The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1882-01-07

the Nation will have introduced certain
witnesses. who are guilty of rauk
have denounced them In plain language hate
the mean deception OF the prosecution. My opin-
ion Of District Attorney Corkhill is well known.
suf ffcient counsel, but Notwithstanding this, L
expect justice To be done me and the motive, in
spiration. vindicated. The people are saying,
Well. II the Lord did 1t. let 1t co.. expect this
spirit will grow
am highly pleased with General Arthur He is
doing splendidlyin his new position Had General
Garfield done as well. he probably would have
been alive to-day. He was a great man, but a
weak politician. / am especially pleased with
General Arthur's cOnciliatury spirit aud wisdom
toward the opposition. 1t is exactly what wished
him 10 d., viz: Unite the factions of the Repub
llean party TO the end that the Nation may be
My lite has been a rather sad one My mother
died when was seven. Ny father was good
man and an able one but fanatic on
religion. Under his influence | got into the
Oneida Community at nineteen and remained six
years. Three years after THU was unfortunately
married. and so continued for years. Soon after
was divorced went into theology three years
My life in the Oneida Community was one of
constant suffering. My married life was the same
My theological life was one of anxiety. but was
happier at that than anything 81 Sc, because was
serving the Lord. My lifeI as been isolated
During my six years In the Oneida Community
got e. estranged from my relatives / might as well
l was never able tn rgive my father for runni z
me into that Community. Ii it had not besn
lOr tDlS SnOuQ nave nd1 lar nbppler life, but
let it go. Forgetting things behii d. pres for
ward have TO doubt as 10 my spiritual destiny
| have Always been lover of the Lord, an
whether live one year thirty. I am His. As a
matter of fact presume shalt live to be Presi-
dent.
To-day eighteen hundred and eighty one years
ago, the Savior of mankind was born into poverty
and obscurity. He moved up aud down Judea and
spoke as one having authority. A vast multitude
followed him. He cast out devils healed The
SICK restored the blind and diseased; told the
multitude who he was and what he came for;
that God, the Father, had sent him to point tv
the way of eternal life. This wonderful being
had noHhere 10 lsy his head. He had no money:
he had 40 iiiends. he never travelled; ne never
wrote books; he was hated. despised and finally
erncihed th rs vile im9oste1 pIiSa Then back he
His minis ry, he drew around himself
a few dispised individuals who were as poor as
himself. They had no money and no standing in
society. and were mostly fishermen. Outwardly
like other great events in human history. the
origin of Christianity was an absolute failure ii
was like seed planted aud IL had 10 grow little by
little Time has developed 1t into gigantic tree
overhangfng the habituable globe mob cru
Gifted the savior of mankind, and Paul His
deah s many an centuries
ago. For eighteen centuries no man has ex
erted such tremendous influence on civilization
apostle. They did their work and left the res ult
with the Almighty Father. and SO must all.in-
srired men. hey US: do their work and leave
the result with the Deity, whatever becomes of
them personally. The worst that men can do is
TO kill you, but they can not prevent your
name and work from going laundering down the
ages
God always avenges those who injure his men.
Cbrist's contem poraries crucifed the Almighty's
only son. but He got even with the Jewish rat e
at the destruction of Jerusalem, A. ID. 7G when
Titus the Roman General. razed that city to the
ground. and slaughtered over ,l00t 90 Jews, and
from that day To this the Jews have been de-
spi ed aud downtrOdden race. The mills
of the gods grind slowly bur
they grind sure. Woe unto any
man or men that persecute Gods mat. The Al
mighty will follow them In this world and the
next Take my own ease.
When The pressure To remove the President
came on me | spent two weeks i'm prayer to
make sure at the Dety's will. AT the end uf two
wee k my mind Wa. liked as to political necessity
of his removal | never had the slightest dOuht
alb ,ut the divinity for the act and necessity
for it. Thus far the Deity has fathered the act To
my enti e satisfaction. He knows | simply eAe-
cnIed His will know IL, ami u great many peo-
pie are beginning To see 1t, and they will zee i,
more and more as time advances. put up my
lie oil the Deity's inspiration. and / have nOl
come 10 grief yet ard have no idea l shall,
because do not think l am des-
liued to be shot hung but that
is matter for the Diety to pass on, not me
Whatever may be my exit from this world have
no doubt but my name and work will go thun
deriug down the ages but woe unto the men that
Kill me privately or judicially
United States Jail, " ashihgton, d. c., Christ
mas 1881