National Republican., 1882-07-01

session OF the jail at once. had the note with
me at the time OF the removal, and showed 1t to
the policeman and supposed that he had taken
the note aud delivercdii 10 General Sherman. 1
have since been told that the note was found on
the noor Of the depot, and that at all events II
was published in the evening papers, and that
General sherman ordered his troops 10 take pos
session Of the jail. saw iity marines in the jail
Saturday night and two or three dozen policemen.
also understood that there were $50 mariues OH
Capitol Hill. Since ! have occupied my cell n
soldier, day and night, has been within
hileen feet of II watching 1t. General Sherman is
now in possession of the jail with his troops.
have never heard that demonstration was con-
templnted and presume that none is, but took
the precaution TO request General Sherman to
take possession of the jail, not knowing how great
the excitement might be. l am in excellent
health and spirits, and have no hankering for
lirst. class food such as am used to. 1 have no
hankering TO get outslde am in jail, and have
made up my mind TO made the best of IL; am
waiting patiently for the result OF the Presidents
condition, and l leave 1t entirely with the
Almighty. have always been strictly temperate.
have no bad habits. l do not dissipatc In any
way, and have not. The only way that ever dis
ssipated was when 1 was in New York aud un-
happily married. am free to confess, that went
The women that went with in New York were
women women who were in the business, and II was
simply a matter of taste and money. /
fxSF anS nsSsF sSsq'eS attempted wGmnn IT, II have S
touched woman for nearly six years After
reached the jail was greatly relieved IN mind;
had had a terrible pressure on my mind for five or
six weeks, and not soul to sympathize with me
and not soul 10 know my mental anxiety in
reference to the removal; and as soon as was
and was left there n moment said this TO my
self: !" Thank God, It is overl' Isupposcd then
TINT the President was shot dead; this was my i'm
preston when he dropped his head and fell-that
he was gone had this impression on my mind
az 2 O'Clock saturday, when l heard one Of the
officers say, "rhe President is improving little"
which is the first intimation that had that the
President was not dead.
His Opinion or NihiIssm.
aNNA ll..ls
said that Europe is greatly stirred by the removal
OF The President, and that the Russians are max
ing great talk about it, and have been asked
to compare Nihlism with the removal. My an
swer to that is this: Nihilism, MS understand it,
comes from the attempt of u few social wrecks TO
try and get possession OF the government but they
have nothing to substitute for 1t: their idea Is TO
destroy the existing government without being
able to make better substitute-like Ingersolrs
idea TO destroy Christianity without giving any
thing better than Christianity. 1t comes from
shallow condition of the mind. and Is not worthy
of serious consideration. If these Nihilis.s want
to pervert their government, my idea is that they
ought to be suppressed at once. 1t Is species of
political fanaticism and nonsense and should not
be tolerated. The only reason that removed the
President was to unite the two factions of the Re-
publican party, aud thereby prevent the govern
ment from going into the control of the rebels and
Democrats, who sought its life during the war.
1t is purely patriotic conception and execution;
not soul in the universe had any idea of my con-
ception or execution, and whether 1t is right or
wrong, am solely responsible for it,
Oneida Communion and MOrmonisnl.
l have always considered my living in the
Oneida Community as the great shadow of my
6akd me from the world, and in every possible
view one can take of it, II was very great mis-
fortune. No amount of money would ever atone
for the anxiety OF mind aud spirit and body that
l suffered in the Oneida Community. / was like q
fish out of water; was not entirely in sympathy
with the community; had enough Of their fan.
atheism IN me to keep me there aud fingered and
fingered in agony for five or six years. Imade up
my my, mind at last that was IN hell and that
Would have g9i 9 m Sas under hs the
of tins spirit that left the Community in April
1865. left II intending to remain away perma-
nently, but had no money, had no friends. l
was alienated from my relatives and took n room
in Hoboken and lived rather precarious life. l
had 500, which the Community gave me, and an
outfit of clothing, but had no trade, had no
profession, and was about as bad off as q young
man can be. When was in Freeport, in October
and about the Oneida Community. He knew that
was very bitter toward the Community and to-
wards him. lfmy father had been dead or If the
Oneida Community had not been in existence,
should have had very
MUCH BETTER RECORD AND HApp1ER LIFE.
