National Republican., 1882-07-01

| them are worthy OF notice. J. do not know any
| dead beats or jail BIRDS and ifany Of them pre-
| tend 10 know me they say what Is false they are
merely trying TO make reputation out of me.
never held any kind Of a political office in my
| life the only Office ever had was law Office.
heard the other day that intended TO shoot Mr.
| feelings against Mr.. Blaine. l have not the
slightest il.wlll toward anybody. neverthought
Of Mr.. Blaine's removal in this way-not the
stated, did not know that Blaine was at the
depot that morning. was never put out OF the
treated rudeiy by anyone there, and did not have
the slightest will toward anyone at the White
House While was going there about the con-
| always pleasant 1 have no acquaintance with
Fred. Grant; do. not even know him by sight
| III he says am a dead-beat Chicago lawyer
he HAD BETTER GO SLOW.
| have not practiced law in Chicago for four or
five years. and have not been there since August,
1879, although l consider Chicago my home;
| lost my vote on Garfield and Arthur last fall be-
national canvass and had no time or disposition
to go to Chicago TO vote. Chicago is the iveliest
city on the continent; It has more brains and
wealth for It's size than any city on the globe. For
nsos 4 IS o rent soys WASH ho
had rather live in Washington than any other
place in the world. have Travelled some, and
| agree with him. The Chicago newspapers are
models of audacity aud enterprise The Tribune,
Times and Inter Ocean are the leading papers. The
Hon. Joseph Medill, editor of the Tribune Is COOL
fellow and fine writer so is his brother, Sam Me-
dill his managing editor. Story, of the Times, in
his prime was one of the most brilliant journalists
| on the American press. He used 10 strike out
from the shoulder, and he generally hit his mark.
wilkie and Watterson, his editorial writers, are
| capable of doing splendid execution. William
Penn Nixon and Colonel Pierce, of the Inter Ocean,
are good newspaper men. Nixon Is the financier
Journalist. Az one time the Inter Ocean had hard
| struggle for existence. am glad to learn 1t is
now prosperous In 1875 tried TO get hold of the
| paper 1purposed to make it the great organ of
| the Northwest Nixon was to be fnancier and
editor. ! purposed to put Horace Greeley's Re-
netts snap and enterprise. / spent some
time on the idea, but money then was very scarce,
Gnd sqy abSRd Il tbe l9 P9fs se aSe
Democratic the Int6r Ocedn, Stalwart, as l would
make 1t If L were editing it. 1 have not seen the
silly prohibition of the District Attorney. Colonel
Corkhill, who Is fine fellow. and, aside from
many lies have been published about me. As soon
as get TO 1t / shalt read the papers and make
proper corrections. This work contains my entire
life has been suppressed If any one pretends to
know anything about me that cannot be found in
| this the public Will understand that 1t is alb
solutey false. have suffered some at times
| from the lack of money aside from this my record
is straight. In the spring of 1877 left good law
| business in Chicago TO go out lecturlng. then
| had money, fine clothes, aud boarded Mt the Sher-
man House and first class hotels. My clients were
scattered all over the city. never had such good
| luck in getting business during the spring of
1877; could have easily made 5000 in that year
into splendid position. but had no heart ior the
| law. My mind was running on theology;
WAS LIKE WOMAN IN CHILDBIRTH,
| had something in me and had to get 1t out; so
went out lecturing, with the result herein stated
| had ideas. but no reputation; it is only a man
with an immense reputation that can draw as O
lecturer. This is why failed no one cared to
hear me, and 1t caused me vast deal of trouble.
| 1 had us much trouble to get in my work on the
ology as Paul did. He hungered and thirsted, and
was naked, aud had no certain dwelling place.
| During the two or three years was on theology
| lived a very precarious existence, but did not
fortunate in getting into irst-cass boarding
| houses; l paid what 1 could, and owed the
balance Some of the time l was on theology
and out of everything but the Lord lie stood by
me- and was IS hap in the ,t, consciousness G that
| good fight kept the faith.'
