Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-06-25
lFrum the New York TiiGcs.l
Owen Lovejoy at Cooper InstltIte


The announcement that Oven Loycioy.
o. Illinois. would address the EnIIHciIra-
ton Leagae, at Cooper Institute, last eve
ming. attr.. cted an audience which little
IN , c than half filled the room. The plat
form WAS crowded with citizens of note,
among whom were Peter Cooper, Edgar
Ke;chum, Alderman Dayton, d., Hart
and William Cullen Bryant. At o'clock
Mr. Bryant called the meeting to order,
and spoke as follows:
Ny FRIENDs-lt is now tiIiS wear Just 4
quarter of century since 4 party of men
went from Missouri across the g.e t river
OF the west to dcstrny Press, established
at Alton, iii Ioi-, TO-. the .ur, pose of dis
cuSsing the institution ofSlavcry, an pre-
par.ng the country for its ext IL ton
The men bound upon this atroc:ous er-
rand were of the same clISs with those
who alterwdrd, 4 few years since, invaded
Kansas, and so i.ht t. I; stcn Ia curse of
Slavery upon an unw.ll:n" p0;'ulation.-
l'he propii.,o:. of the ionrIll W ION they
went To attack w:s le.r.esS ana ry-Solute
III IN: ar.ne,l. himself AMI his friends in
defence eT the -freedola of the Press and
the rights of property. Appiuse. For
while he held his as,sliEmts at buy but
he was evJqpowere,l at laSt-lIe'y 'y,ls i sin.
Elijah p. Lnv,.j1y fell pierced with several
bullets; his press WIS destroyed. the types
scattered, and the Alton Observer from
That time appeared no more. Bat, my
| friends. that blood was not shed in vain.
The very State whose soil drank it, that
was polluted with the curse of the murder
ers. has given Republican President to
the Union applause has given it this
Chief Magistrate. who urge, upon the
Safes the emancipation OF Their >laycs.-
! lApplause.
BUT the crimes of that mur,icrouS band
have been repeated since on a Larger scale.
They who formerly robbed and murdered
an individual NOW have robbed nation
and murdered those WHO are arr.Iycd III
arms to defend it, : Ii ,uSaniS of our
Young men. the flower Of our papH!I-inn,
arrlyed I'm arms in the defense of TIE
! Union. lave fuun their graves in the re-
giOn beyond the Potamac. These deaths
the rrbels tell LIS. are deaths 10y the for
tune of rar-in the i pok of God they
are registered as murderer. Applause.
Ny friends, it Is my good fortune to in
trOducc to you Tonight, a brother of this
martyr in the great cause of Freedom
| Applause. \ man, my friends, who is
fearless and reSolute; who has never, from
the time IN which that crime was commit
ted ceased TO protest against that inStitu-
tium. upheld liy suppreSsing the freedom
of the Press, AMI 10y assassination pre-
sent to you-and need only to mention
his name to insure your careful attention
to the manly words he will address to Won
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ber of Congress from the State of Illinois.
Great applause.
SPEECH OF Mr.. LOrEJOY.
Mr.. Lovejoy WAS received with most
llattering welcome. lie spoke for nearly
two hours and half, in the most original,
energetic and effective style, both as to
matter and manner. His speech was re-
plcte with argument. illustration, logic
and denunciations. 1t was brim full of
Irlthos. humor. poetry, patriotism. history,
pirtv nj eloqucmce. lie fairly held the
audience enclIaine.l with the charm of his
d.clamatlan, and the convincing power
of his words Ills action WAS in many re-
spcctS inimitable, and well worthy of his
toric fame. In fact, the entire speech
was one of the most successful efforts OF
the klilu ever lll;itl- vi COURSE our ilit'c
will not permit of even sketch of the
speech, but the following verbatim report
of the peroration will afford fair spcci-
men of the style:
The adoption 10y both Houses of Con-
gress, 10y a large vote, of the resolution
which the President sent to Congress in
March last, forms another distinct land
mark in our progress frecdomwaIql. which
is the road to national salvation. Some
think the butter is spread on rather thin
i'm this resolution. But the Executive
rail-splitter understands his business. He
knows that the Thin end of the wedge
must first enter the wood. Laughter. |
Did YOU ever witness the process of rail
making? The operator first takes the
iron wedge, sharpened at one end 10 a
thin point. and strikes it into the wood,
Just so il will sustain itself, and then with
the mall drives it to its head. 81 the Ex-
ecutive has taken the Abolition wedge,
and struck it into the log of Slavery. lap
plause. and now the heavy mall of Abol-
ition must let the heavy blows fall till it
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