National Republican., 1882-07-01
kind ofprcssurc that iod Abraham to sacrifice hi.
son Isaac.


I conceived the idea OF removing the President |
about six weeks ago. Not soul know OF my pur- |
pose conceived the idea myself and keptit to |
myself; read the papers carefully for and against
the administration, and graiually the conviction |
settled on me that the Presidents removal was |
political necessity, because he proved traitor 10
the men that made him, and thereby impcTiled |
the life OF the Republic AT the last presidential |
election the Republican party carried every |
OF the President and his Secretary Of State, they
could hardly carry ten Northern States: They |
the pivotal State Ingratituje Is the bascst of
crimes. That the President, under the manipu-
ations of the Secretary Of State, has been gully Of
the basest ingratitude to the stalwort' admits OF
no denial. The express purpose of the President
has been to crush General Grant aud Senator
GonsnS and thereby Prepaps ths way for his
he has ruined the once grand old Republican
party, and for this ho dies The men who saved
the Republic must govern II,
NOT THE MEN WHO SOUGHT ITS LIFE.
had no ill-wil toward the President This is
not murder; IL is political necessity; 1t will make
my friend Arthur President and save the Rcpub-
Of lives to save the Republic-1 have sacrificed
only one. shot tho President as would rebel
If saw him hauling down the American dag /
leave my Justification to God and to the Aneri
can people, l expect President Arthur aud Sem
ator Conkling will give the Nation tho finest ad.
minstraton it has ever had. they are honest
and thoy have plenty of brains and experience.
Tue Presidents nomination was an act Of Col;
act Of God. These three specific acts of the Deity
may give tho Clergy text. am the author OF II
book called " The Truth, Companion Of the
am clear III my purpose to remove the President
Two points will be accomplished by his remoyal-
il hooy w 95sosS S Sr large donSnd Perhssp hap for ny
can party, and thereby save the Republic.
Autobiography.
My full name is Charles Julius Guitcau. have
CHARLES Guteau. NY surname is speit
G-u-i. .t-o.a-u; 1t is pronounced tiet-o. 1t is
Yeas or more more buck was physician, connected
with tho royal family Of France do not know
much about @ my Eeneel9gy There Is John NJ
and who has got the gonea.ogy of the Guiteau
family. lie is lawyer of brains, and a man of
in New York about twenty. iiyo years and formerly
practiced law at Cincinnati, Ohio. He makes his
headquarters at the Union League Club, in New
York. have met him several times, and he seems
to be very fine gentleman, but know little about
him. There were two brothers named Guteau
wno came 70 .nis county, as nnuetstand M ~ rom
cestor and tho ancestor of John NJ. Guiteau. These
arc the only two branches OF the Guieau family
settled in central New York; John NJ. Guiteau's
ancestors went TO Ohio.
MY PATERNAL GRANDFATHER WAS A PHYSICIAN,
| and very prominent one, at the beginning Of
this century, near Utica, N. Y, in 1910. He died
| in August 1850, at Freeport, ILL.,, having lived
| there for about forty years. lie originally was u
morchart. He was clerk of the circuit court of
Stevenson County one term. After that, for about
twelve years, he was cashier of the Second
| National Bank at Frecport. He was a very good
| About thirty years ago he became interested in
| the publications of John II. Noyes, who is the
| founder Of the Oneida community, and was under
his influence, more or less, during that entire per-
| iod used to hear him talk about the community
n great deal in his family and became interested
IN II in that way in my early boyhood. My mother
| died when was years old know very little
| about my mother. understand she was woman
of fine mind and a lady in every respect. have
heard her highly SnOkpn nf n brnthpr
| named John Wilson Guiteau. He is eight years
| older than am He was born at Ann Arbor Mich.
went TO Davenport, Ia, in 1854, and lived there
some fifteen years. lie was lawyer by profession
and pracLiced at Davenport. In 1869 ne went to
United States Lie Insurance Company. He was
with them two years and
WAS ONE OF THEIR PRINCIPAL MEN.
