Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-14
GUITEAU.S APPEAL FOR JUSTICE.
A Singular OcOmcnt.

Guiteau had In his pocket this morning the
| manuscript OF an elaborate address which he had
prepared TO deliver when the court opened. He,
however, was checked in his frequent attempts 10
speak. The following is the text OF the address:
II the court please, desire to address your honor
| at the threshold OF this case. / am In the pres
ence OF this honorable court charged with small
| clously and wickedly numbering one James A.
Garfield" Nothing can be more absurd because.
Gen. Garfield died from malpractice. The syllo-
g1sm TO prove 1t is th!s:Three weeks after he was
| shot his physicians held careful examination.
and officially decided he would recover Two
months after this Official announcement he died
Therefore, according to his own physicians he was
! not fatally shot The doctors who mistreated
MIN ought to bear the odium OF his death, and not
his assailant They ought to be indicted for muir
dering James A. Garfield and not me. But have
been indicted and must stand my trial for the
alleged homicide Gen. Garfield was President OF
the United States and am one OF the men that
made him President His nomination was an ac-
| cdent- His election the result OF the greatest
ACTIVITY on the part OF the stawarts, and hts re-
moVal special Providence. Gen. Garfield was
Sooo man, but weak politician. Being PreSi-
dent he was In position to do vast harm TO the
republic and he was doing it by the unwise use OF
patronage, and the Lord and took the
RESPONSIBILITY OF REMOVING HIM.
certainly never should have sought to remove
him on my own account Why should I.shoot
him? He never harmed me. From him expected
an important Office, 1 considered him my politi-
cal and personal friend. But my duty to the Lord
and to the American people overcame' my personal
feeling, and sought to remove him. Not being a
marksman. ne was not fatally shot, but incom-
petent physicians finished the work, and thep and
not me, are responsible for his death Nothing
put the political situation last spring justified Gen
Garfeld'S removal The break in the republican
party last spring was widening week by week
and foresaw civil war; My Inspiration was to
remove the late President at once and thereby
w hot nnfh
but another heart rendering and desolaring war
could close 1t. The last war cost the nation a
wanted TO prevent repetition OF this desolation
ana inspired me to execute His will. Why did he
cause had the brains and nerve probably to do
the work. The Lord does not employ incOm-
petent PERSONS to serve him. He uses the best
material He can find. No doubt there was thou
sands or republicans that felt as did about Gen
Garfeld's wrecking the republican party last
spring and had they the conception, the nerve.
the brains and the opportunity, they would have
removed him. !! of all the world was the only
man who had the conception. on the trial of my
case propose to summon
SOME OF THE LEADING POLITICIANS
OF the republican and democratic parties: also
the leading New York and Washington editors, to
SHOW the political situation and the perils which
surrounded the republic last spring. propose to
go into this branch OF my defense exhaustively
Another reason the Lord inspired me to remove
the President in preference to some one else is he
cause He wished TO circulate my theological work
The Truth. This book was written to save soulS
ana not ior money, and the Lord in circulating the
DoOk Is after souls. BY ii He breaches the Gospel
and prepares the world for their Judgment which
some people think, and with reason is not far dis
,t:o tant h have been delayed in getting out new
edition OF this book, which will Include graphfc
narrative of my life; but expect it will be issued
shortly. More than one hundred witnesses have
Of them know nothing about, and the court. I
presume, will decide they are irrelevant The
issue here is:
WHO FIRED THAT sHoT?-THE DEITY OR ME?
The Deity seems well disposed to father it thus
far, and expect He will continue to father il to
the end. 1t is not likely He will allow me to come
TO GRIEF for ooeyfng Him. How do you know it was
the Deity? / was so certain OF it that put up my
life on it, and undertake to say the Deity is
actively engaged in my defence. am confident
He will checkmate the wise heads on this prosecu-
tlon beg they go slow. They cannot afford to
get the Deity down on them. "He uttered His
voice. says the Psalmist, 'and the earth melted"
move the President, and He is bound to take care
OF me. Recently Washington newspaper litho-
glapRea r R Tes erptea piece OF paper had carried
teauS Plea" 1t was written when had the ma
laria, at odd times and could hardly read it my
thought he could read it, and took it, as he was in
haSte. next heard OF it as lithograph. Owing
to circumstances beyond my control 1 have been
Iorced 10 ask your honor TO assign me counsel and
furnish me witnesses. formerly practiced law in
New York and Chicago. In 1877 left good prac-
small success. had ideas but no reputation. NV
theological work, The Truth, contains
MY THEOLOGY.
It was written during period OF five years, and
cost me great deal of trouble and / have no
doubt but it is official 1t left me in reduced cir
cumstances and have had no chance to recuper-
ate my finances since. easily could have made
$5,COO-at the law in Chicago in 1877, and worked
myself into a splendid position, but had other
work 10 90. AS know something about the law 1
brother-n-iaw, George scoville, esq. OF Chicago.
Is true and active friend, but disapprove OF
some OF his movements in this case. Notably, his
mixing with 'Onefda NOyeS, for TWENTY-FIVE years
was the curse of my fathers life, and for six years
l lived under the despotism he welded in the
Noy esism then. To-day John H. NOyes, the founder
of the Oneida Community, is an American fugitive
On British soil NOyes is cold bloOded scoundrel
He has debauched more young women. broken nm
more reputable families, and caused more misery |
by his stinklng fanatcism and licentiousnesS than
any man OF this age. Had Noyes 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 send to a great many
decent people If he had been. During my residence
IN the Oneida Community /, like most OF the men
IN that concern, was practically shaker. Noyes
was the only man who had full swing among the
females OF that concern, and he took them an in
above ten years
MI. Scov1lle is developing theory Of
HEREDITARY INSANITY,
which may have an important bearing on this
case. Insanity runs in my family. My father had
two sisters and nephew and niece in an insane
asylum. He, himself, was a monOmaniac for
twenty five years on the Oneida Community He
could see no evil in that concern and good out
OF it. He thought N0yes greater man than the |
Lord Jesus Christ. He was rational enough out
side OF the Community idea. On that he was a |
lunatic. He would get greatly excited in discus
sing 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 1t was owing to his |
fanaticism and insanity that got into the Oneida
community when boy. Once under NOyes' in |
huence 1t was impossible to get away, and lin /
gered there in the greatest distress six long and
weary years. was In the Community from 1860 /
to 1866 Since then have known and cared moth
ing for them One Smith, whom / knew there,
has taken upon himself to write on this case, and
among other silly and impertdnent statements, he
says was in the habit OF connecting my name
with the words, sPremier to England" }" &C. These
statements are false. My father was frequent
visitor at the Community, but never resided
mother opposed it. / wish this Oneida
Community business to pass into oblivion.
has been summoned by the prosecution. Our mar
riage was premature only knew her ten weeks,
and we were married on ten hours notice. She
was poor girl She had been unfortunate, and
had no business to have married her. We were |