Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-07-17

might the waters OF the lake, just before his
death, as If premonitory OF some great sacrifice,
swell in mysterious emotion. These poor PAN
egyrics, from manuscript and memory, fail to
express the loss which those feel who knew him
best. One would wish for the eloquence of Bos-
suet, or the muse OF Spenser or Tennyson, TO
tell, in the poetry of sorrow, the infinite woe
which would wreak itself upon expression.
For weeks the public have mourned him as q
lose 90 grievous as to be irrepsrabe in this try
ing time of the Republic. The lapse of time
only adds to the weight of the bereavement.
The tears which fell around his bedside and on
bis bier still .---.-s..-z---..
s1 90 "weep loss forever new"
With every passing day we turn, but turn 10
vain, to catch his hopeful tone, his discrimina,
ting judgment, bis philosophic foresight, and
his courageous patriotism. They only come tc
US in memory and In mourning. His lips are
sealed, his eye is dim, his brain is shrouded, his
heart is still; and the nation stands with throb'
biDg heart at his grave. ellis virtue is treas
IL is no mere ceremonial, therefore, that the ma
tonal legislature. in whose counsels he has to
ken so prominent part, should pause, even in
extraordinary session, to bestow that homage
which friendship, intellect, and patriotism, ever
enlightened statesman. '1- -.a..0.
Judge Douglas struggled into greatness. He
had no avenue to honor except that which was
open to all. The power and patronage which
aided him, he created; and the wealth which be
made and spent go freely, came from no ances
tral hand. Part teacher and part cabinet max
ef, he lett the east for the ruder collisions Of
border life. There he grew up under the ad
vefsities which strengthened him into vigor
ous and early maturity. His own manhoot
soon made itself felt. He became the politica
necessity of his State. He filled many of III
most important offices before he became nation
ally known. The Democratic people of tn,
Union were soon attracted to him. As early a
I648 they began to think Of him as their can.
didate for President; while, in 1852, the Demo
cratic Review hailed him as the coming man;
man who had no grandfather or other inciden
Of biographical puffery; as one whose genealog
ical tree had been sawed up; as graduate
from the university of the lathe; as one will
the materials, the mind, and the energy Il
shape, fashion, and make enduring, a platform
of his own. .,...... .. -..--.lI ..
y. No notice of Stephen A. Douglas is complete
which does not remark upon the singular mag
netism of his personal presence, the talismanit
touch of his kindly hand, the gentle amenities
of his domestic lite, and the ineradicable casE
Of his friendships. II may not be improper t
refer to the fact that was one among the manl
young men Of the West who were bound to hin
by tie of friendship, and spell of enthusiasm
which death has no power to break. These ar,
the pearls beneath the rough she'll of his politica
life. There are many here who will understand
me when recall the gentle tone and tho cordia
greeting with which he used to WOO and win AM
hold the young partisans of his faith, and thl
warm protectors Of his success. Ever ready will
bis counsel, his means, and his energies, he LEI
them as much by the persuasiveness of his hear
"a the logic of his head. The same gentle de
neanor which fondled his children and taugh
them q, beauty Of manners beyond all praise
the same pure respect and tenderness viii
which he treated his noble wife and companion
silvered the cords Of attachment which bounl
bis friends to him, and made his home o
Washington and his sojourns elsewhere recol
lections as sweet as memory can embalm. !.
While others bear testimony to his mora
henoism, intellectual prowess, fxedness Of prin
ciple, and unstained patriotism, it seems tha
his epirit, If it hovers over the scene of his oh
eequies, would receive with the purest deligt
these tributes Of friendly affection. recall |
my own experience, which runs with unbroke
association, of friendship with him from the firs
year of my political life, many Of his acts Q
unsel6sh devotion; many words outspoken to tn
public, which the mere designing politicia
would not have uttered; many tenders ON
and counsel, which were the more grateful bs
lcause unsought, and the more serviceable ,bs
cause they came from him. II is one Of th
| felicities Of my HE that have been the reciI
| lent of his kindness and confidence; and tbs
the people whom represent were cherished b
him, as he was by them, with the steadfastnei
Of unalloyed devotion. .i.t-3t N.
Il was his pleasure very often to soiourn in th
capital city OF Ohio, where, regardless Of party
the people paid him the respect due to his chat
acter and services. Among the last Of the as
sociations which he had with Ohio was his az
dress, q few weeks before HE death, 10 the pc,
pie at its capital, on the Invitation of the Stal
Legislature. His stirring tones stiIl thrill Q
the air, protesting for the right and might
the great West 70 egresa through our rivers ar
Highways to the sea against all hostile obstru
| tion, and for the maintenance OF the Cover
ment, threatened BY the great revolution Viii,
vet surrounds u.s. mol eesm rsst sytf pll
His last utterance was the ct climax OF a II
devoted to the study of this Government, and
q patriotism which never sweryed from Its 10,
for the Union. II Was worth whole battalions
EARNED men. Aword from him made calm fro
tempest, and resolved doubt into duty, n
Thought sWayed the tides Of public opinion
lvassals to his will After his hot contests Ii q
ISenate, during the first session Of the last Co
eress; after his Harper essay In Development
hfs political theories; after his heroic camphif
lin the South, closing at Norfolk In HE coufag
4 IousfrepIy to the questions Of the disunionist
Iafter his stfuggles Of last winter, When 4
lstfung his energies TO The utmost N pieadil