The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-02-07


new trial being overruled, GuiteAu who had
been permitted To resume his seat st the coansel
| table, caled ouI: II your Honor please, desire
tn ask Il there is any motion that ought to make
10 rescne my rights"
Scnvile tried to prevent his speaking, but he
rrtDrted: Well, | don't want auy nivantnvr
iaken Of me. / want to know how much time
shall have Io prepare my appeal ID the court in
bdHc."
Scoville-" Please keep quiet. We haven',
reached that yet"
Guiieau (wtth much excitemenf(-sI won't
keep quiet I'm here, and pEppOse to do my
own taking"
Judge Cox then informed ScuviIle Of the rules
OF practice applicable 10 the filing of his excep-
tons and after this mailer had bern arranged.
Colonel Corkhill renewed his notion, saying !:
II is now my duiy to ask fDr the sentence Of the
cpurt"
Judge Cox, To the prisoner Stand up.
Have you anything To say why sentence should
mol now be passed. upon your
Guiieau (still sitting)-"I ask your Honor 10
postpone sentence as iopg as possible.
judge Cox-S'and up. Have you anything
to say why sentence should mol now be Drt-
nouncesl upon your
The prisoner then arose, pale, but with lips
compressed, and desperate determination
stamped upon his features. in low and deIibeT-
ate tone began, but soon his manner became ulid
and violent, and pounding upun the table, he
uSHNCAC0 uHAScti vi tue NpftDWIllR u8f00HUcs
am Not guilty OF the charge ser forth in the
indictment. Ii was God's act, not mine, and God
will take care of il, and don't let the Amer
can people forget il. He will take care Of it,
and every officer OF this government, from the
Executive down To that notwithstanding in
every man on thai jury aud every member Of
this behch-wil pay for it, and the American
nation will roll in blood If my b0dy goes into the
ground, and am hung The Jews pat the de-
spIsed Gallilear milo The grave For the Time
they trinmphed, but at the destruction of Jeru-
salem, tJrty years afterwards, Almighty God got
even with them / am not afFaid Of death.
am here as Gods man. Kill me Io- morrow il
you want l am God's man. and have been
from the start"
Judge Cox then proceeded 10 pass sentence,
addressing the prisoner rs follows: You have
been convicted Of crime so terrible in rs con
ssquences, and so far-reachIng, that it has drawn
upsrn yUu the horror of the whole world and the
exccral,,ns OF your euuntrymen- The excite
ment produced By such an Odense made iT no
easy TASK t0 secure for you faiT and impartial
trial. But you have had the power Of the Uni-
ted States Treasury and Government in your
service. 10 protect your person from violence and
procure evidence from all parts OF The eDuniry
You have had fair aud impartial jury as
ever assembled in court If justice. You have
been defended by counsel with zral and devo-
lion Thai won the highest enc0snium, and ], ceF-
tainlY, have done nay best to secure q fair pre-
senlaIioB OF your defense. No: wilhstanding ell
this, YOU have BEEN found guilty. 1t would
have been q comfort to many people II the vef-
dict of the jury had established the fact that ys1ur
acI was that 0f an Irresponsible man Il would
have letI the people satisfied IN The belief that
the crime 0f political assassination was susne-
thing entirely foreign to the institutions Of civil
izaiisu ia our country, but the result has tl~ned
them that cnmioFt- The cDunlry will accept IL
Fact thai that crime can be commitIed, and
the curt will have To deal with il with the high
esI penalty known To the criminal code, To serve
"a an example To others. Your career has been
So extraordinary that people might well nj times
have dsHubted your insanity, bat 0ne cannot but
believe that when the CRIME was committed you
thoroughly understood the nature Of the crime
and its Consequences"
GuiIean--I was acting as Gods man"
And that you had moral sense and conscience
enough 10 FecDgnize the moral equity Of such an
act"
The Prisoner" ThaI'sa matter Of opinion"
The Judge" Your own testimony shDws that
you recDiIed with hOrrUr from the idea You ny
that you prayed against it, You say that
you Ihssught IL might be prevented. This shows
thai yOaF cnnscienee warned yDa against T. but
by the wFeiched sophisiFy of y0uI own mind.
you worked yourself up against the prptest Of
your own conscience What motive could have
induced yOu 10 this, must be q matter OF COZ
jeeturel Probably man viii think that some
political fanaticisnl m0glIid desire for nef-ex-
altaiion Was the real inspiration for theact Your
own testimony serms 70 c0niroyert the thesFies
of your counsel. They have maintained aBd
| thaughi honestly, Relieve that you were
| driven against your own will by insane i'm
/ pulse to commit the sct. bat youF tesii-
m0ny showed that you deliberately resolved
t0 do II, and that deliberate and miaguided
| III Was the sole impulse. This may seem inaaA-
/ iiy y, si1me people. but the law kD0ks upn1 l. aa
WiIfnl crime. You will have due opportunity
haV h~ur
| ing she cnurse 0f the trial passed up0a b The
cauFt n h8Ae, bat meanwhile Il is aecessasy 90
me On pFonounce the senieBce 0f The law, thai
yua be taken hence 10 the enmmon inil q IL
| District. fssm whence yon came, and there kepi
| within the walls of said Jail. and ahese besweez
the hs,uEs oi f2 ~ and p IL, pbs y kaaod y
| tie nsse safT go ere deak. and may the Lori
have mercy 90 yOuF soul