The Portland daily press., 1895-08-03

paper. becoming ALARMED promised that
The slave Question would NOT he discussed
in the Observer and the nronertv was
saved from destruction p-of0"
When the young editor returned TO his
,ost tha nronrietore ,o1nor+ad 49,, 70
rres Js Tbis he did Init vas rainStaIled
two davs later bv a new nurcbaser Of the
naneT AZ tb;s time he H,,ote bis
brother Owen that an abolitionist could
NOT live lone in ST J,ouis Citiaen,s
mobs vvere even then vbinnino, Non az.
1'oo5 W assisti,, 49, n.od pS
bad started TO h,1rn The 0bssrUar office
and If Vac " nnsafa for b;n, 'o - o vii
ahroad The new nronrietnr considered
The faasibility IF remoyino tho nlont to
Ai+on Int tbe idaa was ahndanad for.
tha ti,,,e hei,a
The famouss or rather infamous. de-
cision Of Judge Lawless on the burning
If a naoro MeJntosb at tho stake thar
Hinbu5an, mobs t,ranscended hnrman
law ), rather ,reci,itated the removal Ut
tha obsar,,o, ppffioa ~ Alton Mr. Love-
low scored tIi Ind i,,Ge,e with such vigorons
EnoIisb and 1919. wv looic that tha
mob dniv apthorized to pive way to any
electric frenzy'' that might seize them,
dfespoiled the office of the Observer and
Si,r; A ~ ~, ~ IiIe plsanU ineo o0 zoe TT
the first press was set In In Alton and
the first copy Of the Alton Observer run
OH and put In the mails. In the late
fo,u 1,nas oa o. sne ealtor was Rllleo anu
~, pi L; ns'u peen destroyed. 200 ooo
49, ms rs I Tiiiie uhere were only 4oo, IVY
PTGpao ~ anu the populaUloh OF
0nuasJ "nt tn oioon Was very nearly the
iaad 'n ~ nooo each ana Alton nao t1e
was also the centar for anu enetrprise, ~
We; asi'o oio ,,., aol sreao reilglous
r resasar anu n;r;t 'elnpelance WORK. A mis-
Eost r;so,, or3 Mest' II one
tJ,a'p ia haal, obSsd ~ W nearo;
d Az , as t,a, ihnooeu ianprisqhea anu
arasgdGu ~, Sn nooIe rh poseon WIN rope
had nfy n,s ss ooo s for oiaie oa Georgia
Iohn ouincv Adams exP tS STnyio'i rUas
ovaa 1919 cann,.aS, , b lestuene, was
,,atif oon an.l
nd ,rss ~ nhieo ~ - vU uay,
aa,tI II; IL 49,, " gu uto
'nryoiov bod oil +haso ~ ~,
HIM ana i ha p ~s u,sJ hmt 4esef
II ,4o@5 ~ "ss' noo oDauinooo' puo IL
asked no npe e to- to n as " hit s no
his ,ie,ht ~ ay " ~seoo IL o0 ~
dnuhled in cird,,ia+;o on0 lis p"por nIi,,
heconaino rny1e, +bro,, a "a az i" w
po"e. oliiouSnouu ING "ese.
CALL FUR AN ANTl-SLAVERY
PARTY.
He issued call for an anti-slaverv
,a,.t,, =, nit. - e. :,
parry III liiiuois' anu lof peui1lon TO
abolish slavery in the District of Column
bia. The editorial calling for a conbina-
tion of all the local anti-slaverv societies
to form a State Organization was the
most obnoxious of anytbing he had yet
written to- the Southern irhabitant Of
Alton. Two DAYS later there was a nuh-
lie meeting held in the town for the sun
preston Of abolitionism. This was In
July of 1871. The Young nvanoel nreacb-
ing in the wilderress With such q clarion
voice was only four months from his
death. and he was NOT vet RI He walked
by day and night with dearh for a com
panion, threatened with tar and feathers
and every indignitv his nronerty at all
times in danger of destruction Vet he
never wayered Like Uhe philosopher of
did he said nStril,e Init hear me5, The
torture to which his brave vonna wife
was subjected cansed him to saw once:
ssIroan now feel. as never felt before.
the wisdom of Paul,s advice not to
Marry
4 few weeks before his death some
eight or ten citizens Of Alton starred tn
Hnnt,erstown snhurh Of TInner Alton
where Mr. T ,oveiov was Iiving intendin1
to tar and feather him and then set him
adrift on the river in a canoe The
party met the editor of the Observer on
his yyav to q drno stava to nrocl1re n,edi-
cine for his wife With fhe greatest COM
nosure ho addressed them:
UGentleman NV wife is danOerouslv
ill and it is necessary that she should
have the prescription filled. IF one Of Won
will get the medicine and take it to the
house / will 90 with you.''
81 can't degrade as brave a man as
that. . said one Of tha marty. and Mr.,
Lovejoy went on his way unmolested. :
Three presses had been DESTROYED. On
the nighf of the 18th of November. 1897
the fourth press arrived from Cincinnati
and was taken, in the presence of the
mayor, to the warehouse of Godfrey. Gil
man & Co, there to be guarded. It was
patent to casual observer that a Certain
Clement in tie town did not intend Than
another issue of the paper should be got
out. Mr.. Gilman. one of the owners of
the building. asked for volunteers to helm
him guard the building. Nineteen re-
sponded and. with the Permission of the
mayor. armed themselves Mr Loyeioy
was among the number. Before mid
night the Mace was attacked by mob of
hundreds Of men. Some shots were ex-
Changed. and in a sortie of the guard Mr.
ss%g sS I9 s "a A; II