The Russellville Democrat., 1881-11-24
NO. 43.


 l the Oneida community. l expressed my detesta | ton of Noyesism then. To-day John H. Moves | the founder of the Oneida community is an
 American fugitive on British soil Moves is n cold | blOoded scoundrel. He has debauched more l young women, broken up more reputable iami l lies, and caused more misery by his stinking l tanaticism and licentiousness than any man of | his age. Had Moves had his dues he would have
 been hung thirty years ago for crimes committed with his own flesh and blood, and it would have | been god-sand to great many decent people if | he had been. During my residence in the Oneida | community I, like most of the men in the con | eern, was practically shaker. Moves was the | only man who had full swing of the females of the concern, and he took them all in above 10 1 years. Mr. Scoville is
 DEVELOPING A THEoRyl or HEREDITARY | Insanity which may have an important bearing l in this case. Insanity runs in my family. My | father had two sisters and nephew and niece | in an insane asylum He himself was mono | maniac for twenty-five years in the Oneida com
 munity. He could sec no evil In the concern | and no good ont oft He thought Moves greater man than the Lord Jesus Christ. He was ration l al enough outside of the community idea. On | that he was lunatic He would get greatly ex- cited in discussing that and look and act like wild man. All this time he was good business man He was cashier of bank and attended to
 his duties promptly and faithfully. Itwas OWING TO HIS FAsArIcIsM AND INSANITY
 That I got into the Oneida community when boy. Once under Moves influence it was i'm greatest distress for six long and weary years. | l was in the community from 1860 to 1866, Since | then have known and cared nothing for tDem | One smith, whom knew then, has taken upon hiusef to write upon this case, and arn-ng other | silly and impertinent statements he says was in l the habit Of connecting my name with the words "premier Of England'' etc Those statements are false. Ny father was frequent visitor of the community, but never resided there. He wanted | Go go but my stepmother opposed 1t. I wish this Oneida community business to pass into obli vcon.
 MY Ex-wIFE
 Has been summoned by the prosecution. Our marriage was premature l only knew her ten Weeks, and we were married on ten hours no- tice. She was poor girl. She had been unfor- tunate. and had no business to have married her. We were married in 1889, separated in Is7S and divorced in 1874, without issue. l was prae- Using law then and we lived at hotels and board ing houses have known little about her since 1873. l understand that she married well four years ago. and is living in Colorado l have been strictly virtuous for six or seven years l claim to be & christian I,,I, and an gentleman have been ment patiently and quietly, knowing my win dioation would come Twice have been shot at and came near being shot dead, but the Lord has keptne harmless, like the Hebrew childrea in the fiery furnace. Not hair in my head has | been singed because the Lord, whom l served when sought to remove the President, has taken care of me.
 | have been kindly treated by the jail officials, and have no complaint save that my letters have l been intercepted going out and coming In, and l have been
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 And newspapers, which I consider illegal and | impertinent. Certain parties whom need not name have been greatly benefited financially by | my inspiration, and am going to ask .hem to | contribute 10 my defence l have no right or wish to ask my lawyers to- work for nothing: l There are hundreds of persons who are and will | be benefited financially by the new administra- | tion. They are all indebted to me for their | positions, from the President down. Iconfidenly appeal to them and to the public at large to send me money for my defence. The money can be | sent quietly by exprees-withholding the name | if you wish-to George Seoville Washington D. l c. twill be saoredly used for my defence. Ger
 tain politicians seem perfectly willing to fatten at the public crib s or or my Inspiration but they
 late Presidents removal, and want nothing to do
 with me. They say. am 'dastardly assassin" | The word assassin" grates on the mind, and yet
 some people delight in using 1t, Why am I an | assassin any more than man who shot another | during the war Thousands of brave boys on | both sides were shot dead during the war, but no one thinks of talking about an assassination. | Then 1t was a homicide-i e., man was killed | but in my case
 THE DOCTORS KILLED THE LATE PRESIDENT. So that there is not even homicide in this case | The President was simply shot and wounded by | an insane man. The man was insane in law, be- cause it was Gods act and not his There is not the first element of murder in this case. To con stitute the crime of murder, two elements must coexist, an actual homicide and malice-maiice in law or malice in fact. The law presumes maliee from the fact of the homicide. There is no homicide in this case. and therefore no malice in law. Malice in fact depends on the circum- stances attending the homicide. Admitting that the late President died from the shot, which I deny is a matter of fact, still the circumstances attending the shooting liquidate the presumption political grievances have been adjusted by war or by the ballot. Had Jefferson Davis and dozen or two of his cotraitors been shot dead in January, lS6l no doubt the late rebellion would never have been. am patriot to-day.
 I SUFFER IN BONDS AS A PATRIOT. Washington was patriot, Grant patriot Washington led the armies of the revolution through eight wears of bloody war to victory and glory. Grant led the armies of the Union to victory and glory, and today the nation is happy and prosperous They raised the old war cry. flag, and thousands of the choicest sons of the republic went forth to battle to victory or death Washington and Grant &y their yalour and sue cess in war won the admiration of mankind To-day suffer in bonds as a patriot because had the inspiration and nerve to unite great political party to the end that the nation may be saved another desOlatng war. I don't pretend 10 say that war was immediate, but do say em- phatically that the bitterness in the Republican party last spring was deepening and deepening hour by hour and that within two or three years or less the nation would have been in flame of ciyil war. In the presence, of death all hearts hushed, contention ceased. For weeks and weeks the heart ofthe nation centeren In the sick man at the White House. At last he went the way Of all flesh, and the nation was house Of mourning. To say have been
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 By nearly the entire American press, nay more, by nearly the entire American people, is true statement, but providence and time tighten all things, ana today ON the gradual change or public opinion, am Justified in passing with laudable contempt the continual venom of certain newspapers Let the newspapers change from "Guiteau, the aSsassin," to "Guteau, the patriot" l appeal 10 the stalwart and liberal pl ess of the nation for justice. l appeal to the Republican party, especially to the stalwaris, of whom am proud to be one for iu.tice. lappeal 10 the President of the United States for justice. I am the man that made him President. With out any inspiration he was political character, without power or importance. l was constantly with him in New York last fall during the can
 WE had ALL WE COULD DO
 To elect our ticket. Had Gen Hancock kept his mouth closed on the tariff, or had the Mercy letter been delayed week, Hancock certainly would have been elected. Then no man can tell l am more than glad that Gen. Arthur k prov ing himself n wise man in his new position, and l expect he will give the nation the finest admin islraiion 1t has eyer had l appeal to this hon orabe court for justice. am glad your honor is a gentleman Of broad views, christian sentiment and clear head. 1 count myself fortunate in deed that my case Is to be tried before SO able an careful iurist. l appeal to the district at- torney and his learned associate for justice beg they will go slow in prosecuting this case, that they do no injustice Go the Deity whose servant was when sought to remove the late president. At the last great day they and all men will stand in the presence Of the Deity cry ing for mercy and justice As they act here so will be their final abode hereafter Life Is an enigma. This is a strange world. Oiten men are mob crucihed the saviour of mankind, and Paul. His great apostle, went Go an ignominiOus death. Tais happened many centuries ago For eighteen centuries no man has exerted such tremendous influence on civilzaIion as the deSpised ealilean and his great apostle They did their work and leff thp rpau1t ,Vftb the Almighty Father This