New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-09-07

le,n ,he Nations representatives. anl the sEP92a9nis
dams az far traasosndiSs in : grandeur all other
oa cav Ia as an en-; s n m sfV rs aTss
uooa Fort SUMTER Mr. Inoon hoQ Deusas were again
toe a the forufr President end the latter IS Senator
.dn,a ~ vsdicss so insued honor Of the Govern
uphold It's violated authority ana 70 save NE Union
ron ofci6e dismembement Mr. Douglas advised the most
ample preparations and the most vigorous action have the
tgbest authority for saying that ne tsa me e2e
Of President and when they parted MI Douglas SCI GUY
on that great service Of ayersnE the Free states ana
them by his resisess eOqueRcs TO the great duty Of
maintaining the Union rRoroken against the gganie treason
by which It's existence was threatened ana Nus
each other came together friendly under the i'm
pulse Of exalted patriotism and impending Ratons
teVs and DESTROYS only Of knowing how each could 40 os
foI the common Cause II pleased God that boh sh9uI @
Ia carving out great purposes their hearts Mr. Douglas
died disease contracted in his heTcnean efforts IN can
coin died by the atous act Of o5vardcs and crime on the
very day when the old flag went up on the ostuemeh' &
For. sumter amid the shouts the congratulations and ho
Gears OF the thousands together to witness TINS SIG
vndieson Of the national power Happily wa
spared till be the people Of the Free states he
b., own enthusiasm in the countrys cause IN. Ino
3heT TIL be bad SSe bis bd name benT The mSnaces OF
Is avery and the last hostile force 20 &
sudden revolution the social condition Of the eGoTed race
c ought nSye 70 81 os an act Of war and ex
Tened ONLY 10 the which had taken arms against
The Jyernment 1t did not Maryland Delaware Ken
Scy or Tennessee which remained true TO their allegiance
slavery still existed in those States and for ITS maj o1he
the obleraon OF the only feature In our political Consua
ton which hiss ever been regarded as inG0Ieh Sna s
S indebted to present Chief Magistrate OF the Union His
personal influence with the South has achieved what no power
O. tue Government could have eftcted-the adoption
bv theeourth Of the States Of the Constitutional amend
die Union The glory Of President Lincoln have by
Of his will emancpated 81 slave. within the reach OF
have Completed what left unfinished and to have
maze ias o n az .tynaop two Of the Slave
refused the measure OF 1862 sndu
will recorded in history Of the maryes OF the
times that slavery was abolished in Kentucky and Delaware
by Of South Carolina Georgia Mississippi and Ala
Stats need not doubted that the time near at
hand when they will find an high moral ahG an
increased prosperity 10 congratulate
Themselves that their enrolled IN the great army OF
enancpators throughout the civilized world In the sste
of illinois there has been no great for quarter of
century which Mr. Douglas not in some degree iden
al u1 laws an ATTEMPTS 70 eysde Obligations resting
upon legitimate cOmpac; and yet he was always one OF the
foremost advocating udoous internal improvements lie
was fs 1ra5t Of lands from the United States for the
illinois Central Railroad to which much Of the prosperity
state due 1t no injustice TO the IN
congress Illinois whose active and jealous eoopera
Ou with him nsi invaluable grant was oeaoed 70 say hs
but Tor his determined opposition would have been maze 70
private company and not he insisted should De- 70 the
State You all remember his earnest and long continued exef
tons extending through series OF yeas 70 u9 P
ge bill by Congress for the construction OF the Paeho
ge he addressed public meetings and wrote papers to
force upon the Judgment OF the country me necessity Of exc
Of strongest bonds Of union between the states and the
a. I'm deveonmept of our internal resources
ntrc1 capacity he did live TO see the great enterprise
Bommeuced Bat thanks to BIN and those who Ike him fore
iV poranoe without being appalled, by It's magnitude
h is IL course OF rapid execution " was commences
year ago. the trackye passed fo kearney on ne ih OF
last months they more than POO miles west OF Omaha
1'9 are 1si OF ApT next this city viii reach. BY
Dne nubrOken railway communication into tle heart
MounaiRs eastward and be within 200 miles Of Denver 10
Colorado OF the 800 miles OF railroad required IN TINS parallel
event oceuY 10 retaId ii hat in i've year, from this
pompetod the Atlantic Bacilc oceans
population their respective shores VIII be united b
bonds iron Which time eau break aud large portion OF
The trade with will be turned from maritime into over
and The results to which this improvement mast
lead human sagaey can foreee ana no human caouon
compute connection with this subject let ne recall
g your % the o war S9@ o %c rS
hearts we're without their mgyngs and even hos Of Us
doubted the issue and who were oetermneu ION
lie beginning TO fight it out 70 the end without regard
had hours and days Of the deepest aux
ety While calling like the pSamist rom the depths OF
SvsrissSg hs were unlocked as II in response cry.
