The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1882-01-07
THE ASSASsIN's ADDRESS.
II q Declares Himself in Accord With Ar
thur and the Rest of the stalwaris-
Rests His Case With the Deity, and Dis
cusses Various Topics.


Rests His Case With The Deity, and Dis
cusses Various Topics.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 27.-The following is
the document prepared by Guiteau Mon
day, and furnished for publication to night:
christmas greeting 1881. BY Charles Guileau."
To day is Christmas, ard greet the American
people with a merry Christmas. Last Christmas.
class house and was fineIy dressed /
attended Church, and had quiet and pleasant
day; Two ears ago Was in Boston, but was not
well fed and well clothed L theology
There l. money in theology. left s., 900 busi-
ness in Chicago In 1877 for theology
aud preach the Gospel had a. much trouble
To get In my work on the theology as Paul. He
huugeied and thirsted, and naked, had no
dwelling piece, but ne preached the Gospel as he
understood IT, Although he had hard time,
since he left earth his work and name have come
down for ages Chri.t and Paal did their WORK
and left the result wi h the Almighty Father ana
do the same. Christmas. 1878. | was ia st. Louis.
was i'll very redu ed circumstances. l had
travelling. mostly IN the st, Try Ing TO preach the
,ipspel by lectuIing and sellh g my lectures la
Washneton, New York, Boston, Oh csgo ana
other cities felt the Lord putting his work on
me anu | did the best / could. | had
no friends and little money thIistmas,
i.. fed an spent u, a., r@ae,pna a to ecvr wqs
Christmas 1876 was In Chica % and as working
with Mr. Moody, and writing my lecture on
GhIlSLs Second Coming. A ID ~. To-Day.
Chirlmas. 1881 suffer In bonds as patriot but j
am i'll horrible company. Washington
was patrir; Grant was a patdot
lion t1roneh eight wears Of var to victnrv
and glory. Grant led the armies of the Union To
victory and glory, and to-day the Nation is pros
Rally round the flag. boys" and thousands OF
the cherished of the Republic went forth To
battle ior victory or dea h. Washington aud
Grant, bv their valOr and success in war, won the
admiration of mankind To-day. Christmas, 1881,
| suffer in bonds a patriot because / nai
inspira ion aid nerve 10 unite great political
all! to The end that the Na'ion might be saved
another desclatlng war. do not pretend tire
war WAS immy date bat l do say emphaticaly
he bitterness in the Rep .blical party last spring
was deepening and deepening hour By hour, and
or lie the Nation would have been
in flame of civil war. In the presence
OF death all hearts were hushed, contention ceased
for weeks and weeks, the heart aud brain of the
Nation centered on the sick mau in The White
House Al last he went the way of all flesh and
the Nation was in mourning. aud to-day. Christ
mas, 1881, am OIL Trial for my life, charged with
numbering the late President. There Is not
The first element OF murder In this case.
elements must exist: FIIst, the actual homicde;
secondly, malice in lw malice in fact. The
eide. There is no homicide in this case. and
therefore no malice i'll law. Malice in fact de-
pends u qon the circumstances attending the
homicide Admitting that the late President died
from the shot, which deny as matter of fact,
still the circumstances attending the shooting
liquidate the presumption OF mallc either In
law or in fact. Had he been properly treated,
the probability is he would have been alive to-
day. Whatever my inspiration or Intention, the
Deity allowed the doctors to finish my work
gradually, because he wanted to prepare the peo-
pie for the change. am well satisfied with the
Deity conduct of this case thus far, and have
no doubt but that He will continue to father it to
the end, aud that the public Will sooner or later
see especial providence in the late Presidents
moval. Nothing but The political situation last
spring justified his removal. The break in the
Republican party then was widening week by
we. k and foresaw civil war. Ny inspiration was
TO remove the late President at once and
thereby close the breach before it got
so wide nothing but heart rending aud desolation
war could close it. The last cost the Nation
millions of men and billions of money. The
Lord wanted TO prevent repetition OF this DESC
lation. and inspired me to execute His will. Why
did He inspire me in preference to some one else?
Because l had brains and nerve probably
TO do the work. The Lord does not
He uses the best material He can find. No doubt
there were thousands of Republicans who felt as
| did about the late President wrecking the Re-
publican party, and had they the conception. the
nerve, the brain and opportunity aud special au
thOrify from the Deity, they would have removed
him. 1 only, of all the world was the man who
had authority from the Deity 10 do
it. Without the Deity's pressure | never
should have sought to remove the President. This
% ,p my m cree 1s Re De,y
c0mpes man TO give him money, often placing
a pistol at his victims head. The victim may
know it is absolutely wrong for him TO give the
how can he keep IL with the pistol at his
head? his free agency is destroyed, and
he gives his money to his life.
This Irresistible pressure 10 remove the President
was on me for thirty days. and it never left me
when awake. 1t haunted me day and night. AT
last the opportunity came. | shot him in the
Baltimore and Potomac Depot. q \ soon as FREQ
the shot the inspiration was worked off. and felt
immensely relieved L would hotdo il again Tor a
million dollars. Only miracle saved me from
wag the most insane. foolhardy act posi-
BILE, and but mad man
could have done IL, but the pressure OH me was so
enormous that would have done it had | died
the next minute Heretofore poll tical grievances
nave been adjusted by war or ballot. Had Jeffer-
son Davis and a dozen or two Of his co traitors
been shot dead in January, 1861, no doubt our
late rebellion never would have been.
General Grant suppressed one war and Provi-
denee aRd saved the Nation. AS the time ad-
vances the public will appreciate this fact more
and more.
To-Day, Christmas, 1881, am in Jail and have
been since July 2 have borne my confinement
patiently and quietly, knowing that my yindica
came near bel shot dead, but the Lord kept me
| harmless like the Hebrew children in the fiery
! furnace. Nc hair on my head has been singed
because the Lord whom / served when
taken care of me-, My trial seem:
to be progressing well Judge Cox
| consider Just the man for the case. He Is able
| conscientious and careful. have bright jury
| and wi h them to pass on my case. | judge
| they are good men. They listen with the creates
| interest TO the testimony and addresses, and
| presume they will give this case their most sol
emn attention, and dispose OF Ii according to tn,
facts and law. believe the heightened press o