The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-01-19

do their duty and leave the rest with |
the Deity. Whatever becomes of
them, the worst that man can do is
to kill YOU, but illeg cannot prevent
your ls.sinesand wOrlI.ffrom going thun-
derilfg down the ages. Had stuck
to nay law business. either in New
York or Chicago, slioLld have been
rIci. lnan 10 day, but / had other
work to do by book. 1.-The Truth,
contains my theology. 1t cost me
! trouble enough, aud have no doubt
il 10 Official. Durin., the three years
l was GA theology l incurred some
s.uail d.Ots, which have not yet
J BeGn able 70 pay. A thousand dol
lars would pay every dollar ! owe.
Some men owe n hundred Thousand
dollars, aud are considered high-toned.
Inc prosecution have made q great
noise about my owing some board
bills, but that has no bearing up0n
this issue. Mr. Corkhill, who has
taken it upon himself to dig up my
circumstances, owes hundred times
more than do. l always pay when
l have the money, but there was no
money in theology, and l knew it
when 1 went into into it. To-day,
| suffer in bonds, because had the
inspiration and nerve to remove the
PRESIDENT, that the nation might live;
but expect you, gentlemen Of the
liury, will remove these bonds, to the
end that go forth a free and vindi-
Gated man. That is what you are
here fer, and ask you to liberate me.
Tell the American people you ind
no evil in me. 1t is the opinion of
some Of the ablest members of the
bar that this court has no jurisdiction
to try this case. This point will be
pressed, if necessary, in arrest of judg-
ment, but l expect you, gentlemen
of the jury, to justify the act. You
are here to vindicate my Inspiration,
but would have done it any time
after June /, if had known / was to
be shot dead the next moment. / bad
not power to prevent it. My free
: agency was entirely destroyed. l
= was under duress. In law, any one
t under duress is not responsible for
I his acts: On this ground / ask yoE
/. to acquit me. How do we know you
C were under duress Ny wSrd for it.
+ No one else can know the fact but the
o Deity and me: ] know it. This
| Deity knows it. / had to do my duty
: to the Deity and to the American
e people regardless of the consequence
: to myself, No enc wants to shoot OF
II hang me now, save few cranks
4 who are so ignorant they can hardl,
Il read or write The high toned PEG.
|. pie are saying, "wel, if the Lore
i did it, let it 60" The President di,
3 not die before his time. If the Lor,
N had not wanted him, he would no
v have departed. Physical death i
% netting, All men have died. Al
"a men will die. The President Nigh
10 have been killed by railroad acci
D. dent or slipped ON an orange peel an,
,e broken his neck. The interview wit
ID Brooks, l consider special providenc
"a in my favor. talked with him freel
4. about the Deity, my inspiration an
,e the political situation, which shove
n the condition of mind on July 2, whe
"a was precipitat9d ON the President
t A vast deal of rubbish has got int
I this case on both sides. The issu
% here is, who fired that shot, the Deit
"a or me Had 1 fred it on my Ow
n. personal account, no PunishmeI
he would have been too quick or sever
We for me. This is why protected m.
Mt self by going to Jail and having th
,le national troops ordered out. Iwoul
as humbly suggest that the jury
er charged a follows: That if they b
40 lieve that / believed it was right Fl
N. me to remove tho President becauI
IN / had special divine authority for
as doing, they win acquit me on IL
re- ground that was overpOwered by Il
Deity.
ed After quoting Bsecher, Talmat
nd and several ether clergymen, and d
IL claring that when he became Presidel
. in 1884 he would clean cut the Me
ire mons right speedily, he closes thus
IN the jury: TO hang man in N
#. mental condition ON the July 2,
IL when fred OH the President, wou
= be be lasting disgrace to the Amer
i. lean people. The mothers al
re daughters of the republic are prayir
No that yeu will vindicate my inspir
Va tions. / beg ysu do not get Il
i Deity down Oh ysu by meddling Wi
40 with this case. 1 beg for your ov
~ sake, and for the sake Of the Amer
> can people, and for the sake of gen
~ rations yet unborn. that you let th
-. case alone. You cannot afford
- touch it. Let your verdict DO it "
~ the Deity's act, not mine. When Il
- President was shot, his cabinet tel'