The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1881-11-19

have been in Jail since July 2 | have borne
my confinement patiently and quietly, knowing
my vindication would come.
| Twice have l been shot at and came near be-
| ing shot dead, but the Lord kept me harmless
/ Like the Hebrew children in the fiery furnace
not hair of my head has been singed, because
/ the Lord, whom served when sought to remove
the President, has taken care of ME. l have been
kindly treated by the Jail officials, and have not
a complaint save that my letters have been in
tercepted going ont and coming in, and | have
been cut off until recently from reporters and
newspapers, which | consider Illegal and imper-
! tinent.
! Certain parties whom | need not name have
been greatly benefited financially by my inspira-
ton, and l am going to ask them to contribute
to my defense. have no right or wish to ask
my lawyers to work for nothing There are hun
dreds of persons who are and will be benefited
financially by the new administration. They are
all indebted to me for their position from the
President down. | confidently appeal TO them
and to the public at large to send me money for
my defense. The money can be sent quietly by
express withholding the name if you wish to- to
George ScorUe, Washington, d. c. 1t will be
sacredly used for my defense. Certain politicians
seem perfectly willing to fatten at the public crib
on my inspiration, but they pretend TO be horri-
fled out of their senses by the late Presidents
moval and want nothing to do with me- They
say / am
"a DASTARDLY ASSASSIN"
The word assassin" CRATES on the mind and
yet some people delight in using it. Why am 1
an assassin any more than man who shoots an
other durinr the war. Thousands Of brave boys
on both sides were shot dead during the war, bat
no one thinks of talking about an assassination.
Then it was homicide. e., man was killed.
But in my case the doctors killed the late President
and not me- so that there is not even a homicide
| in this case The President was simply shot and
murdered by an insane man. The man was in
sane in law because it was Gods act and not his.
There is not the first element of murder in this
case. To constitute the crime two elements must
co-exist. First, an actual homicide. Second,
malice. Malice in law malice in fact. The
law presumes malice from the fact Of the hom-
eide. There is no homicide in the case, and
therefore no malice in law. Malice in fact de-
ponds on the circumstances attending the h0mi-
eide. Admitting that the late President died
from the shot (which deny as a matter of fact,
still the circumstances attending the shooting
liquidate the presumption of malice either in llw
or in fact.
Heretofore political grievances have been ad-
justed by war or the ballot. Had Jefferson Davis
and dozen or two Of his contractors been shot
dead in January, 1861, no doubt our late rebel
lion never would have been.
All 4 PATRIOT.
To-day suffer in bonds as patriot Wash
jnctOn Datrjnf Grant yvaa v,atrinr
led the armies of the Revolution through eight
years Of bloody war TO victory and glory. Grant
led the armies of the Union to victory aud glory.
and to-day the Nation is happy and prosperous.
They raised the old war-cry. Rally round the
flag, boys, rally round the flag" and thousands
Of the choicest sons of the Republic went forth
to battle, to victory or death Washington and
Grant, by their valor and success in war won
the admiration of mankind. To-day I suffer in
bonds as patriot because had the inspi ration
and nerve to unite great political party - the
end that the Nation might be saved another
desoating war | do not pretend war was iIn-
mediate, but | do say eInphatiCally that TIE bit
terness in the Republican party last spring vas
deepening and deepening hour by hour, aB<! that
within two three years less the Nation
would have been in flame of civil war In
the presence OF death all hearts were bushed
ana contention ceased. + or weeks ana weeks
the heart and brain of the Nation conferred on
the sick man at the White House At LAST he
went the way Of all flesh and the Nation VS. q
house Of mourning. To say
HAVE BEEN misunderstood AND VIII :lLED
by nearly the entire American press, nay more,
by nearly the entire American people, is 9 true
statement. But Providence and time rghtens
all things, and to-day by the gradual change Of
public opinion, | am justified in passing, with
laudable contempt, the continual venom OF Ger
tain newspapers. Let the newspapers change
from "Guiteau the Assassin TO "Guteau the
Patriot" 1 appeal to the stalwart and liberal
press Of the Nation for Justice. ] appeal TO the
Republican party. especially the Ssalwarts, Of
whom am proud to be one, for justice. / APP
peal to the President OF the United States for
justice. / am the man that made him President.
Without my inspiration he was political cipher,
without power or importance. / was constantly
with him in New York last fall during the can
vass and he and the rest Of our men know that
we had all we could do to elect our ticket
Had General Hancock kept his mouth closed
on the tariff, or had the Morey letter been de-
layed week, Hancock certainly would have
been elected. Then no man could tell what
might have happened to the Republic. | am
more than glad that General Arthur is proving
himself wise man in his new position, and / eX-
pect he will give the Nation the finest a,iIninis
tration it has ever had. appeal to this hOnora-
bic court for justice. am glad your Honor IS
gentleman Of broad views, Christian sentiment,