The Yazoo Democrat., 1860-04-21
n that course Of remarks be would hold him

N that course Of remarks be would hold hin
personally accountable.
Mf. Lovejoy said that Of four millions .
saves IN the South, there was not one leOa
husband or wife, father or child, and spoE,
aoout Presbyterian elder down South bav
ing the Gospel whipped into him with N,
oroadsldc Of handsaw, and of Young Oir
IN THIS city being whipped until the blooot
came out Of her nostrils, and then sent +
the garret to die. He had sworn 70 sumner, u, :
the Constitution because he loved it, but h,
ulu no. not interpret it in the way the Southern
violate it. O'"' 1Vu
Mr. Ashmore. And perjure yourself
Mr.. Singleton. And are negro thief in.
to the bargain.
Mr.. BarEsdale. hold no parley with a
peJured negro.
Mr. LoveJoy said that when Daniel Web
ster spoke Of the impositions Of Austria on
hungary, he remarked the earthquake and
tornado have power, and the thunder has
power, but greater than these was the pow.
er OF public opinion, and before this he pro,
posed to arraign Austria He (Mr. Loveioy)
proposed to hold up to The retribution Of
public opinion slaveholding in all its atroci-
y and hideousness, just as the gentleman
mere did polygamy. Public sentiment will
ourn and scour out slavery, and the proper
way is Dy the action Of the slave States
themselves. he had endorsed the HELPER
Oook because ne wanted to do it. He did
so without asking the gentleman from Mis-.
souri, Mr.. Clark or any body else. You
shed the blood of my brother twenty years
ago, and am here now, free to speak NV
mind The Republican party would spring
up IN henincky, aud gentlemen now here
would mud themselves displaced by more
moderate, and--if it were not offensve-be
would add, more sensible men. He would
like to say in Charleston what he could say
here. '"J
Mr.. BOnham You had better try it,
Mr., Lovejoy. l can go to England, and
tnere discuss the question of Church and
State, or any other British institution but
IT go into the slave States and talk against
slavery, where is my protection2
Mr. Miles, of South Carolina. Can vou
go to England and incite the laboring classes
to assassinate the QdeenH
Mr.. Lovejoy. don't desire to do that
claim the right to discuss slavery eyerv>
where under the stars and stripes. 1 claim
it; demand It'll
Mr.. Bonham. We want YOU to assert It
Mr. Lovejoy. When ycu call us small
farmers, and apply other epithets against
the working people of the North, we don't
harm you. But if mechanic from Penn.
sylvania were to go South and speak about
the superiority of white labor, he would be
held morally responsible. You would strip
him aud scolrge him BY the hand of a slave,
and perhaps tar and feather him.
Mr.. Barksdalc. The meanest negro in
he South is your superior.
Cries of NOrder p from the Republican
'ide.
Mr.. Lovejoy, 10 speaking of John Brown,
aad ne would not curse aim. He would
lot pour his execrations on old John Brown.
lie condemned what Brown did. lie disap.
proved of his act. He believed, however,
hat his purpose was good one, and bis
motives honest and truthfuL. He stood head
nd shoulders above any ether man in Vir.
5'nia until he was strangled. Any law to
nslave man was an arrangement among pi
ates to distribute the spoils. By what
light do you of the South get together and
nsct laws that or my child sbould be your
lave J Every slave kas the right to run
way in spite Of yourlaws, and to iipht him
elf away. We're he (Mr l4oveioy )s slave
nd were it necessary. to achieve bis free.
om, he would not hesitate to fiji up the
hasm aud bridge it over with the carcasses
+ the slain. He loved tho South,
A Voice. We don't love YOU,
Mr.. Lovejoy, So it was with the Saviour;
hey didn't love him. (LaUghfsr) Gentle.
nen who talked of dissolviug the Union
ould no more do it than they could stop
he shining of the Sun. Virginia, instead
+ clothing herself in sheep's gray, should
lothe herself in sackcloth and ashes on ac
cunt Of slavery, and ought to drink the
vaters of bitterness.
Mr. Martin, Of Virginia. If you coue ia.
Virginia we will hang you higher than
re did John Brown.
Mr. Lovejoy | have no doubt about it.
The committee then rose and the House
djourned.