The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-09-07

more than housand years 10 the uarhesL 0oi@lssOn @
sl lives, ard viii make the name a9d genius OF its
shall be Obicraied and lost Tnus shall the name Of
@ m whose & ns}py y9%g % are Are s9ts rs whose Service
lived and died borne is ann ais as one who was
iIustTatSd the policy, ard the elal spirit OF the
support and conf ence; aud who ored in energy
and unconguerags en- & sr9e; ors te W. % & S9 m rem a m
uttered nv TO be craven on stone and treasured 70
s t69 enc s OF anne ~ e m tod aro hts gSavc With olem
nifty and pathos which no Language can EXPRESS
ard asked 4 he had anything 70 say to his Ghlden,
} IN s rom which he was about 10 be severed-
thinking of his country rent by civil strife and
q ihem 70 oooy the laws apdsuppOrt The cOB,tlt1,
tion OF the Union"
President Johnson's Speech.
The President appeared at the front Of the plat
form and delivered the following brief address.
Fellow citizens: have travelled over 100 miles
after having been invited to attend the remony
of laying the corner stone Of the monument to be
erected will say to my friends, personal and
polihcal and in accepting the invitation to be pre-
sent on this occasion, 10 was for the purpose OF
bearing testimony Of my high respect for a mau
who perished in the public service and one whom
respected and loved.
have no eulogy to pronounce. That has been
done better than could do it, and IL will be- handed
down and placed in the possession of all who took
interesbi in the history and character Of the dis
tnEuished individual who is now no more. some
men may wear the civic wreath which the nation
weayes for those who served their country IN
lofty positions, or they may be graced with lau-
res, perhaps for those who defend her in the hour
of peril, and their names may be engruYen upon
the imperishable records Of national glory. This
column is reared in memory OF the legislator and
| the representatiye man. A consciousness of duty
performed was his remuneration while living, and
| his reward will be the inscription of his name
high on the cenotaph erected by grateful nation
| to commemorate the services of those VINO lived
! and toiled for the people and the Union OF the
| States.
! could communicate with the dead and cause them
! to know what was transpiring on earth, were IL
! possible for Stephen A. Douglas TO be disturbed
! from bis slnmber, he woulo rise from bis grave
shake off the habiliments OF the tomb, and pro-
claim, The Constitution and the Union they
must be preserved (Great applause.)
Speech of Secretary Seward.
Secretary Seward then came forward IN response
! to repeated calls, and said
Like the President am not here to make a
speech, less than on any other occasion. Gould
consent 10 speak without consideration, 1t would
be disrespect 10 tine great dead 10 offer hurried
and needless tribute to the greatness and fame Of
| Stephen A. Douglas. You have just heard, as all
! the world knows, that Stephen A. Douglas was
! concerned many years in the great affairs of the
nation, at the Capitol. You are not ignorant that
was concerned in the same way for the last eleven
! years of his life.
! Douglas During the last six months of that
! period was fellow laborer on the same side III
| supporting the same great cause, and say that
| cause was the Union against rebellion. All the
! previous portion of that time we were in party
| sense adversares
Itis amongst the proudest of my personal rscol-
| lectons that, although were enemies as the
world understood it-politcal men arrayed against
each other by partisan combinations for ten years,
and We're political friends and associates only for
| six months--yet, Notwithstanding, the widow and
the children the kindred, the friends and the party
! of Stephen A. Douglas, paid me the extraordinary
compliment OF asking me to be the orator on the
occasion for which we have assembled
| 1t proved this, namely, that Stephen a. D)u-
! glas was great and generous man. Had he not
| been he could not have gone through ten years OF
| opposition to me without leaving in my heart a
| pang or wound 1t proved that 1 knew ali the
| while that he was patriot, and that he thought
When they, broken down with grief for his loss,
! struck down he on the ramparts of his
country's defence, came TO me and begged to COM
| NIT to me the care of his great name and memory,
| l was unable to accept the precious trust am
| glad now that l declined, because l reI1ice that
the task of his eulogist has been performed by one
! who throughout his whole life was united to him
! in the bonds OF political as well as personal
! friendship.
Who therefore, could more justly appreciate his
great merits and who, having sympathlzad with
him so deeply and SO long, knew now VI, hts 81 tame me
! Counuymen? am sure the Grafton Just delivered
will live in history and the affection OF mankind
long after you and shall have perished, aud even
after this corner stone shall be cTumbled intodus
And what, fellow citizens, made q whole nation
admire him during the last eventual years of his
lifel What is it that has made us unanimous in
the homage now paid his memory! 1t was because
IN ihe most 1earlul cflsls thaI ever eNeIJooh our
country he rushed forward to the countrys defence
and gave mp his life in the effort to maintain and
the Union OF these States, and through it, to
preserve for posteritY the blessings which
by the will of Providence it was designed "a
confer, 1t shows one great and important truth
from which men in every age should take encour.
agement 1t is mistake 10 suppose the creates
merit on earth is TO found an empire-a state
There is a great deal more merit in preserving it
The study have been obliged TO make OF the at.
fairs of nations has satisfied me that he who would
raise a falling State is greater than he who
POUNDS a State. (Great and enthusiastic applause
Therefore, l think that Stephen A. Douglas, with
Abraham Lincoln, will live in the memory and
homage OF mankind equally with the Washing.
tons and Hamiltons of the Revolutionary age
| For myself could not ask higher commenda
ton to the favor of mankind in future ages tnau
this, when they shall mark and read the trials o.
this once beloved country under the Admlnistra-
tions of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson
that they may find that with Abraham Ltncolr
and Stephen A. Douglas / was in true associa
ton; and with Ulysses S. Grant and David G.. Far
ragut and with all the great heroes and all the
great statesmen who have given TO the American
people new lease of life--a life that now fee
is able TO defy faction, rebellion and powerfu
enemies TO destroy either, now or hereafter, TO
evermore. Tremendous cheers greeted the utter
ance Of these sentences)
General Grant was next introduced, and re
ceived warm greeting as he has through all tn
places we have passed,
Admiral Farragut was, as usual, warmly greeted
The other distinguished eXcursionists were warml,
applauded. The ceremonies closed as the raj
/ began to fall-the weather being cloudy through
The excursIonists, with the exception of tn
President visited the Opera House Tonight The
were applauded by the audience as they entered
General Grant was cheered, when he rose an
| said they could get nothing as agreeable from mir
| as they got from the stage. Admiral Farragut re
| sponded TO the cheers saying that he and Genera
| Grant had made a bargain 10 speak three ana
r | half minutes, hut as Grant had engrossed all IN
time there was nothing left for him 10 say
; | shipping.-The number of vessels and the tor
! mage entered inwards and cleared Outwards d
4 the twelve principal ports of the United klns
| dom during the year 1866 was as fOlows:-NeS
| sells entered lnwards 30 444, tonnage 9,756,5O.
e vessels cleared outwards, 26,64S, tonnage S,99e
| % lOIl IN