Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-23
Three Out of Nine Presi-
dents Assassinated---A
Dreadful Record
Shocking 1t is, 1t Need Not Utterly Discourage Those
Who Believe the Constant Bettemen of Humanity. Con-
dtions Have Much Worse.

OF these nine elected president of the United States,
three were Observation-Disclosures Garfield and Mckinley And
now Colonel Roosevelt presidency pres
dnt of the United States struck by the bullet of maniac
Nothing could shocking vile despcabe than these
by demented individuals upon engaged
the world S important work.
filed the country with horror and
dgnaton with the deepest sympathy for Colonel Roosevelt and
very great admiration for his courage and fortitude
Bad as conditions are however there comfort
that the horrors civilization bad they
been in years past
murder of kings and other rulers commonly chroni-
cled in the pages of history to attract little attention
popes revered for their sacred office vo-
lent deaths frequent
For centuries among those that ruled violent death
seemed almost "a natural death"
Conditions better and they will grow steadily better.
More education conditions of life diminish
lence which assassination based envy
blind hatred.
The wisdom of nature has given to primitive his
strongest instinct the instinct of selfpreservation
That instinct driving him to protect his life him
punishment and through the vicious prevented
doing harm o useful in this world
As life is made worth while the fear of losing life be-
greater and assassination and other violent become
less frequent
graded Asiatics instinct selfprs
ervaton is weak.
Among civilized people violent crimes become less
frequent
Increasing education and increasing comfort diminish vo
lence all
is stated, but without proof that much education of
the ignorant and lack of sufficient religious training the
of murderous attacks upon public
Education dmnshes crime: increases
And there ground for the suggestion that lack Of
giou education in the diminished respect for human
life
religious preacher atheist who assassinated
Henry the Fourth.
was man educated exclusively in religious school that
asassnated Mckinley.
And the who attempted to murder Colonel Roose
A strong tower is our God"
Ignorant minds halfstarved minds and unbalanced minds
lead to violence and assassination.
Education prosperity and Widespread justice are safeguards
of the individual as we'll as of the nation.
In spite of dcouraging exceptions safer than it ever
has been violence is constantly diminishing because every day
the people better educated and better fed
dreadful crime such as that attempted in the case Of Colo
mel Roosevelt is best dealt with by prompt punishment of the
criminal if by universal execraton of the Valuable
men have been lost by the nation by of and in
But such crimes actual the ma
ton Itself really threatening this republic This country
needs to fear fundamentally. intelligent able powerful and
constituencies citizens deed of insane or anarchist
criminal
The fact that country was admira
bly, made and herOcay made by Roosevelt he said to the
crowd speaking for than with bullet hole in his
breast:
Il am not worried about my injury There are more
important things talk about and satisfactorily
AS long OF such and foritude as Roose
welt possesses present in this country with the I'M
PoRIANT things criminal viciousy edious mind can
Jeopardize the nations welfare