The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-04-18


allow such nsinuations upon Southern
women to pass. Ii the member persisted
in that course Of remarks, he (Mr. 81
would hold him personally accountable.
Mr.. Lovejoy said that in the four mil
lions CT slaves there was not one legal
husband or wife, father or child, and
spoke about Presbyterian elder down
South having the Gospel whipped in to
him with the broadside Of haudsaw.
and Of young girl in this city being
whipped until the blood came out of her
| nosirIls, ard then sent to the garret to
die. lie mad sworn to support the Con.
stitution because he loved it, but he did
not interpret it in the way Southerners
did.
MIR. Bonham, Dem.,) of S. C.-You
violate it.
Mr.. Ashmore, (Dem.,) Of S. C.-And
perjure yourself.
Mr.. SlneIeton-And are negro thief
into the bargain.
Mr.. BaksdaIe-I hold no parsy with
a peTured negro.
MIR. Loyejoy said, when Daniel Web
ster spoke OF the imposition of Austria on
Hungary, he remarked the earthquake
and tornado have powers ard the thun.
der has power, but greater than these
WAS the power Of pubhc opinion, aud be.
fore this he proposed TO arraign Austria.
He (Mr. Lovejoy) proposed to hold up to
the retrlbuuon ot public sentiment slave
holding in all It's atrocily and hideousness,
just as gentlemen had here polygamy.-
Public sentiment will burn and scour out
slavery, and the proper way is by the &C.
ton Of the slave States themselves. He
had endorsed the Helper book, because
he wanted 10 do il. lie did SO without
asking the gentleman from Missouri (Mr.
Clark or anybody else. You shed the
blood Of my brother twenty years ago,
aud am here free TO speak my mind
The Republican party would spring up in
Kentucky, and gentleman now here would
iud themselves displaced by more mod
crate, and if il were not offensive, he
would add, more sensible men. He wan.
ted TO say in Charleston what lie could
say here
Mr.. Bonham-You had better try it,
Mr. Lovcjoy-l eau go 10 England
and there discuss the question OF Church
and State, or any other BRUSH institution.
But if 20 into the slave S;a:es AMI talk
against slavery, where Is my protection
Mr.. Miles, (Dem.,) Of 5. C.-Cau you
80 20 Euglani aud incle the lubonrg
classes there To assassuate the Quecu ?
MIR. 'rjoy--I don, desire - do that.
| claim the night 10 discuss slavery every.
where under the Stars aud Stripes.
claim it. demand it.
Mr.. Bo.L.m- Ne want you to assert
1t.
Mr.. Love Wv you call US small
farmers, mi apply other evitLe,s against
the working peor.e Of the North, We
PeunsS Ivam,", were to 60 South aud
speak "i the supcri"rlv ui white labor,
hc would be held mora"y reSuonsib e.
loU "o",I StrP him and ScuutGe him by
the hama al save, and perhaps tar and
feather him.
Mr.. EA.Asl.,e--Ihe meanest negro in
Cres OF "order' nom he Republican
SIDE.
Mr. L.vjoy, il speaking Of john
I Brown, SAID lac would not curse nIm. lie
would lCur 40 rXecr,.lons upon old John
. Brown. lie Condemned mnaI lac (Brown)
did. lie disapproved oI nI, act. lie ue
heved, however, that his purpose MAS Il
good one, and h;S motives honest and
truthful. John Brown stood head aud
shoulders above any man here until he
was suangled. Any law to ensIave man
was as an arrangement among pirates to
distribute the spoIIs. BY what right dc
you of the South get together and enact
laws that or my child should be your
slave Every slave has right to run
away IN 'plte Of your laws, AMI to tigh
himself away. We're he (Lovejoy) u slave
and we're II necessary TO achieve his free
dom, lie would not hesitate to I'LL up th,
chasm and bridge 1t over with the car
ca.ses Of The slain. He loved the South
"a Voice We. don't love you)
Mr.. Lorejoy-So 1t was with the Sa
viour. They didn't love him. Gentlemen
who talked Of dissoving the Union coulC
40 more do It than they could stop III,
shining Of the sun. Virginia, instead 0
clothing herself in Sleeps gray, shoulc
clothe herself in sackcloth and ashes, OF
account Of slavery, and ought TO drink th,
waters OF bitterness.
Mr.. Martin, (Dem.,) Of Vlrgina-I
you will come into Virginia we will hang
you higher than we diG John Brown.
Mr.. Lovejoy-No doubt Oft.
The Committee rose, and the House ad
i,urneI