In this the last interview that ever had with my
father, was talking against the Community, and
said to to him among among other things, " You have
I'M me face Snd tell me II ann mot ghs0ns
meaning John II. Noyes, and I brought it
out with hiss. i never was able to forgive
my father for the injury he did me in running me
If my mother had lived, or my grandfather or If
had had any relatives TO look after me in that
critical period Of my life never should have got
into that horrible Community But was entirely
alone. My mother died when l was seven years
old, and my stepmother and las is usually the
My sepmother was very mitch OF lady, but she
had no especial interest in me at that time, and
SO drifted under my fathers influence, into the
Oneida Community.
WHAT HE THINKS OF FREE-LovEIsM.
Now propose to tell what ! think about free
loyesm, and religious fanaticism, because 1t was
owing to the religious flnaticism of my father
that ! got into the Oneida community and suf.
fered what did. Mormonism was and Is sys-
TEN of religious flnaticism. Brigham Young
claimed that he had special authority from the
Deity to establish what he calls the Church of
Jesus Christ, or Latter Day Saints, on earth
Young gets his conception from the Old Testa-
ment. He depended upon Abraham, and Isaac,
and Jacob and those old patriarchs for his concep
Noyes depended upon the New Testament for his
conception. Noyes claimed that Christ and Paul
intended to establish the kingdom of God latterly
but therspecial work was mott TO establish the king
dom of God when they were ON earth, but that the
special mission OF Noyes was TO establish the
Kingdom of God in this world in its latter days
The Oneida Community as q social organization
disbanued some two yeafs ago. The Community
decent people OF Central New York, under the in
spiration OF the clergy in that neighborhood,
threatened to send Noyes to States prison. and
and actually had sufficient evidence against the
scoundrel TO send him to States prison. He know
ing his guilt and aware OF the efforts of these
clergymen and others, left one night, as l have
been informed by the press and went to Canada,
where he has since remained. To-day he is
fugitive from American justice on British soil. II
Noycs had had his dues thirty years ago,
social theory, he Would have ts been ' hung and
this age of ptogess the " people 0sIaHed WiaHed at
his inquity because they really did not know
what the fellow was doing. He had absolute con-
Community, aud he established despotsm that
had not q parallel in ancient or modern his
tory; He was the business, social, and spiritual
Oneida Community Noyes walked up and down
in the Community like young god. He had no
utes private conversation with him during the
entire six years / lived under his despolism.
When / went 70 San Francisco, in 1871, spent
day or two at Salt Lake City.
VISITED THE MORMON TEMPLE.
I made some inquiries in reference to Mormon
life and practices George Black, boy that
used TO know at Freeport was acting governor of
Utah at the time that was there. John Wilson
Shatfer, who was General Buffers quartermaster
at New Orleans, and II man that used to know at
Ffeeport when boy, was governor Of Utah AZ the
time that l was there. shaiier was appointed
Utah when was there, and Black, the Secretary
OF state, was acting governor. SO that got con-
Within the last month, while was reading the
papers at the Arlington, glanced over tho San
FRANCISCO Chronicle occasionally, and l was
appalled, TO see the wonderful growth, stated in
tnat paper, of Mormonism within the last year or
two. According to that paper, Morinonlsm Is
spreading all through the West, in Colorado, in
Uiah, Ill Washington Territory, in Wyoming, aud
al through the West these Mormon fauatics are
propogatng their religion. They send their mis-
sionaries 10 Europe, and they preach Mormonism,
and they bring converts to the West aud the result
Is that they have wonderfully increased within
year or two. The express object and purpose of
the Mormons is to get
POSSESSION OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
attended n meeting at the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church. since came 10 Wash ngton; !;