Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . lic mind, at the thought that the tragical modeof dealing with the crowned heads of kingdoms andempires, had at last been tried—though fortunatelywith abortive result—upon the person of the
Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . lic mind, at the thought that the tragical modeof dealing with the crowned heads of kingdoms andempires, had at last been tried—though fortunatelywith abortive result—upon the person of the popu-larlj- elected ruler of a free republic ! On the afternoon of the day above-named, whilePresident Jackson was in the capitol, in attendanceon the funeral of the Hon. Warren E. Davis, ofTHE South CaroHna, Richard Lawrence, a painter, residing in , attempted to shoot him. This individual was seento enter the of the house of representatives during the delivery of the funeralsermon; before its close, however, he his stand on the easternportico, near one of the columns. The president, with the secretary of thetreasury on his left arm, on retiring from the rotunda to reach his carriage at thesteps of the portico, advanced towards the spot where Lawrence stood,—who had hispistol concealed under his coat, — and when he approached within two yards and. 338 OUR FIRST CENTURY.—1776-1876. a half of liiin, the assassin exteudud hisarm and leveled the pistol at the presi-dents hreast. The percussion cap ex-ploded with a noise so great, that severalwitnesses supposed the pistol had the instant, the assassin dropped thepistol from his right hand, and takinganother ready cocked from his left, pre-sented and snapped it at the president,who at the moment raised his cane andmade for the assailant with lion-likeenergy, and would have executed summaryvengeance; but Secretary Woodbury andLieutenant Gedney at the same instantlaid hold
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