The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-12-17
Suggestions OF the Guiteau Trial.

day made it the subject of his sermon.
He said:
"There is nc mystery about it. 1t
is plain case of man allowing his
evil nature to run loose in every di-
rection. 1t is not, as some say, the
work of the devil. 1t is only the ey-
olutiOn of this mans own nature.
There is a philosophy of crime, a
science of sin, which is very old, but
has not yet had graphic ana plctur-
esque name given it. For purpose OF
warning and elucidation 1 shall call
it 'Guiteauism."
First, by 'Guiteauism,' / mean
ablo-bodied beggary. There is a
large class of men who spend their
lives begging, although it is often
under the pretence of borrowing.
The assassin now on trial could have
achieved an honorable livelihood by
saving wood or ditching farms, or
pounding shoe last, but he turns his
back upon what he can do, and at
tempts that for which he has no quail
iticatiOns There are i'm this country,
as near as | can tell, about 100, 900 of
what are commonly styled dead
BEATS They have little smatter.
ing of learning, and forthwith feel
themselves called to write books or
edit newspapers, or take the lecturing
platforms.
"After five or ten or twenty years
of dead failure one would suppose
they would take the hint, and, not
being able to win their bread by toll
Of brain, go back to that which is
just as respectable-the toll of hand
and foot. No, they go to borrowing
They borrow in each neighborhood
until the patience or the capacity of
the neighborhOod is exhausted, and
then they turn themselves to pas
lures new. The assassin borrowed
all he could in Freeport, then bor-
rowed all he could in Boston, then
borrowed all he could il Chicago,
then borrowed all he could in New
York, and then borrowed all he
could in Washington. He borrowed
the money for the purchase of the re-
nowned pistol. He borrowed the
apparel in which he now sits. He is
borrowing the time of learned coun-
sci. He is borrowing hundreds of
thousands of dollars OF the United
States government in this trial.
You and l are helping to pay his
board at the prison. 'Guiteauism'
is able-bodied beggary. Such men
propose to live by their wits. They
are trying to see what they can pick
up. They hang around the head
quarters of the political parties to see
if there are any crumbs, and hurrah
for the candidate they think will be
successful. Washington is full OF
them. All the trees around the
White House were full ofthese crows
when Garfield was shot. That
frightened them off their roosts, but
they are now as thick as ever. They
are as strong and enthusiastic now
for Arthur as they We're for Garfield
then. Their chief apostle is Guteau.
The most of them will soon be des-
pendent and mad enough to shoot
anything from president down to a
saplng. The most Of them will
come home with no official appoint
ment and without a cent in their
pockets. What, then, will they do I?
Borrow of course; borrow. They
will not think of getting work. 1t
is only we vulgar people who work. !"
"The country has done all it could
to alleviate the domestic calamity.
But after all the alleviations the do.
mestic grief is Unreasonable. Rath
err than half a million dollars in their
orphanage and widowhood would
the broken-hearted family have had
log cabin of the West, with two
rooms and father and husband with
them. What broke up that domes-
tic felicity? 'Guiteauism.' But the
murder of James A. Garfield was not
the worst part of this business. To
show what Guiteauism is, look in
upon the court room at Washington
and see the attempt made by Guiteau
and his counsel to defame the entire
family-father and sons, d daughters
and unclesand aunts-with the charge
of insanity to save that murderer. !"
"Again, 'Guteauism' stands for
those who employ the cloak of re-
! ligion to cover up their turpitude.
The assassin was a successful prayer
meeting exhorter. He was an usher
at revival meetings; he quotes Scrip
ture glibly; he has been a member
of the Methodist Church. the Presby-
byterian Church and the Baptist
Church. lie has honored pretty
much all our denominations except
the Episcopalian ; but as the Apostle