The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-01-25
LATER.

WHEN the court opened on the 23d in
the Guiteau case, Judge Porter began his argu-
ment to the jury. He appeared i'll and began
with apparent effort Scovllles speech, he
stated, was aconglomerat ion OF deliberate mis-
statements and perverted testimony. CUR
teau's argument was the least Objectionable to
any made by the defense. The prisoner, he
said should not be allowed to leave the dock
until the sentence of death was pronounced;
instinct was e9uaIled only 81 his love of noto-
riety. He had been beggar, hypocrtte and
x lsyyss d Tne N seDe5 sD S %9n disso Ssse
est rogue, and such men cannot win cases He
has left his trail OF infamy in hundred direc-
tons of morality that when he had taken debts
TO collect, and collected them by dogging the
who was capable of blasting the name of the
woman with whom he had lived for years and
still Is tbs of chrs
tian associations a follower of the
savior, when fresh from six years Of foul for
Porter proceeded with his resistless torrent of
dcnunciation and invective, the prisoner occa-
sSnseiy Gns fec false. or that % amt In % passing
in the review OF the principal events Of the
se 11Se the pefe5 im Senp up n ss a
nature. Abiding to his dispute with his brother,
John w. Guiteau, in Boston when he struck
the latter in the face, Judge Porter said this
was the first and last time this coward ever
struck any blow in the face. Ris coward hand
who and what was the murderer Judge Porter
next described his victim, paying n glowing
mented President, and pronouncfng a most
touching eulogy, as it were, upon his memory.
The claims Of the prisoner, TO be praying man,
were considered. and q hollow mockery of the
claim shown. The man who claimed TO have
Divine Inspiration himself, prepares his
was si diyneiy ne vi inspired. The believer in inspi.
ration, he would himself alter the inspired
Tsat he snd aid not sSoo, tSe on the st
occasion was due to his coward heart Had be
done It on that occasion he would have been
sion the President was surrounded by his Cab
met and his friends. His son, not yet strong,
with God-given strength to defend his father,
was also by bis side, and the assassins craven
Sears failed nm sHd h he sa.d ye5 At
Porter related the dogging Of the Presidents
footsteps 70 the little church and the incidents
him. President Garfield's visit to Secretary
Blaine's house dogged by the assassin was viy-
er, dark as that night when the devil rstwhis-
pered this crime in the assassin.s ear. He laid
command nS 20 Of S Goa RESTING upon him to XII the
President, and With prssspre sur tina, wOG1a nave
n% SS + i ne qsd 9sy Shs Sd he not M
thought ne would do It some other time; be-
the ideal OF the Stalwart and the Republican
party; because he thought be had SO carefully
la1d the foundation Tor MS defenSe against
crime and his protection from mob violence
that he might safely commit the act In light of
day. This careful man-carefui Of his own
safety-made every provision, even to his CON
veyance to Jail and when he had seen his VIC
tim fall he turned and ran Ran where7 Where
could he runY' During the long arraiGnment
Guiteau pretended TO be reading but often
turned uneasiy and attempted TO Offset what
Ree SAD oS L ass sso s's
AFTER the reading of the journal in
the Senate on the ed, Mr.. Anthony submitted
a resolution in respect for the memory of his
colleague, Senator Burnside, aud tho remain
der Of the session was occupied with eulogistic
speeches The House laid aside its pend
ing business for the regular order, which was
the same as that In the Senate, eulogfee
upon Senator burnside. The resolutions
adopted by the Senate were read In the House,
and Mr.. Chase of Rhode Island, offered a set
of resolutions eulogistic of the late Senator,
which he accompanied by short address,
Other speeches were made by Mcssrs- Hrown,
Of Ind, in whose distriot the late senator was
born, Spooner Pettibone and others, and after
adopting the resolutions, few unimportant
bills were introduced aud the House adr
touTned.