New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-15

| WASHINGTON, Nov. Jl-Ihe following Is
the full text OF the address which Guoau had written
with the intention and hope Of reading in the Court
to-day;
lam IN The presence this honorable Court, charged
with "mahcl0usiy and wickedv numbering one James
A. Garfield" Nutmp can be more absurd because Cen
! cral Garfield died rom malpractice. Ihe sJi"Sam 10
prove il is this: Three weeks after he shot, his
physicians held careful examination aud officially de-
cided he would recover two months aiier thh ohcldI
announcement h. ded; therefore according 20 me own
physicians, he was not tAjalF suol me Ioctois "9o
nistreated him ought to bear the odlun Of ms dealh
aud his assailant They ought TO De indicted Tor
! numbering James A. Garfield, and not me But
| l have been indicted aud must stand my tlmI
dent the Unite0 states and am one OF tine men VINO
made him President His nomination was an .e'aeht
HIS election result OF the greatest activity On the
part OF the StalwaTls and his removal special proV'
| d@nce General Garfield was a good man. but weak
noiitcion Bejas Prrsien; he was in position 10
vast harm the Republic and he was dong II ny me
nI,,yse use of pa ronnxe and the Lord and took the
espousibiy removing him certainly never should
| lave sought to remove him On my own account Why
| should [ shoot hint He never harmed me. From
| lin | expected important office considered
| bin my political and personal treGa, mut
| lean people, o,crcame my personal ieehng. aud
sought to remove him Not being narh'inAn' ne vas
not fatally shot, hut competent pa" o'l' o
! work and they, aud not me. are Responsible Tor hs
death Nothing ont the pOllcal situation last sriDI
justified General GarGeids removal Iht break IN the
Republican party ia't sprng VS. WIDENING M'sh by
remove the late President at 2ace ana hrirl 'o-e e
breach before IL got wide that nothing hut another
last war cost the nation million Of men and billion
! Of money. The Lord wanted 70 prevent repeu-
cue iias WI" Ty..',., I lad The Traiu. .uI nerve
probably do the work The LOru docs not employ IN
competent persons TO serve Ihl NE uses tlr ',-i M
Tenmbcans mai feIt as id about General Garfield,
| wrecSIug the Republican party 'ast SPRING aIn nhu
they the conception the nerve he 0ruuT ana the opor
| tuniy they would have removed HIN. l., oi al the
| world, the oIiiy man who HAD the conception
the leading politicians 81 the Republican and Democratic
| parties also the leading Nr" YORK ana washington
| editors 10 show the P"Ht'c'h sANS'lon ah' ''c
| pers which surrounded the Erpibhc a't
Pqs rc! TO kGo 9G reason the SfSg ra N
! slircd to remove The President ~ preference to
someone else because ne wi,Ued q" circulate my theo
sous and money, and the Lord IN circulating The
prepares the world Tor ,ler M gnent some pco
| pie think ard with reason Is not Tar distant have
crnert n win be- ssri shortly More than one hundred
! witnesses have been summoned for tue prosecution
| presume viii decide they arc irrelevant
rHK DEITY CONDUCTING His DEFENCE.
The Issue mere Is: The Deity seem, wed disposed 10
father it thus far ard cc., lie VIII continue TO father
II to the IL Is likely tie VIII allow me 90 come
10 grief Tor obpyiug HIM. How DO vou know u was the
DsityY wax 80 certain Of 70 thai put up NV life on %
and undertake 10 Say the Dirty is actively engaged IN
my defence am confident lie vii checkmate The wise
| heads on this prosecution | beg they so slow They
| cannot afford to get the Deity down or them He
! uttered his voice." saws tho psalms "ani the earth
| melted" Thi. IL the God whom served when
! sought to remove the President aud Tie II
| bound to take care Of me Recently Wash
| iugton newspaper autographed a cTampcd piece
of paper had carried my yes; pocket a week. under
the title of Guttoaus plea" It. written when had
the malaria at odd ume- and could hardly read my
/ self and 80 told the gentleman gave II TO- but he
thought he could read it, and took it, as be was IA haste
| next heard OF II a. a lth"graph. owing to crcum-
stances beyond my CONTROL have been forced Ia AJAX
| yonr Honor 10 assign counsel and furnish wit
| nesses formerly prictscd law in New York and Chr
| cago In 1877 left a good practice in Chicago. and
went ont occurring but had small sue
| cess I had ideas, but 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 doubt
but it i official II left me in reduced circumstance,
SINCE easily could have made $1,000 AT the law IN
Chicago in 1877, and worked myself into splendid
thing abou the law, propose to take an active part IN
OF Chicago il true and active FREUD but dsapproye
| of some OF his movements ~ TINS case.
| THE Plea or INSANITY.
Mr. scoville Is developing a theory of hereditary in
| sanity which may have important bearing on this
case Insanity In my family Ny father had two
sisters and a nephew and a in insane asylum.
He himself a monomaniac for Twenty-Five years on
| the Oneida Community. He could see no evil in that
greater man than the Lord Jesus Christ. He was ra
tional enough outside Of the Community idea On that
he lunatic He would get greatly excited IN dis
cussng that and looked and acted ike Wild man. All
| this a good business He cashier
OF bank and attended to his duties promptly aud faith
| fully. II was owing TO MS fanatcism and insanity
| boy. once under Eoyes's Influence It was
| impossible TO get away and fingered there In the
the Community from 1860 TO 1866. since then have
known and cared nothing for them. Que Smith whom
and among other silly and impairment statements lac
Gays was ~ Toe habit Of Competing my name with the
are false My father wac frequent visitor at the Com
| IN L.
| munity business to pass into oblivion.
| My ex-wtie has been summoned by the prosecution.
| Our MARI age was premature. only knew her ten
weeks' ana we were W h Oh yen nolrs notice She
no business 90 have married her. We were married ia
1862 separated in 1873. and divorced In 1874 without
issue; practising law then and lived al hotels
| and boarding houses | have known little about her
wears ago and is living Colorado have been strictly
vrtuous for six or seven years claim to be gentle
haSe been in jail since July 2 Ihave borne my CON
nnG co,pS vice nave been s6" a. and came near
beng shot dead, but the Lord kept me harmless. Like
the Hebrew children in the fiery furnace. not hair On
| my head has been singed, because The Lord, whom
| served when sought 20 remove the President, has
| taken care OF me nave Detn kindly treated by the
jail officials and have no complaint. that my letters
have been Intercepted gong out ana coming ~ and
have been cut % until recently from reporter, and
newspapers, which consider illegal ana hn pertinent.
Certain parties whom need not nane have been greatly
Denented financially ny my inspiration, ana am going
| 10 ask them 10 contribute To my defence. no
There hundreds of persons who are. viii be- beu
ehted financially by the new administration. They
all indebted TO Tor their position. President
down. I confidently appeal to them 70 the public
large 10 send me money for my defence. The money
be sent quietly by 1Prcss-withhodng the name II
you wish toto George scUvle, Washington. ID. {. II
| viii be sacredly used for my defence.
| DIsLIKES THE NAME ASSASSIN.
Certain politicians perfectly Wiling 10 fatten AT
the public criD my inspiration, but they pretend to
be horred OF their By the late Presidents
rnoyal, and want nothing 10 do with me- They say
= a dastardy assassin" The word assassin CRATES on
| the mind and yet people delight in using It, why
q assassin m0n' tban man who snut another
during wari Thousands OF brave boys both sides
were shot dead ddrnS cue war but no one thinks OF
talking abort assassination. There was homicide,
g. "A man killed. but ia my the doctors killed
| the late President, and not me- that there
| not even homicide in this case The