CHRIST AND PAUL LIVED vAGABoND LIVES
on earth and were put to death as vile imposters.
| This happened many centuries ago. For eighteen
centuries no men have exerted such tremendous
influence in the civilization of the race as the de.
spised Galilleau and his great apostle. They did
their work, and left their work with the Almighty
| Father. When God wants anything done, he sends
| man TO do it. have no doubt about the destiny
| of my theology, and thatt is official.
| HOW HE DID HIS LITERARY WORK.
do my literary work in this way: Before 1
commence to write read everything / can find
on the subject. Then weave the discourse out of
my brain as cotton Is. woven into fabric.
| The papers relating to the Presidents removal
were prepared during the four weeks prior to the
| removal. The address to the American people
was prepared as conceived the ideas therein con-
| tained 1t was not written at one writing, but
the thinking was done mostly in Lafayette Square.
ceiSed what i wished to say to the he American IN
people simply made u note Of 1t, something like
to me prior to the removal, that The case should be
| given away, and therefore | made the, notes in
this style For !" remove" rem l. would simply put the
"P,' and SO on through, abbreviating the express
sions. The object of this was, stated, to pre-
| vent the case being given away in case anything
lapDeneQ to the street. / knew IL yOuld
be impossible for any one to conceive the
thought from this abbreviated paper. The para
graph in the address to the American people be-
ginning "Ingratitute is the basest of crimes"
conceived in the park one morning some two
weeks after the rest of the address conceived.
abbreviated the paragraph, and kept the papers
folded in my pockets until June Is, which is the
time that n tba the j. n Is two days
when I intended to remove him. The other
papers were prepared according to their date.
Cabinet SuggestiOns.
In my note to General Arthur suggested the fol-
lowing named gentlemen for his Cabinet State,
Mr.. Conkling have already stated my views In
Suggested Mr. Morton because met him in New
York at the Fifth Avenue Hotel during the can
vass, and think great deal oc him personally
and politically and as Stalwart. He is the head
| of a large banking establishment in New York
and London, and thought he was well qualified
| Treasury. Last winter in New York met him
frequently, and have met him frequently in
reny ters sncf h sasmed w i've we're S on very
| liked him. met him at the White House, met
him at the State Department, met him at the
| bowed and chatted II we had anything to
say. mentioned General Logan for Secretary OF
warts, as am, aud thought he was better quail
| fed for the position than Mr.. Lincoln. / had
nothing against Mr.. Lincoln | knew him in Chi
cago ten or twelve years ago when practised law
] there, and have watched him ever since. 1
have met him once or twice since he became Sec
rotary Of War, 1 boarded at Mrs, Lockwood's
| where General Logan and his wife did during the
month pending the deadlock in the Senate. 1
| conversed with General Logan several times about
| my application for the Paris consulship, and he
was very pleasant to me about it. sent him my
| speech last August and also sent it to him in
March, soon after / came to Washington. The
| first time met him in March was after went TO
| Mrs. Lockwood's l met him at the table, and
says, How ware are you generalg,. az and said, " My
you, Guiteau3" He remembered me at once, and
said that he was very glad indeed to SEQ me, and
he was unusually cordial, and introduced me TO
Mrs Logan and invited me to seat near his table.
saw General Logan frequently during my stop
at Mrs. Lockwoods. Once or twice called at his
room TO see him about the Paris c,onasulship and
Mr.. Blaine about II, but we did not go. He told
mo one morning that he had seen the President
about it, and that the President said that he would
leave the matter entirely with Mr.. Blaine.
| SUGGESTED Mr.. sToRRs
| for Attorney General because had known him
| some ten or twelve years. In 1870 he and had u
| law Office in the same building in Chicago, and
| had been on more or less intimate terms with Mr..
Storrs eyer since, although while was practicng
| law in New York lost sight OF him, aud when
returned to Chicago, in 1875, we had an office in
| the same building again. recognize Storrs as a
man of brains and decided ability. 1 recon-
mended him because he was q Stalwart of the
Stalwarts, as am. He did fine service last fall,
during the canvass and thought that Garfield
| ought to have made him Attorney General any
| way as tribute TO his services during the can
yass. He spoke East and West, up and down the
| country, from Maine to California. He delivered
magnificent Grafton at the Cooper Institute dur
| ing the canvass, and General Grant was present