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can slavciy. Under these circumstances, and thinking that, the friends of free discusston had already gone too far, in retiring before the violence of the friends of slavery, he felt himself called upon, as a Christian and a citizen, to stand his ground at every hazard. Accordingly, another printing press was procured, and.landod at Alton, from a steam-boat, on the night of the 6th instant. It was suifered to be taken unmolested to tlie stone warehouse of Messrs. Godfrey, Gilman, and Co., where a body of about fifty armed friends took it in charge. During the next day both the press and the life of Mr. Lovejoy wore openly and repeatedly threatened. The Atlorney-Goneral of the Slate was lieard to say that Air.'Lovejoy would be killed wifliin two weeks. Ropi^sentations of the danger were made to the Common Council, but no measures of defence were taken by them or the mayor. At night, Mr. Gilman, the proprietor of the store, and Mr. Lovejoy, the owner of the press, with about a dozen or fifteen friends, repaired to the store, with tliirly-six stand of arms, besides smaller weapons, and determined to do that for tlicmsclves which the civil powers had failed of doing. About iO o’clock at night a company of twenty or tliiidy men appeared before the warehouse, and made known their intentions by a volley of stones through the windows and doors. Air. Gihuan appeared in thedoor of the second story, and addressed tlicm in a kind and impressive manner, warning them to desist, and assuring them lliat the press was \iiider his protection, and would not be delivered up, but would be defended at the risk, and, if need be, sacrifice of their lives. He was answered by a fresh volley of stones. One account states, and no other contradicts it, that, in addition to volley after volley of stones, two sliots were fired through the windows by the assailants, but without injury to any one. The party in the store had agreed not to fire till fired upon. Then one of them, with the consent of the rest, fired from the ■window, and mortally wounded one of tlie assailants, named Lyman Bishop, a carpenter, from Genesee county. New York, who died soon after. The assailants retired, but having taken a fresh rccinit of
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Christian Advocate
London, Middlesex, GB
Mon, Jan 01, 1838
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