Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-02-08
No New Trial For 6uiteau.
The Assassination OF Presi-
dent Garfield to be EI-
plated on the SOth
of June next.
THE PRISONER MAKES A SPEECH:

ruled Guiteau, who had been permitted
to resume bis seat at the counsels'
table, called out, ''If your Honor please
1 desire to ask if there is any motion
that 1 ought 10 make to rescue my
rights?'
Mr.. Scoville tried to prevent his
speaking, but he retorted. We'll, L
don't want any advantage taken of me
want to know how much time l shall
have to prepare my appeal to the court
in banc.'
Mr. Scoyllle Please keep quiet; we
haven't reached that yet.
Guiteau with much excitemenD: L
won't keep quiet; 1 am here, and pro-
pose to do my own talking.
Judge Cox then informed Mr. Scoville
Of the rules of practice applicable to the
filing of his exceptions, and after this
matter bad been arranged Colonel
Corkhill renewed his motion, saying:
is now my duty to ask for the
sentence of the Court
Judge Cox Ito prlsoner): Stand up.
Have you anything to say why sentence
should not be passed upon you?
Guiteau (still sitting): l ask your
Honor to postpone sentence as long as
possible.
Judge Cox: Stand up. Have You
anything to say why sentence should
not now be pronounced upon you.
The prisoner then arose, pale, bat
with lips compressed aud desperate de-
termination stamped upon his features.
In low and deliberate tone he be-
gan, but soon his manner became wild
and violent, and, pounding upon the
table, be delivered himself Of the fol-
loving harangue:
Il am not guilty OF the charge sei
forth in the indictment. 1t is Gods
act. not nine, and God will take care If
il. and don't let the American people
forget it. He will take care Of it, and
every officer of this Government, from
the Executive down to that marshal,
taking IN every man on that jury, and
every member of this bench, Will pay
for 1t, and the. American nation will
roll IN blood it my body goes into the
ground and am hung. The Jews pat
the despised Gallilean into the grave,
and for a time they triumphed, but at
the destruction Of Jerusalem, forty
years afterwards, the Almighty got
even with them. 1 am not afraid Of
death. lam here as Gods man. Kill
me tomorrow, If you want to. l am
Gods man. and have been from the
start
Judge Cox then proceeded TO pass the
sentence, addressing the prisoner as toll
lows:
You have been convicted OF crime
so horrible in its circumstances and so
farreachlug that it has drawa upon You
the horror of the whole world and the
excavations of your countfym en-. The
excitement produced by such an
offence made it no easy task to secure
for you a fair and impartial trial; but
you have have had the power OF the
United States Treasury and Govern
ment in your service TO protect your
person from violence, and 10 procure
evidence from all parts of the country.
You have had as fair and impartial a
Jury as every assembled in a couri OF
iustice. You have been defended by
counsel with a zeal aud devotion that
merits the highest encomium, and
certainly have done my best to secure
a feir presentation Of your defence
Notwithstanding all this you have b' en-
found guilty. 1t would have been
comfort to many people if the verdict
of the jury had established the fact that
your act was that Of an irresponsible
man. 1t would have left the people a
satisfying belief that the crime of polili-
cal assas sinatlon was something en-
tirely foreign TO the institutions and
civilization OF our country, but the re-
suit has denied them that comfort.
The country will accept it as TACT
that crime can be committed, and The
Court will have to deal with it with the
highest penalty known to the criminal
code to serve as an example to others.
You career has been so extraordinary
that people might we'll at times have
doubted your sanity; but one cannot
but belioye that when the crime was
committed you thoroughly understood
the nature of the crime and its con
sequences.
Gmteau: 4 was acting as Code man.'
And that you had moral sense AID
conscience enough to recognize thu
moral iniquity of such an act.'
The prisoner: "Thats a matter Of
opinion"
'sYour own testimony shows that
Won recoiied with horror from the idea.
You say that you prayed against ii.
You say that you thought 1t might b
This shows that your cOn-
science warned you against it, but by
the wretched sOphisIry OF your own
mind you worked yourself W against
the protest of your own conscience.
What motive could have induced you
TO do this act must be matter OF con-
lecture. Probably men will think that
some political fanaticism or morbid
desire for self-exaltation was The rcal
inspiration for the act. Your own tes-
timony seems 10 controvert the theories