West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1881-11-18

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act and not his. There is not the FIRST ell
ement of murder in this case. To consti-
the crime of murder two elements
must cocxist: 1. An actual homicide. 2.
Malice. Malice in law or malice il fac.
The law presumes malice from the act Of
the homicide. There is no homicide in
this case, and therefore no malice in law.
Malice in fact depends on the circumstan-
ces attending the homicide. Admitting
that the late President died from the shot,
which deny as a matter Of fact, still the
circumstances attending the shooting liq-
uidate the presumption Of malice ethsr il
law or IN fact.
AN A PATRIOT.
To-day / suffer in bonds as a patri,t
Washington was a patriot, Grant was a pa
triot. 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 prosperous and
happy. They raised the old war cry,
Rally round the dag, boys, rally once
again. and thousands of the 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 the bonds as a patriot, because |
had the inspiration and nerve TO mite a
great political party to the end that the
Nation might be saved another desolatipg
war. l do not pretend that war was i'm
mediate, but | do say tmphatically that
the bitterness in the Republican Party last
Spring was deepening and deepening hou
by hour, and that within two or three
years or les the Nation would have been
IN a civil war. In the presence of death
all hearts were hushed; contention ceased.
For weeks and weeks the heart and brain
OF the Nation conferred on the sick man AT
The White House. At last he went the
way of all flesh, and the Nation was q
house OF mourning. To say | have been
misunderstood and villifed by nearly the
entire American press; nay, more, by
nearly the entire American people, is a
true statement. But Providence and
lime rightens all things, and to-day, by
the gradual change of public opinion,
am justified in passing with laudable con
tempt the continual venom of certain
newspapers. Let the newspapers change
from 'Guiteau the Assassin to "Guiteau
the Patriot"
AN APPEAL TO THE sTALwARTs.
appeal to the stalwart and liberal
press of the Nation for justice. l appeal
to the Republican Party, especially the
staiwaris, of whom l am proud to be one,
for justice. | appeal to the President of
the United STATES for justice. l am the
man that mdde him President. Without
my aspiration he was a political cipher.
without power or importance. | was cor
stantly with him in New York last fall.
during the canvass, and he and the rest
OF our men knew that we had all we could
do to elect our ticket. Had Gen. Han
cock kept his mouth closed on tue tariff,
or had the horey letter been DELAYED q
week, Gen. Hancock would certainly have
been elected. Then no man could tell
what might have happened to the Repub
lie. | am more than glad that Gen. Az
thur is proving himself u wise nan in his
new position, aad | ,Xpect he Will give
the Nation the finest GdmiBisiratiOn il has
ever had. | appeal TO this honorable
court for justice | am glad your honor
is "a gentleman of broad views, Christian
sentiment aud clear head. ! count my
sell fortunate, indeed, that my case is to
e tried before So a)ls ond careful a
Ju:ist. ! appeal 10 the Distsict Attorney
and his learned associates for Justice. |
beg they go slow in prosecuting this case;
that they do no injustice To the Deity.
whose servant | was when l sought to re .
moYe the President. At the last
great day they and all men will
stand in the presence Of tho
Deity, crying for mercy and Justice.
AS they act here, so will be their final
abode hereafter. Life is an enigma. This
IS a ST. aDge world. Often men are gov
erned by passion and not by reason. TIE
mob crucihed the Savior of mankind.
and Paul, his great Apostle, went to an
ignominlous death. This happened many
centuries ago. For eighteen centuries
no man has eXerted such a tremendous
Influence on the civilization as the de-
spised Galiliean and bis great Apostle.
They did thier work and left tho result
with the Almighty Father.
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