The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1864-04-05


blood thirsty crowd soon arrived, and
surrounded Il Office, and without any
warning OF demand upon the inmates.
whatever, to surrender, poured a voley of
bullets in at the window. LovEJoY fell
at the head of the staircase, pierced with
three balls, and over the PROSTATE form.
once animate with life, from which the
warm blood was pouring in crimson
torrent, rushed the Infatuated mob, who
stripped and destroyed the Office of all
its material, tramped, kicked and
mu'i'a'aa the dead body, and then re-
turned 70 their homes TO glory over their
exploit md hold il up as lesson OF
warning to all those who should hence
forth dare TO interfere or say anght aga
inst the institution of slavery. Over the
corpse Of that murdered brother did
OWEN LorEJoY pledge himself. that so
long as life should last. would he fight
and oppose slavery. There was 10 be
no more trucklir g, no more weakness,
no more hesitation. The monster had
stepped within those limits, consecrated
to his household gods. had ruthlesslv
torn from his side, and forever stilled the
pulsations OF a heart ins finct with love
and brotherly feeling, had openlythrown
down the gauntlet Of defiance, and now
for him there was no other alternative,
but bitter uncompromising hostility.
Nor did he wish it, MARTIN LUTHER,
opposed BY the papists Of the holy See,
CRANMER confronted by the Jesutes,
entered not upon their work of reforma
ton, with more zeal than did this modern
champion. AS showing the terrible
earnestness of the man, and the fearless.
ness with whic h he undertook his mission
please read these two paragr 2hs, and
then tell us whether there is within the
whole range of English literature. any.
thing more touching, earnest and
sublime
What if we are fined ? Shall we be the first
Christians that we're spoiled of their goods ::
| Did you never hear Of any who took the :"
spelling of their goods ioyfully Z" What if we
| DO die violent death Thus the Lord Jesus
Christ died-thus Peter, Paul and other Apos-
ties died-thus the glorious company of Mar
tyrs died-thus Cranmer. Latimer, and Rogers
| died-thus Hampden, Sidney and Emmett
died-thus Elijah Parish Lovejov died and
thus, Gods grace helping him, will Owen Love
10y die, rather than yield obedience to human
law which conflicts with the Divine.
Mother, can you not spare another son? :
Beside the prostrate body of that murdered
brother, while the fresh blood was oozng from
his perforated breast, on my knees while alone
with the dead and with God, vowed never to
forsake the cause that was sprlnkled with his
blood. The oath was written in blood. il
must stand. Am ] alone in this matterf No
| thank God that am not ] see by the tear
fui eye and compressed lip that there are
others here, into whose melted hearts the Fl xed
resolution is now sinking, TO OBEY GoD EATH
rR THAN MES-wHo WILL DO OR DIE.
From this period may be dated Over
Loveloy's effectiveness as disciple al
Freedom. He applied himself TO The
work of indicating the rights Of the en-
enslaved, and declared that he -, ,woule
obey no law which sanctioned slavery
Even now it seems as though we car
hear him proclaiming in the halls o
Congress, while BARKsDALE, SlNGElTo,
and toQTE crouch from before his burn.
ing words like guilty Gu prits, that " my
front doOr'is always open to the fugitive
slave. and always shall be, and any pant
ing fugitive freeing from bis cruel OPP
pressors, shall be received into my house
and there projected, and woe be 10 the
first slave holder that dares attempt IL
cross my threshold TO seize him. Again
when the minions of slavery attempted
to amend the constitution, so as 10 rem,
der he traffic safe from all interference
beyond certain line, Mr.. LovEJoY open.
ly declared, " that there had never been
a revolt so causeless, or SO Internal since
Satan led the cohorts Of rebel angels
against the throne of God ia Heaven
and he had never learned that God offer.
Ell any compromise with the rebel
angels, giving them tie privilege OF
rebellion in hell, south Of Sc degrees
80 minutes To the hour Of his death
he was laborng upon bill for the entire
and unconditional emancipation Of the
slaves throughout the United States, and
it was his anxious desire that he might
be permitted to return TO his seat in Con-
gress, to see The bill carried through.
Slowly and imperceptibly, from small
beginnings he had succeeded in raising
public opinion 10 higher standard oil
political morality. had cleansed and rem
oryalei the fountains from which were
wont To pour streams Of filth and polu
lion, and had successfully brou Git in
to life, an era in national Development,
when perssn could speak fearlessly