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completed what the former left 0n6nsned ard 70 have
orina parties 70 it desired 70 make It at It's ornaton.
Two o. the slave states reiu ed to concur IN IN o nq
ns ory as one Of the maryes Of he times t1a m b sys 2
of Souih Carolina Georga. Mississippi and Alabama;
Lettne fact be proclaimed Ia honor O. the ast naneu
at hand w1en they wll mn, m high moral con'itera
to consTstuiais The aseyes tlat their nan.s are
rol cd In the great army OF emanepators thfJuRhout
In connection with this subject letme recall to your
remembrance tue Seioi&q & y, a h o,Jt e stopresf
hearts were not without Their misRivmgs and eyea
determined the beginning 70 hgnt il out TO the end,
without regard 10 consequences had our no lI ana
psalmst, rom the depths ofoui dsuess, de ptYm9S.,
unlocked as II in response 70 our cry and treasures
which had lain buried in the darkness o ages were
the enormous burdens cast upon us by the war 10
these prolific fountains wealth the Pacific Raj road Is
convey on its way across the cOntinent-'o the
Rocky Mountains the Sierra Nevada, and the lower
ians chains Of urops sla have been penetrated
and Tansaeked for thousands OF years or me pIse@o15 @
there Is every reason 20 believe, had Almost said 70
ear that treasures which to be deve opcd and
distributed among US viii exceed all that history has
pictured tue riches OF the great oriental empires
tion of wealth by Governments is always scarce OF
corruptoni that communities groT less scruplloas as
they grow more rich; that smp city oi manners give
way to luxury and economy to extravagaucei and
most Gtmoralzi 3 OF all competitioD- emulation in
expenOi ure social evils OF this ort NAV be endured
leeislaion is made pure gay 10 you, then men on
your state Ieei.iatGes and in Congress Let trem be
men of talent theN are also men OF IN eerity But
was the good fortune OF douglas to have borne ms
part in the naons c91nS'o % wheh isf01aP 65 iy
tity RwOman and to have gone thrOugn II during
L. ~ w V, ,o w ynic6 ~ 10 obov oil nt,or
the founders of Government had the dee pest con-
"Quod nostrj Hmaere pa1es,'
power OF selection that the responslbi rests OF man
tanning the stab lily Of the Government by nhdins rs
administration, and especially its legislative functions
Il has pleased the Sovereign Ruler of the universe to
strengthen and uphold in the OF adver
sity and peril. Let imp ore Him not to leave US TO
ourselves in the more dangerous ordeal Of our pros
DeIity. -, ,,. 49,, -, .,
characterscs which distinguished him in all the actions
of his life. II Oold, earnest iorciD e, and impress
any one OIL the great his ii OF the
past II is equally certain that he bestowed little soor
the preparation OF his express his thoughts
his hearers tbe eay EST conception ofhs meaning; and
1t was from The steau pursuit Of this obec ha he ac-
uired the extraordinary power which he possessed Of
moving other minds by p9nTng into them tae over
powerng eonylcaqns OF ms own ne never % sufhea OUT
rhetorical figure. he never impaired the force OF piau
style was growth in Speaking rather than
study-a practice which began In his Doyhood, and
which, through his early appom ment 10 O1ces reIuir
ing arpument and debate became part of his daily
life Ii is doIbtul whether any man OF his a3e ever
smoke so often In courts esia i've bodies, pOOu-
lar assemblies he may be said to have been ennenty
orator of the people his greatest power was per
haI in influencing t1e Judgments and feelings OF the
And vet in the Senate chamber he was scarcely
DISTINGUISHED He was oT years the associate in that
nent in debate and never coming out OF the contest
without honor Indeed rs reaay ana eneetye deplter
in the intellectual batte-heds of the West hts ear
ing OF his thoughts gave him power the extempO-
rane lus dscu SONS which lev other men possessed
well that there we're occasogs when under strong eX
when the passions ny which ne was moved broke out
into those pointed and epgramatic utterauces watch
closed forever. such occasion occurred in the de-
bate on the Mexican war In he HOuse OF representa-
ves In 1896 when ne but thirty three years age.
Some OF the ab est and most prominent memDer OF ths
and damnab'e, o." when Mr.. Douglas turned upon them
with the following o9tharst neIy inGgnanon
than iRs TO the lot rai man TO be eye that tn eN-
cerity OF their proessions With patriotism, honor, ana
duty 10 their colntry patriotism emanates nom Ihe
devotion 70 his countrys and speaks the
sne e6gss be de ity OF no citizen who ter war de-
cared condemns the jus ice OF her cause and sympa
fearts and it on.y remains Tor them TO commit some
overt act for Which they may be dealt Nith according
Though MIR. Douglas always member Of the
S ms associaton 10 support measures which he be-
iieyed wrong His Ight his conscientious Goa
DSrIy ties It was THIS high fee Ing of honor aud
sell respect and with an lndependence wQrthy OF al
lions wtib whcH he ma been all his life Identified aud
S his ehaSc err V aHd with the eaSestaes
his elOqpence, what he denomi91sted the heeompton
tegity than his this occa ions bette II
op S1es,ions OF mere expediency no homes man viii
hesitate to break away from them whel the alternative
is 20 do question OF principle what he feels 20 be
wrong. ,,... .,s ,V- ,,.,,o,,- .,- -. A..
b return to this state after the attacS on Fort SUN
Ter he addressed the memoes o. the egSature at the
reauest denouncng the Rebellion urging he oblivion
of all party dlerenGes aPpeSns 20 o ms @ PoSs Tead
and ca ling the peoDe to come In their sTeng 10 It's
seiTe the Union from being broken up by force arms
In a speech TO the people OF chicago, SIX days after
wards the same earnest aJpeas were made to them tC
Law asioe cOnsiderat ons but that OF preserving The
received by ali parties with demonstrations respect
surprising in enthusiasm II possible all other OF the
SresnaHt with the most determined spirit and with az
ndonb ing faith n the ISSUE tne So d 1 Were o.
had been one OF the most consistent, res9lute ant
sont6efn States He had done everything thst justice
aud magnanimity dictated to sustain them
ever erfoIs nave committee have been aSng too fa
to the southern section of the Union AGAINST my owu
10 the peop of ChlcsgO that he had gone "to tin
utmost extremity of maenanimty ana generosity " AM
that the rtnTn tbe Ta SSy his own peP oSs sacr
ces and labOrs the ungenerous return on the par
Soae asGse 80 @@cS TI iSa e86 tered the last days his lie
and rated the disease under which ne was labor
ing A vein OF sadness rams through these two as
speeches and as we look back to the event
speedily 0oWins them prehgurauono OF his approach
ing death on these ine lee ua efforts his reputa
ton may well rest as EXAMPLES OF the purest Barlots sm
and undylDR faith in the ultimate triumph Of Oh
cause OF the Union.
few hundred yards west OF us shut out from on
sight by an interN enmg grove stands the Chicago
Versity In the magn ude of its extent the massive
ness OF its archltec and Its well anced DrOpOI
tonR, IL Is not only ornament to the city. put tyn
tes imonla of the nberalty with which private weat
has contributed 20 the science. Two hundTe
students are receiving instruct within It's wa Ia rOr
learned and accomplished faculty and from its nObl
observatory astronomy holds nightly consultations wi
me heaven bodies The ample grounds in the cent?
ri which the institution stands were the munidoent I'll