St. Mary's gazette., 1865-04-27

From hr 'AiA:>!"p!t. E,q~;rer
LETTER OF J. WILKES BOOTH
The follo~ing verbatim cofy .! i letter.
:iu writing. Which is he Handwriting Of
John Wilkes Booth. The mar'ierer Of Pres
:idcnt Lincoln. h,- b-en furnished us br
ethe Hon WIN. hiiil~ard. United States
sNarshal Of the Eastern Ditfict -P:nn-
s.ylvsnis I; was HANDED ovef ~ that Of
fcer b7 John s Clarke. who is a brother.
lin -av of Mr. Booth. The history CON
ne ectcd wi'his ia somewhat peeaii:.. ln
November. 1864, ;hc paper Was. deposited
with Mr.. Uavke b. Booth, in seshd en-
velope. "for ssf. keeping" Mr.. Clark
bring Yuorant Of the comforts In Jsnu-
Eary last Booth called at Mr.. Clarke; h,uae,
aask-d Tor the package an,i it Was giveR uy
sto him. |, is now supposed that at that
tim" kc took GU. the pa Der and added his
..s'rry.nt~, which arprnrs to- bc in differ
'ent a .ro,u that usrd in the tody Of the
.''''"-, sn:: also from toe .aagasge employ
led "nuM pot have be' PM 70 It originally.
A"srs:rls re ,e,nrrrd tn~ parkSg' to Mr.
IClark~ again Or >af. k"rpiaz> s"sl"d nnd
'hesrir.g the scF~rscririi.u y. Wilks.
,Bocth.". !. ;,
The enclcsur, va, preserved hy the fam
ily without srspirion Of is nature. A::er
tho ft!icting irf'ras,ion Of sse sssrssins-
;i,.n ofthe presiirus, which esme upon. the
faulty of MIR. Clarke with. crushing f"rce.
j, vas eop,id.red prcpr, 10 ep,n she cL :
:. Iowa Th.v, v.,S 80, - :. ,ba f,lo,r
lag pa per. With some seven-,hriy Unit. d
States bonds. and cHr'i6cat's Of shares in
oil companies. Mr.. Clarke promptly
handed over r!s paper to Marshal Mill 4
ward. in who's, cus:ody n,u,s. remains =
From perasal Of ,hs. paper, il. seems to
have been prepared by Ro ,sh.as.s vindi !
cation Of some desperate srs which be had
in contemplation and from the langusgc
used il is probable that IL vas plo; D.,
nhiac. :hs President and carry his. of 70
Virginia. I',his Was nrdi,s:ed j! failed
and from making prisoner Ct 10. Pfcsi-
dent 20 his xsss>sinxtiop was an eaty step
70 rnso Il perverted prineip'~ It also
appears that Bo",h Mas one Of. the party
who WAS Engaged in :he capture and exc |
!cution of John brown. Of Ossawa,,omie. ;.
a, which time be doubtless imhibed from
Wise and his a.socis, lea those detestahlo
s~h'inents Of cruelty which h.ys eulmiua.
ted IN an infamous crime Tie letter IS
los !oil1As:
~ Dear Sr--inn may use this az
you think beet. Bat ~ so,nr may wish TO
know Hhea. who aud why. and as ] know
mo, ho,o to direct, L give ii {in tho words
|of your mastery 49,:
l.. To ,chons i. may concern ;"
Right OF wrong God judge me. not
man. P"r be my motive good or bad, Of
oLe thing am sure. The tasting ciDiem
|r cation OF The Ncrih:'
I love peace more than life. Hsve loved
|,he Uninn beyona oppression. For four
'ye ears have waited. haped aa:: prayed
|for the dark cloa5s to break. and for I.
restoration Of our former Sunshine. To
wait losser s.ouA be & .esilns AN hope
for pesee - dead M y prayers have proved
Jas idle as my hopes; Gods wilt 'be done
Il 70 70 zee AID share The bi,,st eud.. :.
ueVT cNCt tscto IiE CtVtO WG!c ftSVt
The very nomination of Abrahsp, Lincoln :,
four years ago. spoke plsipl,.: w.r-war
upon Sos.h-rn rights sud .ipsti,aiiopr--l
His as.i"ns proved il. "Awsm an Overt
se, Yps. ,nn 'ycs are bound and pluu
dered. What folly: The South *ss wise
Who thinks ofsrgdsent Of patience 1ben
|, be finger cfthe enemy presses on the trig-
gerH In . forsis. psr l., toa, could say.
+ country right or vro' g". But: in q
struggle eee,A a& es,s (~hers the brother
,riys - yk .ee tho tro.ber's hearty, for
E4,.'s s.sc. cheese the right When q
cJa.:.y ike this spurns jaaics from herI
,;js he io,fsits sbs .h,siatcs Of every,
h"ae.s irsen al. AID should Lave BIN. uu-;
,ranmcl!ei by sry f-ai'y soeser, TO act as
bis eoosctence may approve.
People OF The No,sn. to bate tyranny :;
TO love liberty ard justice, TO s'rkc al,
wrong AID oppression. ~ss the 'ssching &
Of our fathers The study Of our esriy
history will rot lei nc forget it, and may
i, never.
This country was formed for the white.
no, the black man. And booking upon'
Atriean sasery irous the same s'ssa pint,
bei3 By. the noble franers OF our Coos:i,u
sion, fer Que, have ever considered i