The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-04-28
The Lamentcd Lovcjoy.

INC A6u16OVCO A/OvCJOys
Among the appropriate and feeling
eulogics to the memory Of the late Hon.
Owen Lovejoy, delivered in the house
Of Rep, esentatives on the 2sth ult., we
find the following reported in the
Washington Globe:
ADDRESS OF HON. J. b. GRINNELL.
Nix. GRlNNELL. Mr.. Speaker, have
just returned from long journey, and
it is only since came into the Hall
this morning that received Oh in,ima
ton that l was to speak on this mourn.
t'ul occasion. My few words shall be
the sympathetic utscrances Of a mourn.
ing friend rather than those Of elias
sic eulogist. ! had the honor Of an in
innate acquaintance with the deceased,
having shared the bounteous hospitali
~ Of his western home, and at his bed.
in this city strove TO drink in the in
spira!ion Of his spirit.
But few weeks since, in his sick
room, expressed fears Of his recovery
| saw thc tears course down his manly
cheek as he said, "Ah Gods will be
done, but l have been laboring, voting
and praying for twenty years that |
might see the great day Of freedom
which is SO near and which ] hope God
will let me live to rejoice in. I want
a cote on my bill for tho destruction Of
slavery root and branch" He saw the
sun Of national liberty but in its rising
when he hoped to gaze on it with rap
lures in its midnocn epIendor blu,
my steriously has God called him above
the storm clouds of war, bringing resi-
to his weary spirit, and new vision with
an exchange Of the sorrows of earth
for the joys Of heaven. A christian and
. hero has gone homo where there will
be multitude to welcome and no one
wronged to comfort him.
As review his eyentfal life, am
constrained to believe that had he died
Thirty years ago the world would have
said, we have lost q promising scholar
Had his deceasc entwenty years since
he would have been called a fanatic By
almost universal acclaim Had he l.fi
the world ten years since the narrow
circle in which he moved would have
felt the loss Of an obscure freesoil can.
didate for Congress and Congrega
tional minister. But what have ten
years Of noble, heroic devotion to free
dom achieved ? The clergy by
leaving his flock for the unpromising
field which invited his labors is jnsti
fed. A man and a citizen before q
minister, he proved that his politics
were consistent with and not deroga'
tory TO christian and ministerial char
acter, following the example Of May
hew, Cooper and Wi,herspoon Of our
early days, who were not more eminent
in the pulpit than learned and useful .,
Legislators, neither Of whom made ar
apology for change Of avcca.ion wher
they might speak for nation in tbt
forum and espouse the cause Of libert,
for the world. Our friend loved pcac,
and accepted the arl itrament Of III.
sword only as dire necessity. In hi.
holy hate for the rebellion, and slavery
its cause, he was
"For the peace which rings out from the
cannons throat,
And the suasion Of shot and shell.
Till rebellion's spirit is trampled down
To the depths Of its kindred hell"
And then for his country there was the
ideal OF the church, "beautiful as TRIAL
comely IS Jerusalem, and terrible a.
an army with banners" to which hs
Vas consecrated. The witnesses Of his
early snd latter devotion made him a,
eyes to the blind, feet to the lame and
the cause which he knew not he search
ed out. His home was his castle, where
he gave assurance of shelter and de-
fences to the escaped from the south
ern prisonshouse, who were thousands
and he caused the widows heart C
sing for Joy. while the blessing Of many
ready 10 perish fell on him.