Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-04-18

Occasional, the famous Washingto
: correspondent of the Philadelphia Pres
pronOunces LoyEJOYs late fiery speech on
of great ability and eloquence. He say.
however:
scarcely believe Mr. Lovejoy himsel
approved Of all he said. when "morn anS
cold reflection came" and have heard I
number Of Republicans regret that he al
lowed himself 10 be carried away as hs
did.
Mr.. Lev.iOy and the effect of his speech
in the House are thus sketched:
His intellect is remarkable one. He is
evidently highly accomplished scholar,
as he is evidently most forcibe and fear
less orator. OF medium size, olive COM
plexion, well knit frame, strong face, and
flashing black eyes, he seems 10 be, and
no doubt is, a man of great resolution, fix
edness Of purpose, and indomitable will
While speaking he reminded me of Alex
ander Dimitry indeed, he resembles him,
though not so large man. When he got
the floor yesterday. strong speech was
expected, for Lovejoy il full of the subject,
and has only been restrained from giving
utterance TO his opinions by the appeals
of his party friends, but no one was look
ing for such an outburst of invective, such
torrent of indignant eloquent as fell
from his lips.
have rarely seen the House so much
disturbed as during the delivery of this
extraordinary philIppic against the South
There was a defiance and scorn in his
manner and in his language, of which
can give you 10 idea. He left his seat.
came down into the main aisle of the House
and addressed the Southern members di.
rec.ly The effect may be we'll Conceived.
Several fire-esters attempted to get near
him, aud in an instant the hole body was
in an uproar of confusion. Imprecations
and threats were hurried from one side to
the other; and for while it seemed as IL
we were on the eve Of one of those person.
al conflicts which have been so frequently
threatened, and apprehended by the mod
crate men in Congress. During this tern
pest Lovejoy stood calm and silent, and
when order had been measureably restored
in response to the advice Of those around
him, he left his seat and mounted the
Clerks desk, from which elevated position
he finished his remarks, abating in moth
ing OF temper. OF manner. or OF language,
the spirit which marked his beginning -
We have had of the French Assembly dur.
ing the Revolution ofl793. Loyeioy looked
like a revolutionist, and his fiery declama-
tions, his impetuous rhetoric, and his
ringing voice proved him TO be the posses
sor of many of those elements of a public
speaker so peculiar 10 the lead. rs of the
mountain party during the "reign OF ter
ror."
A correspondent of the New York Tri-
bune writes of the disturbance in the
House:
Roger A. Pryor rose and walked rapidly
down one of the aisles, and confronting
Lovejoy, and standing close to him, said
in substance, that he would not allow him
to utter such language. At that precise
instant Lovejoy's right arm was lifted on
high, and the fist clenched, being in the
act of enforcing his argument with an EN-
phatic gesture. In the twinkling of an
eye, Mr.. John F. Potter, Of Wisconsin,
confronted Pyror, and said, in substance,
to him, "Lovejoy shall speak For eight
weeks we listened to your stuff, in silence,
aud now we intend to say what we please
Love.oy shall speak r. Pryor made no
remark.
In the briefest possible space of time,
there was rush to the spot from all parts
of the House. until some forty members
were in the area, compacted together, and
all talking vociferously, and gesticulating
violently, in the midst of whom stood
Loveioy, with arm still extended, his mind
doubtless intent upon the spot where he
stopped when interrupted by patriarch Pry-
or, and seemingly waiting for the tumult
kosI 10 hat Io
unfinished gesture, and 90 on with his
outline sketch of the black "twin."
OF the Roundheads who went down the
promptest to the defense of Mr.. Loveioy,
after Mr.. Potter, perhaps Mr.. Kellogg, of
Illinois. who made the Chamber ring with
the declaration that his colleague should
be heard, Mr.. Millward. of Pa, Mr.. Farms
worth, of Ills, Mr.. Kenyon and Mr.. Beale,
of N. Y. Mr. Edgerton and Mr.. Tomp.
kins, of Ohio, should. be mentioned,
though others, doubtless, deserve equal
credit for the readiness they displayed to
vindicate freedom of speech on the floor of
the House at any hazard.
The scene lasted some five minutes-a
long time in a row. The Chairman piled
his mallet till he grew weary, and shouted
"Order !" till he grev hoarse. In despair
n
is usual in such exigencies. that function
ary could not be found. A substitute
firally appeared, and approaching the
brawling crowd, bearing aloft the mace,
the emblem of authority and dignity,
which in this instance consists of a black
blrdgeon, some three feet long, having a
small metallic eagle with spread pinions,
and looking rather chicken hearted, perch
ed on its top. But neither the patriarchs,
with Pryor at their head, who were shout
ing at the top of their voices, that Lovejoy
should not abuse the black relic; nor the
Roundheads. with Potter as their organ,
who were declaring in stentorian tones
that Lovejoy should express his opinion
respecting said relic, raid the slightest TO.
gard to Washburn's mallet or the Ser
geant's mace.
Loveloy, taking q stand at 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 be grew
excited, he pulled off his cravat, while he
hurled anathemas at the Negro Propagan-
dists befsre him with such vigor that it
caused the perspiratiou TO gush from his
brow and from theirs. Raising his voice
till it rang through the hall, and reverber-
ated along the adjacent passages, he said :
"You cannot silence US either by threats
or by violence. You murdered my brother
on the banks of the Mississippi, more than
I entv years ago. and am here to day TO
vindicate his blood, and speak my mind;
AND YoU SHALL HEAR ME-
G Sen. Geo. X. Steele, Senator from
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