The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-09

he is reported to have exclaimed: 81
did it, and 1 want to be arrested. /
am a stalWart, and Arthur is Presi-
dent now. l have letter here that
1 want you to give to General Sher-
man; it will explain everything.
Take me to the police station"
BREAKING THE NEWS TO MRS. GAR
FIELD.
The following is the dispatch sent
to Mrs. Garfield:
Mrs. Garfield. EL6er0n, Long Branch. !,
"The President wishes me to say
to YOU from him that he has been
seriously hurt. How seriously he
cannot say. He is himself, and hopes
YOU will come to him soon. He sends
his love to you.
A. F. ROCKWELL.
MRS, GARFIELD'S JOURNEY.
Mrs. Garfield left Long Branch at
1910 O'Clock in special train on the
Pennsylvania Railroad. She arrived
at Monmouth Junction at 2 z. M.
and West Philadelphia at 3.
Mrs. Garfield passed through Bal.
timore at 5.25. but owing to the
breaking of a piston at Bowie Station
did not arrive at the White House
till Gas P. M.
A LETTER TO GEN. SHERMAN.
The following letter was found on
the street shortly after Guteat's ar
rest, envelope unsealed, and address
ed, "Please deliver at once to General
Sherman, Tor his first assistant in
charge of the War Department ~
ITO General Sherman. II have
Just shot the President. / shot him
several times, as wished linn to go
as easily as possible. lis death was
political necessity. l ANA lawyer.
theologian and politician l am a
stalwart of the stalwars. L was
with Gen. Grant and the rest of our
men in New York during The cam
vass. 1 am going to the Jail. Please
order out your troops and take pos
session of the Jail at once. Very res
pectfully,
CHARLES GJITEAU."
The question has been raised. what
will be done with Guieau if the
President lives? His crime under
the law will then be but a simple
assault with intent to kill" The
Revised Statutes for the District
of Columbia. where Guiteau would
have to be tried, provide minimum
Imprisonment of eight years, as a
penalty for this offense. Such pun
ishment seems entirely inadequate to
the crime. The Washington Star.
commenting on this, says the "ques-
ton is mooted whether an attempt
to take the life of the President can
not be considered 3 reasonable act,
and punished as such with death.
The Secretary of State furnishes
the following, with request that il
be given the widest possible circula-
ton:
EXECUTIVE MANSION. I
WASHINGTON, July Al p. M {
To the Preston behalf of the
President and Mrs. Garfield, l desire
to make public Acknowledgement of
the very numerous messages of con-
dolence and affection which have
been received since Saturday morn
ing. From almost every State in the
Union, from the South as bounhfully
as from the North, and from coun-
tries beyond the sea, have come mes
sages of anxious inquiry and tender
words of sympathy in such numbers
that it has been found impossible to
answer them in detail. | therefore
ask the newspapers to express for the
President and Mrs. Garfield the deep
gratitude which they feel for the de-
votion of their fellow countrymen
and friends. in this hour of heavy
affection.
(Signed) JAMES G. BLAINE,
Secretary of State.
Press Comments.
From the comments ofthe press on
the attempted assassination of Presi-
dent Garfield we annex the follow
ing:
The Charleston Is. C.) Ne,os and
Courier says: such events as the
tragedy Saturday lift people above
personal and sectional considerations
and make the whole country kin.
The only thought in Charleston was
that the President had been slain.
and that a blow, through him, had
been aimed at the mighty heart of
the whole Union. We do not pause
to count the cost of the bloody work
in its effect upon the relation of par
ties. Far be it from us to fix upon
the stalwarts a responsibility which
is not directly theirs. But it cannot
be forgotten in this sad hour that
the intrigues of Conkling and the
ISLANDERS of Grant wrought I'D the
miserable assassin to the pitch of re-
garding the death of the President as
a political necessity; that he pro-
claims himselfa stalwart ofstalwarts
and boasts that he has made Vice.
President Author, who is Conkling,s
man, the President of the United
States. Those who ara tn hanaRt ~