, 1861-06-05
In presenting these resolutions Judge Goo
fns Eaid:
iIAKES OF JUDGE GQOEINS.

In presenting these resolutions Judge Cook
ms said:
REMARKS oT JUDGE GoOK1Ns.
Mr.. Chairman: In moving the adoption Of
the resolutions presented By the committee, I
nm Impressed with the fitness of the remark
already made, that it is net time for words
when the heart Of q people is burdened with a
great sorrow. Permit me, however, before
takiDg my seat, to recur to one consideration
CONNECTED with what ne all feel to be a nation
al calamity.
Among the prominent characteristics Of tho
deceased, vas that element Of character which
enabled him to command, without limit, the
entire confidence and persistent adherence of
these who accepted his leadership as states
man. In this respect he was, at the time
Of his death without apeer. They held him
equal TO all emergencies, even the great crisis
through which We arc now passing; and when
the news Of his death reached them, their
Thoughts recur-ed at once to the national
peril, and, with feeling akin to that express
"a by the Apostles On their way to Emmaus,
they said in the sadness and despondencY Of
their hearts, +" We trusted it had been he who
should have redeemed our American Israel ?'
May not ask Of the devoted friends Of the
deceased statesman, and Of all others who
hear me, is The impending cloud so dark that
we can see no glimmering Of light beyond ?
Mr.. Douglas is dead, but he has left US his
last will and testament. On the OCCASION OF
his recent return to the West, it was my
| fortune and pleasure to meet him at the
ecat Of government Of Indiana, and there
! to hear the noble utterauces in which be
proclaimed his devotion to the Union,
| and his support Of the Government, and
the constitution. He Aastened thence to the
Capitol Of Illinois there to repent those utter.
anccs, and anew to inspire with the patriotic
devotion which burned in lis own bosom,
| those to whom he had stood for years in the
relation Of q political godfather. Thence he
came to this city, and here in his own home,
among his neighbors and friends, and in the
| hearing Of lis Ill, he proclaimed almost~with
his dying breath, "the Constitution, the
Union, and the supremacy Of the laws"
These were the dying declarations Of the
| great statesman May it not be, in the order:
ing Of Divine Providence, that this legacy lef!
to our country under circumstances Of such
solemn import, shall be more potent for good
than even his great powers would have beer
in the connsels Of the nation, had his life been
prolonged?
Mr. CHAIRMAN: Imoye the adoption OF
| the resolutions.
| The meeting wGs then addressed By judge
]. II. Wilson, U. F. L!ndcr, Esq, Judge Low
| r. and b1r. Rice, and the resolutions were
unanimously adopted.
Elliot Anthony, Esq, proposed the follow:
! ing which vas also adopted.
ReSelred, That ths psepls Of this State have !
Douglas, O. Illinois, aud that unanimously re
quest os thy im1n diate friends Of lhc cccsed tia
ls remains may be Inferred in this State, tbAt Iii
body may sleep forever in the great valley Of tht
west, with winch lis 1tame and bis fame have beer
20 long snd e.esciy identified.
AID tlcn, OH motion, The meeting adjourned.
TIE FUNERAL.
| Every arrangement is being made to secure
to this occasion every ryimposing feature worthy
| Of the illustIicus dead. AS above indicated
tha burial viii probably take place in accord
ancc with the wishes Of Mrs. Douglas, after
the rites cud 1o1m Of the Roman Catholic
church, Rev. Bishop Duggg'n officiating.
Deceased was rot connected publicly will
any form Of religious belief, though never q
ecofer, nor: skeptic. In the latter part Of hi.
Illness he accseded 10 the wish Of his wife
and had several interviews with the Bishop o.
This diocese, Rcy. J:1Ees Duggan. At these
interviews, MIR. Douglas more than once said
nnd repeated, thai he was connected with nc
cAurch, eut tl'at he w3s willing to counsel
with cc1Gj Elan CT TIE faith IN which r;a .p;fe
was bcEc-cr.
] On the occasion Of the latest Of these inter
views, the Biehep read 4 prayer, aud appoint
Cd cnc, which Afr. Douglas in clear ant
scltn,n tone repeated after him. Obviously
dying without its pale, the last rites Of thu
Church. appointed for the dying were not ad
1ninistcred to Mr.. Douglas.
| On the occasion and day Of his funeral al
sections Of this State bid fAir to he represent
cd here, in paying respect to his position ami
eervicss. The action taken by the citizens o
Woodstock is hue ore of many similar move
mcats in other Parts Q: /: the State