, 1870-11-27

hocse tho next TEurnJay. In response to tho
call meeting was held july 10, aud with many
tclnbastic assertions th1t they were FREQ mon,
aEd Lad Inherited from their fnretathc;s the
string OF wbereAse1 and resolutions, TO de-
noui.ee tie editor Of the Oosrrfr for exercis-
lIG that very right. lie waa callal bn by
committee. who himply L1oDptd i notica in tic
Post Ofice. to desist from publiehins anything
On the subject OF rlavesy- lie 1etlsd cour-
teous'y, DENYING their right to act as ceEsors
q the prees, aud claiming it as bis right to
discuss any and all subjects, being anco.-
bic 10 the laws for the abuse Of that right
He tendtfed them the free use Of hia columns
10 rGfute Ills autEincs If they thought them tc
&c T. juroua- Threats Of u,obuing were now
opanls made. and OF the Right Of August Il,
the cffce WAS attacked nth stose6 and brics-
bats. driving out tho worlmon and betweon
10 and II o'clock . band OF 6ftsen or twcntr
citizens entctn1 it aud destroyed press, type,
and everything connected with the paper,
without any chort being made on the part Of
the Mayor or citizens to prevent it. Mr. Love
Joy Litnself was aurloundcd ed in the street oy
tho mob with the avowcd purpose Of doing
him bodily injury. lie quietly asked them 10
send one Of thelt number with bamo medi-
cine htld iu lis hand to his eicl wife, and then
10 with him a. God permitted them. Tlcy
did as requested, delivered the melicinc, and
sitter consulting among themselves lot him
derart
The friends OF the Obsrrer Immediately
assembled in Altou, aud without Dissenting
voice declared that tho paper must bo re-es-
iAb'ished and 60 on Money was raised in
Altou and Quincy ani aeu: to Cincinnati for !
shsld press and Materials About tits time
pamphlet from l!er. Nr. Smyie, Of Mie-is-
s!Fpi, w.A circulated in tue community, tLe
object OF which VAS 10 pro7c that Anlctic7a
elatefy Mas sanctioned By the 1lible. The
sutl:o. txAozted shareholders not to bow
n t1S Et3fk tn rx{tRot
the gpt1 old time-honored rath press=d ty
ra,r:atchal feos, anu guarded l,y aposto,ic in
juncticns." In conjunction with this PAM
phlct, CT tract Of Sa.an, Rev. Joel Parker,
u New Orleans, appeared. md by the
sopLietaies used, aoEle former friends Of The
raiEs of its enemies The n3i or offered to
rctlsr. and wllilc the suhjelt wns uudir con-
Eid+,a'iun, be luft Alton 10 attend prs@bytely.
III bis ot-enes the nes pcesa arrived, August
=, about sunect, aEd was carried By Some
fncuIs TITO 5 warehouse. TIC Mayer took
tho responsibility o. protecting it. Tho bail-
inE WAS entered the eau,e evening, tho press
taken to the river, broken in pieces aud
thrown IN. All the Mayor cid vas 10 arrive in
tino 10 declare il tso most gtntlsmanly mob
Lo bad ever Eeen.
Soon after this third press WAS destroyed,
Ar Loycjoy visited st. Charles, No. He
preached twice il. the presa. ter1au Church, on
Sabbath, October ., and in tho evening, after
returning to the louse Of lis notter-iu-law,
4 NIB entered it With tho nvowed purruss Of
tallng Lis life. Ills vile acted IN the 8aoat
heroic mannnr, aud actually fought the mob
OF. They rallied, however, and he Was threo
tir4cs i'll tlieu hands. It seems Hoa5cr,ul
that he did not loso his lilo there.
A fourth picss lad beeu scEt Cor nnt WIS
expected carly IL November. A Fnb:ic ncel-
:ns Va. called 10 assemble ut Alton IN tho "a
of that month. It Eas gotten up by tho cte-
mice OF tho 0bserrtT, but its friends werc ill.,
vited TO attend aid take part in tho meeting,
Nh:ctl they did. hoping to conyiuco tho.e ns-
Femlic Of tho importance Of enforcing the
lawr- The minority Affected 10 understand 1t
TO he meeting for compromise. Like ali
o'EtF compromises seer attempted with
slavery, freedom ~as to yield everything, slay-
cry nothing. The ain wAs With soft woEds
and sn1oo,l speeches 10 crush tho. o.
III csu,o painfully evident tllat 10 effort
would b. nMda bs tha majority 10 restrain the
| rautt WITH ihe lrcss arrived. The CON-
| pfCrist offered wzr that tho Ul,stz-oer should
ctate to te published. or that its ciitor eh5uld
,lceEe himself to keep silent OH the question
| vf slavery. Tie speech OF Mr. Lortjoy, In
reilly to ts,e.e demands VII! bo read Will, iu-
c.eseing admiration ae long NJ liberty is pro-
f+rrcl 10 slavery. By the American people. It
war cf considerable length and eau onis give
| few hIitf quotations.
III owing full we'll that Ae was surrounded
l,y those WHO thirsted for his hloctl. aad hay-
Ing ob'ained the floor, ho toak Lis position 1t
/ tls. deck, md sid:
"Mr. Chairman, what have to compromise !.
II 1.esly to io,g.ss snuss ho hays 3. gratJ N;
Ecpplnctt, II stall 10 wish for the prosperity oil
yUuI c!y mud State, notwithstanding aIl tie tnds.
nlse in;cEa.d, then lo Willingly 1naxe It. i ,iu
lot a4llrit lhli 1t Is The busless Of any body ol
mc,s u saE Whether shall Or fhal not pu6isn
10 II That rseh, was gwen m nc ~ SJ IN; 4;
Maker; ant IS soleunr'y guats.,ced to Ee by
the Coas ast,1u,on ot thu Glittsl S:a:rs sna Of tat
a:.:Ai cease trum that with duty requires OF ill.,.
cAnuut nAkc It. And tie 1e.sua Is thstl TEA
t;t~l 1no:e THAI Ear- i L. also stty i,lle:eu
question. Elsc:1&r saaIl soua:l.ly u Il ti4c le
quest Of friends. yield M 1ay ,~s::: o' whctser
snail ietsake II. ut the demand Of n uoa. IN,
fotu1rr am II all uMvs rraIlE ~ tt3. wGen IN,
Personal wishes 0E Interest IN competition witt
lhr cause Q! tha1 Aaa1tr. WHOSE s'iu.sler an
Eut The 1a:tcs, l,e ass4red. "trtf viii IT.
. a fs,se Issue; there arr no Two far;les het.cr:
whom thele can he a ron,rromtse- plant M scll
sir. down on ms unqussuot Au,e rt9ht1, nnd ~
iecteu IN tEorc nSnta; ttdt is tue qatat:oa. air
whether uy pr0petty Ahal be lr1secisd. whttlle
shal! tS suaese1 = y hoas ~ IT, t. q! ,a,'.''y
TAI and feathers and assa. slnatinn: whether m
| at1iirtsd wife, whose life has heen III jenp mi
fun conunnea alsrn aud txcllssae ent, snaM n'ea
ret, u rave her ille itun, tic bEckaats aut si&
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: weaAn.4k l1as ms Alnsson to mr. family mi
osucamc my feelings. Not .sir, I assuE
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1.:'5a God made tae soul to- nssE9ad Eel ndi
r s'tc, e;.sa'ts NcEI M X sem.G1sa n ms q t"a'
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