Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-04-20
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The scene in the House of Representatives
few days since, after Roger A. Pryor at
tempted to brow beat Mr.. Lovejoy of Illinois,
is thus described by a correspondent of the
New York Tribune.
Order being now partially restored, the
House went into Committee, and Lovejoy,
taking stand in the Clerks desk, where he
could eye his foes face to face, resumed the
half finished picture. And never was slavery
painted with such damning features before |!
He dashed on the colors till the monster
seemed ready to leap living from the canvass
As he grew excited, he pulled off his era
vat while he hurled anathemas at the Negro
propogandists before him with such yigor that
il caused the perspiration to gush from his
brow and from theirs Raising his voice till
it rang through the hall and reverberated
along the adjacent passages, he said " You
cannot silence us, either by threats or by vi
olence. You murdered my brother on the
banks of the Mississippi, more than twenty
years ago, and I am here to-day to vindicate
his blood, and to speak my mind; AND YoU
SHALL HEAR ME 7!
The scene could be witnessed but cannot
be described. Though the interruption was
disorderly and unproyoked to the last degree,
and might have justified summary punish
ment, yet all lawabiding persons will rejoice
that there was no actual collision. 1t was the
most serius disturbance, probably that has
ever occurred in the House of Representa-
tives. 1t demonstrates one thing, at least,
viz: that the Republicans will vindicatc their
rights in the House, at all times and at all
hazards, regardless of personal violence, or
threats of dissolution Of the Union.
Mr. Owen Lovejoy's language referring to
the murder Of his brother, is explained by
the cleveland Herald in the following:
The Rev. Elijah p. Lovejoy was the editor
Of the Alton Obserrer, an anti-slavery paper,
printed at Alton, Illinois, right over the riv-
cr from Missouri.
. The press of the Observer was three times
destroyed by mob; the last time on No
vember 18th, 1887, at which time Mr.. Love
Joy was killed. On the night Of the 18th, a
mob collected around the warehouse in which
the press vast having arrived by river the
day beforehand threatened violence IL was
not delivered up to them Mr.. Lovejoy and
number Of friends were in the warehouse
and prepared to defend the press. The mob
were told from the warehouse that the press
would not be given up, and then the mob
commenced an attack.
A shot fired from the building took fatal
effect upon one Of the mob, named Lyman
Bishop, and the mob for time withdrew
They however, rallied again with increased
force and set the warehouse on fire. Then
to escape death by burning, the inmates were
forced to leave, and in doing so the Rev. Mr.
/ Lovejoy, at the door Of the building, received
! four balls in his breast, and fell corpse
The mob brought out the press, and having
smashed it, threw the pieces into the river
! That is the outline of the affair. The mol
| was from Missouri side, and the whole out
rage perpetrated under the lead and direction
of slavery The thrilling effect of Mr. Over
Lovejoy's remark to Mr.. Clark, of Missouri
can be better seen in the full glare Of the histo
Try of the Alton outrage, and hence we have
/ looked mp and received the important facts.
The blood of Lovejoy stained the name o
/ Alton for many years, for its municipal au
thorities were powerless before the demand
of slavery, and that city, to this day, has no
recovered from the blow the death of tina
man gave her.