Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-07-28

Senator Douglas was insuled the other
day The Toledo Commercial mentions.
under the head of Republican Discour
tesy," that the corner stone of the Uni
versity of Chicago was laid on the 4th Of
July. Senator Douglas had given the
land for the building, and was to have
made the speech Of the OCCASION but had
Il bad cold. And n Mr.. Arnold was the
principal speaker The Toledo CONNER
cial says tie speech "was little else than
"A re-hash of his speeches in the campaign
Of 1856. Common courtesy would have
dictated AN address OF a different charac-
ter, on such an occasion and under such
circumstances, but the courtesy OF che
Republicans is quite uncommon, ana would
us soon insul. distinguished United Stat $
Sentor on The occasion of laying The cor
ner stone Of a college eiitice as al any ooh
rr ime." Tie eii,orof ihe Toledo Blade,
upon tea ling his, commenced IN eXamin-
ion oi tie obnoxious address. The
speaker ha' taken his audience back to the
earlier years of American history, and
spoke OF the varied glories OF the North
wesl--saying: "lf every prairie smiles
with abundant harvesis, and every valley
shelters- ii,,aigse---they al point
to Jefferson and the ordinance of 1887
and declare 'Thy wisdom and thy fore
sight, and thy love Of libery, have, under
tie blessings of Providence, made us what
We are. '" Was this insolent toward Mr..
Douglas? Perhaps the insul. was in the
paragraph following:
If, in the time to come, Freedom shall
need Il champion; if the period shall ar
rive when the American people, in the
pride of their material prosperity, shall
/ forget the great truths on which ,heir gov
eminent is based; if ever The teachings ol
the early Fathers a'e forgotten; if any or
all the Department OF the governments
! shall cease to be- administered in the spirit
of it's founders; if the Executive shall
cease to follow the exnmpls OF Washington
and jefferson; if the legislative depart
ment shall ignore, or cas- contempt on The
Declaration of Independence, or forge
chat The Constitution was "ordained and
| established" to secure the blessings OF
Liberty; if the judiciary should even in
its madness overturn the adjudcations OF
Jay anu CIOlY anu MAJ lolftIt -ih'J 'Hi'
University train us statesmen and Jurists
fully armed for the great reform of bring
; ing back the government to its irsL prn-
ciples, to Its original purity. May thi>
institution furnish, from among those she
has trained, a champion who, not as her
representative alone, but of the free -NoWd
aceSt, may lead back. by the eIoquence ot
truth and liberty, the people, to the princi
pies inculcated in the Declaration Of H.
0ependence.
The Blade says:
Scan these words and weigh them well
Senator Douglas is ''insulted'' by them
The Chicago Times affirms it. The To
ledo Commercial repeats it. The memory
of Washington and Jefferson troubles then
l exceedingly. The "Deelala.ion OF Inde
: pendence" MORALLY offends them, if men
5 ,ored ao anything more than " "soundn!
E generality" and when speaker stands II
view of the great Praine City, and speak
I Of "Ffee No,th- Vest" and the bless
4 ings OF 1897, the Democracy, in the per
j., son of Stephen Arnold Douglas Is IN
e. SUITED!