, 1866-09-08

DIX ON JOHNSON AND DOUGLAS.

ks the 0tBtor upon the OCCASION Of layfuE thc
corner stone Of the Douglas Monument. We
Mil do ths Commit ice the Justice to say that
they made the selection expecting m or:stiop |
appropriate to The occasion. In their letter,
they distinctly stated that the Monument |
WAS to be erected to tho memory Of Douglas. |
The aged mother, the alcctionate brother !
and sister, and the two brave boys, his sons,
were invited here to be present at the dcdi- |
cation of Monument to Douglas. They |
came, rs hosts Of other friends and country |
men Of Douglas came, and Major General |
John 4. Dix, with u diplomats commission |
in his pocket, delivered an Grafton which was
as inappropriate to the occasion as it was in
sulting to the feelings Of the friends Of Doug
las
EGenernl Dix gave a hasty sketch of the
personal life of the deceased, dwelling only
upon few points. Thcse points were:
HI. That in early lif. lie was poor, and &C.
quired knowledge of 8 mechanical art.
.. He obtained Office at all early are, and
gradually rose until he reached the Senate,
when his race MAS cut off.
8. He was An orator, not polished like
those Of the Eastern States, but having
that rude force which is acquired from con-
slant practice in competition with equally
skilled opponents upon the stump, and be-
fore the large gatherings Of the ron ii, un-
cultured MASSES Of The West.
4. lie WAS personally honest, and devoted
TO the Constitution, and was opposed to the
rebellion, which by his previous speeches he
had somewhat encouraged.
We ask any reader to take General Dix's
speech and sec if we have not given faith
: full statement OF all the points in the per-
sonal character aud history Of Judge Doug
las, which General Dig thought worthy
Of any special comment aud we then ask
the reader to observe that these points
which he has selected arc precisely the only
points upon Which an attempt can be made
to draw u resemblance between Douglas and
johnson. Tins, Douglns and johnson were
both poor--onc became tailor, the other 4
cabinet maker; both we're qualified by the
unromantic and severe tolls of early life for
that success which their natural talent en-
abled them to secure.
The point TINT III: engaged ear'T in life in
local politics, and passing through every
grade, reached the mos! exalted, uf course
was significant, when uttered in the pres
enca Of 4 man who daily for three. weeks has
been rnuntiug that he has filed every Office
from village Alderman to President.
The reference to his oratory wns equally
An attempt, at the expense Of Douglas, to
rank him with Johuson. The reader will
not fail to see that Douglas oratorical edu-
cation il laid, where Johnson's il laid, before
masses OF the people; and Lis extraordinary
labors in successive campaigns are spoken: Of
In almost the exact language In which An
drew johnson repeatedly speaks and boasts
Of his oratoricAl proves and successes in
Tennessee. This attempt TO degrade Doug
las Is an orator to the level Of Andrew John
son is an insult to the dead, not the less Of
fensive becauae incorrect. Andrew johnson
il not, md never has been An orator His
speeches are but the rantings Of = denaEosuc
and the braggadoeio Of 8 bar-room buffer,
BE has al the rough disregard Of the pro
prietiss Of cultivated society that character-
. ICES some Of Brownlow'a speeches, hut lacta
the tarcasm, the wit aud the forcible con
centration Of that gentleman, and It ha.
besn said that Brownlow became IN adept
IN that peculiar style Of defamation as q
necessity in order to successfully repea the
vnlgeritics of Andrew johnson. The ut
tempt Of General Dix to place Jol1nson ant
-Dougias on the same level as orators was Al
insult to the illustrious dead, the more III
psrdonable because he was invited to SPEAK
Of Douglas who WAS dead, and of whom
good taste, il mt proresbial respect, re
quircd that nothing be said that mas no
good.
The point that Douglas was pcrsonal1
honest, SIS johnson constantly persists lie is
is somewhat qualified by the declaration
that Mr.. Douglass last speeches were tinge
With sadness originating in tue reacctio
that he had previously leaned too much Il
wards those engaged IN the rebellion. 1t
well that the dead could not come forth fror
the tomb, OF tllis slandcr would have bee
branded on the spot in terms such AZ L
knew how. to use On such occasions.
General Dix startled or iu lis speech i
, consratulatiuE the assembled thousands til.
President johnson, who Was the friend M
colaborcr Of Douglas, Was present to tAl
part in the proceedings. In this paper Iii
already been shown that Andrew johnson
Congress, was the mousiag owl, forcv
hawking at the cagle soaring FAR above Il
petty deluagoxuIsm Of the Tcnnesseean.
The speech from beginning to end, was
covert culogy upon johnson. .snd was thercft
necessarily untruc in the way in which the
Of Douglas' principal qualities mention
at all, were treated; aud especially untr
because OF the countless points In Dough
history, Of which no mention is made and
vl.icl. he had always held and treated j!
drew johnson rs any other political enei
and opponent Of the great rights Of
people.
Popular sovereignty Was never mention
BY the orator ut the grave Of Douglas, q
yet popular Sovereignty and the name
Douglas will bc held indissolnbly linked
the memory of af.er ages, long after those
Dix and johnson will have become rs insc
rsbly connected with those Of Davis, Dre
inridgc and Stephens, as the heroes I
champions Of the great rebellion of'6l-'ts
The act Of his life, in which, Douglas t,
the most pride, and in connection y
which he viii lire in the i,casts Of mill
who disIikcd hin, politically, was his Ge
struggle with en Executive nho undert
TO dcfcat his Reelection, becan*e he wo
not accept the policy Of that rresiden
his own. General DIE never referred to
point in the history Of The dead, and "
Because General Dix and Andrew Joltr
were then the 1crvilc tools Of cor
Executive, juet II Dix and Doolittlc
Randall are now the tools Of another Ex
tive equally corrupt, in m effort to b
bcat and cotrcc the people into
defeat Of escry man In Congress
scrfile supporter ofthe Executive po
General Dix found time 10 travel out O
way to rob Lincoln OF the glory OF Em'
patton, to place it on the brow of Ioh>
but he had no time to say ono wof
Douglass successful defence of Buchxl
dictAtion. Had he described that ME
able period, hs would have had to dos
ths present.
Had he told who then urged n COW.
war OH Douglas. he would hare had to