New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-04-18

Hon. S. S. Cox, in letter to the Ohio Statesman,
gives the following graphic account of the Love-
joy scene in the House of Representatives
WASHINGTON, D. G., April 7, 1860.
Dear COl.-We had scene in the House yester-
day for the pencil of q Hogarth. 1t was full of
grotesque comicalty. Yetlike Hogarth's pictures,
there was serious side and sad moral in every
deneation. After the House refused to pass Nc
Clernand's bill to efectually throttle polgamy by
dividing Utah between the gold territory Of Jeffer-
son and the silver territory of Nevada; after they
had pompousy passed law to allow Mormons
to punish polygamy by Mormon grand and petit
jures-it fit that another farce Of lower style
should end the days drama.
Accordingly Mr.. Sherman proceeds to accom-
modate Lovejoy. Lovejoy is the Abolition leader
who wears Giddngs' mantle. Sherman moves to
go into the Committee of the Whole. One of the
Washburnes-of Maine-not a bad family either
was called to the chair. He is the smallest of the
family, but the oldest. He is the smartest; but
he talks SO much that some call it chatter. Hence
from his brothers, call him zone story Washbnrne.'
He gave the floor to LoVejoy. Lovejoy is full
bodied man. He is not fat, but has en,bonpoinf.
His neck is bovine. His voice, ditto Hitherto he
has been led about by Sherman, like prize Dur
ham, with ring in his nose and rope in the ring.
Sherman had hold of the tip end of the rope during
the contest for Speakership. When the animal got
ugly; when his hair seemed to kink little saucier;
when his nostrils dilated when little silver threads
of delicate froth hung pendant from his chops,
Sherman kept his distance at the full length of the
tether Only once, during all the philipics on the
Helper book and signers did he below. It was
hardly below. 1t was little noise, much like
a "baa!"
Transformed into the Bull of Bashan,
he has begun his antics in the hall. The perform
ance of a relative Of his, in china sop, was no
circumstance compared to his in the hall.
Lovejoy is something of a rhetorician. He in
tended, as Republican member told me, to get
up muss. He lacked some personal persecution
and abuse to make him run well at home. So he
took his stand on the left Of the Speaker, among
the seats. As ne began to reach his climax Of
abuse on Notwithstanding them with being
murderers, polygamists, and all the rest of the
worst crimes and insults-after defending HELPER
| and his worst designs-after clarifying Johr
Brown, and calling the Democrats devils incar
and clerical rhetoric, in order to reach the clma'
| of his theatrical arrangement style, manner ant
matter-he began with appraised arm, clenchinl
and shaking fist, and many bovine demonstration
1 of head and coatta to walk out of his place, int
| the area in front of the Speakers chair. II,
walked as he talked. He shook his fist as hi
poisoned spittle flew about. Democratic member
| sat without umbrellas. Over he came, With
met with defiant and derisive threats and cries o
negro thief,n" perjured vilain,n and other deli
cate reminders Of his original self. But on cam
this clerical bovine until all the hot blood Of tn
| South was up. Red flags were hourished in THO
confusion. That was what he wanted.
| He then threw himself into an attitude-put hi
head back and snuded several cubic feet of he
atmosphere! Pryor, Mcqueen, Barksdale. an
others Of the "sweet South" gave him notice
amidst gesturing and uproarous hubbub, to go bac
to his own side. Members called on the Sergeant
alarms. AT length chairman Washburne Gale
on that officer. TWAS like calling on spirit frol
the vastly deep. He was absent. His assistant
who looks like the jolly fat boy in Pickwick, rnshe
out with hair on end and with the mace in hant
The eagle on it futtered about in utter disma.
The House was all on its feet. The area was a al
of disorder, noise and belligerenee. Kellogg,
Illinois, came down and roared-in pure sympath.
He did not know what he was roaring about Blu
nett, next in but far above-far, in ability
roared in defiance. Members put on overcoats
naystertousEy Literally, inferno was to pay: \
lack of hot pitch, either, to discharge the oblig
ton. AT length Washburne deserted the cha
Pennington took it. Quiet was restored. The Gle
ical Bully was allowed to go to the Clerks stand
according to the rules-to finish his performane
and the House adjourned with more bad feelil
than ever saw manifested here before. 1t was
deliberate and premeditated attempt to bring abo
fatal and fearful collision, for the personal gra
] fication of LoyeioY. s9gzz.