National Republican., 1881-07-19
GUITEAu,S ALLIES.
To the Editor OF THE REPUBLICAN:

To the Editor OF THE REPUBLICAN:
Monday mornings issue of your paper
contains the following: "In hissermon, preached
In the Christian Church yesterday, the Rev. Fred.
d Power appeared to lay nll the blame Of Guiteaus
crime upon the Stalwurt wing of the Republican
party" Ihave tho pleasure of personal acquaint-
ance with Mr.. Power, and know him to be l.beral-
minded, Christian gentleman, and cannot but hope
and believe that your informant must have mis-
apprehended the scope and meaning of his dis
course. Let us not judge our young brother too
harshly He has done and is doing good wofs,
md even IL he was led by his over wrought feel
ings at the shocking crime which wellnigh re-
suited In the death of his personal FRIEND the
President let not bitterly denounce what at the
very worst must be regarded as error in judg
ment. His heart Is In the right place,
The persistent deliberate tone of some of the most
widely circulated papers of the country on this
subject are shameful and ought to be frowned out
of existence by the lovers of peace and fair play
everywhere. Here is an extract from q Baptist
journal published in New York-the Examiner and
CAroniclo-which claims "by many thousands the
largest circulation OF any Baptist newspaper in the
world" We quote from the last number Of that
paper "The deep lesson of the crime is found
in the cause that lay behind it. Guiteaus let
tiers and words make 1t clear that he was not
actuated by motives Of personal ill-will or re.
venge. He declares that he did not desire the
was his idea that tho President must be
must be got rid of in order to put salwart In his
place and save the country and the party. Hence
forth the name of stalwart will have n terrible
Significance. It bears the assassin's brand
More than that, can we help believing that In
some sense it deserves TO bear IT, and to go down,
together with all It has come to represent in OBJ
loquy and shame under it?' &c.
This is from the pen ofa Christian (O teacher
Comment Is not needed. How can we account for
such an utterance from n source2 We might
mention the fact that this journal has large circu
lation In the Southern States and was in the days
of slavery slightly In favor of one man eating his
bread in the sweat of another mans face.
It affords us pleasure to make an extract from
the columns of the Christian Standard, published
at Cincinnati, Ohio, by the Christian Church. The
Standard has n very wide circulation in every
part OF the country and its editor Mr. Isaac Errett
brother of Hon. Russell Erret, is one Of the wide
awake men Of the age, always abreast Of every
great question, and one of the very best men we
ever knew in every respect We quote from the
last number of that paper: From all that has
been developed thus far Guiteau, the would-b be
assassin of the President, is a hidoous compound
of cunning egotlsm, dishonesty, cruelty
and iuordInato selfshness He is cheat, O
cantng hyrocrito, wlfc-whipper, conscience
less scoundrel, and monster of vanity Ifit shall
prove as at atsprosent seems probable, that he wN'
entirely alone in his infamous deed, there Is nt
particular lesson to be drawn from 1t as bcarinl
on the political or moral condition of the county.
except this; that evil men wax worse and worse
deceiving and being deceived" How much mort
truthful and manly this than the miserable drive
of the ErdmiRer and Chronicle, above quoted as wei
as the vindlctive and cowardly course OF tho New
York Tribune aud its ilk! A. W. T.