New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1860-10-12


blaze from the sun at high noon, and shine
forth in the milder radience Of every star that
bedesks the armament Of God Let it echo
through ell the arches Of heaven, and rever.
hsrate and below along ell tho deep gorges
Of hell. where STAKEHOLDER viii be likely to
hear it, that Owen Lovejoy lives at Princeton
n inoia three Quarters Of mile east Of the
village. that he aid. every fugitive that comes
to bis door and asks it. Thou invisible demon
of Slavery, dost thou think to cross my hum
BILE threshold, and forbid me to give bread to
the hungry, and shelter to the houselesss I
bid you defiance, in the name Of God"
Here Lovejoy announces that he will
aid fugitive slaves to escape. He acts
upon this creed. In May 1857, he was
Instrumental in having q slave stolen
from E. H. lombard of Mississippi,
who was temporarily in this state, at
Bradford Springs, Stark Co., expecting
soon to return with his slave. The
slave was enticcd away and harbored in
the house Of Lovejoy, who furnished
money to send him to Canada. This
was charged upon him in the House of
Representatives, in 1858. by Mr.. Davis
who produced letter from Lombard.
1t xas not denied by Lovejoy.
Last April, in an ,mpassicned speech
delivered in the House, he said:
II tell you, Mr.. Chairman, tell you all,
that IL I, ere slave, and had the power,
aud were it necessary to achieve my freedom
would not hesitate to FL up the bridge over
the .asm that yawns between the hell Of
slavery and the heaven Of freedom with the
c.reas~es Of the slain. Give ME my freedom
Hands OF! ! Unthrottie that man! Give hun
his liberty! Hei is entitled to it from his God {!
With these views, do not think, Of course, it
is any harm to help away slave. told you
that year ago, need not repeat it,
In the same speech, he denounces
slaveholding in the following style:
"Sir, than robbery, than piracy, than pol
ygsmy, slsvehoIding is worsc-,nore criminal
more injurious to man, and consequently
more offensive to God. ..... r..,
"Slaveholding has been justly designated
as the sum of all vila;ny. Put every crime
perpetrated among men into moral craci-
BILE. and dissolve and combine them all. and
the resultant amalgam is slavehOlding. 1t
has the violence of Robbery.
A member" You are joking"
Mr. I.ovejoy-"No, sir; l am speaking in
dead earnest, before 0,d Gsd's own truth.
1t has tho VIC ence Of Robb ry, the hood and
cruelty Of piracy, and thv offensive and bru-
tai lusts Of polygamy, all combined and con-
centrated in ITSELF with asgravations that
neither one of these crimes ever knew or
dreamed Of" .. ... .. ,
In the same speech he eulogized John
Brown and declared that "Despotisn,
has seldom, sacrificed three moblsr vic-
tins than Broom, Ntevens und Haz-
lett.' He also stated that he signed
the paper recommending the circulation
Of the Helper book intelligsntly, know
ing what it contained. This book, as
the public are aware, is filed with the
most incendiary appeals to the non.
sla.eholding whites and the blacks of
the South.
This man Lovejoy, who glories in be-
ing an Abolitionist, who has been char
ged with stealing negroes, and openly
avows that he will assist fugitive slaves
to escape, who considers John Brown
one of the noblest victims of despotism,
and endorses the infamous and revolu.
tionary appeals Of the Helper book, is
tho Republican orator Of tomorrow.
Let conservative men of all parties look
at his record. and see in it where such
leaders are carrying the Republican
party.-Galema Courier.
A Few Questions. a:d The Answers.