The Van Buren press., 1860-04-20
From the Ohio Statesman
Account of the Lovejoy Scene in
the Housc-washington Cos

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WAsurScrps. D. c.. April I, 1850,
DE,R Col We had scene in the House
yesterday, FOR the pencil of a Hogarth 1t
was full of grotesque comicality. Yet, like
HoSarth's pictures, there was serious side,
and a sad moral in every tielineation. After
the House refused to pass McClernand's bill
to cflectualIy throttle polygamy by dividing
Utah between the gold territory Of Jeficr-
son and the SILVER territory Of Nevada af
ter they had rompously passed law to al
low Mormous to punish poly gamy by Nor
mon grand and petit juries, it was lit that
another farce Of lower style should end the
days drama.
Accordingly Mr.. Sherman proceeds to ac-
commodate Lovcjoy. Lovejoy is the abo-
lition leader, who wears Gidding's mantle
Sherman moves to so into the Committee
of the Whole. One Of tho Washburnes-
of Maine-not bad family eithcr-was
called to the Chair He is the smallest of
the family. but the oldest. He is.the smart
est but he talks so much that some call
1t chatter. Hence his name Jocko. Kind
er men, to distinguish him from his brothers,
call him =" one story Washburn"s He gave
the floor to Loyejoy. Loveioy is full
bodied man. He is not fat, but has en-
toapotnt. His neck is bovine: His voice
ditto. Hitherto, he has been led about by
Sherman, like prize Durham, with a ring
IN his nose, and rope in the ring. Sher-
man had hold of the tip end of the rope
during the contest for Speakcrship. When
the animal got ugly when his hair seemed
to kink little saucier; when his nostrils
dilated when little silver threads of deli
cate froth hung pendant from his chops,
Sherman kept his distance at the full length
OF the tether. Only once, during all the
phillipics on the Helper book and sign
ers did he below. 1t was hardly below.
1t was little noise much like :" baa -
Transformed into the Bull of
Bashan, he began his antics in the Hall.
The performance of relative of his, in a
china shop, was no circumstance compsr-
ed to his in the Hall.
Lovejoy is something of afrhetorician
He intended, as Republican member told
me, to get up muss. He lacked some per-
sonal abuse at home. SO he took his stand
on the left of the Speaker, among the
seats. AS he began to reach his climax of
abuse on slaveholders--charging them with
being murderers, polygamists, and all the
rest OF the worst of crimes and insults :;
after defending Helper and his worst de-
signs-after glorifying John Brown, and
calling the Democrats devils incarnate, and
piling up many other tit bits of Christian
and clerical rhetoric, in order to reach the
climax of his theatrical arrangement of
style. manner and matter-he began with
upralsed arm, clenching and shaking fist
and many bovine demonstrations of head
and coat tail, to walk out of his place, into
the area in front of the Speakers chair.
lie walked as he talked. lie shook his fist
as his poisoned spittle few about. Demo
cratic members sat without umbrellas. Over
he came, within reach of the Democratic
benches-when he was met with defiant
and derisiye threats and cries of :" Nero
thief' . Pefjured villain" and othor deli,
cate reminders of his original self. But on
came this clerical bovine, until all the hot
blood Of tho Soutl, was zip. Red flars were
nourished in thick profusion. That was
what ne wanted. LIE then threw himself
INTO an attitude-put his head back and
snutfed several cubic fces of hot atmosphere
iryor,r Ale Queen, Barkzialc, and others Of
the "sweet. South, " gave him notice.
amldst sesturing and uprosrioas huhbuh-
10 go back 20 his own side. Members call
ed on the Sergeant at Arms. At length
chairman Washburae called on that officer.