, 1881-11-25
tho Committees oil The judiciary and Terri
tories, Member of the Maine Legislature LII
tsGs-'10. Attorney.tieNernl Of Maine tn 1870.
tA11 tQ~A


THE GU1TEAU TRIAL.
Tho fnnollt Of Rip Van Wtnkte-"afo WI
50 soon forgot when we nrG s"-tnNst
inv0luntnrliy lind expression when 0ne coll
templates tile unseomly spectacle daily OK.
hibltgd In tie Washington courtroom. On
tho III Of Inst July President Garfield WIS
shot t,y ta miserable wrutcl Uuttear, WHO
Is TOW oil trlnt In tint court-ronli,. Tho aw-
fllt decd arnnset n mingled feeling OF horror
al.i indignation NIL oycr tie country. As the
victim lay upon Its sick he'd, wculs aftcr
week, suffering Intense pntn, Indignation
changed to su1ie1tt,lc and sympathy On
the tuth OF September eur great President
died ut Long Rrn',cil, antl tic wloto world
bowed lit RrIef. On tho sllt Of that mouth
lie was buried nnd the whole world bntle
s0rrowfnl farewell t0 great atd g00d tAa,,.
Only iifty-tltne days have elapsed. and what
do VIC sec"
The people Of this country Mt first regarded
tho infamous decd with sucl, Indignation
tint they could hardly fnd words to express
ti.uir cxecrntlon. 1t wns MI awful tragedy,
but rs tinlc went on this feeling changed 10
me of profound surrow, ot sympathy for the
living. anil ultimately hf tender aild sacred
RESPECT fnr the dcnd. There WIS sotelhntty
tint characterized ttlc long illness and tleatll
TOO profound to be jarrett upoi by resent.
,nenf, n,1 after the body was consigned 10
tho tomb It MAS only asked that tho trinl of
the wretch ssoul.l he prompt and thorough.
aud that retrlbutivc justice should bo dealt
out.
Vhnt response l,as bccn made 10 this?
Notwithstanding the horror Of tho tragedy,
the extent ur Tie calamity, tic grief of the
world. ti,e SORROW Of the family. the sacrrtl-
rcss of tho memory Of tho President, nrd all
tho great lcssons Of love, nntl tenderness, md
pity, anti nil tho grcnt examples Of Ills useful
life mil heroic tieath, the trial OF tho wretch
has been conducted without dignity or de-
ccncy, And Justice Inns AsraYct herself In cAp
and bells for tho delectntion Of grinnlng spec
tatDra The miserable wretch himself llns
lteen allowed to interrupt tho trial, TO
interfere with witnesses and COUNSEL to
brDwbcat the Court, and to crack his
unsecnly jokes for the sport OF
the crowd MID their applause. Ile
l,as l,nl full swing In Ills disgusting antics,
md tho trial Inns been run not In accordance
with tho routine of law, or the demands Of
Justice, or with respect to the gravity Of Tho
callsc, or with respect for the feelings of tho
4ll1tCltCtlA pCUpiC4 Utkk " Shht hll1Su3t
caprlces, cgot!su,, md notorIety If Gnlteau.
Whnt should l,nrc been the most solcnsnt trlal
ever leitl III an AmcrIcan court IL growing
to be one Of the n,ost alsgustng|y ridiculous.
lis nIlsc0nly phases antl untl1gnltlett Incl
dents find their parallels III the hearing Of
petty n,stletlenn0rs III n Justices court.
Tho loose aud un1ignl(cd manner III which
this case Is conducted. the way III which
1llsttce ~ HAlle lllo target OF ILLS niser0nlo
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