The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-02-09
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SENTENCE.

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In low and deliberate tone he began
but soon his manner became wild aud
violent, and pounding the table he
delivered the following arangpc:
Il am NOT guilty Of the charge set
forth in the Indictment 1t was Gods
act, not mine, and God will take care
of it, and dou't LET the American peo-
pie forget il. He will take care if it,
and every Officer Of this 9 ,vernnent,
aromthe Executive down to the N lr-
shal, and takiny in every man nm that
jury. and every member of this bench
will suffer for it, and the American
nation will roll in blood if my body
goes into the ground, and | am hung.
The Jews put the despised Gnlilean
in the grave. For ut me they tri-
umphed, but at the destruction of
Jerusalem, forty wears afterwards, the
Almighty got even with them. am
not afraid of death. | am here as Gods
man. Kill me t. morrow, if you want
/ am Gods man, and have been from
the start"
Judge Cox tLen proceeded to pass
the sentence, addressing the prisoner
as follows You have been convict
ed Of u crime, 80 terrible in its circum-
stances, and 80 far preaching in its 70
suits that it has drawn upon you the
harrurS Of whole world and the cx-
crations Of your countrymen. The
excitement produced by such an Of
fence made it u" easy task to secure
for YOU fair and impartial trial. but
YOU have had the power Of the United
States Treasury and Of the Govern
ment in your service to protect youl
person from violence and TO procure
evidence from all parts of The country.
| You have had as fair and as impair
tial jury as ever assembled in court
of Justice. You have been defended
| bv counsel with zeal and devotion
that merits the highest 4ncomium, and
certainly have done INV best to Sc
cure t;,ir presentation for your dc
fence. Notwithstanding all this you
have been found guilty. 1t would
have bee comforting to many people
if the verdict had established the fact
| that your act was that of all irreS
sponslble man. 1t would have left
the people tho satisfying belief thai
the crime Of political assassination was
something entirel, foreign t. the ia
stitutions and civilization of our c0un
try, bat the result Inns denied them
that comfort. The country will ac
capt il as fact that the crime can be
committed, and the court will have
to deal with it with the highest pen
atty known u the criminal code, to
serve Us an example to others. YOU
career has been 80 extraordinary thai
people might we'll at times have dOub
ted your sanity, but one cannot but
believe that " hen the crime WAS com
n tilted you thoroughly understood thu
nature of the crIme and its cOnsequen
ces.
! Gmteau-I was acting rs Gods man
Judge Cox And that you had mo
raj sense and conscience enough t.
recognize the moral iniquity of such
aa act.
Prisoner-That is matter of Opin
hon.
Judge Cox-Yuur own testimony
shows you recoiled with horror from
the idea. You say that you prayed
against it. You say that you though
it mlght be prevented. This shows
that your conscience warned you n
gaimst it, but by the wretched sophis
try Of eur own mind you worked
yourself up against your own Cor
science. What motion could have
induced you to this act must be mat
ter of eonjsctiOns. Probably men vii
think that some fanaticism or mOrbiC
desire for self exaltatiOn, was the rea
inspiration for the act. Your Owl
Testimony seems to cont revert tho
theories OF YOUR counsel. They have
maintained and thought honestly be
lieve, that you were driven agains
YOUR will aud by insane impulse
The testimony shows shat you deliber
ate!y resolved to do it, and that del
iberatc and misguided will WAS tho
sole impulse. This may seem rnsanit
to some persons, but the law looks
on it as a wilful crime. You will have
due opportunity of having any error.
/ may have committed during the
course oftLe trial passed on by the
court in banc, but meanwhile, it j.
necessary for me to pronounce the
sentence Of law that you be taker
hence to the common Jail of the dis
trict. from whence you came, and t.
be kept in conf toment. and on Fri
day, the 3Oth day of June, 1882, you
shall be taken to the place prepared
for execution Within the walls OF said
Jail, and there between the hours Of
- NJ. and T.. n, you will BE- hanged
hy the neck untilyou are dead, and
may the Lord have mercy on your