Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-04-08
Friday, April 8. 1870.
AT HOME AND ABROAD.

AL aOM . AIN " ADNOAO.
Ex-President Roosevelt's outspoken
warning to the Nationalist in his
speech recently made before the Egyp-
tian University, created great sensa-
ton. 1t is reported that determined
efforts were made to dissuade him from
referring to the assassination of the
Premier, Boutros Pacha Ghali, and
the political situation, but Col. Roose-
welt delivered a scathing denunciation
of the assassin, and as strongly con-
demned those who would condone
such an act.
Such apprehension was felt at the
possible attitude Of the resentful Ma
tionalists party, and the authorities
exercised extraordinary vigilance and
prepared to take extreme measures if
any manifestation occurred against
him. Referring to the assassination of
Premier Boutros Pacha Ghali, Mr..
Roosevelt said:
GAIL good men, all men of every ma
ton whose respect is worth having,
were ineXpressibly shocked by the as
sassination of Boutros Pacha Ghali. 1t
was q greater calamity to Egypt than
a wrong to the individual himself
'srhe type of man that turns assassin
is the type possessing all the qualities
which ALLEVIATE him from good citizens;
he is the type producing poor soldiers
in time of war and worse citizens in
time of peace. Such man stands on
the pinnacle of evil and infamy. Those
apologizing for or condoning this act,
by word or deed, directly or indirectly,
encouraging such an act in advance or
defending it afterward, occupy the
same bad eminence. 1t is of no cOnSe
Quence whether the assassin is MOslem
or Christian, or with no creed, or
whether the crime was committed in
political strife or industrial warfare.
The rich mans hired act, performed by
poor man, whether committed with
the pretense of preserving or OF obtain
ing liberty, is equally abhorent in the
eyes of all decent men, and IN the long
run equally damaging to every cause
the assassin processes.
These are high ideals, lofty senti-
ments, and should be remembered and
profited by, by every citizen of every
country.
But some years ago there was bru-
tai and damnable assassination in this
country by persons of Mr.. Roosevelt's
own party, of political enemy. An
election of great interest had taken
place IN Kentucky. 1t had gone
against Mr.. Roosevelt's party follow
ers. They were in power, but were
dethroned by that result. Those in
high places, even to the dethroned
governor, entered into compact to
kill the successful candidate. The plot
was deeply laid, and men from the
mountains who were known to be
equal to the occasion were brought to
the capital of the State, and as the new
ly elected governor, VIM. Goebel, pass
ed through the State House grounds,
one of these hired assassins shot him
in the most brutal and cowardly fash
ion. So far we have never heard that
Mr.. Roosevelt denounced that assassi-
nation, certainly he has never done Sc
by any public utterance. He was in
high place then, his ideas of the sane
tity of human life ought to have been
as exalted then as now, his ideals OF
government ought to have caused him
to condemn this brutal, cowardly, vii
famous assassination al home as
strongly as he denounced that in an
eient Egypt, where he has no personal
interest, and nothing but academic
ideas of morality and good government
were his prompters. We shall be much
better pleased with the loftiness of Mr..
Roosevelt's sentiments, and more CIV
en- to believe he is not seeking applause
when we hear that he has condemned
assassination at home. If the Egyp-
tian students had known how quiet
he was on the Goebel assassination,
they would have had more cause to
boot him than they did.