The Evening critic., 1882-01-16
GuiTEAu,s GuSH.
what He Proposed te Say Go the
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On saturday Judge Cox decided thtt tut
teau should not be permitted to address the
jury in his own behalf In order TO get his
gush before the public the assassin gave
his speech to the Associated Press for pub.
lication. The document ia prei0ocd with
the following letter.
ITO THE ASSOCIATED pREss: have
the honor herewith to transmit my spe,ch.
1t is an historical document. and desire 1t
sent broadcast TO the American nation. !
am not certain that Judge Cox will allow
me to deliver it, but ! sead it 20 my coun.
trymen, and they, and the President Of the
United States, If necessary, Will finally adj
Indicate this case. ! have an encomium on
Judge Cox at the close Of the speech which
| allow to stand, but | do not thilk it
possible, on mature reelection, that lie really
intends to gag me aad prevent my deliver
ing the speech. If he does his name will
90 into history 6lGcEeHcd as q gag-law man.
| am sure that She able chief justice, aud
his associates who represent the Washing.
ton Court in Banc, will spit with scOru upon
the position of Judge Coz, aud / avn sure
that the high. toned men of the nation will
do likewise because am my own counsel,
aud il is infamous if | am not permitted
TO address the jury when my life IS at
stake. would not trust the best mau in
America to close my case. take no stock
in Mr.. Scoville's and Mr.. Reeds theory Of
this defense. l removed the President, aud
this speech contains my defense and 1t
should be read by every American aud
desire you to give it the widest publicity
| by printing it in its entirety
The first part of the speech is a reproduc
tion of the address which Guiteau issued
to the public during the holidays. and the
remainder is a combination of the various
other letters aud addresses which he has
| J,
| gument the language and the illustrations
are already quite familiar to newspaper
readers. 1t contains passages which show
| that he comprehends the law points in his
case, and some of them he states with
| good deal ofsngenuity. He starts out with
the proposition that he was inspired and
was acting under divine pressure which he
could not resist. Being under duess he IS
| not responsible. He reviews the political
situation as it existed on the second Of
July, and dropping the inspiration theory
for the moment, argues that the death of
| President Garfield was IA happy solution of
| the political difficulties that convulsed the
country even when viewed from a hum~n
standpoint, Without the prompting of
the Deity, however, he would never have
attempted tho Presidents removal. \
moment afterward he would not have com
mitted the the act for the whole world.
The speech contains numerous theolog-
| ical disquisitions, which seem to have been
copied from the book written by Guiteau
some years ago, and which, as was shown
by the counsel for the prosecution, was a
| substantial reproduction of previous pub
lications by Elder Noyes the Chief of the
Oneida Community. He repeatedly relates
| the circumstances of the shooting, but with
all his wearisome itcrations he sometimes
makes point which shows that he conf
| plehends the law-ponts involved III his
case. The following is an example "There
was special Providence in his president
Garfeld) dying in New Jersey. l under
take to say that the Deity allowed him to
die there in order to protect me from the
possibility of legal liability for simply exc
cutting His will.n Here is another passage
which shows considerable cunning: " My
free agency was entirely destroyed. I was
under dHreSS. In law, any one under dureSs
is not responsible for his act. On this
ground ! ask you to acquit me- How do
VIC know you were under dures5Y My
| VOID for it. No one else can know this
fact but the Deity and me- There is also
some ingenuity in his adaptation of the
speech of Brutus after the assassination of
Cesar, substituting his own name for Brutus
and Garfield for Caesar.
AT one point Guiteau shifts his defense
from "inspiration' to transitory mania,
ard says:
at was on this ground, to wit: tram
STORY mania, that Scllle5, mcfarland,
Cole, Eiiscocll and other supposed crimi
mails were acc Guitted. In the case of His.
cock, the jury found him sane Immediately
before and after the firing, but they were
uncertain as to his mental condition at the
moment Of firing, and they asked the court
what their verdict should be. The Court
said they must give the defendant the
benefit Of the doubt, and they did so and
he was acquitted
Recurring to his flyorite theory Of in
spiralion he says: " All inspired men must
do their work and leave the result with
the Deity whatever becomes of them. The
worst that men can do Is to kill you, but
they cannot prevent your name and work
from going laundering down the ages. God
always avenges those who iniure His men
| Whatever the mode Of my exit from this
world have 10 doubt but that my name
aud work will roll laundering down the
ages but woe unto the men that kill mt
privately or iudicially! The Deity and
one man are always a majority, and vii
prevail against all the men ever born.
The speech thus concludes :" And now
gentlemen, ! leave this case with you. A
the last great day you and all men will
stand in the presence Of the Deity cryins
for mercy and justice. As you act here 81
will be your final abode in the great here
dIltl' DNG YOU wv npb BGl lllc lptltg hOhi
f on you by meddling with this case. l beg
Tor your own sakes and for the sake of th,
American people, and for the sake Of gen
erations yet unborn that you let this case
alone. Nou cannot afford to touch it,. Lei
your verdict be that it was the Deity's act
| not mine. When the President was sho
, his Cabinet telegaphed to foreign nation
that it was the act of a madman,' and i
D win be far better every way that it b
. officially decided that it was the act of {