Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1881-11-24

Once under Moves influence II was lmpOS-
sible to get awav and fingered there in the
greatest distress for six long and weary
years. WAS IN the Community from 1860
to 1866. Since then | have known and
cared nothing for them. One Smith whom
| know there has taken upon himself to
write on this case. and among other silly
and impertIncnt statements he saws ! was in
the habit Of connecting my name with the
words premier to England" etc These
statements are false My father was fire.
quent visitor at the Community. but never
resided there. He wanted to 20, but my
stcpmuther opposed 1t, and | wish this
Oneida Community business to pass into oh
livion.
My eS-wife has been summoned hv the
prosecution. Our marriage was premature
! only knew her ten weeks, and we were
married on ten hours notice. She was
poor glrl. She had been unfortunate, and |
had no business to have married her. We
were married in 1869 separated in 1873 and
divorced IN 1874 without issuc was praC-
ti~Iug law then and We lived at hotels and
boarding houses | have known little about
her since 1873 | understand that she mar
rIed we'll four wears ago and is living in
Colorado. | have been strictly yrtuou> for
six or seven wears. claim to be- gentle
man and Christian.
have hccn in jail since July , | have
borne my confinement patiently and quietly.
knowing my ylndication would come Twice
have been shot at. and came near being
sho, dead. but the Lord kept me harmless
Like the Hebrew children IN the fiery fur
mace. not a hair on my head has been singcd.
I =
sought TO remove the President, has taken
care Of me. | have been kindly treated BY
the Jail officials and have no complaint, save
that nv letters have been intercepted going
out and coming III, and have been cut of
until recently from reporters and ncwspa-
per~, which consider Illegal and impertinent.
Certain parties, whom need not NAME have
been greatly benefited financially bv my IN
.plration, and am gong TO ask them TO
contribute to my defence. ! have no right
Dr wish to ask my LAWYERS To work for moth
ing. There are hundreds Of persons who
are, and will be, benefited financially by the
new administration. They are all indebted
to me for thcir position. from the President
down. ! confidently appeal to them and to
the public at large % send me money for NV
defence. The money can be sent quietly by
express Unfolding the name Il YOU wish
to-to George ScoNIlle, Washington, u. {.
It will be sacrcdly used for my defence.
ui>IIkf> THE NAME or ASSASSIN.
Certain politicians seem perfectly willing
to tatten at the public crib on my inspIra-
ton, but they pretend to be- Mortified out of
their senses by the late Presidents removal,
and want nothing 10 DO with me They say
I q lF. g.
ASSASSIN CRATES on the mind and Vet some
people delight IN using il, Why am an
assassin any more than ! man Sho shot
another during the var Thousands OF
brave boSs on both sides we're shot dead
during the var. but uo one think, of talking
about an a,Na,slnatIon. There was a houu-
eide /, e., a man WA> Killed, but IN ms case
the doctors klled the late President. and
not inc, so that there j. not even i homicide
IN ths, case. The President Was simply
shot and wounded hy an insane man. The
man VA, insane IN .Iw, because II was God 3,
act and not his. There i not the first ell
tmeui 81 murder IN thl, case. TO con,tI-
tute the crime Of murder two elements must
co.cNlsta |. An actual homicide; >.
Malice malice in law or malice IN fact.
The Law prc,umes malice from the fact OF
thr homicide There j. no homicide IN tins
case, and therefore no malice IN law Malice
IN fact depends on the circumstance attend
lng the homicide Admitting that the late
President died from the shot, which deuy
as a matter Of fact, still the circumstance,
attending the shooting liquidate the prcsump-
ton Of malice either in Law or in fact Here
totore political grievances have been ad-
usted by war or the ballot. Had Jefferson
DAVIS and a dozen or two of hi, co-trairor~
been shot dead in January 1861. no doubt
our late rebellion never would have been.
am a patriot. To-day | suffer in bonds
a, parrot. W Washington was a patriot.
Grant was "a patriot. Washington led the
armies of the Revolution through clsht wear,
of bloody war To victory and glory. Grant
ed the armies Of the | mon 10 victory and
glors, and TODAY the Nation is happy and
prosperous They raised the old war crv.
"Rt.Iy round the nag. boys, rally round the
tag' and thousands Of the choicest sons Of
thc Republic vent forth to battle, to victory
or death. Washington and Grant bV their
NIiur and success in war won the admiration
Of mankind. To-day | suffer in bonds as a
patriot, because had the inspiration and
nerve 10 unite great political party, to the
end that the Nation might be saved another
de>oiatIng war. do not pretend war was
Immediate but do say emphaticalIy that
the bitterness Of the Republican party last
spring was deepening and deepening hour Dv
hour aud that within two or three wears or
les the Nation would have been in a civil
war. In the presence Of death al hearts
Mere hushed contention ceased. For weeks
and week, the heart and brain Of the Ma
-. .. T..
House. At last he went the way of all flesh.
and the Nation was house of mourning,
UNDERSTOOD AND yIIIrlFD.
70 >ay | have been misunderstood and
yllitied by nearly the entire American press,
nav, more, BY nearly the entire American
people, Is true statement But providence
aud time 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 news
papers. Let the newspapers change from
"Gulteau, the Assassin 10 "GuIteau, the
Patriot" | appeal to the Stalwart and
Liberal press of the Nation for justice.
appeal to the Republican party, especially
the Stalwarts, Of whom am proud to be
one. for justice. ! appeal to the President
Of the United States for justice. | am the
man that made him President Without
my inspiration he was political cipher,
without power or importance. was con-
s,antly with him in New York last fall, dur
ing the canvass, and he and the rest Of our
men knew that we had all that we could do
to elect our ticket Had General Hancock
Kept his mouth closed on the tariff or had
the Morey letter been DELAYED week, Han
cock certainly would have been elected.
Then no man could tell what would have
happened to the Republic. ! am more than
glad that President Arthur is proving him
self wise man in his new position, and
expect he will give the Nation the finest ad-
ministration it has ever had.
| appeal to this honorable court for JUS
tice. | am glad your Honor is gentleman
of broad views, Christian sentiment and clear
| head. | count myself fortunate, indeed.
that my case is to be tried before so able and
! careful jurist | appeal to the District
! Attorney and his learned associates for JUS
tice. beg they 90 slow in prosecuting this
case that they do no injustice to the Deity
whose servant | was when | sought to re-
move the late President AT the last great
day they and all men will stand in the pres
ence of the Deity, crying for mercy and
justice. As they act here, so will be their
| final abode hereafter. Life is an enigma