New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-16
farce The prosecution have yilihed me outrageousV
had TO defend myself or be crushed Ike craFeh


party and the time Is not distant when you VIII , pe
soundy acquitted and your fame 1ash across Tue
country and your Inspiration VIII enghten Do.n Tue
Eastern and Western hemspheres ana you may S1 a
gured of the heartfelt sympathy of every genuine sp
lican In Kansas ia this, your hour OF aiilcl9n @ Nv
attribute TO you the honor and credit OF ~
your inspiration, our grand old Repupleah parry
"pmrLsDrlrI N. Nev;Ysar2;s pay, 1882.
We wish to your Honor Happy New-1ear'
We hone The hour OF your freedom is near,
For oqr s 0 sa @S in n @ each day.
Al ~ Phd d sPsahs sh your Snt choT they'd raise
That they will not you by C0rkhll 10 fall'
Is the earnest resolve Of our ctizens all
Dayidge ana Porter shall not get ther way, -
These DlOodhrsty scouDdrels nave 100 lnucn dVsI'
But they cannot be blamed, for their wages are hsh'
And we all know what evidence dollars can Guy
But little care you for themselves or their JAW, -,
For you greatly outsllne them in smaLtness ad daT'
Your conduct this month back we all nave admired
Ana we feel fully certain you had been inspired
TO make that removal by one daring deed,
For which shah never allow you to Dlecu
Protestant, Catholic, Quaker and Jew,
We send our best wishes to Charles Guteau
We bid you be firm, determined ana brave, NJ,
Aud from Corkhps vile meshes our hero wen save"
"NEw.YoRK, 1882
'You do not place j. X. Porters pay high enough He
etS 900 Instead OF $1,000 ana those expert doctors
Eel from 81 900 to 50 900 instead of $1,000 They are
wasting money that does not belong TO the tes
This man says Mr.. Porter Is hight9,ned
on this case. Mr. Porter was employed by Gen
eral Arthur last October, before, ne Knew tne
amlned my papers and sent Mr. Brooks to interview
me supn0sine there was a conspiracy, July and -
satisfied Mr. that there was no conspiracy and
mar tine Deity mad In spred the President,
and he reported To the Atorney-General, VINO then
decided to have nothing whatever to DO Win TINS ee,
Had President Arthur been rs well advised as 10 tne
facts October as he is to-day Mr. Porter would not %
in this with Davidge Corkh IS booked Tor re-
aud has been since General Arthur became IreS
Nf This man thinks am better than JEFF Davis;
"WAsHINGToN, Jan. 3, 1882.
ain your speech 10 the Court you may well argue that
the leaders OF tao late Rebellion, and especially JEFF
Davis who Is or thousands Of HGpg t tSs
arch criminal Of he cOinb-are allowed to go without
punishment, you, who have hui removed ole man anu
politician at that, SHOULD certainly be treated with in
diligence and clemeney"
Il has been SAID that when the Deity and removed
the President blow was struck at repuDncansni Dut
say the Republic endangered by the President, and
hence the necessity for his removal say that sayeo
the Nation aud the Deity confirmed the act ana the
Amerlcan people are satisfied with 1t. The American
people are tue most magnanmOus people on the globe
All they want is to understand matter ahd tnen tDey
can give righteous Judgment. Ihey admire Drains anu
b dbe PTesient was shot sed these words in an
basest of crimes. That the President under the m9np
NATION of his Secretary state has been guilty OF tine
basest ngratitude toward Stalwarts admits OF no
denial. The expressed purpose OF the PreSdeht mas
thereby prepare the way for his denomination In 1854
In the Presidents madness he mas wrecked the once
grand Old Republican party, and for this he dies"
When | wrote these words had been in n mania for
thirty DAYS; had rOaned under the political situation
was I'm reyere III the same address used
these words IL cannot render my feelings Booth or
Jefferson could, but will do 1t IN my humble way AN
supposed tor the moment to recover from the mama
| think what the public will say when they ilnd the
President Is shot, and reel and stagger under the
fbought ( IN abOut o the President. But
Gods Will, and not mine, be done: ,,,
II had nl-wh toward the President. This IS not
murder 1t is political necessity; IL WIN MAKE my
friend Arthur President aud save me Republic Grant
during the war tho01aSG5 ., 10 o b
moiyel 81 shot the President as would Rebel, II
saw hin pulling down the American nag ANA mere IL
the nspiraiion: 81 leave my justification 70 God and
the American people - and Today, six months after the
shot was fred Deity mas repeatedly confirmed the
act as inaca ed by nay experience set forth III this
speech and the American people are satisfied 10 et tu3
prosecution 20 by deldut' anu hat Is 'o wa! you vi"
on June 20 IN the same address, used these words
prcsaens election was an act OF God The Presidents
I IL an act of Cod" And now say expect him
A REMARKABLE LETTER INDEED.
