New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-09-07
NUMBER 27.

heart, that ii we could Communicate with fhe |
i dead, and cause them to know what was trauspir.
ing on earth--were it possible for Stephen H. |
Douglas to be disturbed from his sIunber. he |
would rise from his grave, shake Off the habiIa-
Tnents of the tomb, and proclaim " the Constitu. |
ton and the Union-they must be preserved" He |
was applauded on retiring.
Secretary Seward then came forward In re |
Bponse to repeated calls. He said, like the Pres
loent' am not to make speech less than on any
other occasion. Could consent to speak without
consideration It would be dfsrepute to the great
dead to offer the hurried and needless tribute,
| greatness and fame Of s. a. Douglas. Cheers /
You have just heard, all the world knows, that
.. A. Douglas was concerned many years in the |
great aifars Of the nation at the capitol You are
not ignorant that have been concerned with him
IN the same way for the last eleven years Of his |
lfe-thatI was his associate in the Senate for the
last six months Of that period.
| was fellow laborer ON the same side IN sup |
porting the same great cause. Need I say that |
cause was the Uaion against the rebellion. All
the previous portion of that time We were in |
party sense, adve1saries. Il is amongst the
proudest of my personal recoaeetions that al
| though y7s were enemies, the world under
stands it, politically asrayed against each other
! by partizancomhnatian for ten years and were
EaPNl1tiSn&
months, buS Notwithstanding the widow, the
efdfdren, the kindred, the friends and the party
Of Stephen A. Douglas paid the extraordinary
compliment Of asking me to be the orator on
tile occasion o3 which we have nov assem-
oied. Itproyedt this namely That Stephen a.
Douglas was great and generous man. Had he
not been, he eouza not have gone throagh ten
years OF opposition to me without leaving in my
heart apang or wound. It proved what knew
all the while, that he was a patpiot, and that he
thought me to be one. Also. when they borne
down with grief for his, loss, struck down as he
was the ramparts of his country's defense
came to ae and begged to commit to me the care
Of his great fame and memory, l was unable to
accept the precious trust. am glad now that
declined it, because rejoice that the task of his
eulogst has been performed by one, who;
throughout his whole life was united to him IN
bonds of political and personal friendship,
and who, therefore, eoud.more justly appreciate
his great merit, and who having .sympathized with
him so deeply and SO long, knew how his fame
, ought to be presented for the emulation of his
Il eountrymen Tam sure the Grafton Just delivered
will live in history and the affections of mankind
longs after you and shall have persisted, and-eyen
after the cornerstone shall be erumbIed into dust.
And what fel1ow-citizens made d whole nation
admire him during the eyentful years of his iife2
| What was it thathas made us unanimous in Il e
7 homage paid oshs memory? 1t was because /
the most eyentful. crisis that ever overlooked b
I'll country lie rushed forward to the country's &C.
4 fense and gave up his life in the effort %
, maintain and save the Union, (applauze J
7, and through it preserves for posterity the hle:
j. ings, which, by the will Of Providence it We
5, designed to confer. It shows one great and i'm
I'd portant truth from which men in every age should
of tale encouragement. 1t is mistake to, believe
" that the greatest merit on earth is to found G..
n, Empire or State. There is great merit in found
er ing great Empire or a free State, but a grea
of Empire or free State is always easily produce
yic wren exigencies and suitable conHeniences
es things have arrfvsds-the springs of exigencie
w. which cannot be passed by. But the little obse
ar v.tion l have Been obliged to, make
ms the effai~s of nations, has satisfied n
on that he who serves a falling State is greatt
III. than he who POUNDS q State. Great applause
he Therefore, think shat Stephen A. Douglas, W
Ike Abraham Lincoln. will live in the. memory az
DIS homage of mankindequally with the Washi1gtoE
ce and Hamiltons of the Revolutionary age. Fo
lie myself, could not ask higher commendation t
Is the favor of mankhd'in future ages thanhs, tha
d. when they shall mark and read the trials Of this
lie our beloved country under the administration Q
q. Abraham Lincoln and Andrew johnson, that the
may find that with Abraham Lincoln and Stephe
d. A. Douglas was in true association, and wit
d. Grant and Farragut, and with all the heroes, an
NJ with all the great statesmen who have given
It, the American republc.a new lease, of life-a lii
p. that / now feel is able to defy faction al
he sedition and powerful enemies, either now
Ike hereafter, f6a eFermore. tremendous chee
nd greeted the utterance OF these sentiments.l Ge
ps Grant was next introduced and received treme
lj,.5nz AI1,a,x
so which we have passed.
ng Admiral Farfagut was as usual warmly greete
ds The other distinguished excursionists were /
he troduced and applauded.
The ceremonies. closed as the rain began to fa
ac- The excursionists,. with the exception of tt
of President, visited the. opera house tonight by j
ess vtation of Mr.. Crosby, andwere escorted thth
by the committee of reception. They were q
R. plauded by the audience as they entered. Durir
iv the evening General Grant was eheered, when
in rose and said they could get nothing from him
of agseeable as they got from the stage. Admin
a Farragut responded to the, cheers for him by sa
Tue ing that he and General Grant had made ba
Oy gain to speak three minutes and half, but as
General had monopolized nearly all the time, the
inc was, nothing left FOR him to say.
of This produced much laughter. Secreta
|, to Seward in return for similar compliment arc
ad, and merely bowed his thanks. Secretary We
oe, and several officers followed his example.
red The treatment by the proprietor of the Shegm
House, and by the committees of arrangements
ent tbs general theme praise.
,er- The party will leave tomorrow morning I
les, Springfield, Ill., thence on Saturday for ST. Lou
lts, remaining there ever Sunday and according
the the present programme will reach fndianapo
dea Monday and stay there Tuesday. Thence to
cinnati direct, leaving for Columbus, Ohio,
I'm, Wednesday,, thence to Pittsburg and Harrishu
Dix CHICAGO, Sept. 5.--The corner stone of
re- Douglas monument was laid to-day. Tens of tn
he sands of parsons were present. Gen. Dix's
ap. dress is said to be a masterpiece of eloquenoe
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