Daily Republican., 1881-07-11
THIRD EDITION.
THEMADMAN AND DTmEMAR
synopsis of an Address Delivered
by the Rev. m. A. Richar DIS.

A very brilliant address, entitled
'The Madman and the Martyr was de.
livered in St. Pauls NJ. E. church, last
evening, by the RevM. A. Richards. The
subject was suggested by the recent at
tempt to assassinate President Garfield
At the conclusion of an elaborate intro
ductory in the course of which he allu
ded to the sorrow and Indignation into
which this country was thrown at the
attempt upon the presidents life, the
reverend gen .leman said if Guiteau's S
crime can in way be attributed or di-
rectly traced to frenzy,it certainly takes
away that common shame which we,
as a nation, must feel at the bare reali-
cation that sane man, reared under the
shadow of the rightiest and freest re-
public on earth, and educated to the
doctrines of human liberty and nation
alism on which it stands, should, from
either political or personal motives, de-
liberately and wiltully seek to murder
the executive. Self.conceit torbids us
to think sane man could do, even in
his most desperate moments, and under
the prolnp'ings of the most hardened,
calculating political passion, as Guiteau
did. We fear the acts of vicious minds
more than we do those of harmless idiots,
but no mind, however vicious in its
workings, could be, expected to do that
which ,iuiteau, the madlnan, did.
There is a physical AS well as a men
tai madness. That of Guiteau was men-
tai. Men, drifting from the moral toun-
dations of all sciences, lured by the fam
cied security they place in the work
ings of their own minds, construct mere
idle theories, become, in fact, scientific
ally mad. SO some men become
commercially, and others religously
crazy Men may so far forget the
divine nature of all civil governments
as to suppose that blow aimed at the
executive will destroy the life of the
nation itself, and destroy the net work
of liberty that is so firmly bound to-
gether that, like the King of England,
it never dies, but lives on tor
ever, until changed by the tini-
versal demand Of the people
10 all thinking people
comes the narrowing thought, in con-
nection with the attempted assassina-
ton, that from the depths of political
'iiCH'SS "RS ~ oPi uho anu AS"Aoi, "hu
by the knavery of politics was it sug
gested and carried out 1t was a sinful
madness. The madness of sin has ex-
tended its evil arm over the world from
its foundation, and the killing of Abel
is linked in the sympathy of wickedneSs
with the attempt to assassinate the
president.
There have been in every age martyrs
in the cause of this CrazinesS of sin,
martyrs in religion as well as in poll
.ics and there Is no trade or creed, or
walk in life, that has not its black list
)f victims. Lincoln and Garfield must
De shot to swell the plea for justice on
,he earth, and yet God waits, and the
'evenge of his wrath comes not. 1t
yides its time, and the fultillment Of its
promises is not yet seen.
Gulteau d his murderous deed alone
md in the madness Of his folly and the
raziness of sin. Evidence not vet |
brought to bear on the crime may force
litferent conclusions upon us, but on |
his present belief we must now rest. |
But, while he was alone in the commits |
ion of his crime, the murderous act !
vas the outgrowth of the evil effects re-
ulting from the monster system of po-
itical patronage which President Car
ield $yas seeking 10 do away with when
lie was shot down. To the in-
ensity of political feeling, foStered by
he countless changes brought to pass
II public affairs, at the incoming ofeach |
administration, can the crime be direct
y charged. The results of the locking
lp Of the hopes OF thousands upon thou
ands Of people upon the chances Of the
lection OF a single man, and the going
nto power of IA single administration,
an better be imagined than described.
iuiteau was the last smouldering spark
this, :::..st-lisaprearIng p2l!ucal pa
ronage fire that has 50 eagerly sought
. burn away the foundations upon
which the hopes of the republic are
uilt. He is the last souvenir of the
eign of the bosses and the administra-
ion came near going out with the dy- |
asty,
The congregation, notwithstanding |
he excessive heat, was very large and
attentive. Rev. j. M Villa ms, presi-
lent of the Wesleyan Female college,
made the opening prayer. He earnestly |
,esought God to spare President Gar
icld to the country. Rev. Mr. Rich
lrds, at the close OF the address, offered |
AZ Il prayer, in which he asked God to
grant Mr.. Garticld's recovery and also |
10 bestow blessings upon the wife, the
mother and the children OF the presi-
1upf