He replaced his broken press with a new one, only to have his property a second time destroyed.

He replaced the second with a third press, but a third time the mob destroyed his property.

Then he bought a fourth press, and resolved to defend it with his life.

Pierced by bullets he fell, resisting the attack of a mob bent on the destruction of his rights.

Lovejoy died a martyr to free speech and the freedom of the press.
The tidings of this tragedy stirred the free States to unwonted depths.
The murder of an able and singularly noble man by a mob was indeed horrible enough, but the blow which took his life was aimed at the right of free speech and the freedom of the press.