Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-01-20

Extraordinary speech from Hon. Hr.
Lovejoy, of Illinois, i'm the House of
Representatives. ON Tuesday, the
18th inst.-He Hates England and
Instructs His Children 40 Hate Her.
The House of Representative, in committee.
took up the bill making an appropriation TO carry
into effect the act providing for the exhibition Of
American products at the Worlds Fair.
Mr.. LOyej0y Rep Of Illinois, am very de-
cidedly opposed to this bill. think it In enough
for us, in all conscience, 60 have been humbug-
ged and dishonOred and disgraced by the British
nation, without apnrOpriating SIS 600 for the pur-
pose OF an American exhibition there.
Mr. Kellogg (Ill.) inquired If IL bad been
through the action of the British Government or
OF our own Government, that we have been thus
dishonored and disgracedl ---..
Mr.. L0rejOy-I understand how IL WAS done
That disgrace was all that the nation could bear
We marched up to it sweating great drops OF
blood. We came to il as Christ ent tn the cross,
saying, iii il be possible let this cup pass from
u.s. and yet we required 70 say that we did il
cheeriully-that We did il gladly-and that We
now appropriate thankfully thirty five thousand
dollars TO fit out commissioners 70 appear at the
Court Of ST. James. lnasmuch as we have sub
mitted 10 that disgrace as we have submitted TO
be thus dishOnored by Great Britain, think the
least we can do is TO acknowledge IT, and TO stay
nation Then i will be willing TO 20 and appear
at their Worlds Exhibition.
Every time time | think of that surrender
the words came instinctively to me which Eneas
used when requested by Queen Dido 70 rehearse
the sufferings which had befallen the Trojans du-
ring the siege and capture of Troy; "Oh, Queen,
you require me 10 renew the intolerable grief Of
that siege by re acting" Every time the Trent
affair comes up, every time an alluson Is made
to it, every time that have to think of il, that
expression Of the tortured and agonized Tro-
jan exile comes to my lips-1 am made to renew
the horrors which suffered when the news of the
surrender of Mason aud Slidell reached me |
acknowledge it, literally wept tears Of rexation
| hate it, and hate the British Government. l
hereby now publicly avow and record that hate,
and declare that it shall be unertinguishable.
mean 10 cherish it while live and TO bequeath il
to my children when | die, and if 1 am alive
when war with England comes. and e can car
~ musket in that war viii carry il. / have
three sons, aud | mean TO charge them, and do
now charge them, that If they shall have al that
time reached the age Of manhood and strength
they shall enter into that war. | believe there
was no need for that surrender and believe that
the nation would rather have gone TO war with
Great Britain than have suffered the disgrace OF
being insultsd and being thus unaVenged. |
have not reached the sublimity of Christianity-
to be nsulted, abused and dishonored. l can
bear all that as Christian, but to say that
do it cheerfully is more than l can bring myself
to- rea trta..r
/ trust in God that the time is not far distant
when we shall have suppressed this rebellion, and
1 be prepared to avenge and wipe out this insult
that we have received. We will then stir up Ire
land We will appeal to the Chartists of England,
we will 60 to the old French habitans of Canada,
We viii join hands with France and Russia to
take away the eastern possessions of that proud
L Empire, and will take away the crown from that
| Government before cease. ! trust in Sod
that the time will come. | trust the appropria-
ton will be voted down. One of our commits
sioners, understand, is the individual who writes
these pleasant letters, asking US to submit to the
insult cheerfully--tO smile at the bitter cup,
drugged with the bitterest ingredients thrt were
ever pressed TO human lips, and not to make
face about it. don't believe there was any ne
cessity for this surrender. am strongly inclined
to believe that we would have been all the strong
er for this difficulty with Great Britain, for il
would have made us feel the necessity of making
short work with the rebels.
After further debate. the House passed the bill
4 by large majority. ra