Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-06-06
DeathorlIIon stephen a. Dou11glas.

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Deathor.1IOn stephei. a. Douglas.
From the Chicago Jourpal.l
/. Another of Aperiea's grent statesmen
has fallen. Hon, Stephen a. Douglas. is
dead. The announcement will fall union
the heart Vf the WholematiOn with regret
aud sAdness.i $50 .ss5i,-ygft,lt..t r.,
.tDeath knows 90 Distinction of persons-
though, as is proved in this melancholy
eyent, be Stoves u shining mark. !" The
leHderO of agreat national partyfoE years.
~ pnElyslllat lUveds hlmusti idOlizedsiIim-
Nnd II, l'En'nlnent actor III the dramn Of
AinsTirHn pOltticaifur,tlIe lusttwenty wears,
Judge D"Uglhs has been one 0f the most
rcm"rkaGle nletl who hHVeGligured upon
the singe Of public affairs in IhisicOnniry.
His superior powers us ~ ruGlic drbutrri
his shgHcity rs u political leader, Nud hi$
ability as ~ statesman, hHvSy been uc!
knowiedged 6y tue candid among eveu his
most rerslsleutfand mnsI aciive opponents
aud willie ille whole nntf"n will attest to
Ills wonderful powers of minds those who
knew him well mhd intimately NEill bear
wltaess that u ni1re generous heart las
never i'ntsnted IN iIuninn Grt419ts .Th4
w"rld knew Jadge Douglas only as a Poli-
tlclln u. Ian aud u Stqtg;man, lut his personal
friends. of whpru le probably had moro
than any fnHn hltpw living, knew him also
as possessing 10 d high d,.gree tho.e noble
'indgensr1As tties Of lie.l rLg4hi,ll a,iOrIl
liumHln character aud stamp it with, true
greatness. M
lie was a democrat, indeed, in feelfpg, as
well as i'll prOIessi0n-'a man Among
men"-Hhl th0uSI differing with him
widely in matters OF p0!ittcs, we have
never tOra mnlllent permitted our p0lit-
icnl,ieelinSs 10 interfere with tue pleasant
personal and social relations thai, have for
years existed between iIs. While we liuve
opposed the pOliticiin, we have liktd tie
-'nan AN admired, the inllOmitAbles energy.
that lie hWs displayed. iu attniuiug SUCCESS
-Nl energy that seemed utterly exh,mst-
less, aud To which, and u powerful intel
'lret, lie hhs owed his progress as a public
EIi;In-ristng, Hs he did, from the position
Uf penniless school teacher in Morgan
county, when, III 1884. he came to IllinOis
!trOnIitiS native town in Vermont, to ii seat
in the Senate of the United StnteS; in
lS46, which lie has continued to hold,
with great distinction, tuthe present time
-hhviug previously heen II mctnher OF the
Legislature, Secretary of the State Of II
linois, Judge of the o. S. Circuit Court,
AMI memIitr Of Congress I,,r two teFms2
an instance Of tnpid hsrent to hoDnrMbIc
positions and distinctions that has hut few
Parallels in the history df great n,tu. sta,
Judge Douglas was enlineutly self
made man, lie WAS the architect OF IFS
own greatness. Ills e1ergy OF rtiarhrirr.
his earnest. undnunted AMI untiring ncr.
severance, in pursuing the objects Of his
ambitiun-his familiarity witllthp impulses
Hnd PASSIONS OF nidukiutl-iiis readvinilr-
ment and powerful IntcIIettAhis logical
turh of mind, aud his Intimacy with noIit-
it"l history, seiedte and resbdrrefLitltl
his pnwersas a popular iuratOr and Ciebater,
combined to make him one of the most
successful political leaders and one of the
mosttproh1inents Statesmen of the present
century. 34ese eAi p y t{31afi
Whatever phrttzan hitternesy ar preju-
dicea portion Of the people of the North
may have tntlulged towards Judge DOuglas
in years past, were erased from their hsarts
aud almost from thGiF memories, when.
siire the rOmmtnremenf Of the unhappy
crisis which nOw agitAtPs the Repnhliei he
boldly, mantnlly and earnestly proclaimed
htmRelfn firm friend of tue Government,
the Union and t e Constitution. and elos
quently cnme ont as their advocate, and
defender. This last great aud good deed
Of his was hailed with ipy and AlllniratiOn
by al men throughout the country, who,
like himjiwere loyal and true in tAe3 hour
of the pAtion's greatest Peril.sE 80 si9
n The Nation to-days mourns the loss OF
one OF its greatest minds, trnest friends,
nOhIest defenders. The last public act Of
his life, theiexcitement6 (which pFOstrate,l
him on his leHth-hed will alone be the
Rrehtesi monument I hIt eould be reared to
his memory. IL is melancholy thnRhE
that he hHs not been SHARED 10 see; The