The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1860-04-14
Ioveioy Makes a Speech.

Ioveioy Makes Speech.
It will be seen by the telegraph report
of the proceedings of Congress on Thurs
day of last week, that car member spread
himself somewhat extensively on his favor
lite hobby-the negro questIon-in the
house The telegraph wires, which are
notoriously under republican control be-
tween Washington and the West, nave
doubtless presented the gentleman IN the
most favorable light From this account
it appears Parson Loycjoywas determined
to get himself into notice in some way
He commenced speaking from his place
on the floor, but in spite of the toughest
and most abusive language he could mus
ter against the south, they would take no
notice of him He called the southern
members men stealers-worse thun poly
gamists, and everything else that was
mean, but they neither few into arage nor
even deigned TO take the least notice OF
his rawlings. Now Owen had taken the
floor for the express purpose of kicking up
q row of some sort. and he was not to be
foiled So he did that which no member
is allowed to do-he left his own proper
place on the floor and took position near
the clerks desk. and within a short dis
lance of the seats of sgiudry southern mem
bers. Here lac not only frothed and vocif-
Grated forth his vilest slang against the
south but shook his fists at the southern
members near him. This they would not
bear. They insisted that Logejoy should
conform to the rules should utter his "a
wings from his own proper place on the
floor and that he should gesticulate like
a gentleman and not like Il bruiser. Owen
was now in his glce, for his object was
about to be accomplished-he was about
to succeed in raising a row. 50 he flung
his fists all the harder and raved the loud
err Several southern gentlemen We're
about to take him by the collar and lead
him to his seat, when his republican friends
gathered around him and got him quoted.
This is the scene as dimly depicted by
the brief telegraph reports, but more full.
~ by letter writer's. The republican pa
pers say Lovejcy made 4 great speech
builied the south, &c. but are very careful
not to publish his speech Indeed, the
scene in the house, and not the speech it
self is what they wanted for popular con
sumption at the north. Seward himself
would recoil from Owens utterances. He
believed, he said, that John Browns pur.
pose in Virginia was good one, and his
motives honest and truthful He shame
Iessly asserted his belief that John Brown
stood head and shoulders higher than
any man in Virginia, until he was stran-
gled.' He denounced the southern peo-
pie as pirates banded together TO distribute
spoils lie lifted up his voice and called
on the slaves to throw dow n their agricul
tural tools, run away from their masters
and escape, if over the Ain bodies of al
the whites in the slaveholding states =
He said much more in the same strain
and in another part of his speech, he was
more violent still, and rallied profanel.
ard staggered impiousiy.
The Republicans in Owen district woulc
scout from their conventions anythin;
like declaration or resolution to endors
such rawlings, but they will clamorousl
and boistrously nevertheless, pass resolu
tons approving the :" courageous, manly,
&c. &c, course of our distinguished rep
resentatiye in congress, the Hon. Over
Iovejoy." Thorn, aud Hough, and SWEET
and Hnman, and the whole batch O
them viii yell ont aye to such a resolu
ton, while at the same time pretending
utter adherence Of Lovejoy's abolition fan
atheism But Owen understood them, ant
of all men is least uneasy about the effec
of his rawlings in Congress, in his district a
home He has announced himself can
didate for re election, and of course the Re
publicans will re-elect him. What els'
can they dol