The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-08-19

Guiteaumauia.
'"Was there ever" asked Dr. Will
lia,N A. Hammond when recently
addressing the New York Me- icO.
Legal Society ON the case Of Guiteau,
was there ever man whose whole
career, from childhood 10 the present
day. has afforded more striking ex-
ample II that form Of nieMtal de-
rangemcnt called reasoning mania -
and seeing ti.a. what DR.. Hammond
calls reasoning mania IL Synonymous
with what he might as correctly cal!
asrant rs,guery, the answer whicl, he
anticipates and desires may bv Sivel.
10 his question. That Guiteaii has
been An arrant rGue, or, acccrtlin !:
Ia this new self.cOntralietnry eu.
pl,en.isn,. . reasoning maniac. from
his youth up TIL now. will scarcely
H. denied Ly any one who :ias glanced
ut the rrpsrts Of mis- trial and We
fail. therefore, IL perceive the nest's.
sity for the eial'Ora. proof which
DR.. Hammond ad(luces in support 0f
this self-evident proposition. 1t may
Ike well to examine DR.. Hammond i
position, and inquire wha, justifica-
ti"n lie h..s for applying the term
lunaiic to the assassin Of President
Garfield.
We do MT nov enter uIOn the xcn-
er:sl question whether 1t Is cxpeslient
tn divide lunatics into two classes,
one Of which shall he a,nena!.lc tn
penal discipline. and the other only
to medical treatment, further than IL
say that to do 80 would he to run
cO inter to all advances hitherto made
in the nleslical juri~pruIence Of In
sanity, aud to create difficulties
greater than have yet Oecn expert
erved in the administration II the
l:sw. Efforts have heretofore been
directed tO reconcile the legal dciini-
ti"m Of insanity with tue scien ,ific
description Ut It; aud the attempt to
c,rce these two a~un,ler, to limit the
former 10 u small grAlp ri i,iiOts and
raving n,asl,lieil, an:l to- extend tt,<.
latter 10 that ii shall include half the
hunIHn race, can only end in inextri-
cable cDMftsi"n. Putting aside. ilow-
ever, general considerations. led us
to sce what DR.. Hammond las far
applying the term lunatic In this
particular insianrc, and for arguing
that Guitea'l, although worthy Ot
death, il = il! the victim Of u disorder
Nf the mind aud u diseased brain.
What, then, are the evidences Of
Guitcau's insanity which Dr. HAM
I,lOntl. after Naucl, Orsl'ing of his life,
and ransackimg Of the record. Of his
trial, Is able to bring forward:
Now. villa, GlOes xll this an,Out to
bu: the description Of the career of an
uncr;,pulOus and sanctinI"niuli< adj
venturrr:: Are there not thousands
Of men in the United States and
every civilized country w!M,~e lives.
II carefully reviewed. would l,ress ut
As many mad points ~ that Of Gull
teau-- mad points which make -
sjsr;ous show when brought together
but which arc really Of n" account
w..rn ALTERED over long tracts -!
rational conduct: AM
English lisych 'l",.i.:,l j,urna! argued
rc..n,iy that the ia.c ThO,.:l. Carlyle
Was :. iunatic; an,l the proofs of that
t:.".i. whiri, it ntlllure.i, sucl, Es hi.
.l..prc:, ion. Iypt~hon.iria~is. irr;ta-
hiii.y, and mi ;,nthOpy. we're quite
~ xtn.d in their u DR.. Hammond.
proofs Of Guiteau'> insanity. Taking
these proofs individually. tl,t ~ is not
one Oi them tina; bears the stamp Of
and. taking them c!lCc,i-
vcly. they are ins,Onll l'atil'ie witt, any
theory OF niell;X! alteration. In
..,,ity is often regarded Us law;e>>
uf which anything and
nothing may IL. equally prcdicatssi
for il st.t.r,s IL thO.e who I,n.k upon II
cale:,ssiy from alar .o!.ea wild storm
of t.."isi,t, blowing u here il li>:etb.
,.M without centre "v limitations.
90 .--t. however. " 10 .,,..' StUtlie'!
