, 1874-06-11

approachod1vcry noar to tho rank OF those did,
tingnislca mon who havo beoil l,onorod with tho
course lic appeared to, hnvo m almost oqua!
adaptation Of mind to tho various branches OF
aoloheo md 1itoraturo usually. studded in our
fon na ~ e aao ,,E sa wnt Is r h'
AFTER Ills GRADUATION,
for somo months l1o was ei,gnged II, toncltug m
.aoadcmy in Maine, -Thoh, impressed with
ssnse q ivta the magnitude Of to elostnea Of tho
multitudos who wore tbcn ,aninatod by stnRr
antioipationa to The oottro Of that vast fold Of
action, md engaged first iii toaching, aud then
| lii political lifc.
'Atthia time. ono Of tho gront political partlos
TINT divided THO country was engaged in m
osrort to exalt Horny CLAY tho groat compro-
mlacr, to tho Presidential CHAIR. 70 this party
| lo dovosed himself, and began hin poltlcal
caroor as tho oaitdr Of pnpor conseorated 10
| it's interests.
His o1i1inont abilities woro acknowledged, and
his prospects Of polltlcn promotion we're bright.
But, had ho followed this oorso, he would Lave
hooir az oohptotoly sunk and swanrol us thosr-
tRantls Of political aspiranA Ind been before him
In tho bottomlesa swa'nrs' of A1qericnn slavory.
nttr lie WAS '1EsEnvEp FOR NopLEn WORK.
,atld nohlor destiny. In 4 revival OF religion ia
tics, an entire revolution took place IN liis moral
character ad aims and he loft the flold Of poll
tics and oonsooratnu himBolf to tho work Of tho
ministry. After tho study Of yoar at Prince
ton, he wRa l!ceused, and. for tnao. prcncllol in
Spring Street Church at Now York. and In other
| p!accs.
EDITORIAL wonK.
by the. Invitation aud cotussol Of friends, he
| Boon ret,lrnod to tho West to take up once moro
tho work OF an editor, but now of q religious
pnpor, to DO locntod in st. Louis. md to DO de-
voted to tho interests of tho Kingdom Of God.
Nothing is moro sublime than tho true idoal OF
political aconco, but II views human society as
4 baaod on tho ideals Of God, ind to DO developed
md perfected by obedience to His laws alike in
the world Of nlatter and Of mind. II any OF
tlloso Laws arc violated In tue organization of 30
cioty. fidelity to Him calls for protest and do
maud for reform. With those ideas. ho ontercd
upon his great work ns religious editor. =,
., His preceding caroor Us political oditor had
llgions paper it was alao four ycara-.from Nov.
22, 1888, to Nov. Z. 1887 III those four years
tho interest Of his life centres. In thoso, his
great work WAS wrought. Ho closed these years by
not uaed for auy, low Or secondary purpose, but
In its noblest and most Bacred vocation, the de-
fenyo Of the great selfevf1ont truths Of liberty,
upon which this nation baaed their Declaration
of Independence, aud tho foundations Of their
nationallifo.
/ THE NECESSITY OF suou a sIAi,TTRDoM
let us now consider: There was, IN fact, geu-
eral conspiracy being formed to suppresa tile
.tced political rights Of slavery. It was tho un-
foreseen result Of giving peculiar political rights
md power to slayeholdera In the formation Of
our National Constitution. THIS, II Designed to
| DO permanent, logically forbade all attacks on
slavery, on moral grounds. It said II slave
holder may be always al honorable Senator,
Judge. or President, our Constitution indorsos
him, and you 4aYe no right to- nHsnll hin Us q
concession. was thus claimed as an etornnl COM
promise. The prospect Of boundlcsa wealth by
tue culture Of COTTON mud of tile lncronso Of polit-
ical power, led to tho extension OF Slavery bo-
yond its original limits. Commercial conneo-
tions, and social and domestic alliances, the ex-
tension Of churches and benevolent societies
over tho nati0n, led to nn tncrensiig concession
Of the claims Of Shareholders. aud Blnyory soon
became the ruling political powor III tho nation,
and claimed exemption from asHanlt qnd cen
sure on constitutional grounds, and had, in fnct,
formed plans for tho universal suppression Of a
free press throughout the nation III essential
avowcd for tho suppression Of tho psoss ut AL
| ton.
Hts death, moro fully than over before, re-
yealed the essential ansagonlBm Of tho two con-
be aupreuo and that, if slavory wns supreme
the freedom of the pross must bo suppressed
This WAS enry seen by the shareholders, and in
procoss Of time plan was formed to oxtend tue
United States against all Alti-Slayory ngitation,
as hostile to the Constitution md tho unity oi
] the nation. It would not have been more WON
Ueflul EllaQ ING uCBpOtlbM WHICH, III 1AEt, l[OsC
earlier in the Christian Church, had an Anti.
Slavery despotism gained tho ascentancy ovol
this nation, Furnishing with Imprisonment o.
death the advocacy Of tho fundamental princi
pies of the Declaration Of Independence.
WHAT WAS AIMED At
| and expected may be secn in the threat o1
Toombs, tlat he would vet cali tho roll OF LII
slaves on Dunker Hill. The freedom Of tl1t
press and the rights Of free Northern citizent
wcro lost ut the South The great Democratic
! rfv 1rna rcrr41Dtad nv s1nvarv end in innr11e
with it, aud nothing waH needed but large and
corrupt national majority to carry nil this mtg
effect. Prominent Democratic politicians threat
cned s11ch an Issue. It was during this great
trous beyond conception, that, In the providenee
of God, Elijah p. Loveioy was rnise1 ZIP to die
M mnrtyr III the cause Of the freedom Of the
presa and Of universal emancipation.
| At ST. Lou1s.
:. Ho began to issue tho st. Louis Observer. or
and fearless. and opposed alike the iucnrsiont
Of Romanism, slavery, and mob-!aw. NeTertEe
odium was aroused against him aud his paper, nj
open to tho discussion OF slavery, and IN oppo
sition to 1t. 1t was bis own holtly-ayoTed baie
TINT under this cover la WAS asaalod also by the
KomiBh Church. Ills narrative Of the burning
Of Mcintosh, and lis severe denunciatiou Of ths
charge Of Jutlgs LawlesB, viudicating aud de-
fonding mob-law. added to the popular odinn
against him. Tho proprjstora Of the paper, ii
AINIuly IEABu W UpIull Aluu ullA EltuS6 u
silence on the subject Of slavery, and q meeting
Of citizcns uoi,1oldsd With them, His bold ant
noble reply, claiming in its full extont tue froe
dom Of the press, has no superior in power n'st
iu eloquence. At this timo lie carried tho day
and hH paper, which had baen threatened by ,
mob, continued to bo pubhsAo1. But. at longth
1t was Judged best to
TnATsFEH IT TO ALTON.
1Ie had not yet assumed his position as an Abo.
littonist, and for a time supposed that it would
, | n a
tho subject Of slavery rs fully as he
had. Lie Hoon found however, TINT tho vougo.
ful spirit OF slavery wns not to be propitlatel
His purpose to ronoye to Alton had been M
nounced, and yet, to aronge Ills hostility tc
slavery aud Lis e2poauEs Of the charge Of Judge
Lawleas,
MOD TORE DOWN HIS oFF1uE.
Tho press was saved from tho office, aud VIA.
transported to Alton, hut OIL July Fl, 1886, waE
DESTROYED on tho landing by some mlscreansE
from. st. Louis. The citizons Of Alton. in {
rnoeting, zesolved to make good The loss,--s
| resolution naver fulfilled. They also ceusuret