his second book entitled theodore dwight weld and the american anti-slavery society also recall thiscollective effort that brought many people together in small and sometimes unrecognized ways to make great and enormous changes which we celebrate this month. he will speak to us today about a distinguished 19th century member of this house who represented the proud state of illinois. i give you owen muelder, a true son of knox class of 1963. [ applause ] thank you, president aranut and i thank the united states capitol historical society, the illinois state society of washington, d.c., and the knox college d.c. alumni club. in the early evening of november 7th, 1837, an ugly, drunken crowd of violence-prone anti-abolitionists gathered together in the city of alton, illinois, by 10:00 that night, they had turned into a crazed mob. a few hours earlier, this troupe of troublemakers attacked people barricaded in a warehouse belonging to elijah p. lovejoy. the crowd had learned earlier that day that lovejoy had received a new printing press that would make it possible, possible for him to