II n:u.. closely .n.i i.sr.ynin:iy.
.!;... ;.r lrSca al order ia H.. riva.es,
u a.,; >, stein "a is r.;:;,-> :ahd tO ilIe'n
It i~ ,rire> i..-.;:,'e 10 >..y. III n:ai:;
!:>i:n-xS. VIA e..;rse ii will pursue,
w.", :.ai,.e. AZ" c:,;.r'ct.. istic OF IL,
ami wi..t con Ej;iu.;:OU> ar. never
Witnessed IN ii. AM; skilled
student, "i hi.lIial nlc:tv,nI,-
~ u;' this kind. wiin are
ire. .inu l.. rso;.ai l'ias and the
Of premature Judgments
IN :.r.nt. will certainly say that Cui.
Ic.u' j., ..u-c, ::s .iys.. rit.e.i Us Dc Ham
I,.u,.l. is L,Oi classi,..:hle under any
al insanity w;GI whaiI ti".y
sie ~. ,usintca:. Dr. 1aiinlon,! has
evidently ranged through, the Mt.:.-
.,-.~yi I :lul".i,a literature 81 l,i"ny
land. III "r.!sr to o:.aii lr.ttitH;.
su.i opinions with wi.;c:, 1" i"rti;y
vi. ,n,~ilion; and We may a~>"'i.r.
li,ere.urr. that his qau.at."h> afford
the n.sr..t approaches I" t"'ie-cri..;!",>
H Gail, aus >Uplh,>tsi ",sl:a!y tsa:
are t. :.e inund. A:vrt,ng these
+, ,.,..tu';,n-. fGr il:c sake (" ar-N;:'-iI.
). t:..!H Il pi',i"g genuine a."i :y"-
4miz,.i ::i~S "f Insanity" E:''!:
might set! ~" ,:,...i n'a! 10 wi,':'
d; ,i.cs,,. W. would ak. G"~ iir.
lIu,n,,upn,;' weston cf t;ui!eau-
..> c:rv-r'n..:: i" none {" t!"rn.
;n,'>t '~ the reply. Wer. :n."' it,
Eui,v;.a :iw-r blind in.!U!~i"''> /" the
perl. tr:.'i.n M acts ri v;"len:~. or
..yt!. ri >:M@ninary fury. wi.;rh Pin
=! n,:, t. ::.c prominent Symptom IL
l,.sI,ia w!:.:",l' 'lrliriII,,: certainly
.,G. Was :,,, X. in E.i.t",u thai Sud
Ken transition from r"lrirt! 1" CON.
i -: .:"! yO".l,. - nf uuturr /" '!'tn-
Ii.".-m,.- and moral degradation
" !ir:. t:>iu;,.ol makes r''nr"t.r'..
Tic y: lis ''rca-"";Hc :n",'.!n;nia:
1, r..i.::M i.r i,rvlcnied tia: II was.
:,.: ::'i:teau exhibit The ,ir!u-i"n> "f
wi.:ci: More! c,,un'er:s'e.
.n.w.e the ar,fv. l,inrip!,. -; mania
nt character Their. is u" cvi'irnrc
that he did. Was t::t:s IN Gui'eau
hat ',!in.i submission IL sexual Gs'-
Tres JEALOUSY. ambition. vengeance.
which D.,.one; ih>;>;a cn marking
III, reasoning r:a,:is:' His history
does un: sanction. sii.!, an idea. There
is ;Gst on. de>"ri,:: ion g! u :"r,n ~: in-
) .n';y given l.: d.. Ha:n'H"n! I"
wi.ic:; E,;;. Al : c::.c lars :, s'rikin:
;:n.: :l':.t j. II = own de-
.,r;I ;."n u; reasoning mania, hot
,;u.:.d rem has r"n;:>:.j writings.
l,ul prepared i.r t;,e uc,...-;on: aid to
GAitrsu iN*..nc t'.-".;u-c
l..;. description tits !: ii. w""'s; i'e
very u.,,ciI IL il. having >.sI Arthur
tDr,un. and drawn L rortrti: ri him.