Show ws t L A DASTARDLY DEED on oil thursday afternoon the transatlantic cable conveyed the shocking deking news to thiis country that a miscreant had fired a it shot nt at queen victoria the beloved and revered ruler over great britain our telegraphic columns have given ample particulars of the atrocious attempt which shocked the whole civilized world with one thrill of horror only relieved by the glad assurance that the miserable wretch had missed liia his illustrious aim aini the dispatches also tell us of I lie universal joy among the sisterhood of if jint nation ions that providence biad averted alio leaden sill on oil its fatal course and fruster frustrated 41 t C I the tile felony the fira to congratulate her ifer gracious majesty ty on oil her fortunate escape cs was wa tile great sister nation of tho the uzi united i ted states well might Inight this people reply spontaneously and almost simultaneously to the pang of pain that pierced english hearts at the tile first intelligence of the tile attempt t tile wounds are not yet healed which an in assassins too sue suc e bullet inflicted upon tile american nation and the political consequences of the death of pres ident garneld garfield appear to loom ominous clouds on oil the horizon in that great national bereavement the english people and its matron monarch extended to the united states as well as to tho the family of the stricken chieftain their warm the two great nations of anglo saxon blood forgot all former feuds and previous perplexities and merged all differences in ili one common sorrow hence the united States through the secretary of state and tho the minister at london could dono do no leys less than to express their sorrow at the attempt and their joy at I its ts failure fai luie but the same feelings are iiii undoubtedly doubt effly shared by every civilized people Where wherever the benign influences of civilization have e extended x bcd ca they arc tire pre eminently Engli english sli influences fluen ces to the anglo saxon race the tile world owes to the tile greatest part its improved condition irence whatever afflicts that little island land Is I on oil tile outskirts of europe is certain to awaken echoes from the snow crested walls oatlie of the himalaya IIi malaya and from the desolate cliffs of tierra del fuego there is no name the english in ili all countries and climates hold dearer than that of their motherly queen alexandrin AIex andrina a V victoria ictoria F for or halt lial a it century eho elio has filled the throne of elizabeth with ns as much glory to the nation and find less bloodshed to tho the people her wise rule and just administration may deserve the thanks of only her realm but her womanly virtues her purity and fidelity as a wife and her affections and tenderness as a mother have lon long since won her tho the esteem and admiration of the tile world under victorias victorious victo song of rule 11 tile britannia lias has echoed from mountain walls and forest wildernesses wilder nesses where it had never before vibrated the lion and the unicorn rii now floats over lands never beforce subdued tokuro to european aacen ascendancy dancy but while the limits of her power were thus extended the limits pf af her goodness were nvere not narrowed L as is too often the case with successful conquerors victorias reign will ever be resplendent in the history of the W world orld as one ot of the most glorious epochs of england but it is as a wife and a mother that victorias victoria s name is dearest to the millions to whom she the gave the noble and rare example of domestic duty and family affection under the purple dais and on the golden throne twice before havo have mahmens mad mens hands aimed at her destruction and c each tell time a cry of horror and loathing no r at the execrable attempt rose roc from the civilized world again humanity shudders in shamo at the fact that there could be found one being with the stamp of his maker so depraved so demoi demented ted so lost to every human impulse as to deliberately aim at a head hend which lias has so wisely guided the fate of a nation at a ever so fondly beaten for tho the people as well as for her family there can bo be nov no excuse there can be no extenuation of the tile dastardly deed the english people will not tol tolerate erato a repetition of the guiteau trial before im tin ell english liall court of justice what they want is justice swit and taud sure already the pica of insanity has been brought forward orward but as speedily set aside maclean will have to bear the full burden of responsibility mercy would be wasted on oil a would be assassin of their beloved queen for it may well bo be said that he lie who aims at the head of queen victoria aims at every hearth in ill england where womanly virtue wifely wifel y fidelity and motherly affection aul action are cherished |