Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-14

papers, Wnlcn consider illegal and fmpertnent.
Certain parties whom need not name have been
greatly benefited financially by my inspiration
and am going to ask them to contribute to my
defence. / have no right or wish to ask my law
yers to work for nothing. There are hundreds OF
persons who are and will be benefited financially
by the new administration. They are all indebted
confidently appeal to them and to the public at
large TO send me money for my defence. The
money h can pc n sent 9Hiet BY express
tngton, d. C. 1t will be sacredly used for my
defence Certain politicians seem perfectly will
Ing 10 fatten at the public crib on my inspiration
but they pretend to be horrled out OF their senses
by the late Presidents removal, and want nothing
TO DO with me- They say am ga dastardly
THE WORD ASSASSIN" CRATES ON THE MIND
and yet some people delight in using it. Why am
L an assassin any more than man who shot an
other 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.
There was homictde,t.e. man was killed. But In
my case the doctors killed the late President and
not me so that there is not even homicide in this
case The President was simply shot and wound
ca py an insane man. The man was insane in law,
because IL was GODS act and not his. There is not
the irSt element Oh murder in this case. To con-
Stltute the crime OF murder two elements must CO.
SA e, ISL i. an aetuai homicide Malice. Malice
IN law or malice In fact The law presuines malice
from the fact OF the homicide There is no homi-
eide In this case and therefore no malice in law.
Malice In fact depends on the circumstances at
tending the homicide. Admitting that the late
President died from the shot, which I deny as !
matter OF fact, still the circumstances aItendin,g
Che shooting hquidate the presumption OF malice
either In law or in fact
Heretofore political grievances have been adj
1uSted by war or the ballot. Had Jefferson Davis
and dozen or two OF his cO-traitoro been shot
dead In January. 1861, no doubt our late rebellion
never would have been.
I AN A PATRIOT.
To-day suffer In bonds as patriot Washington
was patriot, Grant Was patriot Washington
led the armies OF the revolution through eight
years of bloody war to victory and glory. Grant
led the armies Of the Union to victory and glory
and to-day the nation Is happy and prosperous
They raised the old war cry, orally round the flag
choicest sons OF the republic went forth to battle
TO victory or death. Washington and Grant by
their valor and success in War won the admiration
OF mankind. To-day suffer in bonds as patriot,
because l had the inspiration and nerve to unite
a great political party to the end that
do not pretend war was Immediate, but do say
emphatcally, that the bitterness ia the republican
party last spring was deepening md deepening
or less the nation would have been in a civil war.
In the presence OF death all hearts were hushed;
heart and brain OF the nation centered on 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 misunderstood and
viilifed by nearly the entire American press nay,
more by nearly the entire American people is
true statement But Providence and time rightens
all things and to-day, by the gradual change Of
public opinion am justified in passing with laud-
able contempt the continual venom OF certain
newspapers. Let the newspapers change from
'Gu1teau the assassin" to "Gulteau the patriot"
AN APPEAL TO THE sTALwARTs.
appeal to the stalwat and liberal press OF the
nation for justice. 1appeal to the republican party,
especially the stalwarts of whom am prs I'D to be
one, for Justice l appeal to the President OF the
United States for justice. am the man that made
him President Without my inspiration be was
political CIPHER. without power or importance
was constantly with him in New York last fall,
durLl9 the canvass, and he and the rest OF our
men knew that we had all We could do to elect our
Ticket Had Hancock kept his mouth closed
On the tariff, or had the Morey letter been delayed
q week Hancock certainly would have been
elected. Then no man could tell what might have
happened to the republic. am more than glad
that Gen. Arthur is proving himself wise man in
MS new position, and l expect he will give the
nation the finest administration it has ever had.
Iappeal to this honorable court for justice. am
glad your honor is a gentleman OF broad views,
Christian sentiment and clear head. count my
self fortunate, indeed, that my is to be tried
before SO able and Careful 1urist appeal to the
district stde attorney S y,a and learned associates for
case: that they do no injustice to the Deity,
whose servant l was when / sought to remove
the late President At the last great day
they and ali men Will stand in the presence OF the
here. so will be their final abode hereafter. Life is
an enigma This is strange world. Often men
are governed by passion and not by reason. The
MOB crucified the Say Jour OF mankind, and Paul,
This happened many centGrie7 ~-U For eighteen
centuries no man has eXertec S.ch a tremendous
influence on the civilization the deSgised
callilean and his graf Apostle They did their
work and LETT the res,t with the Almighty Father.
rms speech was written in a cramped position In
my cell