Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-23

field, Grant and Lincoln
OF these president of the United States,
Observation-Disclosures Garfield and Mckinley. And
now Colonel Roosevelt candidate for the presidency, pres
ident by the bullet of maniac
Nothing could be more shocking vile depcabe than
by vicious denented individuals upon engaged in
the worlds important work
The latest outrage filed country with horror and in
dgnaon with the deepest sympathy for Colonel Roosevelt and
very great admiration for his and foritude.
Bad as conditions are however there comfort
that the horrors of civilization they
been n years past.
of kings and other rulers commonly chroni
the pages of history attract little attention
Even among the popes revered office
lent deaths frequent
centuries among those that ruled violent death
seemed almost "a natural death
Conditions and they will steadily better.
More education conditions of life diminish
lence its worst FORM which assassination based
blind hatred
The wisdom of nature has given primitive his
strongest instinct the instinct of self-preservaon.
That instinct driving him to protect his life him
punishment and through fear the vicious prevented
doing harm o useful in this world.
AS life is made worth while the fear of losing life be-
greater violent crimes become
less frequent
Among and desperate half starved and de
graded Asiatics murder is and the instinct of epes
ervation is weak
Among civilized people violent less
frequent
Increasing education and increasing comfort diminish VIC
hence and all crime
stated but without proof that too much education of
ignorant sufficient religious training the cause
o. murderous upon public men
Education diminishes crime; increases it.
And there ground for the suggestion lack
hgious education school diminished respect
1t religious preacher atheist assassnated
Henry the Fourth
educated exclusively religious that
assassnated Mckinley.
And man now attempted to murder Colonel Roose-
includes the writing of his maginngs the religious
utterance:
"A strong tower is our God"
Ignorant minds halfsarved minds and unbalanced minds
lead to violence and assassination.
Education prosperity and widespread justice safeguards
of the individual as well as of the nation.
In spite of dcouragng exceptions life ever
has BEEN violence is constantly diminishing because every day
the people better educated and better fed
dreadful attempted in the case of Colo
mel Roosevelt is best dealt with by prompt punishment the
criminal if by universal execraton of crime Valuable
have been lost by the nation by crimes of vicious
sane men, But such crimes not actual the
ton itself, really threatening this republic country
needs to fear fundamentally intelligent able powerful and
constituencies citizens any insane or anarchist
criminal
The great fact that interests the country was admra
bly, made and herocay made by he said to the
crowd speaking for than bullet hole in his
breast:
Il am not worried about my injury There are more
important things talk about satisfactorily
AS long Of such courage and fortiude as Roose
welt present country TO deal with fine I'M
oRlANI things no criminal viciouy seditous can
Jeopardize the nations welfare