Inow call attention to a remarkable letter, entitled:
A Genuine Christian on the Guiteau Case It'll
public letter addressed to Mr. Scoyilc, and came to me
providentally;
"Why torture your head about witnesses Rivetyour
trust I'm Jehovah Has lie not twice already snatched
your client Gultcau, from the jaws Of dcdtht BE as
sred then lie will not desert you or him I'm told SIR
Won are Christian -Guiteau know is. Then throw
TO tle %llls ilsay L., ~ God,s snnrc19Gy That II
deinanulls tn leSot illo i ~, ~, i'ro, "a, al
the bullet MISSED would IL not have been proYdenuai
As it hit, it not equally proydentlal VINO Dul an
mfdel would say God had not the power to stop the
leaden messenger All Christians agree II Goa Wed
ntherwlse IL would have been otherwise. Could He not
have palsied Guiteau's arm had lie Wisueu " men
Gueau raised his weapon in His name, could lie not
ny vii isaac was rescued Dy God Garfield was killed
by God. Fifty millions OF people went down upon tnelr
Knees apOrng has life. GOdanswcred them with death
Their prayer was Oh spare our President II IL DC my
To-day that viii is known and recognized throughout
all ChustendOm. Hearken to the messengers OI the
,She Rev Mr.. Morgan lin Church Of Heavenly Rest
God had refused TO prOlOng the life OF our beloved
President lie had re- used II deliberately, and because
a. Was best to refuse Let Christians be sure OF thaJ
Let them know that God was always right Let them
knee before the body of the dead President ana say
Our Father, which art III heaven, the Do" Is neay ~
Thy providence is dark, but Thou knowest best We can
| trust Thee when we cannot understandIl nee
1.-THE Rev. Henry ward BeeGher IN prayer lH no
Lord laid Thy hand heavily upon this nation Thy
| with shame and horror. We believe that Thou art
amounting this great people, and by this great s0roW
Tie Rev Mr. Crawford Fortyseoond-st. NJ E.
church, Garfled's loss great one to the Nation,
but the wisdom oi God cod not Dc queSuohou' do nc
u' :" The Rev Dr. Moran Dix Trinity God made the
world; He governs it. HIS neyer-lailng providence
ordered all Things in heaven and earth Whatever com
eth hath meaning. The events OF the hour ana tue
DAY not the result oil chance Goa II Is VINO orders
or permits whatever occurs on EARTH IN heaven III el,
| ab6ve below around us II may be there those
who do not feel in all this he assassination that God Is
Christening, affecting Furnishing tlsitlng ,,od mona
than his in setting forth the truth that when our
time comes 20 the most energetic and skul oppOs-
ton cannot hinder the event The Doctor On prayer
God bless dlspensation tine shooting OF Garfield
TO the Nation. and may the people yet shout Aalelu-
THE Rev Dr. storrs BroOkynJ To-day ask you to
the voice OF God IN the lessons Wnlcn lie brings 10
us through this sad strange and unexpected dspen-
| satlOn OF HIS providence Men sometimes say the
of Providence is not ndtat all 1t was mere num-
an mortas /; fl the insanity OF mind dIsordered.
| But Gods Providence controls the wills OF men,
1.-THE Rev. Dr. Bellows Already blessings manifold
had followed the shooting OF the President, and the
effect OF that good influence seen throughout the
| whole Nation. sublime confidence III Goa
| was reached when could say from the
| heart "TAough He slay me, yet VIII
| / trust in Him" God did not permit His ways TO De
| placed under our microscopic Inspection
"Clearly, Guteau inspired from ON nigh Let thlS
Nation dare harm hair MS head, and II may 80 out
In blood God issued this order once land lie may "a
second time) Put every man Ids sword by MS slIe
/ aud 20 in and TO gate, throughout the