Lovejoy's famous "Barbarism of Slavery" speech in the House...

Item # 713894

April 17, 1860

NEW YORK SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, April 17, 1860 Page 4 has a report beginning: "The speech of Owen Lovejoy of Illinois...in exposure and reprehension of human slavery, with the profane, ruffianly & murderous interjections by which its delivery was interrupted, will be found on another page..." with much more editorial commentary.
This very famous speech is found on page 7 headed: "The Twin Relics Of Barbarism", now more commonly referred to as "the barbarism of slavery" speech.
At one point he professes: "...The principle of enslaving human beings because they are inferior, is this. If a man is a cripple, trip him up; if he is old and weak, and bowed with the weight of years, strike him, for he cannot strike back; if idiotic, take advantage of him; and if a child, deceive him. This, sir, this is the doctrine of Democrats and the doctrine of devils as well, and there is no place in the universe outside the five points of hell and the Democratic Party where the practice and prevalence of such doctrines would not be a disgrace...".
History would prove this be not only one of the more notable speeches for the abolition of slavery, but one of the more notable of all speeches from the floor of the House of Representatives.
Although in America, Texas might be best associated with the oil industry, it was the little town of Titusville, Pennsylvania, where the oil boom had its origins in August, 1859. Page 3 has a report headed: "The Oil Wells of Western Pennsylvania".
Eight pages, nice condition.