Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-06-06
Tho DeashTof DoagIas.

The newspapers Of all parties andlin every
quarter mourn the loss Of DOUGLAS. All rel
gard his death as q national calamity. From
the various notices in our exchanges Of the sad
event, we copy the following from the Detroit
FTes Press and the Louisville Journal:
A great calamity Is upon the nation. Ste-
phen A. Douglas is dead. The silence Of death
enters enter our heart as we write these lines, for
who shall FIJI his placer We admired, loved
him. as we admired and loved no other great
man Of our generation. A large party cluster
cd around his giant intellect as their brain
and their heart. He was opposed as no other
American statesman has been opposed-he was
sustained with an intensity OF confidence and
devotion none other awakened save Clay. His
name, his acts, are now before the world for
ever. The inexorable destiny Of genius is now
his. Civilized man will forever gaze upon and
criticise bin No recall. no expedient, no new
6elds-all Is past for him lie lives forever
as he died. We have no fears as to the result.
The great rebellion which distracts the country
evinces that he knew American institutions as
no other statesman has ever known them, and
above all, II has unied tho testimony of the ma.
tion to his devoted patriotism. We mourn for the
county-not f r him. The excitements of such o
life as bis make even three score years and ten
drift to the past with terrible rapdity. lie lived
long enough to be glorious-not long enough for
the nation. Yetwe are proud, and feel that II ia
one Of the bonds which will strengthen the patfi-
otic unity of the people that even his political
opponents mourn his departure, and, In this hour
OF national convulSion, weep as bitterly over
his grave as they would over the greatest and
best OF their own.
We confess that there is something terrible In
the idea that he Is gone-that his massive frame,
his iron will, were not powerful enough TO defy
even Death. The common lot of man seems
more certain now that it Is his lot-the King Of
Terrors more ressLless, since he has conquered
him. So great was the man-so marked by all
] the intense energies Of life and wil-that his
end will fall upon every ear as wonder O
violation of nature.
| I'VE neer shall see his like again"
Detroit Free Press.
Stephen A. Douglas is dead! For days the
dispatches have had the country between hope
and fear for the result. II is over; his work IL
done. A great man and patriot is gone! lie
has been alternately applauded and denounced
by each section Of the Union, for he was alwaye
for his country against faction and fanaticism
Many good man at different times distrusted
him but they didn't know the man. lie was
| QOUebIt DOlu huu lchIlcrbs tl0 Whb huUltlUuel
1t was said. He never sought high position by
devious paths He foresaw, perhaps, better than
any public man, the danger Of the fanatical
movement in his own section, and hence he re
sisted 1t with incorporating determination
What he apprehended came to pass. He made
his last efforts for peace in the Senate. He
dreaded the use Of force, and thought II
would be prevented. He trusted to the
sober second thought of the South to save
the Union. He, however, when disappointe ed
in hopes of peace, naturally advised force to
save the disorganization aud decentralization oi
the country. His works now pass into history
and when the passions of the hour subside, jus
tice will be done; but who will now stand up IL
the Senate of the United States and tell the
truth to his country, with no fear or favor from
one section or the other7 The country had rea
son to look to Douglas for help in this dark
hour; but his work is over. We shall not at
tempt to give a sketch Of his history. Th,
country is familiar with its main features, II,
has left name that will stand amongst tho
brightest in the constellation of Statesmen =
| Louisville Journal