The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-07-05
GUITEAUl
THE LAST SCENE OF All,

,,.;.l, - ~ = cieari strong voice al
WIN gooa lntonations, showing little II a aa
nervousness, as follows; '''''' any
Is. And fear not them which k;u a.,
put are not able to kill the soul b,, us oody
fear him which is able to destroy ~ h.. Tia'her
and body in hell. S''o' Doth soul
~. Are not two sparrows sold f,r,,.,.
and one of them shall not fail 70 81 iAthihg
without yeur Father. ~ 'Ae ground
numbered. 0' "'A1 are al
81. Fear We not therefore, ye ,r, -,
| value than many sparrows. VI more
81. hosoeVer therefore shall conFess-,
Father which is in heaven. '''oem ny
80. But whatsoever shall ienynstos.
him will l also deny before my FatbSr men Ilsl,
in heaven. "'"'' which
"a. Think not that am come to sor,.,..
sword. paw Out a
50. For am come 10 set man n, v,.,,.
against his father, and the daughter s,ai.'gy.
her mother, and the daughter-ia.law as 49,.
her mother-iu-law '7Slu't
So. And a man's foes shall be they Of III,
own household. VI us
81. He that lovcla father OF motba-u,...
than me is not worldly Of me: and Ea ,I.es
loveth son or daughter more than me ia ra
worthy of me. N''
AMI
followeth after re is not worthy of me ''N
80. He that hndeth his life shall lose il, o,,
he that loseth his life for my sake shall fsj
40. lie that reeeiveth you recaiyeth me. and
he that re;eive,h me reoeiyeth him that SEMI
me, '
Al. He that reeeivcth n prophet in the nam,
of a phophet shall receive prophets rsw9r3.
and he that receiveth righteous man in ibs
name of righteous man shall receive a rigb..
eous man S reward.
DR. Hicks produced a manuscript which
was prepared by the prisoner this morning
and held it before him, while Guiteau read
While DR.. Hicks was arranging the man.
uscript, Guiteau exhibited slight nervous
ness and moved several times from one font
to the other. He soon recovered his com.
posture, looked over the sea Of upturned
faces, aud said al am now going to read
to you my last dying prayer"
He then read in a loud tone and with dis.
tinct and deliberatiye emphasis the follow.
ing;
'SIY DYING PRAYER on TIE GALLONS
Father, now | 80 to Thee and the Sa.
viour. have finished the work Thou gave,t
me to do, and / am only too happy to 20 TO
Thee. The world does not yet appreciate
my mission, but Thou knowest It. Thou
knowest thou didst inspire Garfelds re.
mOval, and only good has come from IL
This is the best evidence that the iuspira.
ton came from Thee, and have ii set forth
in my book that all men may read and
know thou, Father didst inspire the act for
which ] am now murdered. This Govern
ment and nation, by this act, know, will
frhNv ofar,al 4 3
by killing Thy man. my Saviour. The re-
tribution in that case came quick and sharp
and know Thy divine law of retribution
will strike this nation and my murderers in
the same way. The diabolical spirit of this
nation, its Government and its newspapers
towards me will Justify Thee in curslng
them, and know Thy divine law of retri-
button is memorable. | therefore predict
that this nation will go down in blood, and
that my murderers, from the Executive to
the hangman, will go to hell. Thy laws
are memorable. Oh! Thou Supreme Judge
Woe unto the men that violate Thy law
Only weepiarNpnd crashing OF teeth awaits
them. I'll herican press has a large bill
to settle " Thee Righteous Father for
their vindiCHveness in this matter. Moth
ing but blood will satisfy them, and now my
blood be on them, and this nation and its
officials. Arthur, the President, is coward
and an migrate. His ingrattude to the man
that made him, and saved his party and the
land from overthrow, has no parallel in his
tory; but Thou, righteous Father, will judge
him. Father, Thou knowest me, but the
world hath not known me, and now ! go to
Thee and the Saviour without the slightest
i'll will toward a human being"
Farewell we men of earth'
At several points he paused and endeay-
ored to impart an increased emphasis 10 his
words by peculiar facial expression often
observed during the trial, when he was an
This was peculiarly noticeable when he al
luded to President Arthur and when he de-
clared that this nation would ego down in
blood"
When he had finished his prayer he again
surveyed the crowd and said, with a firm
voice;
II am now going to read some verses,
which are intended to indicate my feelings
It the moment Of leaving the world If
et to music they may be rendered effective.
The idea is that of child ba5bIing to his
mama and papa. ! wrote it this morning
bout 10 o'clock
He then commenced to chant
THESE VERSES
n a sad and doleful voice
81 am going to the Lordy,
| am so glad
/ am going to the Lorly,
| am so glad;
| am going TO the Lordy,
Glory, hallelujah; glory, Lallelujah
am going to the Lord
II love the Lorly, with all my soul.
Glory, halleluiah
And that is the reason
| am going to the Lord
Glory, hallelujah; glory, hallelDjah,
am going to the Lord
Here Guiteau's voice failed, and he
,owed his head and broke into sobs, but be
allied little and went on with his chant
81 saved my party and my land,
Glory halleluiah
But they have murdered me for IT..
And that is the reason
/ am going to the Lordy.
Glory, hallelujah glory, hal,cluiah
Am going to the LOrdy."
Here again his feelings overcame him
nd he leaned his head on the shoulder Of
dr. Hicks and sobbed pitifuIly; still he
vent ON :
Il wonder what I will do
When get to the Lordy?
| guess that [ will weep no more
When | get TO the Lordy.
Glory halelujah
Here there was another interruption
,aused by sobs and emotion which he WAS
Unable to repress. He wept bitterly, and
With quivering lips and mourniul tones he
vent on to finish his ditty.l
Il wonder what shall sec,
When | get to the Lordy,
! expect to see most splendid things,
Beyond all earthly conception,
When | am with the Lordy;
Glory, hallelujah ~
[Raising his voice to the highest pitch he
ould command
"GlOry hallelnjah, ! am with the Lord
This closed the chant, and then Rev. Mr.
iicks gave to Guiteau his final benediction
nd farewell, saying, "God, the Father, be
18th thee and give thee peace forever
lore."
The attendants then pinioned his legs,
laced the moose over his head and carefully
djusted it about his neck Mr.. Strong
laced the black cap over his head, and as
e did so Guiteau called out in loud tones,
Glory, glory, glory"