St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-04-19
From Washington.

Vi his Wratn IN IN the House, upon |
slavery, in a style that came near
producing battle upon the floor. 1t
is said that the equal was never wit.
messed there since the conflict result
ing from the Grow and keitt difficulty.
For two months Mr.. Lovejoy had sat
there and heard the North traduced
by Southern fire.catcrs, and now his
turn had come for rctaliating. Mr..
Lovejoy, when speaking, is always ell
oquent but on this occasion, as the
Methodists would say, he had great
liberty" While uttering his severe
philippines against slavery, Roger A.
Pryor, of Virginia, marched towards
him and declared that he should not
utter such language. Burnett of Ken
lucky shouted, "IIc can't finish that
speech here to-day" In an instant
the best Republican muscle was by the
side of Lovejoy-Potter, Farnsworth,
Kenyon, French, Millward and others.
Arraycd against them were Pryor,
Barksdale, Burnett, Crawford, &c.
Some forty members were on their
feet and rushing into the strife. High
above their heads and above the tu-
mutt swung the arm and rang the
voice of Lovcjoy. The Sergeantat-
arms was called and order was at
length restored. Lovcjoy stepped in
to the Clerks desk, where he could
eye his foes face to face, and conclud-
ed the half finished picture. In the
language of correspondent, he dash
ed on the colors till the monster seem
ed ready to leap living from the can
vas. AS he grew excited, he pulled
of his cravat, while he hurled anathc-
mas at the negro propagandists before
him with such vigor that it caused
the pcrspiration to gush from his
brow and from theirs. Raising his
voice till it rang through the hall and
adjacent passages, he said:
"You cannot silence us either by
threats or 10y violence. You murder
ed my brother on the banks Of the
Mississippi, more than twenty years
ago, and | am here to-day to vindl-
cate his blood, aud to speak my mind !;
AND YOU SHALL HEAR NE
Though the interruption was disor-
derby and unprovoked to the last de-
gree, all .aw-abiling persons will re-
joicc that there was no actual coils
ion. 1t demonstrates one thing, at
least, viz: that the Republicans will
vindicate their rights in the House,
at all times and at all hazards, re-
gardless of personal violence, or
threats of any kind.
Immediately after the conclusion of
Lovejoy's speech, Pryor sent Potter a
challenge. Potter accepted and chose
bowie knives for weapons. This,
Pryor declined, as being vulgar and
barbarous-andf for playing, first bra
vado and then flunkey, he has brought
additional ridicule upon himself. Pot
tcr's second, Col. Lander, afterwards
offered to fight Pryor with pistols.
This Pryor also declined, and his con.
duct causes much comment every
where. Poor Pryor!
Mr.. Hickman, from the Judiciary
Committee, has read, in the House, a
reply to Mr.. Buchanan's protest. 1t
is strong document, as John HEX
man is one of the clcarcst-hcadcd men
in Congress. The Committee offer the
following resolution for the action of
the House. 1t will undoubtedly pass :
Resolrea, That the House dssents from the
doctrines in the special message of the Presi.
dent of the United States, of March 2Sth,
| 1860, that the extent of power contemplated
in the resolution OF inquiry of March 9th,
| 1860, is necessary to the proper discharge of
the constitutional duties devolved upon Con-
| gress, that Judicial determination, the opin-
! ions of former Presidents, and uniform usage
sanctions its exercise, and that to abandon it
would leave the executive department of the
| government without supervision or response
blity and would be likely to lead to IA con-
centration of power in the hands of the Presi-
dent dangerous to the rights of II free people.
On motion of Mr.. Sumner it was
resolved that the Committee on For
cign Relations he instructed to CON
slider by what title or right the Sara
toga, s!ip-of-war belonging to the
United States, has undertaken in time
of peace without the sanction of Con-
gress, to use force against two other
vessels of war at that time in Mexi-
can waters, and after bloody con-
test, to capture the same and bring
them as pretended prizes of war into
IL port of the United States, holding
their officers and crews prisoners.
Also to consider if any action of Con
gress be required to prevent recur-
rences of such collision and such as
sumption to make prize of war and
prisoners in time of peace.
The most horrible murder ever per-
petrated in this State was that of q
young woman near Ottumwa, on the
night of the goth ult. The victim was
first seen in a wagon at Oskaloosa,
on the road to Ottumwa in company
with three men. At the latter place,
one of the party was missing. Here
they passed one night, then went to
Eddyville where they also staid over
night and started back to Ottumwa
the next day. The murder was COM