Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-11-14
GUITEAU'S APPEAL EOR JUSTICE.
A Singular Document.

DIED BY MALPRACTICE-HE THINKS THE DIETY Is
DISPOSED TO FATHER THE PISTOL sHoT-soAE
| REMARKS ABOUT HIS Ex-wIFE-HE DISCUSSES TIE
INSANITY QUESTION.
Guiteau had In his pocket this morning the
manuscript Of an elaborate address, which he had
| prepared to deliver when the court opened. He,
however, was checked in his frequent attempts to
speak The following Is the text Of the address:
If the court please, desire to address your honor
| at the threshold Of this case. am in the pres
| ence OF this honorable court charged with "mali-
| LlOusly and W1ckedly numbering one James A.
Garfield" Nothing can be more absurd, because
Gen. Garfield died from malpractice. The syllo-
gism to prove it is this:-Three weeks after he was
| shot his physicians held careful examination,
| and officially decided he would recover Two
| months after this Official announcement he died
Therefore, according to his own physicians he was
| not fatally shot. The doctors who mistreated
him ought to bear the Odfum OF his death, and not
his assailant. They ought to be indicted for MUIR
! dertns James A. Garfield and not me. But have
| been indicted and must stand my trial for the
alleged homicide. Gen. Garfield was President of
| the United States and am one OF the men that
made him President. His nomination was an &C
cident. His election the result of the greatest
activity on the part Of the StalWartS, and his re-
moval a special Providence. Gen. Garfield was
good man, but weak politician. Being Presi-
| dent he was in position to do vast harm to the
republic. and he was doing it by the unwiSe use of
patronage, and the Lord and took the
RESPONSIBILITY OF REMOVING HIM.
| 1certainly never should have sought to remove
him on my own account Why should shoot
him? He never harmed me. From him expected
an important Office, considered him my politi-
cal and personal friend. But my duty to the Lord
and to the American people Overcame my personal
| feeling, and sought to remove him. Not being a
marksman, he was not fatally shot, but incom-
not me, are responsible for his death. Nothing
put the political situation last spring justified Gen.
Garfleld as removal The break in the republican
party last spring was widening week by week.
| and foresaw civil war. My Inspiration was to
| remove the late President at once and thereby
close the breach before 1t got so wide that nothing
| but another heart rendering and desolating war
| could close it. The last war cost the nation
million OF men and billion of money. The Lord
wanted to prevent repetition OF this desOlation
and inspired me to execute His will. Why did he
inspire me In preference to some one else? Be
| the work. The Lord does not employ incom-
petent persons to serve him. He uses the best
e, he ind No doub there was thou
| Garf1eld's wrecktng the republican party last
spring and had they the conception, the nerve
rtne Drains and the opportunity, they would have
removed him. ! OF all the world was the only
man who had the conception. On the trial OF my
| case propose to summon
SOME OF THE LEADING POLITICIANS
OF the republican and democratic parties; also
| the leading New York and Washington editors. to
show the political situation and the perils which
| surrounded the republic last spring. propose to
| go into this branch Of my defense extensively.
| Another reason the Lord inspired me to remove
the President in preference to one else is be-
cause He wished to circulate M theological work.
| The Truth. This book was written 10 save souls
and not for money, and the Lord in circulating the
oo9 poo Is AFTER souls BY it He breaches the Gospel,
some people think, and with reason is not far els
tant: have been delayed In getting out new
narrative OF my life; but expect it Will be issued
| shorty. More than .one hundred witnesses have
ths 1ne by The prosecution Twothrds
presume, win decide they are irrelevant. The
| issue here is:
WHO FIRED THAT sHOT?-THE DEITY OR NE?
The Deity seems well disposed to father IL thus
far, and expect He will continue to father It to
the end 1t Is not likely He will allow me to come
to grief for obeying Him. How do you know it was
the Deity? was SO certain OF it that put up my
life On it, and l undertake to say the Deity is
actively engaged in my defence. am confident
He win checkmate the wise heads on this prosecu-
1aon. neg they 60 slow They cannot afford to
voice" says the Psalnist, 'and the earth melted"
This is the God whom served when sought to re-
move the President, and He Is bound to take care
| OF me. Recently a Washington news paper litho-
graphed crampted piece OF paper l had carried
IN my vest pocket week under the title of 'Gui-
lara, at odd times and could hardly read it my
self, and so told the gentleman gave it t.. but he
thought ne could read it, and took II, as he wa, IN
haste. next heard Of it as a lithOeraDh. owing
to circumstances beyond my control i have been
forced to ask your honor TO assign me counsel and
New York and Chicago. In 1877 lett good nrac-
Iice Ia chicago, anu Went out iectuing, but had
Small success. had IDEAS but no reputation. NV
theological work, The Truth, contains
NY THEOLOGY.
1t was written during period of five years. and
cost me a great deal of trouble, and / have no
doubt but it is Official 1t left me in reduced cir
cumstances and have had no chance to recuper-
ate my finances since. easily could have made
S5,COO-at the law in Chicago ia 1877 and worked
myself into splendid POSITION but had other
work 10 DO AS know something about the law
propose TO take an active part in my defence. My
Is true and active friend, but disapproye OF
some OF his movements In tits case. Notably his
mlSl ts with Oneida Noyes five years
lived under the deSpotsln he welded in the
oneida Community. expressed ny detestation of
NOy estSna then To-day John II. NOyes, the founder
OF the Oneida Community, is an America n fugitive
on British soil. Noyes is a cold blooded scountrel
lie mas debauched more young women, broken up
more reputable ramllleS and caused more misery
by his sinking fanaticsm and RIGHTEOUSNESS than
| any man OF this age. Had Noyes had his dues he
| committed with his own flesh and blood, and it
would have been God send to great many
decent people II he had been. During my residence
In that concern, was practically shaker. Noyes
was the only man who had full swing among the
denaes OF mat concern, and he took them all in
above ten years.
MI. Scoville is developing theory Of
HEREDITARY INSANITY,
which may have an important bearing On this
case. Insanity runs in my family. My father had
two sisters and nephew and niece in an insane
asylum He, himself, was monomaniac for
twenty-five years on the Oneida Community. He
could see no evil In that concern, and no good out
OF It He thought Noyes greater man than the
1 L2rd Jesus Christ He was rational enough out
sde OF the Community idea. On that he was a
lunauc. He would get greatly excited in discus
sing InaI, anu look and act like wild man. Ali
IhlS tlme ne was good business man. He was
cashier OF bank, and attended to his duties
promptly anu faithfully. It was owing to his
and insanity that got into the Oneida
community when boy. Once under NOyes' In
nuence II was impossible to get away, and / lin
gered there In the greatest distress for six long and
weary years WAS in the Community from 1866
TO 1886 Since then have known and cared moth
ing Tor Chem- One Smith, whom / knew there
mas taken upon himself to write on this case and
among other silly and impairment statements he
says was IN the habit OF connecting my name
Win Gne words, premier to England" &C. These
statements are false. My father Was frequent
thsre at the Community, but never resided
mother opposed it. / wish this Oneida
community business to pass into oblivion
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