New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-10
XXXVIITH CONGRESS
EXTRA SESSION.
SENATE......wAsBISeIos, July 9, III

SENATE. .WAsBISGTos, July 9, lhl.
Mr.. Ten ElCK rep. N. u, presented reiition
from citrens Of New-Jerseey, 10 case Of the naval
Academy beirg permanently removed from annapolis
to create the same at Perth Amhoy. Mr.. len Eyek IN
q few brief remarks presented the sdyanfate' and
fatalities Perth AIDboy afforded FOR Naval School :,
Mr.. FESSENDEN REP. Me-, suggested that all
petitions not necessarily connected with wal matters
be laid on the table and made motion to thai effect
Carried.
Mr.. KING Rep. n. y, presented petition from
the Military Board Of Rewiofk TO remit duties upon
arms. ~. ..
Mr.. FEssENpEN reported back from the Commit
tee Finance the bin to refund and remit duties on
arms for the use Of State. Bill passed.
Mr. HALE REP, n. ii offered resolution inst
De Witt c. Clarke be appointed Clerk of the Senate,
in place of Mr. Nicholson resigned. Passed I'm
Mr.. WILSON Rep MassI reported back the Dill
TO increase the army, with amendment TO Increase
the old regiments 10 the same number as the new.
Mr.. TRUMBULL rep, Of H. announced the oeath
Of the Hon. StephenA. Douglas, Senator ron iioi'
and said:
Mr. PaxsrpESr: At the close Of the last day in The
month of May, 1861, entering the City OF Cilcaeo
after brief whit to this place was Informed Oy -
friend who met me at the depot, that my colleague III
this body, the Hon. Stephen a. Douglas was d{log,
and would not probably turyive an honr. AZ az,
preached the fremont House in which he lay, i0und
the sidewalks and the vesihne of the hotel thronged
with peope anxioasy nquirng after the conditien OF
the dying man. The next morning II was some ieLSi
20 know that be still alive, thoua II was San
with little hope of recovery. lie continued III ihis
condition the whole of that day and the next when the
public began to entertain expectations OF hlh rebt"ih
ton TO health. fears and hopes OF the imme te
attendants, friends and relatives who watched ever
hin during those awful hours Of suspense and uni
clock on tie morning Of the Sd day ct June wcn DC
expired baye no disposition, had | the poHst 70
portray. The solemn duty OF announcing my late
colleagues decease imposes upon me no sueh
obligations, aud God grant tbst the WOUNDS
tha ed mav NOT
Mr. Douglas was born in brandon, Vermont, April -,
1873 being but 4o years Of age at the time oil me 9e
cease. He was descented from Puritan anceetofs oy
both parents OF one his father he was befet IN IN
fancy; bis mother still survives. Alter acquiring such
an education az could be obtained at the mon school
and the academy not having the means 10 perfect II
by collegiate course, az the early age oil ~ ne tu
grated 10 the State of Illinois, where he taught school
Tor short time and in 1894 was admitted 70 the bar
10 practice law. In 1885 be made State Attorney,
and from that day TO the day OF his death wss almost
constantly engaged In the public service OF eber We
State or the nation. lie held the offices OF State At
torney Representative Ia the Legislature Seer etary
Of STATE, aud Justice Of the Supreme Court IN the
Stale OF Illinois and also that OF REGISTER oil tbe Land
Office AT Springfield in that State by appoint mept
from Mr. Van Buren, before be entered the councils Of
the nation as Representative ia the other brsre OF
Congress in 1913. lie wac three times elected he
people the House OF Representatives and thrue BY
the Legislature Of bis State 10 seat Ia ,his BODY ans
was continuously O member OF one House or the OUR
from bis first entry in 1913 until his DEATH four yea
of his last Senatorial Term still remaining unex lfsd
From this brief history, 1t appears thai Jcdge Dous
devoted more than hall bis life, and all The yeas
of bis manhood 10 the public service, and proni-
nent was the part he took in public snaiis, 30
intimate the connection between his own ~
and fame, and the progress add renown OF ms
State and the nation, thai the history OF the one
would he incomplete without that Of the other.
No great public movement has taken place since he e'
tered public life which has felt the influence Il bis
will and bis intellect. Perhaps no one man nnee the
Government began ever exercised q greater influence
over the misses of the people than be- No one ever
gathered around him more devoted followers or more
enthusiastic sduirerp, who were willing TO do and dsre
more for another than were his friends Tor him. What
tits charm whs which linked the popular heart 10
him that il never fgltered under circumstancet
apparently the most disconrsng seems almost mystic
rious. TIis feeling Of attachment followed him even
10 the grave and never more manifest than atef
his deceare when be had become alike indifferent 10
the adulaon Of friends the ceDsure OF enemies, Ahd
when hs power had forever departed either reward
the one or punish the other. II was then, II ever as
his body lay Gfeless, ~ the city OF chicago,
that the true feeling Of people would manifest ltssl,
and il did show itself not only there, but throughout
the PATTON 70 an extent scarcely II ever witnessed
since the death Of the FLther 81 bis Country. The
badge Of mourning sen displayed mol Only FROM
the public buildings and the mansions Of tbe rch, bat
the cottages Of poor the carts OF the workmen and
the implements Of the aboer everywhere 10 be
seeu dped with the haibments Of wee, all The more
touching 40 thew simple aud plain. The people
favorite in fe he was followed by Their lamentations
in death. Bat Judge Dougls possessed rot only the
bower Of fascinstng the mstses, be was married
man wherever he went and with whomsoeyer he a-so
ci .ted No matter whether - lawyer at the bar n.
Judge on bench at agricultural society where The
skilleo IN mechanic and iDdiirlhi purruts ere fs m
bl,d a come oIlege where the learned
were convened the other House Of congress IN I'd
midst Of the tumul and conmoon Of II, most excited
debates in this dslberaiise body, On before the
popular assembly Of the people wherever ne spPeaIcd
He al he
men who have proved themselves equal 10 every
pency in which they have been called upon to act.
remember well when be wee transferred from the
Houae Representatives to the Senate, bis enemies
predicted and bic friends feared, thai be talents were
NOT fitted for this body and tuat be would he unable 10
sustain the reputation be had acquired m the more pop
ular branch. He entered here when the great men,
whose taents and leaning, and eoquenee have sled
an ne luster the American Senate hen Clay,
Webster Benton and Calhoun, In the vigor OF man
hood full Of visdom and experience were still here,
and proved himself no mean comPeer oil either.
Hjs speech OF lao, wherein he met and reinted
the positions Of the great Caroinian upon the very
ronts whlh have been made The pretexs Of the S0utl'
ern rebellion, perhaps the greatest enort oi hls
life. The distinguishing characteristics OF Judge
Douplas Mich enabled him 10 cope successfully With
the greatest ntcects Of tie sge, were fearlefsne,
ouickness Of apprehension strong viii and incta-'
liable energy. He knew no such word "a fail RE
had ul confidence 10 himself and Of his ability 10 ae-
conulisb whatever he undertook. In controversy he
was unsurpa,ssd and without pretension either 70
complisbed scholarship eloqnence there was fll
pess In his voice an esrnestness IN hir psnptr, d.
reetness in hs argument aud determination In ID.
every look and acriou which nevef failed to command
sttehtiol and often electnying the multitude, would
elicit unbounded applause. This crowded cham
Der has often been witness Of the delight with
which tie multitude hung upon his words,
OF the political course Of Judge Douglas
and ts effect on the country il does not become TO
speak but may be permitted 10 say that when por-
ton OF the opposition 70 the Administration assumed
the position OF armed resistance 70 lie authority and