The Daily Cincinnati Republican, And Commercial Register

CINCINNATI:
WEDNESDAY.........MARCH 5, 1834.

PRESIDENTIAL ASSASSINATION.

The Cincinnati Gazette, and its compeers amongst the Bank presses, seem to be hugely tickled at the anonymous letters threatening the life of the President.— They say that the whole matter is a plot of the President's friends. Besides the incident which we gave yesterday, as occurring within our knowledge, we know of several instances in which serious threats have been thrown out—all aimed at the life of Andrew Jackson. It is very true that there is not a man in the ranks of the opposition who has sufficient courage to perpetrate the crime; but there are plenty of them who would be glad to hear that it was consummated. We subjoin a letter from an oppositionist in Washington, published in the Richmond Compiler, a notorious Anti-Jackson paper, that clearly proves our surmises to be well founded. Let the writer "whet his knife!" —let him, if he have nerve enough, plunge it into the bosom of the President!—but it will be his last plunge! Millions of outraged Americans would start at the stroke, and hecatombs of assassins would be offered to the manes of Andrew Jackson.

There is no jesting in this. The writer of doggerels, or the Gazette, may show his wit and laugh himself into hysterics, but we know that if a hair of Andrew Jackson shall be injured—THERE WILL BE BLOOD!

Let his enemies look to it. Here follows the letter referred to, prefaced by the editorial remarks of the Compiler:

THE PUBLIC DISTRESS.

"The following letter from a gentleman in Washington, deserves the most serious attention. The breaking up of the Cabinet and the exasperated condition of public feeling, mark a fearful crisis in our affairs. This letter and the one from New-York are from sources that entitle them to the credit of every man."

Correspondence of the Compiler.
Washington, Feb. 16, 1834.

It is my sincere belief, sir, that we shall, in a short time, come to violence. My friends in the Northern cities tell me that, in their opinion, pistols will be flashed and dirks drawn in their streets, before the expiration of another month. It is well for the personal safety of the individuals composing the actual government, that they are in a small city, which is dependent on the government. In no commercial or independent city would they be safe for a moment. I see no relief from any quarter, —none present, none in prospect, none in expectancy.

There must be a bloody revolution. For one, though a cool and considerate man, I confess I am ready to whet my knife."