The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-02-11


responsible man. 1t would have left
the people the satisfying belief that
the crime of political assassination
was something entirely foreign to the
institutions and civilization of our
country; but the result has denied
them that comfort The country
will accept it as fact that that crime
can be committed and the court
will have to deal with it with the
highest penalty known to the Grim
inal code, to serve as an example to
others. Your career has been so ex-
traordinary that people might well,
at times, have doubted your sanity.
But one cannot but believe that when
the crime was committed, you
thoroughly understood the nature of
the crime and its consequences Gui
teau-I was acting as Gods man !.
and that you had moral sense and
conscience enough to recognize the
moral iniquity Ofsuch an act. Pris-
Oner-Thats a matter of opinion.
Your own testimony shows that you
recOiled with horror from the idea.
You say that you prayed against it,
You say that you thought it might
be prevented, This shows that your
conscience warned you against it, bu,
by the wretched sophistry of your
own mind, you worked yourself up
against the protest of your own con-
science. What motive could have
induced you to this act must be a
matter of conjecture. Probably men
will think that some fanaticism or a
morbid desire for self-exaltation was
the real inspiration for the act.
Your own testimony seems to contro-
vert the theories of your counsel.
They have maintained and thought
honestly, 1 believe. that you We're
driven against your will by an insane
impulse to commit the act but your
testimony showed that you deliber-
ately resolve to do it, and that a de-
liberate and misguided will was the
sole impulse. This may seem insan-
ity to some persons, but the law
looks upon it as wilful crime. You
will have due opportunity of having
any errors l may have committed
during the course of the trial passed
upon by the court in banc but mean.
while it is necessary for me to pro-
nounce the sentence of the law-that
you be taken hence to the common
Jail of the District. from whence you
came. and there be kept in confine-
ment, and on Friday. the Goth day
of June, 1882, you be- taken to the
place prepared for the execution,
within the walls of the said Jail, and
there. between the hours of ~ M.
and 2 P. M, you be hanged by the
neck until you are dead, and may
the Lord have mercy on your soul.
AS the last solemn words fell from
the Judges lips the prisoner echoed
them but In far different tone of
voice. for it was in voice of passion
ate hatred that he cried out: "And
may God have mercy on your soul I!
1 had rather stand where I am than
where that jury does, or where your
Honor does. I am not afraid to die.
Confound you! he cried. violently
struggling with the deputy marshals
who were endeavoring TO repress
him leave me alone. know where
l stand on this business. I am here
as Gods man, and don't you forget
it. God Almighty will curse every
man who has had anything to do
with this act. Nothing but good has
come of General Garfield's removal
and that will be posterity's idea of
it. Everybody is happy here except
a few cranks. Nothing but good has
come to this nation from his removal.
That is the reason the Lord wanted
him removed"
Mr.. Scovllle took an exception to
the judgment and sentence of the
court and while this was being net
ed the prisoner sat tapping nervous
ly with the tips of his fingers upon
the table. Then he broke out again
wildly: "I'd rather thousands
times be in my position than be with
those devils who have bounded me
to death. ] will have fight to
glory, and am not afraid to 60. But
COrkhill and the others are. There
is no let-up on CorKhill. the scound.
rel. He has permanet job down
below. / will go to glory whenever
the Lord wants me to 60, but 1 will
probably stay down here good
many years, and get into the White
House. know how l stand on this
business. and so does the Lord and
He will pull me through, with the
help of two or three good lawyers,
and all the devils in hell can't hurt
me.