Daily Republican., 1881-07-16

the assassination of Lincoln was not
wholly unexpected. 1t was considered
the legitimate result Of the war.
! The public mind was accustomed to
slaughter, and was not so utterly par.
alyzed as in this case. The spirit OF
the times might be looked upon as
breeding assassination, but at present,
when there was not the slightest provo
cation for the crime, it was, Of course,
totally unexpected and struck the pub
lie mind with far greater shock than
did that Of Lincoln. Then the country
was divided, and millions of people all
but rejoiced at the deed of Booth. To.
day united people, North and South,
condemn the deed of Guiteau. If the
bullet of the assassin has done any good
whatever, it has united in closer bonds
the people of the North and South"
"When did your acquaintance with
President Garfield begin ~
''In 1853, when he first entered our
class of school, we saw at once that
he was young man of great promise,
The class feeling among Williams men
is very strong, and with President Gar
field is very prominent. He has the
warmest feeling for all members of his
old class. After entered the army |
saw him quite frequently at heldQ uar-
ters, for you knew he came down to re-
port to General Buell as Colonel of the
AID Ohio. You know his war record
After he returned to Washington with
General Buell., and had been stationed
here somo time, General Garfield came
to Congress and our intimacy was re-
newed. He was new ~ married, and
SO was |. He was great reader, and
his reading ran in the same line as mine
| We loved the same books and. nitu"-
ally, our liking for one another increas.
ed. In 1861 we parted and were separ-
ated for eight years, but the correSpon-
dence that passed between lis in that
time believe on his part 70 he the
warmest that had ever passed between
men"
HAS General Garfield ever in his
rapid elevation expressed doubt as to
his own ability to fill the trust given
him."
"Never. While he is not ego,istical
or in any way over-contident, he has al
ways shown boyiSh enthusiasm in
"h"oVNCi hc udS tiIlutitdhcil anu HAS
always appeared equal to every emer-
gency. have been utterly astounded
at the reserve power which the man
possesses. Why, at Long Branch
prominent politician called upon him
and he had occasion to make a state
ment of fact. He paced the floor and
delivered sort of monologue on the
political situation. 1t was the finest
thing | ever heard. Is showed such "a
wealth OF language and power that
vas utterly astounded."
Colonel Rockwell gave short account
of the shooting, anu then said II am
certain that he is going to get we'll. |
have received personally in all over i've
hundred letters and kilograms from
every part of this country and Europe,
and never knew ofsuch universe and
heartfelt sympathy expressed tor hu-
man being rs for General Garfield. 1t
seems us If every man, woman aud
ch''d had gone down on their knees for
him, and if prayer can do anything he
will be preserved.
| cannot believe that God intends |
that man with the President, mission
shall die leaving it unpertormei. He
is man OF the warmest impulses and !,
the broadest heart In the midst OF his
suffering he never torgets others. For
instance, to-day he said to me Rock
We'll, there l. a poor soldiers widow " ho |
came to me before this occurred, and | |
promised her she would be provided for.
| want you to see that the matter is at
tended to at once. He is the mos, do. |
cilo opatient ever saw"
Has he given expression to any
feeling against Guiteau ."
" Not once. He did say that he could !
not see why Guiteau should want to
do him injury, but that is the only
thing he ever said. y
GUITEAu RErENTAST.
WASHINGTON, July lj.-Guitcau ap
pears at last to have repented shooting |
the President. He is reported AS hav-
ing used substantially the following Ian
5uage TO the District Attorney to-day:
"lf had another opportunity would
not try TO shoot The President. thought
had an inspiration to remove him,
BAT see must have been mistaken |
mink 1t is ordained by God that the
President shall not be killed, and for
hat reason | would not try it again if
| had chance. If it were not decreed |
by God that he should not be killed how
could he be alive now? held the pis.
tol close to his pack, and my hand WAS
as steady rs iron. fired point blank |
at him, and nothing but Divine Provi-
dence could have saved him. He will |
not die, am convinced, and am sor-
ry | caused him so much suffering. 1t
is no use of anyone to Try to kill him,
for If l could not do it W. tn the chance
had no bullet can do it. 1t is so ordaiu-
cd, and we must abide the will of nea-
ynn ~