The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-04-21
Correspondence of the N. Y. Hoald.
,IR. LOvEJOY'S SPEECH IN TEE HOUSE


walls of his wrath upon slavery in tie House
to day in style which almost produced a
battle on the floor. Tho equal has never
been witnessed since the conflict resulting
from the Grow and Keitt difficulty. Tho
invective of the speaker-whose brother
was the celebrated Alton martyr-yas ter
rife. lie walked from his seat downin front
of the area, and half over to the so,th side,
stormng out the most fearful impEcations
upon slavery, and Il; the same time shaking
his fist at them, as if the slave pwer sat
imprisoned there. A young, arient and
impetuous Virginian viewed his manner as
an insult TO southern gentlemen, ind COM
ing out into the area also, asseied that
Lovejoy ought not to be allowed tGproceed
unless he occupied his own place, under the
rules. By this time the area was filed with
members, all of ON were greatly excited.
The chief object of the concentration about
the Speakers desk and his principal assist
ant seemed to be to get them back to their
places. Lovejoy would not stir until some
time after the Assistant Sergeant-a;- Arms
appeared with his mace and requested the
gentlemen to take their seats.
When the conflict was thickest. Loveoy
Informed the infurinted crowd about Tim
that they could not lntimidate him. Potter
of Wisconsin, who sood by his side, give
notice that he bad right to select his own
position when speaking. Burnett of KIN.
lucky, insisted that the gentleman frem
Illinois should not be allowed to 20 on Iut
of order. Another member cried out sIle
can't finish that sneeeh here to day." wien
Kellogg of Illinois sprang into the eecsrE of
the crowd in tho area, and with great n-
phasis and feeling declared that his
colleague was proceeding in order ind
should not be intimidated by threats oria-
suit. That he was entitled to the hoorind
must be allowed to go on; ard when hesas
out of order, he (Kellogg) would bethe
frst to check him. This las, speech, to~
gether, with the appearance of the Assilaut
Sergeant-at-Arm brought harmony ,At of
chaos, and Loveioy mounted the Clerk desk
and proceeded with and flushed his beech
the substance of which the report / &C.
bates will show. -.
This scene recalls few passages h the
history of our country which can netr be
effaced from the memory Of those living at
the time. Many of our young RIDERS,
however, may not be aware Of thes, and
for their benefit we copy brief outhc Of
the occurrences, which we find in the lleye-
land Herald:
son the 9Th of November, 1887. tbi Rev.
Elijah p. Lovejoy-brother of Owen Love-
joy now member Of Congress from lhnois
shed his ife's blood in defense d free
speech, and that, too. in the free Site of
Illinois. But the blood of the martrs is
the seed of the church. The blood of love
JOY has been crying from the grounauntil
the people of that same State hav&sent
Owen Lovejoy to Congress there, the
face Of the world, to defy slavery brutlity,
and to tell its advocates that althougtthat
butchered brother is dead yet he spe4eth.
On the floor of the house Mr.. Lovejoea
ed up the ghost of his murdered brothaand
it frightened the minlons of ,sayerytrom
their propriety, as did the gh3t of Bbquo
scare the guilty Macbeth. That us
guest not invited to the feast, and yet here
he sat, while slavery propagandists pved
and storned