The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-10-18
The Douglas Funeral at KalamazO6
Tuesday.

ue douglas FuucIdA a. hoA0uAoAOO
Tuesday.
The itinerant stump candidate for
the Presidency, repeated his own fun
eral sermon at Kalamazoo Tuesday
afternoon. 1t was the same old thread
bare tissue of extravagant glori6cation
of the deceased, of eulogy upon the
departed and the achievements of his
life, running into falsehood, which he
has been drilling and dwelling into
the public ear on similar funereal occa-
sions since his death at Baltimore in
May last.
Conspicuous in the procession which
escorted him through town, was large
scantily dressed, hideous looking carl
cature of his competitor, Abraham
Lincoln, with large paddock upon the
lips /! As if the multitude of Repub-
Leans were not sufficiently lnsulted by
its exhibition in the Douglas process
sion, it was afterwards suspended from
tree within a few feet of the speak
er's stand; and subsequently taken
thence and suspended in the public
room of the Kalamazoo Hotel, kept by
Downing & Phettiplace an insult to
the Republican guests of the house.
In the course Of the dead dema-
gogue's extravagant eulogies upon
himself, he asserted that he chad made
more speeches, and done more to Sc
cure the passage of Homestead bills
than any fifty Republicans in the coun-
try" A Democrat thereupon enquired
:" what had been Mr.. Hamlin's position
upon that measure ?" To this, Doug
las replied, with an affectation of SUI
preme contempt, saying, Well, my
friend, 1 confess / never thought
enough Of Hannibal Hdnaliae to en-
quire or know what his opinions and
course have been in relation to Home
stead bills; but my opinion is, that he
has always voted against them p
When the train transporting his re-
mains westward, reached this village,
the wide awakes were drilling upon the
public square, and on the stopping of
the train formed line near the cars on
the platform of which he was exhibited.
He made a short speech which was
listened to respectfully by the Wide
Awakes. AT its close three cheers were
called for. him and given by his friends.
One of the Wide Awakes mot one of
the oficers) thereupon called for three
for Lincoln which were given and res
ponded to by groans from the Demo
Gratis. Douglas still standing upon the
platform, then affected to thank the
for the honor they had
done Mr.. Lincoln by cheering him, re-
marking that as Mr.. Lincoln was not
present, he would thus thank them as
" his friend" Had the defunct gentle
man stopped there, the whole thing
would have passed off as pleasant
joke; but he must needs give vent to
his mortified vanity, and added, "you
will all admit and he will admit that if
it had not been for me you would never
have thought of him as candidate for
the Presidency" This called out fur
Their cheers for Lincoln. Whereupon
the deceased waxed exceeding wroth
and fell to abusing the Republicans,
denouncing them as "blackguards,"
charging them with insulting him, and
asserting that he chad never been
guilty of incivility to a political oppo-
nent." To this Republican replied
by the question: Who was it that
threatened to hang Abraham Lincoln,
at New York, the other day."
Instead of answering, he continued
to complain of being insulted, and to
claim that he treated his opponents
"gentlemanly;;" when the Republican
asked him, was it gentlemanly in
you to threaten, in your speech at N.
York the other day, to hang Abraham
Lincoln" and reminded him of the in
sulting caricature of Mr.. Lincoln, borne
in his procession at Kalamazoo, and
above referred to. Though he conld
not have failed to hear those questions,
and that reminder,h he attempted no JUS
LITIGATION or reply, but retreated into
the car, and employed himselfin indus
triously smoking cigar until the train
moved on.
The Congressional Elections.
AS near as can be asoertained from