Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-10-20

. the present Consul. In one of my notes
r to the President | asked him directly
/; Can have the Paris consulship?' and
the reply, as usual. came back, Mr.. Gui
| tesu, the President is very busy and can.
) not see you to-day.
! These interviews occurred several
: DAYS apart-soIne times a week apart
: they all occurred during the time that
| was pressing my application for the
, Paris consulship. The case was pend
ing at the time shot the President, and
as have before stated, | confidently ex-
Epected favorable answer when they
had got rid of Mr.. Walker. | under stood
by the Presidents statement that he
could not see me, that he was trying in
some way to get rid of Walker graceful
ly, and that as matter of fact he in
tended that | should have it. My get
ting OF not getting the Paris cOnsulship
had nothing whatever to do with my
shooting the President; shot him pure
ly as political necessity, under Divine
pressure; and it was only by nerving
myself to the utmost that | shot him
anyway. If he should recover and /
should meet him again | would not
shoot him; and now | leave the result
Will IllC HI OdoC JiiC ICOl-
dent had said that | could not have the
Paris consulship intended to go to
New York or Chicago and open law
Office and let politics go.
Ia LEGAL VIEW OF THE ASSASSINATION.
Il shot the Presiden. without any
malice or murderous intent. deny any
legal liability in the case. In order to
constitute the crime of murder two ele-
menIs must coexist. First, an actual
homicide; second, malice-malice in law
or malice in fact. The law presumes
malice from the fact of the homicide
the degree of malice depends upon the
condition of the mans mind at the time
of the homicide. If two men quarrel
and one shoots the other in heat or pas
sion the law says that is nanslaughter.
The remoteness of the shooting from the
amount of its common conception fas-
tens the degree of the malice. The fur
ther you go from the conception to the
shooting the greater the malice. because
the law says that in shooting man a
few hours or few days after the con-
ception the mind has chance to cool
and, therefore, the act is deliberate.
Malice in fact depends upon the circum-
| SldllCcS dIGouuillS bEC N1dllCC
in law is liquidated in this case by the
facts and circumstances, as set forth in
these pages, attending the removal of
the President. | had none but the best
of feelings, personally, toward the Pres
ident; always thought of him and
spoke of him as General Garfield.
Il never had the slightest idea of re-
moving Mr.. Blaine or any member of
the administration. My only object was
to remove Mr. Garfield in his official'ca-
pacity as President of the Uni
! ted States to unite the Republi-
| lican party and save the Republic
from going into the control of the rebels
and Democrats. This was the sole idea
| that induced me to remove the President.
L appreciate all the religion and senti
ment and honor connected with the re-
moyal; no one can surpass me in this,
but put away all sentiment and did my
duty to God and to the American peO-
pie"
INTERVIEW WITH MR.. CONKLING.
The fourth chapter in Guiteau's auto
biography contains little that is of in
terest. He gives his impressions of men
in public life whom he casually met;
whom he bored for Office or money. 1t
is record of intense egOtism. His
speech, "Gariield against Hancock" he
used everywhere as his letter of
introduction. If a public man failed to
recognize him, out came the speech. He
tells how he was snubbed by Mr.. Conk-
ling, whom he styles "My Lord Roscoe"
and who nearly always seemed to him
to be on his "high horse" Mr.. Jewell
-, fol1 70 tra
him. Mr.. Blaine he met two or three
times at the State Department. He de-
scribes one interview in the first week
of March. 81 gave Mr.. Blaine my speech
headed Garfield against Hancock and
he Immediately recognized me and
frightened up and was very clever to
me. met him in the elevator one day
about that time-probably about week
later-and he was very cordial and he
said he remembered me, and seemed to
be very glad to see me. My standing
with Mr.. Blaine ran along in this free
and familiar way until he told me one
day that the President would remove
Mr.. Walker. Since that have not seen
him." Mr.. Conklihg he saw one day in
the Vice Presidents room at the Capitol.
The ex-senator was in conversation with
a gentleman. 81 sat within a few feet of
him." saws Guiteau, ION the sofa. eyed
him and he eyed me, and when he got
through with his friend stepped up to
him and said good morning, SENATOR
and he said good morning l said, i
hope to get an appointment, senator. and
l hope when the matter comes up you
will remember me- and he simply said,
perfectly and l bowed and he bowed
and we parted"
LOOKING FOR A WIFE.
In bringing his autobiography to an
end he says:
"And now ! speak of two matters
strictly personal. First-I am looking
for wife, and see no objection to men
tioning it here. 1 want an elegant
Christian lady of wealth, under thirty,
belonging to first-class family. Any
such lady can address me in the utmost
confidence. My mother died when l was
only seven, and have always felt it a
great priyation to have no mother. 1t
my mother had lived l never should
have got into the Oneida Community,
and my life, no doubt, would have been
happier every way. Nearly three years
after left the Community was unfor-
tunately married. At last 1 made up
my mind that would sever the bonds,
and was divorced in 1874. am fond
of female society, and judge the ladies
are of me, and 1 should be delighted to
find my mate"
PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRATIONS.
"The second" subject in which he de-
sres to take the public into his conf
dence refers to the Presidency. "For
twenty years." he writes, Il have had an
idea that should be President. / had
the idea when lived in the Oneida Com
munity, and it has never left me. When
| left Boston for New York in June,
1880, remember distinctly felt that |