Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-06-07
DQuGT,As rs DEAD.

the last ten years, has ceased his labors,
for good or evil, and has gone
to meet his reward where he will be fully
understood, and valued at his true worth.
With a vigorous mind, quick percept-
ion, ready command Of language, and
an energy which knew no Tagging, he
was Formidable opponent in any arena.
Devoting, rs he did, his life to politics,
and placing himself at the head of a
powerful party, he necessarily became a
III of mark. No man living had more
devoted friends than Senator Douglas
Those friends believed him to be model
statesman, and yielded to his opinions a
Difference which no one else can com
mand. Those opposed to him politically
formed directly opposite estimate of
his character, and from the different
stand points of his friends and foes, the
probability is that neither got the true
measure of the man
Certain it is, however, that in this
hour of our eountry's peril, Senator
Douglas took position which has en-
deared him thousand fold to those of
his former party friends, and has drawn
to him, in forgetfulness Of what they be-
lieved his former errors, the hearty good
will, and even gratitude Of his former po-
litical opponents. And while every
Union man in the country bows his head
in grief: none will regret his loss more
profoundly or sincerely than those who
opposed him the most earnestly in for
mer years.
AS we have said elsewhere, Judge
Douglas held the destinies Of his coun-
try in his single kceping, His position
made him, in the political divisions OF
the country, a partisan. His peculiar
traits Of character made him a bold and
defiant one, Some two years ago he
and Lincoln stumped the State Of Hi
nois in the most hotly contested canvass
ever witnessed. Then they were rival
candidates for the high ofice Of United
States Senator. The contest was con,
Quoted. as usual, with great energy, and
no little bitterness. Douglas was sue
cessful, and took his seat in the Senate
While Lincoln, with popular majority
lost the seat by vote in the Legisla-
ture which, his friends claimed, did no,
represent that majority,
y year later, and these two rival can
didates for seat in the Senate, founC
themselves rivals for the higher chair o.
the Presidency. Another contest, upon
this wider arena, ensued, and with bit
terness unknown in the former party con.
tests Of our country. In this confic
Douglas was beaten, and saw his rival pre-
pare to encircle his brow with the highes
honors to which man can aspire-tht
chosen ruler of 3O,000,000 of freemen
The modification Of Douglas, at thi:
defeat, was necessarily very great. Anc
now approached crisis which was to
try him in a cruci5le that must test ths
metal of which he was made.
A powerful faction, consisting Of {
large portion of Douglas former polit
ical friends, determined that Lincoln
should not take the seat to which he had
been chosen. They relied upon the
sympathy and support Of their former
friends to accomplish their object. I'm
der these circumstances Douglas, by ;
single word, could have paralyzed th'
arm of the Government, and if not per
mitted to take his place himself, couIt
have unscated his rival, and crushed ou
the Republican party in the overthrow
of his country.
In this turning point in the destin,
of the Union, Senator Douglas sunk tn
partisan in the patriot, and by his thrill
ing words made the people Of the Fire.
States unit in the support of the Con
stitution and the Union And while
men and money are poured out in unex
ampled profusion at the call Of the Presi
dent, it should not be, and is not, for
gotten, that, to the noble stand taken b,
Douglas, we owe to-day the armies whicl
make the success of rebellion impossible
and the lavish means which make i
possible to equip and sustIin the force
thus crowding to the conflict at the cal
of their country.
With the motives of his former acts
either justified or forgotten, Senate
Douglas, for the patriotic part he ha
taken in the present crisis, will be en-
-shrined in the hearts or his country
men, and will occupy nobler niche il
our history than would have fallen t
his lot if he had been elected President
In honor Of his memory, the flags i
Pomeroy and in Mason City opposite
are at half mast, and while we writ
wednesday, a gun is being fired ever.
half hour. Let the nation mourn. fo
one of her great men has fallen!
"THE PINE AND THE PALM"
We have received the first No. Of
"new series of paper Of the abov
name, published simultaneously in Bos
ton and New York. James Redpath
George Lawrence, Jr., and Richard j
Hinton are the editors. It's large
beautifully printed paper, and editet
with GREAT ?bilitv. We would object tt