, 1864-03-29

"oAn%o 14s Nay tuToaEh, BQWd0tn~ By his
own excrtions. He studied for the ministry
aud In 1887 was In Alton, Illinois, when his
Oldest brother, Rev. Elijah r. LoTejoy, fell
as John Quincy Adams said "the first Ameri.
ean martyr to The freedom Of ths pres and tae
freedom Of The s'dre." OTer bis dead body,
Owen, at the age Of 90, vowed q lifelong
hostility to the system Of American slavery.
How well TINT Tow was kept the world knows
Soon after the death Of his brother, he and
another brother published q valuable memoir,
In which the reader perhaps ls equally i'm
pressed With the monstrous Injustice Of the
slave power toward the master, the calm and
consistent temper and good sense with which
he defended himself and the absence Of all
harshl vituperative language in the biogra-
piers.
In 1857, Owen Lovejoy became pastor of
tie Congregational Church at Princeton, Ill,
and held that relation till 1854, making his
pulpit powerful battery against oppression,
aud leading the church to exclude fl ON its
communion shareholders aud apologists for
slavery, and the community to protect the
fugitive bondmau. He was an able preacher,
and the fact that in the new and changeable
West he remained for sixteen years in his
first and only pastorate, and that one Of the
most important churches Of his denomination
In the interior Of the State, shows the power
with which he could draw to himself the
hearts Of men.
But the combat with slavery dcepened, and
those who had felt his power in his own
community naturally thought OF him as their
standard bearer on wider battle field. The
ability with which he upheld that standard.
proved the wisdom Of their selection. With
great credit to himself md his constituents,
be represented them twice in the Illinois
Legislature, and in 1858 he was elected to
Congrcsa. Hts maiden speech On the aoor Of
the Representatives Hall produced memora-
Bile commotion. The n1inlons Of slavery
wcrc determined that he should not be
heard, but he stood undaunted before
them TIL he had given q full utterance to the
burning thoughts and scathInr words which
were IN his heart. Ever after that It vas
well understood in Congress that Owen
Loye1oy Has. man who could not be nut
down, To all appearance he WIS without
fear in the presence Of his opponents, and vet
those who knew his extreme natural sensf.
tiyencss understood that It vas moral cour-
are and the poxer ot a determined ,e;u and
not mere physical courage that uade him
,hus heroic, twill surprise manr of our
readers 10 know Tint in time of neace he was
wont to faint ut the sight of blood. Yet he
witnessed the first battle Of Bull Run, and
WIS with Fremont In his Missouri campaign.
as one Of his staff with the rank Of Colonel,
and that will Of his enabled him to overcome
his natural inti1mity. In: Congress he was
one of the pillars Of the Administration, tax
ing such IN intense interest in public meas.
pres that once when unable from sickness to
be present he sent his views in writing, to
| be rcad before the House. He was twice re-
elected to bis seat, and WAS serving lis third
Congressional term at the time, of his death.
| Bis protracted and e1hausting 1abors during
the last electoral campaign doubtless laid the
| foundation of the disease which ended his
| life. His political enemies were determined
and Inscriptions in their plans to defeat his
reelection, and as the District was
new one In part, and some Of the
additions strongly Democratic, the issue
seemed very doubtful. But the energy of
Ar. Iovejoy, his magnetic power over the
popular mind as speaker, In which he had
no superior In the West, the purity Of his
principles and the consistency of his record
won the day, and the man whose defeat the
opponents Of the Administration in the
Suite desired most Of all to secure WIS again
victorious.
His herculcan labo1s In this catnpatpn up-
dernined his heath. He wa. .1armjnc1r n,
anrfnr tha aabx.;;onrnt7 session ri CongTe.s.
mr. ala he fnl1v recover dnrino the vacaf,nn
| ge returned to Wash,ncton when he shon1d
| hoxe nnt himself nnder the c.rc NJ a sk,,fo,
| nhys1c,au. Formuch of the past winter he has
hem confined to his reora. and.noy 1,e has
| to1}en. as really though not as directly md
onnancnt]r q ma,trr to freedom AZ did h1s
hrother IN 1897
IN nnh1ic Az weu As in n,;vate life Mfr.
1oye5oy was sincere. unrirht. thoronebly
honest nan It is not be1ieyed that any man
living or dead eyer accused him of departfne
from The principles Of strict 1nteerity.:
Al home. Of iate years. be has hrcn 1arye
and successful farmer. with fine fnnrored
| breeds of cattle and fertile fields -
In the bosom of his 1arre fami1r he WIS the
idol of their affections. the most exemplary
Of husbands. the most fudulgent Of fathers.
4 widow and nine children are left to cherish
his name and his rirtues as rich legacy, and
world his uuttuely depsrture, Mrs, LoyeioJ
| has heen with him in Washfnrtnn all 1Finte,
l A4.e H~~A' "AAN ~ 49, "
| the devoted wife and nurse. Two brothert
| n,a ~. efe4e- of Mr To1o7o1. o-a e+r11 1frsoo
| -. ....,
lie Na8 a mao oA LIE peop4ts
| no}1c. frreat 1,earted man with tht
| As 3A
na3eet suPa.ee Ao' t"o Poo4 Aae
| the oppressed OF all classes, and 81
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au1a ~ ~tPaAeua s@1aut. toat uto u!eAo'
conlo. put preolct 1or nlm long A1e. IheJ
| could hut ant{cipate much further aid from
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nls NlEQoM Aud PatFloIlsm In the nau0na
councils. To human yicw 1t appears SAT
| +rn} rn,r. .rher +t~ n,nrfr.- ;e eo 1ro1l ~, a.
tAa' Ao"' nu-o Auo %oo'4L45 20 ~ "eA VI 1l'
I Nny toward the attainment Of that uufTcrsQ
| liberty for which he fofled all hfs life. thu
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| Ac conla Qot DC spared 10 sec Lle e1d OF Ils
| trvent conflict ana IN nniox IN a sarcne iii
ase Inc ttui' u WI liz aaoois. 1et aono4ea'
he T1ll from higher position witness TIT
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