Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-09-08
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! oally-men arrayed against each other BY
DfpartjSAf eoihblnatl IONS. for ten ,yea(k and
were associates for only six
,Hmonths. web mountaineering this the wid-
dw, he'children. the Kindred, the a AleDdsDl
taand the party Of Stephen A. Douglas paid,
me the, extraordinary compliment Of asAr
ing me TO DO the orator on the OCCASION Off
|. which we, have assembled. lulto proved
this, namely That Stephen Asd rDopgrl
lhs, was a great and generous man,l that
III helhad not been he could not have
gone through ten years of opposition to me
II Without leaving in my heart a pang or a
wound, IT. proved what kney anytheI
h Hhle,r that he was patriot and that he
Thought me 10 be one also, When, broken
down with grief for his loss, struck down
as he was on the famparts Of his eountTy's
defense he came to me and begged 10 c0f14
nit TO me the care 'bf his great name aud
memory, ] was unable to. accept the pre-
uioes trust, am glad row that \
iauf his euloglst has been performed by one
who, throughout his whole life, was united
to him IN the bond OF political as well as
personal friendship, who therefore could
mofejustly appreciate his gfeatmerit, aud
who having sym mpathized9 with him so
y deeply and so long, knew how his fame
laOlght to be presented for the emulation of
9hiseOuntrymen-r n Il amsure the grafton JUST
iideliVered will hvein history and the a1eet-
ibns of mankind long after you and | shall
have perished, and even after this,
cOrnefastone shall be crumbled Into dust.
a' And what, fellow citizens, madea whole
nation admire him mFduring the last eventf,Il
/, ,syearsof his liFe2 What swas 1t that has
rdInade us unanimous in the homage now
maid to his memory o. 1t was because, In
ihemOst eventual crisis that ever overlook
his country, he rushed forward to his couiI-
| try'sdetense and gave up his life In the eff
sfbrt TO maintainand save the Union fap-1
plauset and through tito preserve forhisto-
ry thebessings (which, by the will OF Prov
iletfce, IL was designed to confer 1t shows
one great and important truthfroTn which
men In every age should take encourage
ment. It is mistake TO believe that the
greatestmerit on earth Is TO found an Em!
pire or State. There Is great merit in
Iufounding a great Empire or a. free State !;
| but great Empire or a free State is al
ways easily produced when an exigency
and a suitable convenience of things has
arrived. They spring out of eXigenoies
which cannot be passed by. But the little
observations that have been obliged to
make of the affairs of nations has satisfied
me that he who saves falling State Is
/ greater than he who forms State. Great
applause.l Therefore 1 think that Stephen
| A. Douglas, with Abraham Lincoln. will
live in the memory and homage Ut man
! kind equally with the WaShlDgt0ns and
Hamiltons Of the revolutionary age. For
| myself / could not ask higher commenda-i
| tion to the favor of mankind in future ages
than this When they shall mark and read
the trials of this onr beloved country
| under the Administrations of Abraham
| Lincoln and Andrew johnson, that they
may find that with Abraham Lincoln and
Stephen A. Douglas was in true accord,
! with Ulysses 5. Grant and David G.. Farra-
gut, and with all the great statesmen who
have given to the American republic new
| lease of life, a life that now feels able to
defy faction, sedition and powerful en0-
| mics, either now or hereafter, forever more.
Tremendous cheers greeted the utterance
of these sentiments. L-I.. 'f.' l.E
Gen. Grant was next introduced and re-
ceived tremendous greetings, as he has
through all the places we have passed.
Admiral Farragut was also, as usual,
Jyafmy greeted. The other distinguished
sexoursionists were introduced and ap-
plauded. i'uoh '""-.1..y -.H .lL'
The ceremonies closed as rain began to
falEE.uH IH i'.aH 4 .lH"H'l. 'iH
The excursionists, with the exception of
the President, visited the Opera HOuse to-
Ul4Ub db INC lDNlJdbtOn VI ulEs OIOcDls dHu
were escorted thither by the committee Of
Reception. They were applauded by the
audience as they entered. During the
evening General Grant was cheered, when
he rose and said, they could get nothing
from him as agreeable as they got from the
stage. .rtrr 40 gf
Admiral Farragut responded to the cheers
for him by saying: he and Gen. Grant had
made a bargain to speak three minutes and
q half but as Gen. Grant had monopoliZed
nearly all the time there was nothing left
for him to say, This produced much
laughter.
Secretary Seward, In return for a similar
scompliment, rose and merely bowed his
thanks. Secretary Welles and several army
officers followed his example under like
circumstances. g ,hoIJtHlid fslt snH jH
The treatment by the proprietors of the
Sherman House and by the committee hav-
ing othe arrangements of the honOrs in
charge, is the general theme Of praise. 80 Do
q, We leave O-morr0w morning for Spring
field, ILL.,; onISatIrday for 50. Louis, re-
manning there over Sunday, and, according
70 the, present programme we will reach,
Indianapolis on Monday, and stay there till
lIuesiay.' Thence TO Cincinnati direct and
: "Wednesday leave for OoIumbusi sOhio5
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