The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1866-09-20
THE TRIBUTE TO DOUGLAs
Grafton OF general Dix.

mouunicnt, ii chieago, oh the G;hinst.,
General John a Dix. Inc orator oftlc
| day:adlrcssadi the assemDlase a. follows,
FELnow.CITIzgx The scene ID
which We are actors to-day witla 4liits
surrounding circunisfauooa aud accom-
panyipg recollcctions, has no parallel
in this or any other aye. We are as
lsemblcd within The cDntines Of a city
numbering over 2oD.UVD inhabitants,
| distant loco miles from the ocean,
where tIirty-lour years ago nes hing was
scca but an unbfoken cxpansc of prai
rio On one side and Che outApeead wa.
scrs Of Lake Michigan on the ofhef--
both extending far leyoad the compass
Of tic sight nothing heard bat the
voice Of Sic great irlland sea frofu The
sands on which it, waves wcfe break
Ing. or the moro unwclemme soivcs of
sllc savage tribes who roamcdovc ihcsc
majestic plains; where. within bali the
span or an ordinary life, there was one
Vas solitude, al II full of activity and
progress aud the treasures of po,ished
civilization. IndgsAry and the arts dis
play their stores with a bpnsieoushcss
which might wen be mistaken for the
accumulated surpluscs Of centuries |;
SCIENCE isrieachiag the truths which
have bcon developed by tho researches
oftlae past and cnlWFging the bounds.
rles of hnman knonlodgc by new Dis.
coyerics, educssiws Is universally diilns
acI, aud, above 40. the temples which
religion has reared to tho service 81 ti0d,
from every preCinct and almust every
street of The ciiy, point their spires 10
Heaven, ns Il were. IN acknowledgment
or tlie inerciIul protection undcr which
II has trsunphed prsr all tlsc obstacles
to Ia growth, and become strong apd
selffcliant and prosperous. Fellow.
citizens. in no other counsry Of the
pfcsent, IL no aye nf tho past, cenld sueh
miracle Uf civilization have been
wrought And now this great city aad
the efeas West, of which u Is By eoip.
,afison bat Oh inconsiderabIc Fssst. hsve
pouFrd oat lic tens of thousands who
stand aFunni me Ii fuass 20 extended
that 10 haman voice c9hld fc,gh your
outer Fanks. Yan have eonse here 10
render tho honlage ef your fezppgt 20
tie nscmory Of one who rcaa arons ysu
"a Tie highest cminsaes Eor tslani aad
lor sucrcsglui labor IN your services
And sbc Chief siagiatrslo Of tho UniDD,
who IN the coancil ehanlbers Of ihe 10.
ton stoo,i sidc hy side with him iu the
darkest boar oi its peril, asd espmsed
viii e.lnal zcal aad cIolpenee lhc saisc
OF ,hsir conia,oa cosntry When ether
inen With hearis Icss-e,out ahi faith lesa
consiaai, qnilcd bciorg fhe inpeodier
STORM. has come to join With son nl
lha act pg rpsEllamaus honar 10 the
honest courageous and patriotic sialcs.
man ent afi IN the fslaess 1T his strength
ha u2olulncss, aud bis fame Where
Ok wirn has sUeh ceneaarnee 81
eigcumssanrex rSlstd u iaspsrr ono
with great Thoughts. snd yot % nlakc
hin, Is their yety greatness, despair el
giving them sppfurslaio as'eFasec r.
\ ~ one ncei look ent 81 his own lrchst
ior tie isnpal nllioh has gathered 30
yast / nsaliitudc shieh no other sau
shall esar ses reassembloa it is Que
Vf The strongest feelings Of eur Da,ue
lio desire 10 pcFlasnate, the ntemory Ut
tI,nae Who. from ties of blood, iAmiliar
ASSOCIATIONS, Or valuable Services, have
become dear TO us, and, by the VIII Of
God. have been sepaated irom us for.
ever There are thonsands within the
reach 81 nv voice who have been Made
painsuliy conscious 81 this Instinct by
/ the teteayclncnts which the unhappy
domestic conflict just ended has ylsited
upon ,hcm.
I Whcn the burden ofgfief lies heavy
on the henrt Il Is tho iirst impulse ~
our nature TO prolong the remembrance,
10 grave into the solid stone, mhietshall
I endnrc when wc have perisheJ, so,ne
appropriate iiought, Or, i may be-, the
simple names ci those wo have loved
aud lost. Kindred 10 these tributes oi
affection Is the debt Of gratitude which
whole comn,uuiiy, represonted here Ia
countless numbers, has assembled 10
discharge by the erection 81 moHa-
ment, suited IN is proportions 10 tls
great qualities Of him whom il j. 70
I commemorate lay the foundation oi
1 the structure, which II 70 be piled up,
stone upon stone, from the earth beneath
our feet 20 the sky above ms, and thus
to asmbolizc the cminencc TO which he
rose, by his gcnius aud his trangcen.
dent public services, above the plane d
elevation where the great mass Of his
contemporaries stood aud toiled and
struggled in the hasd battle Of lifc--
Thirty-tlrce years ago, the year alter
Chicago wns ioundedj q crowd Of pco.
ple we're assembled 1t Winchester, in
Scott county, in this State, 10 attend a
ale Of valuable property. When il
was about TO commence a clerk was
wanted 10 kecpthe accounts, aud no ouc
could be found who Was wiling to I'M
| dcrlake the service. At this moment q
y nth, slender in person and feeble in
health, who had como on foot from q
neighboring town, joined tho assembled
crowd. He was ut once singled out BY
the salesman as one competent 10 the
service, and at his urgent solicitation,
and tempted, no dou I, by the offer o.
So a day, the youttfalstrapgcr accepted
it. The sale occupied three days, and
before it was ended he had won all
hearts by his intelligence, his prompti
tude, bis frankness, and his urbanity