Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-06-27
An Appeal 10 the People.


irfucatial cuOrters, commends itself to
the sympathy Of every citizen. 1t should
be said that the ,nonraing of nation has
speat itself 10 words. Let there be a We.
spouse Which will stand on record as q
deep carrestness Of the American people:
IaLn People Of tie United .Sloes and
moro pytcgiorly to tie People Of Niia.
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S,ephe- q. DorGlas is dead He has
fallen Of the ueridiaa Ct life. For twea-
y.fvc years. le ssysed tie public honora.
bly, end without personal profit. For
Rearly twenty years be devoted his time,
his abilities aad his lebors to his State
and his country. He served both State
and country iroEa o. love Of both, and not
!rona hope Of pscn-iary profit, Eor the
last four years he gave up his .ine and all
other interests u lis country, and,
to tie utter exclusion Of all business pur-
suits, devoted everything, and at last his
life, TO tbs sGty atiea Of tie re1Eblic, the
integrity of the Union, and; the mainte-
nance Of the Constitution. Il the con.
test !or these sacred and patriotic objects
he has fallen p the very prime Of life !;
hut not until he reGdegsd incalculabe
benefit to the American F.nyls.
FeIlCY ccuGtrymen While thRs la
bOriag for your interests and the interests
CT your poaterity, his own mans were
lost, lie died not only poor, but has
left to his wiio and children legacy of
debt. The only piece oi laaf--a small
tract less than three acres of which he
w0s ever Possessed, was, when he died,
the property Q. his widow. At tie To-
quest OF the people Of Illinois, coming W
to her even il the hour - Ler sorrow,
she surrenlered his remains TO the State.
and with them gave that piece of land
for his in.erment, asking Of the people
only that she u,ight be allowed to raaA.s
near the grave in which he reposes. She
has thus given to the people Of Iliro:s all
that vas left Of Douglas. This lot in
which now rests his ashes IS in the cen
tre OF that baau.ilul grove known as his
long chosen and favori.e home. The sur
rounding portion Of the tract is covered
with mortgages. His children, his wid-
ow and his couEtrYmen. to approach his
grave, must do so by permission Of the
sheriff. his creditors and strangers. Will
the nation he has served forget Douglas
in the tomb ? VIII the Republic prove
ungratefu? Will the American people,
whom he has served SO long and so faith
fully, suffer his widow sad orphans 10 be
turned from the home he loved, the soil
he defended, to seek elsewhere, and from
strangers, q shelter AID q support Shall
they he shut out from the sight of MS
tomb, and denied the melancholy salts,
faction Of being near his grave? Shall
the wife and children Of Douglas go forth
homeless, heuseless wanderers from the
State Of Illinois
We propose to the American people,
and particularly TO the people Of Illinois,
to raise BY voluntary contributions, q
fund, to ba administered by William \.
Richardson, William B. Odgen, John T.
Stuart, Zadec Casey, David Davis, Thos.
Drummond and John ID. Cation, for the
redemption Of SO much of the property as
will faraish his widow wiih q suitable
home at Cottage Grovs. Of ii such Sc
! icSbiOA 9lftAlNb ~ S!CI lEti>'cSS, utfcdlttl
be deemed inadvsaLle, to the purchase Of
suitable home for them iii ths State Of
Illinois and alSot0 be invsSte,! for the
support of tho widow and the education
OF the children Of Stephen A, Douglas.
The Hon Iohn d. Cation, Chief JUS
.co of the supreme Court of Illinois, will
act as receiver oi this fund, 10 whom all
subscriptions frgm States, counties, cor
porations, societies, committees and indi-
viduals, viii be renitted His address is
at Ottawa, Illinois.
The Hon. Thomas Drnmmond, Judge
Of the United States Court for the North
ern District of Illinois, will ac: as Treas
urtr.
We recommend the proposition, fel.
low country rymen, 70 your earnest and i'm
mediate consideration.