The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-02-09

ton for new trial and sentonced the pris-
oner to he hung June 30 This delay Is
necessary 10 ALLOW the exceptions to go be-
fore tie fall court II as possible that
new trial will be granted, but II Is not at
all probable We give the language OF
Judge Cox at the time sentence was pro-
nounCcd.
you have been convicted Of crime SO
terrible in its circumstances and 80 lar
reaching in itf retults that II has drawn
upun YOU the horror OF the whole world
ana the excavations OF your countrymen
The excitement produced 10y such an of.
fence made il no easy task to secure for
YOU fair aud impartial trial, but you have
bad the power Of the United States Treas
ury and othe government IN your service
to protect your person from violence, and
10 procur evidence from all parts OF the
country You have had as fair and impair
tial a Jury az ever assembled in court Of
Justice You have been defended by coun-
sci " iii d zeal and devotion that merit the
highest encominm, aud ! certainly have
done my best TO secure o fair representa-.
iinn OF your defence. Notwithstanding
an this YOU have been found guilty. II
would have been comfort TO many people
il the verdict OF the luiy had established
the fact that yonr act was that of an ire.
spousible man 1t would have left the
people the satisfying belief that the crime
~ political assassination was something
entirely foreign TO the institutions aud CIV.
ihzation Of our country; but the result has
denied them that comfort, The country
will accept it as a fact that the crime can
be committed aud the court will have to
deal " it'll it with the highest penalty known
| 10 the criminal 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 at the time the crime
! was committed you thoroughly under
stood the n ture OF the crime and Its con-
se0uencrs Guiteau-"l was acting as
Gods man And that you had moral
sense and conscience enough to recognize
the moral iniquiiy Of the act Prisoner
That's matter Of opinion. Your own
testimony shows that you recoiled with
horror from the idea You say that you
prayed against il. You say that you
thought it might be prevented This shows
that your conscience warned you against
1t. but by the vretched sophistry OF your
own mind YOU worked yourself up against
| the protest Of your own conscience. What
motive could have induced you to this act
must be matter o. conjecture, Probably
men will think that some fanaticism or
morbid desire for self exaltation was the
real inspiration tor the act. Your own ties.
timony seems to controyert the theories OF
your counsel They have maintained and
| thought, honestly, | believe, that You were
driven against yonr will by an insane I'M
pulse to commit the act, but your testi-
mony showed that you deliberately re-
| solved 10 do il, aud that a deliberate and
| misguided will was the sole impulse
This may seem insanity to some persons
but the law looks upon 1t AS wiliul crime.
| You will have due opportunity OF having
any errors may have committed during
tlie course OF the trial passed upon by the
court in banc, but meanwhile 1t is neces
sury for me TO pronounce the sentence OF
! the law that YOU be taken hence to the
common Jail Of the District from whence
| ven came. aud there he kept IN contine-
ment, and on FRIDAY. the Both day OF June,
ISL yuu IT, takt u To tie place prepared
| for The execution. within the walls OF said
Iail. and their, be'w en- the hours Of IL III.
ana D. IA yoE Lee hangeo by the neck
until you are dead. aud may the Lord have
mercy uu yunI :, nj,
A. the last solemn words fell from the
judges lips the prisoner echoed them,
Int IN Tar different tone Of voice, for II
was 10 voice II passionate hatred that he
cried And may God have mercy on your
soul had rather stand where am than
"a hire that jury does. or than where yonf
honor does am not afraid 10 die. Con
found YOU. h. cried. violently struggling
with tie deputy matshals who were en-
,lea,orlug to reprrss h,m Let me alone
know wierc stand on this business.
am here as Gods man. and don't you FOR
get IT, tod Almighty viii curse every
man sho has had ANYTHING TO do with thi'
hnsiness Nothing bat good has come o.
Gen. Garhrld's removal. and that will b'
posterity's idea Of it, Everyone IS happy
here except few crauks. Nothing bu
good las come to this nation from his 70
moval That IS the reason the Lord want
cd him removed