The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-04-16

and terrible than the struggle with the ambi-
ton of the Fret Napoleon. 1t may be that
we are already on the eve Of that conflict
The Lsvejoy speech.
We have printed, in our impression of to-
day, a full report of the harangue delivered in
the House on last Thursday week by Lovejoy,
of Illinois, one of the recognized leaders of
the republican party, and considered as one
of the most prominent men on that side In
Congress.
The speech, which should be carefully studied
by every citizen who wishes to make himself
acquainted with the doctrines Of the republi-
can party, plainly and clearly stated-without
the sophistical turnings and twistings of Sher
man, or the subtle inducements of Seward
gave rise to a very acrimonious debate; and
at one time during its delivery, the House was
on the brink of terrible row, which could
have ended only by an appeal to arms, which
are so loosely worn by members that occa-
sionally revolver falls upon the floor Of the
House. During the ten days that have elapsed
since the debate, the attention of the country
has been drawn to very ludicrous passage at
arms between two members who participated
in the disturbance; but as the bully from Vir-
GINA found more than his match in the san
culinary member from Wisconsin, and as the for
mer has had his feathers handsomely clipped,
the public will now be in mood to consider
the main question from which the whole diff
Guilty has sprung, and that is contained in the
Lovejoy speech, which is important as an en-
bodiment of the creed of the important party
to which the orator belongs.
Mr.. Lovejoy places the republicans exactly
where they belong, and exactly where the Gar
risonians were ten years ago. He opens with
denunciation of slavery, compared to which
the outpourings of Wendell Phillips are mild.
There Is no term of reproach, no expression of
obloquy, which the speaker finds too strong for
the slaveholder-he is q robber, pirate, "a
visher, fend incarnate, devil in hell, q cri-
minal who is to be dealt with according to the
his theories, he would according to Lovejoy)
convert the Supreme Being "into an infinite
Juggernaut, rolling the huge wheels of his
omnipotence ankle deep amid the crushed and
mangled and bleeding bodies of human be-
ings." They Christianize Africans through the
whip, the stake and the torture, and deserve no
better fate themselves than that which they
deal out to their slaves. After paying these
compliments to the South, Mr. Lovejoy proceed
ed to endorse the Helper Book. He was
in favor of its theory to organize a
party in the slave States to over
| throw slavery. He believes in the abolition
of the peculiar institution, by any means, fair
or foul. He believes in niger stealing in all
its branches. His theory is war-eternal war
upon slavery wherever 1t exists.
Now, we all know what this theory means ::
lift is carried out, it means instruction, revo-
luton, civil war. 1t means that the prosperity,
the progress and the material interests of the
feed in making an experiment, more or less
hazardous for the ostensible purpose of anne
liorating the condition of the black man held
to service in the South That is the doctrine
expressed in the Helper Book, endorsed by
John Sherman and sixty other republican men,
bers of Congress; that is the religion Of
Wendell Phillips; that is the political creed Of
William II. Seward, Abraham Lincoln, Cassius
M. Clay, Frank p. Blair, and other leaders of
the republican party. The principles evolved
by these republican high priests are the same
as those put forward by Lovejoy. The latter
may be little more vehement in his language
and highly colored in bis style; but the theories
upon which his speech is founded are
unquestionably those upon which the
republican party must 60 to the country
next November. Seward, .Lovejoy and
Helper have furnished the shibboleth for
the party, and that is the abolition of slavery by
poor whites of the South. Gerrit Smith follows
with his negro Instructions. More John
Browns spring up on the border, and the land
is deluged in blood
These are the irresistible logical deduc-
tons from the views advanced by the
republican orators, of whom Lovejoy is
the type. That his speech represents the
principles of his party there can be no doubt.
The Tribune has fully endorsed it, and it is sug
gested in that journal that two millions of
copies of it should be printed for free circula-
ton during the campaign.
Our comment upon this speech is very brief
| We spread it before the people. We show