The Republican journal., 1881-12-08
The Assassin on Trial.

| narrative, showing now lie Travelled about selling
and delivering his lectures till he became thorough
| ly discouraged and dlsgrsted. Then he tried law
| tor few weeks IN Milwaukee, but could not keep
| his mind from theology and he drifted back to
| lecturng again. He failed and returned to law
| only to go back once more to the rOstrum Then
he oscillated between law, insurance and theology
| for several months He finally left Chicago for
| good in the summer OF 1879 All other careers
| theology, law and business making him no salts
factory return, in 1880 he decided 10 go into poll
tics. He offered his services to the National Re
| publican Committee, and they were declined
| However, he started GU his own hook, trying to
| ind audiences for his lecture, Garfield against
| Hancock" He related his campaign services,
bringing the story up to his arrival in Washington
Cd March 9Th
| He entered on the last dark chapter in his auto
biography by stating emphaticay that his getting.
or not getting office had nothing to do with his
attempt to remove President Garfield. That was
a political necessity to which he urged by
Divine pressure He then recounted his efforts to
gam the ear of public men They failed, and
| then came his Inspiration, suddenly
On the Wednesday evening after ConkliDgs res
gnation he thought that if Garfield was out of the
way all would go we'll He tried TO shake it off,
but ii grew In a tornights time it had become
a fixed resolve HI never has doubted since that
time-about the first OF June-lhat he in
splred He prayed and prayed, asking God, if he
were not to be thus removed to get rid Of Garfield
in some other way. The removal was necessary
| to save the nation from ruin.
| After the recess tiuiteau seemed to feel better
| He told the story of his lncention of the crime
| just as it has been published. and seemed to be
| very earnest. He claims to have had great horror
of the act aft err il had been suggested to him in his
| chamber as he claimed, by the Deity, and 1t was
about two weeks after the inspiration from the
Deity that he could fully determine to commit the
act. He told the jury how he endeavored to draw
away from this inspiration, but how his efforts
failed and he said that he had praved over and
over again that if il was not the Lords will that
this should be done by him be would interpose
some special providence to prevent the act He
believed that if it had not been the Lords will
special providence would have been uterposed
Then ri sing in his Mace in a Somewhat dramatic
manner he SAID with great yehemence that from
the first of June to this moment he had never had
any doubt that he was the agent of the Deity in
doing the act or the good Of the country and the
people. and that whatever his own fate might be-
he felt assured that in the future he wcnld be
known as Guiteau the patriot and not AZ (fuiteau
the assassin This assertion in about the same
form, was made sereral times during the dav; and
while his ideas seem to be very confused. or, at
least, he seens to be unable to give the jury very
clear idea Of what the ,nsDirstion was and how he
distinguished a Divine inspiration from a mere
human determination. it was apparent that he had
such an idea
After some questions from MIR. Scoyille .Jndge
Porter took the prisoner in hand for cross examin
alton who was made very angry nv the adroit
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