, 1861-06-08
G1)ita1o Gribtt4te' !
SATURDAY; re /; /: JUNE s, 1861:
wuH PROFESSIONS,

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- Th;,trr:seyen DAYS ago, MI. Douglas made
his last entry into Chicago; As he passed
The of1ice Of the. TRIBUNE, surrounded by
the friends ofyears, and 1.-THE enemies whom
!; be had Just disarmed; attended By pro-
~ccssfon such rs the city has rarely seen;
heralded by the triumphant strains Of mar
tiai music and by, banners and devices
which expressed: the sympathy Of tie
whole people with the sacred cause that
he had cspoueed; hailed by theloud acclaim
Of thrice Ten thousand voices shouting in
his p1aise; idolized by the great: party
Hhosesqul he was; admired By the men who
had fought him with zeal only cuual!ed by
their hitternesSt-as he. passed wc marked
him well. There: was in his mien no sign
of physical disease and in his front Of
lounge no indication that the DESTROYER
was near. We followed him to National
Hall iust re-consecrateito to country i1stead
Of party. and ,here saw fhe rrect;nr which
the ten thousand rave him IT VIVA - ri.
unph for which n man might law down b;s
lie md say that he Ind achieved a success
We wondered and enyied-vondered
where f3we1t the eecret snr;ncp of +bot iii
,1enovrr v1,;., moved md e5ectr;f;od rn,.
titudes-envied him the t,;nmn,, he had
achieved and shich that dav hade te;r N
1;pen INTO the mos aurpst honors That
thirtv millions Of freenen can 1,estow,
.Thr xnys az the A]m;e1,tv ara irscr,,}a.
h1a.l :vnsteri7,v pe eat At tba e,na w;n.
dnw ~ before and ss,c another nrocess;on
n.ea rho +rann;noe of .1r,a xror,, 1,,, +h,=o
Tho morcbed thore;n. tbo e;ona ~ or;or
which The face, of the thick thronrino
mult;tude carried in every link. the ajow,
measured tread: the sable-d1aped banners
of. troops and civic societies: the c1sncor
ofthe tollipg bells: the deep and mournful
notes Of the military bands, which made
the air rescund with the city's grief; the
nodding plumes Of black which oycrshad-
owed the ho1ses' heads; and the funeral
car toward which all men looked, and
which bore coffin beneath its canopy,
told that the hearts Of the people we're
deeply moved. DOUGLAS was going to
his resting place The pageantry Of woe
pressed hard upon the g1adness and exuit-
alton Of the recent triumph Victory lad
been overcome BY Death.
There is something in all this by which
all men may profit. We leave to ghostly
counsellors the utterance Of what theology
teaches, and to faith, more or less cnlight-
eued, the true lesson Of his eveutful life;
and point to that only in which We are i'm
mediately concerned Noman has died in
many decade whose death will beso widely
felt as that of him whose body WIS yester-
day borne through our streets. His iron
viii which grasped men as if they were
infants, and moulded them to his purpose:
his infinite resources IN controversy which
made the better appear the weaker pa.t:
his ambition. even. upon which such le-
fions Of friends attended. his strong antip-
atb7es and deem attachmants. his very
faults Of heart and head. had riyen him
mower oyer the masses that one man rarely
.tta;ns He v,a tba nemoc1atic nartv of
the North Norman save nonp1as con1d have
gathered and oiren shane to ;ts froct;ons
af.or Tho rene.I of the Eisaonr; comnro.
,,;ea n, no, s.ra him cor1d h.ro ~..--
.ha11cd II FIR a tipht with the. remotest
hone ofsuccess. BE was it's hands and its
brains. He has fallen. and there il M one
to take his nlace-no one With the fert;l-
ny in tactics, the. requisite audaclty tenn
pered with prudence, and with the sympa-
thy with the masses, which made him so for
midable in the Senate nd before the people.
His undertake1s should hare buried his
mantle with him-there is none to wear it.
Fortunately his last days are rich legacy
for those who will look for successor
to climb and take his place. The unfalter.
ing devotion which marked his declara
lions for the perpcsuit7 of the Constitution
of the Republic, his unconcealed anxiety
that The contest now raging between Des-
po,ism and Freedom, should be main.
taincd until Freedom won, and his
generous and cordial support ol
the Administration and the measures
It has adopted, cannot be forgotten. Those
who hare hung upon his words and re
ceiyed them as commands, and who nov
will take service under no banner excep
that which he Was q month ago bearing il
the advance guard Of the lo7al men. vii
be careful Of his fame, Of their countryt
honor. and their Own instincts and permi
m enemy of tba c.naa uhich he eenoncei
n so;vo tho h.n,ar f.uan f,o,, ~ ,.,n,,
I'D 1strs4 T. - +ha nar,c;aa. 80 aea;1e &
~hor, ha ronoht a-;th H. 1atas+ hsaat,, I
Who+ sha,, haoo,na - tha e,ra.t, ana ~,
srfi,] ,artv 1p:hosa chann,on 6e-waas +
has e,,rr;vea a,I NJ ;ta leaders. Il hae ma.
al thro,,n1 ar.u cr;a;s ~ tbrozn acroa
;tsnsth sha,, xe co5c,1da tb.t Il ~
o,,tItve th;s MIGHTY 1eai7er and th,s ove,
w1,e1m;nr crisis? We doubt II much A
that marry has never before 1oat snch a oer
sra1 81 1,,e Il never hef,ra fallen mn
fines Ike thcaa Nona Int he co,,1d har
corr;ed + ,hronoh the sto-n of 1a5a
~ o41,o~ so,,7a hsra h-n,e+ad aaa .np-;-a
~. ~ - ssat. 1...' $500 -oE1 - ~ "-s ~ ~
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