tssyes which had lam barred in The darkness Of ages
poured boundess poiuson 10 sustain us under e
fSntans Of wealth the Pacific Railroad convey
across the eontnentO the Rocky Mountain the sis
aurcrOus mountain chains OF Europe END ASIA have Oeen
penetrated Tansecked for thousands OF years for the
touohed and there every reason to believe had almost
developed distributed among will exceed all that his
tory has picture Of the riches OF the great oriental empires
Tor rt us bear III our remembrance that the administration
wealth by governments Is always source o eorrnpton
that communities grow less serupaou' as itey grow more
economy 10 and that rivalry industry
Sesded bv tba worst and most demoDg OF ell competition
emuiaton 10 expenditure Social evils OF this may be
endured and made comparatively nnocuous 50 long as puO
legislation pure say TO you then men OF the vest cok
10 the purity your representatives IN state Les
lures Congress Let them be they also
men Of integrity But let first OF m be honest aud
corruptihe. II the good fortune OF MI DGngAs 10
have borne his part IN the national councils when
lncOrruptbilly vas deemed essenial IN public
legislator chastity in woman and TO have gone through
I during the highest psry excitement without stan on
taiion was TIE evil for above oil Others the founders
,rousE Vcruul put mad
aad you voters, holding IN your hands the power OF
SELECTION that the responsibility rests with OF maintaining the
btsb Of the by confdng It's administration and
Especially legislative faueans 20 pure men il has pleased
as VI adversely and peril Let Ne mpore
m leave ourselves in the more dangerous ordeal
hi our prosperity The Oraory Of Nj Douglas marked
By the Iactertcs when distinguished nm IN al he
Of his LIE. II bold earnest ieTcble and mpre
sive 1t is quite manifest that be chose model
any Of the great orators Of he own time or OF the
past IL equally certain that he bestowed little aoor on OF
nament De seems had single object IN the prepare
his speecheso express MS thoughts IN tue simplest
aud most orcibe W0rts sud 70 CIV 20 ms tue cioaIes
conception bic meanings and II was from the steady pur
which he possessed of MOVING other minds by pouring into
them oyeTpOwerng convict ons Of tis own he never
Rhetorical figure He never impaired the force Of plain
proposition by loading II With woTdt His style
S the growth Of practice IN speaking rather thsn studye
practice which began his boyhOOd and which through his
kay TO requiring argument ard debate be
kame part daily life II h doubtful whether Of
age spoke often In legislative bodies and IN
Opasr assemblies He may be said have been emineny
orator Of the His greatest power perhaps In in
nencng the Judgments and feelings OF the And yet
IN the Senate Chamber be scarcely less ngusbed He
for years the associate in that Of the fr OF
the Union often their opponent ID debate and never coming
put the without honor Indeed ready and e
ctVe debseT he had very few equals His long and abor
training In the Intellectual baeheldh Of the West bis
clear mental conceptions and the direct and foTcbe render
ing o. bis Iheqgh gave BIN power in eItemporaDeous dis
bay you who knew him well that there occasions
Ery highest aghts OF the passion bJ wheh 10
Ea moved broke out ipto those pointed and epgrsuAiic ut