Boston Bombing aftermath, any similarity to the Lincoln assassination aftermath?

[BettyO]

Quote:As an afterthought, and in all fairness, I do think that if Powell had been ordered by someone who he regarded as a legitimate authority figure, to blow up the White House, he would have done it, and he probably would not have stopped to think if any women and children were in it at the time. He himself said that his zeal (can't remember his exact words) would have carried him alot further than just attempting to assassinate Seward. He would have felt remorse afterward, as he did with the Seward assassination attempt, but that would not have helped the victims any.

I have to disagree. I think he was too honorable a person to consider such. I don't think he would have blown up the White House. He didn't stoop to shoot Lincoln when Booth chided him to do so on April 11. I simply think he would not have. He didn't have it in him.

I have also never heard of that quote regarding Powell's "zeal." Where did you get that reference from? Just curious.....I've researched his life for the past almost 40 years and have never come across that....