He has great deal of insurance BRAIN He gets
| up documents on insurance with great deal Of
| ability. In 1871 he went to Boston and became
the general agent of the United States Life Insur
ance Company there and held the position for
| two or three years. He then became connected
with the Union Mutual Company Of Maine, of
which John 4. Dewitt is president Their head
| Dewitt for several years. About two years ago he
became connected with tue New York Lie In
| surauCe Company in Boston, and has held his po-
| siton eveT since He knows about rs much on
| insurance as most any man in America. He de-
vcloped great deal Of ingenuity on that line,
and stands well as nn insurance man. In 1857, nt
| Davenport, Iowa, he married the sister of First
Assistant Postmaster General Iyner, and she is
| still living. They have Two Children-a sou about
% and II daughter about % years of age. / have a
sister who Is married TO George Scovle. Esq, an
attorney al Chicago They were married in 1888,
lehded Harvard University two or three years ago
| and is now actively
ENGAGED IN THE LAW BUSINESS IN CHICAGO.
| They live in Chicago in the winter and have a
fine cOuntry-seat in Wisconsin which they occupy
| during the summer My mother died at Free
| port when WAS years old, and my father was a
t,i,,tn iuaN hon in1o "a
| at Freeport named Maria Blood, in 1853. They
have two children living, daughter, (my half
(my half brothej about twenty. three years d
and think that she lost one child IN infancy.
AT FREEroRT, ILLINOIS, 1SI1-lS59.
The first eighteen years of my life were spent at
Freeport, Stevenson County, Illinois, where l was
born. Freeport is located l2O miles northwest OF
Chicago and Is at the junction fthg Galena divi-
sion OF the Northwestern RAilroad it is about so
| miles east OF Galena. When boy ut Freeport
| Used to know the Hon. L. b. Washburne late
| United States minister to France and the personal
and political friend of General Grant. Freeport is
| in the same Congressional district as Galena Mr.
Washburne represented the Galena district in Con-
gress at that time, | knew john NJ Schofe!d At
Froeport, when u boy. His father wss the leading
Baptist clergyman there. / remember when Gen.
eral SchOfeld received his appointment to West
Point; j. produced quite os,s SIR in FreepoTt:
port during the live years prior to my
leaving there in 1859; he generally spent his sum
mers there, both when he was a cadet and also
when he was a professor At West Point Imet
him in Chicago IN 1868 when he was secretary OF
War; he remembered me. and had quite Il
pleasant chat with him; | was practising law in
Chicago at the time. / saw him at the White
| House in Washington two or three months ago,
and passed into the private secretary's room, and
| then entered the Presidents room. l was about
to introduce myself TO General Schotield, but my
attention was diverted and he and General Sher-
| man passed out of the White House, SO that have
not spoken to General Schofield since 1858. / was
horn at Freeport, Illinois, OH the Sth of September,
| UNTIL WAS EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD.
| / attended school there. used to go to school
TO the Hon. Horatio c. Burchard the present direc-
tor Of the mint; ho has known me and my family
occurred in my bOyhood. / at one time was q
clerk in my fathers office when he was clerk o
the circuit court of Stevenson County. l was
always very ambitious 10 be somebody, and was a
great reader. In mys boyhood days my father
that with great interest when 1t was published
by Horace Greeley. l remember having great
reverence fol, Horace Greeley, Henry Ward
Beecher and all that kind of men, in my boyhood
at FreepOrt, and got good many OF my political
| aud social views from those two gentlemen My
father was Whig and Republican. He was
man of moderate means; his mind did not seem
to run TO accumuatlng wealth, but dwelt more on
religious topics He was very religiously. minded
man, and that is tho way he got mixed up with the
| Oneida Community.
HE WAS GREAT READER AND THINKER
on religious subjects, and lie was captiyated with
tho religious and social views of John II. Noyes
great interest, aud taught the doctrine of the Com.
munity TO his family during my boyhoud.. In
August 1850, made up my mind that would Try
aud go TO college, and after considerable discus
sion and opposition on the part Of my father, ht
very reluctantly consented that should go TO Anr
Arbor Mich. i remained until the following
June preparing myself for college. My maternal
grandfather was Major John Howe. He was
strong, vigorous minded man, rather rough in BIZ
ways, but a man of excellent character aud dispo
sitOn. wus his favore grardson he took
great interest in me- and always said had "mor,
brains than all the rest of the Guileau family
He died when was about fourteen years Old, anC
he lett me and his other grandchildren some lttl(