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

cut on until recently from reporters ana p-wp.
papers, which consider Illegal and impertii mt
Certain parties whom need not name have I n
greatly oeneftted financially by my inspiratNal
and am going TO ask them 60 contribute 20 nv
defence. 1 have no right or wish 60 ask my law.
yers 20 work for nothing. There are HUNDREDS oe
persons who are and viii be beneftted financislly
by the new administration. They are all Indebted
10 me Tor their position. from the President down.
conndently appeal 10 them and 10 the public nc
large 20 send me money for my defence. The
money can be sent quietly by express withholding
ington, ID. c. IL viii be sacredly used for INV
nelence certain politicians seem perfectly will.
ing 10 fatten at the public crib on my Inspiration,
nut tney pretend to be Mortified out OF their senses
10y the late Presidents removal, and want nothing
10 90 With nae. They say I am "a dastardly
THE WORD ASSASSIN CRATES on TEE MIND
and yet some people delight In using H. Why am
an assassin any more than a man who shot an
olher curing the war; Thousands OF brave BOYS
on Doth sides We're shot dead during the war, but
no no one thinks OF talking about an assassination
my case the doctors killedthe late President. and
not me, so that there is not even homicde In this
osse, ca , Inc fresident was simply shot and wound
ed by an insane man. The man was insane in law.
because IL was Gods act and not HIS There is not
the frst element OF murder in this case. To con-
Sutute the crime OF murder two elements must co-
exist: i. An actual homicide. 2 Malice Malce
In law or malice I'm fact The law presllnes malice
rom rom Ihe iact 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 a
matter OF fact still the circumstances attending
the shooting l1quidate the presumption OF malice
either In law or I'm fact
Heretofore political grievances have been ad-
yusted by war or the ballot Had jefferson Davis
ana dozen or two OF his co-traitors been shot
uead In January, 1861, no doubt our late rebellion
never would have been.
AN PATRIOT.
To-day sufferin bonds as patriot Washington
was patriot, Grant was a 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
cnS SUss, raiy round the n,g and thousands ot the
10 victory or death. Washington and Grant by
their valor and success I'm war won the admiration
OF mankind. To-day suffer In bonds as patriot.
because had the inspiration and nerve to unite
a great political party To the end that
the nation might be saved another desolating war.
donot pretend war was Immediate. but<A do say
emphatcally, that the bitterness In the publican
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 civil war;
In the presence OF death all hearts were hushed:
contention ceased For weeks and weeks the
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 a house of
mourning. To say have been misunderstood and
Vlllined 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 cha nge OF
public opinion am justified in passing with laui-
able contempt the continual venom of certain
newspapers. Let the newspapers change from
'Guiteau the assassin" TO s'Gutedu the patriotic
AN APPEAL TO THE sTALwARTs.
appeal TO the stalwart and liberal press of the
nation for justice. Iappea to the republic party
especially the stalwarts, OF whom am proud Ia be
one, for justice i appeal 10 the President OF tha
United states for justice / am the man that made
him President Without nv Inspiration he was
political cypher, without power or Importance.
was constantly with him I'm 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. Hancock kept his mouth closed
on the tarin, or had the Morey letter been delayed
a week Hancock certainly would have been
elected Then no man could tell what might have
happened TO the republic. am more than glad
his new position, and i expect he will give the
nation the finest administration IL has ever had.
appeal TO this honorable court for Justice I am
glad your honor is gentleman of broad views.
Christian sentiment and clear head. count nv.
self fortunate indeed that my case is 90 be tried
before SO able and careful 1uriSt appeal to the
district attorney and his learned associates for
justice L beg they go slow I'm prosecuting this
case; that they do no injustic 10 the Deity,
whose servant was when i sought To remove
they and all men will stand I'm the presence OF the
Deity, crying for mercy and justice. As they act
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. Tho
mob crucIfied the Saviour OF mankind, and Paul.
his great Apostle, went To an ignominious death.
This happened many centuries ago. For eighteen
centuries no man has eXerted such a tremendous
influence on the civilization the despised
Gallllean and his great Apostle. They did their
This speech was written in cramped position in
my cell