| Show SHALL CLEVELAND BE assassinated had grover cleveland occupied the plage place of mayor harrison when the assassins assassin a bullet ballet struck him bina the whole west oat would have rejoiced 21 this beautiful sentiment was wae quoted at the theater 0 thursday evelln eveking eve N BH as the utterance of a presumably honorable re aident of this city the thought sounds so ao familiar that none will doubt tor for a moment the genuineness of the rel report port we have seen or board it in some form or another so often and under such a variety of conditions that ha ba i it not been so utterly internal infernal it its later repetitions might have passed unheeded we W believe the thought originated igina ted in a blatherskite weekly issued in a country district dietrict of colorado at least that was our oar first sk acquaintance with witta it our last was the one already mentioned it will always be a matter of wonderment how such a diabolical thought could be entertained for an instant by a person of experience and education leaving conscience entirely out of the question without waiting to dif discuss the infamous cowardice of such as a method of accomplishing ones purposes common sense seme alone ought to suggest to the blustering knaves to whom this cutthroat cut throat notion has bad a pleasant sound found that assassination to Is not a practicable attachment to a peoples government the aprin rin ciple to Is not a new one by any means not only savagery but civilization is well wall acqua acquainted with this method of roling the be state and according to the best advises advice ad vices the cements experiments ments in that line have been ut utter te ree so 80 emphatically no go that the ages so BO far as history can decide have united in pronouncing the assassin in whatever capacity you may use him a common enemy to the race let it be understood that the whole of the west would rejoice to have president cleveland assassinated and there would be no difficulty in finding a 1 practiced hand band for the job in the ader stratum of society there IP always a willing candidate foi that sort eort of employment loy ment it if it were not so eo there would be very slight alight need of a president or a congress it la is this grovel ing idea of brute force lurking in the heart beans of men which makes governments necessary civilization through a common necessity has instituted jails jaila and gibbets to take care of such people and we are disposed to think that honest men woula be better satisfied with themselves if this principle of self protection were extended with greater alacrity to the pusillanimous element that stands afar off and points the victim while the more ignorant cutthroat cut throat uses the knife it if there is any difference in the true relations of the two elements to society we should say the finger post assassins are the more dangerous of the two there seems to belittle be little occasion to illustrate extensively a proposition so BO unmistakably infamous as the one in question but there are evidently a few irresolute minds in this neighborhood who as the world generally moves would swoon at the thought of murder ipar anybody by deed or thought but who have permitted their convictions on the silver question to work too thoroughly thor upon their feelings they would be shocked at the aund sound of their own voice calling alou j for the murder of the preside t of the united slated but will listen with patience it if not noa secret pleasure to the raillery of a garrulous buffoon whose imaginations if ie could realize the fact are as deeply saturated with the spirit of assassination as was the slayer of abraham lincoln for the benefit of such a portion person as well as that 0 of his bis audience lot let us take the case which his covert advocate and carre it to its natural and consist wit out ending if it is in proper for or him to anticipate and condone the assassination of president Ole cleveland for the constitutional exercise of his opinions on the silver queNt question IOD it would be perfectly proper for him or some lees cowardly villain to do the deed r an act which be Is performing Der forming with his bis aej if it to is proper to kill cleveland tor for the exercise of these opinions why is it not proper to administer the same name condign punishment upon the heads beads of others who do like whit winic there Ther earea are a num number berof of citizens in bait lake for ID stance whose honor and integrity have bave never been questioned and whose judgment education aad experience have made them the pillars of society on all other questions touching the welfare of mankind kainass but bat who declare wit wilbut but reserve that it if grover cleveland would f sign a free silver coinage bill he be to is not fit to be president according to the logic ionic of the lood bongers mongers who have suddenly pru 09 up among us though happily net any great number it would be a proper auk act for some patriotic and zealous thug to prowl into their offices during some extraordinary wave of silver excitement and plunge a knife into their backs without mentioning any nam a 9 we may say there are as enthusiastic advocates of free silver coinage in this thie city anther ai there eare are anywhere the most i tell igent of them have constant access to certain newspaper columns W we e would like to bearn whether they think the above course would be a proper performance perform anoe we trust the answer in the negative will be so clear and emphatic that we shall hall not hear bear any more of this cant about assassination from men who make it the endeavor deavor of their liveston lives to pretend high zeal on financial questions |
