The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-04-09
GOVERNING THE COUNTRY by CONTRACT.


gress TO relieve them from their legislative duties
by contract, at incredibly low figure. Whether he
designed to perform the work by his own individual
labor, and with his own cash capital or whether
he designed applying to the Massachusetts legsla
ture for charter Incorporating himself and his
sociates into Great Western Government Assoca-
ton for conducting the public affairs of the universal
Yankee nation, we know not. We have little doubt
was at the bottom Of the scheme. But the PROPOSE
ton, somehow met with no favor. The magnitude
of the project operated seriously against it and il
seems to have been Withdrawn in its original shape.
But as tall oaks from little acorns grow and vast
trees spront up at first in little twigs the inventors
of this new scheme of government seem to have be-
thought them that also must their great enterprise
originate in small beginnings.
Accordingly we have had, within few days past,
in Congress- proposition for whipping the Mormons
by contract, as well as for a general management
of the military affairs of the government The
church on earth is a church militant, and it meet
and appropriate that this proposition should come
from one of its dvinely commissioned ministers.
The Reverend Mr.. Lovejoy, member who brought
letter of introduction to Congress from E. H. Lom-
bard, esq, formerly of Mississippi, but now resi-
dent of the reverend gentlemans district in Illinois,
proposes that government shall let out the scaping
of Indian children and squaws at much scalp,
the butchering of the Mormons at fixed priceper
head, and the hanging of Brigham Young himself at
given round sum of money the contract to be adj
vertised and awarded to the lowest bidder, which
would be certainly found to be the reverend gentle
man himself from his superior personal and profess
sional fighting qualifications. We quote from the
congressional proceedings;
.sMr IovEJoY said IL they would give him contract
for the he would have all the fighting done they
wanted Brigham hung, he would have him hung
M undertake to say that responsible parties will under
take to guaranty the citizens against all of these Indan
invasions ut much scalp propose to give out the
Job to responsible parties the best of securing
the end and much cheaper way than the
adopt do not know that because we have heretofore
protected frontiers in particular way
bound to protect them always in that way
There would be but one grave difficulty in the
way of adopting the reverend gentleman's PROPOSE
ton and that would be the loss of his valuable
vices in the House. But it strikes us, that these too
money--say thirty pieces, or such matter, which
would pay for his services; and the only loss which
would then be felt from his absence would be his rare
powers of imagination. His powers of invention
are certainly unrvallcd in this country and the au-
daciiy with which he sticks to his abricaons is the
opposite of that recommended by Hotspur to Owen
Glendower, of loose speech, and name
sake of the reverend gentleman.
And teach thee, coz, shame the devil
by telling truth tell truth, and shame the devil.
Oh while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil
The reverend gentleman would not be wanting in
recommendations. The letter we have already al
luded to is conclusive testimonial Of his aptness
for trucuent enterprises. We extract:
BRADFORD, STARK COUNTY ILL.,.
July 80, 1851
'iSR About two months since emgrated with my
family from the State of Mississippi to the county of
Stark in this State intending to make it my future resi-
dencc o o o | brought with me
very aged and avore negro man by the name of Nose
whom had refused TO leave behind he had been hon
est and faithful in all things had become nrm, and to-
tally incapable to provide for take of himself 1t
my duty, by the custom OF the country where had
lived, and it enjoncd upon me by the laws of hui
mainly well dictated by feeling of Affection TO
provide amply for that poor old man.
He knew care and did very little labor for So
lar as we knew ne was content happy, II he
had been let alone would have continued in evil
hour the poor old man. ignorant in his dotage, listened
told and believe, to the lies and persuasions of
certain rascaly church members not very far from this
village and very probably consented to leave his home
and trust to tho tender merces of the ve thcyng abo
litonsts. g Sir openly and
publicly charge you with having been accessory, and
active partcpator in the abducng and sending away
of that old from better home and kinder treatment
than you other rascally abotioDist with all your
hypocrcal philanthropy, did will provide
for a negro YOU sir have aided in robbing an old in
firm of his home and sent him forth to linger out
the remainder of his days among strangers who have
sympathy with him, and where he must and will suffer
and die in wretchedness and want
You have disgraccd the OF humanity and of
religion, which in past times you pretended to teach
you have dsgraccd your district and committed Of
fence which ought to expcl you from the halls of Con-
gress, and would but for the protection you will seek in
tho fanacsm and rccxessness of political party whose
aim and object to sacrifice the rights Of the South
if it be at the expense of the Union but though
your party may protect you from expulsion they cannot
you from the and loathng which every hon
est patriotic member of Congress must and will view you
They will shun and avoid you disgrnced- contami
mated. You will be the contempt and of every
honest
a. In conclusion, denounce you and NIL who aided you
in the abluctng and sending away Old Nose from my
house ~ knavcs and rascals.
"E H. LOMBARD
To OWEN LovK,or Agent for the Underground Railroad
ex-mInister of the Gospel, and member Of Congress
from the third district In Illinois "
Whether the scalping of squaws, the running off
of enslaved Mormon women, and the hanging Of
Mormon mon, would be coDgenial to the tastes and
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