The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-04-21
Our Washington Correspondence.

WASHINGTON, April 5, 1860
ne Rev. Mr. LoU1oy kakes Bold Push in the House fo
Abolition Notoriety, and Gains his Point-Sonstains
More Ezpesed-The Mormon Polygamy Bill DEATH
B7Ow at the Enthusiastically of he Kansas Nebraska
BM-7he Douglas Engineers Alarmed a. the Sout.er,,
Popularity Of Gen. 10. Lane de-
The "scene" connected with the violent abolition ha
raSgue Of the Rev. Mr.. Lsvejoy to-day the nearess
possible thing to general of thing that has
Cured since the dropping OF Haskins pistol or this
scene TO day you will have received the details Bat the
moral remains to be told
The Rev. Mr. Lovejoy is delighted VIVA. happened is
ihe very thing he would have most desired. He was
falling into obscurity, like Helper and now like Helper
he rises into ourishing notoriety from the very
ing attentions he has received in the House To re
in ordinary sense, there nothing very natterng in
such compliments lying scoundrel'" negro steaer
"perjured niger thief "inferna abolition liar "mi
aerable abolition coward" hang you high John
Brown" and 30 on, as applied, in the Of his
marks, to the reverend abolition orator. but all this to
him Is clear profit It sdverises him; gives him no
toriey which makes great Of him before his abo
htion constituents. Indeed, from the OF the
reverend gentleman H he stood among the crowd Of bel
gerents in the In front Of the Speakers chair
suspect that like the limb Of the law in the play he was
anxious TO be assaulted that he might get up case
FOR damages
But although he escaped the perls Of a threatened
Donnyorook scrmmage - By miracle, the reverend
gentleman has secured the great object OF his sneec
notorety and he doubtless feels night that this days
work has reelected him TO Congress. He belongs to the
parsons; but with all his violent abolition opinions
uttered to day, he will probably be pronounced lodging
doushface by Lloyd Garrison in failing derounoe the
Federal constitution 60 league with death and covenant
with hell"
Like Mr. Seward, Mr. Lovejoy is devoted to the const
tution-he loves -he loves the Union-he would not in
serfere with slavery In the slave States and all that BE
only insist, upon the RICH. freely to sgtste the question:
doubteis be considered good republican speech BY the
reverend gentlemans constituents but for the general
gain In this view they have held him back till after tho
Rhode Island and Connecticut elections for the reverend
gentlemen nh has been boiling over with hs speech for
accounted for in the way Of revenge the death OF an
abolition brother who killed By mob in Illinois some
twenty years ago. In their attack upon his abolition ne VIZ
paper Office, near the Missouri border partly because
Che orator OF today has found this intense abolition
fanaticsm profitable investment in his district
The Tariff bill being the regular order in COMMITTEES
OF the Whole, and the gentleman from Illinois
on The slavery question from both sides Of Mason ana
Dxons line, and damaging broadsdes the TANKS
republican party consequence Of these outspoken
opinions OF Of the popular parsons the party
camp.
preston Of polygamy in Utah, BY vote Of than
two thrds-su the Douglas democrats voting against it,
rs considered deathblow at that squ.ter sovereignty
measure Of 1s54-the Kansas Nebraska bill The prnc
pie Of Congressional Intervention embodied Ia this anti
poygamy bill demoshes the principle OF squater sovs,
co9tnern men voted for this anti polygamy BILL In order
XIII On me still existing Kansas and Nebraska dogma
oss PROBABLY carry the anti polygany bill through the
.sss snfewd dodge TO drive Mr.. Douglas into an
&c corner On th question Of squasr sovereignty
va siso aimed at the Southern Ore eaters but they
1.vo escsPeo very nicely on the distinction between
imce ano constitutional rights Territories ana on
me plea that while Congress touch the latter az
eept 70 protect Them may interfere 70 punish AMI avn
press the former. f ~"' sup
General 10 Lane Is perfectly satisfactory on the sl,-.,
question 70 even the most ultra Of the south who
lido Of the Union, and under the protection OF = naon
democratic party He is the man Of whom the ro,rl,a
engineers are most afraid for they know that General 10
1Ane considered even more popular In the Northwest
thap the Little Giant himself