was put tntan insane asS
= lum. This occurred at the funeral OF
n member OF Congress from South Cal
II DINA, the President having crosse
!, the great rotunda of tho Capitol an
r being ready to step out on the porto
. He was in the funeral procession
u the time
8. In this last case. the assassin ";
% out OF employment and charged a
i his past difficulties to the Presider
: How far from reason and logic do a
Is sassins dwell.