The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-09-26
Stephen A. Douglas.

.eheratlons will see him through the mouu-
ent which is now being erected at Chicago
oX his friends and political admirers.
We take tho ollowing biographical sketch
The President Of the United States, first
General of the Army, the first Admiral Of
he Navy, and many thousands of their
ellow-citizcns, will assemble to-day on the J
beautiful shores of Lake Michigan to do |
honor to the late Stephen A. Douglas 1t
is not often that statesmen find their culo
gists among mon Of tbeir own generation.
The men who stand around the grave of
Douglas were his companions. They knew
him we'll. In the course Of nature he should
still be with thcm-for Douglas died com
young, in tho very fullness Of his
life. In fact, the orator who will to day
discuss his career is almost old enough to
have been his father.
Ill thrty-two years since Douglas q
poor way !arins Iangce boy, went to seek
fortunes in the State which afterward hon
crnd him rs ono OF her most eminent citizens.
lie wa ndcrcl carly from his Green Mountain
home, With nothing but u plain New England
educnti6n. and a determination TO rise.
Tired of cabinet making and teaching he
engaged in what was called "studyine law"
Tho fame of Jackson filed the land, and the
smart Yankee, not oporesscl with seruplcs,
saw that the sign in Tennessee was the star
OF conquest. His great rivnl, Lincoln, was
keeping postofRce, fresh from the glorics
OF the Black Hawk war. Andrew Johnson
was Mayor Of q little mountain town in
Tennessee, Jefferson Davis, q Lieutenant of
dragons, was chasing tho Indians, Seward
was grievng over his defeat ~ Governor,
breckenridge was studying the ornti0ns of
Cicero against Catilnc III u kentucky col
lego, Chase was cmdenvoring to gain n law
practice in Cincinnati. Sumner was enter.
ing the Boston bar, Brodnrick was cutting
stone, Grant was N school boy in his teens,
Farragut was watching the honor of his
flag on the t6rrid consis Of Brazil and the
orator Of to-day, tircd Of war and law, had
entered politics a,i bccr,!.c The New York
Secretary of State un'i',r many OF theso
mon. Lincoln especially, 0ouala las bloe"omcd
cnrly. lie hriungr,l tu that hardy breed of
men who sal, any sol AID every latitude
Torrid o. frigtG, sunshine ~ snow, the life
in him was cnAuri q lie triiuvrd in The
,owdy virtue OF A.'c,iran politics, and had
much Of tL r0wdy his natur0 lIcmNn.
aged his dnna'cs v"ry much as MI Hcrnau
manages his rril" Il gh'S, n,rl conquered hv
sheer tnumnng The rcHnrds OF oar Srna,c
shows no dchatu, more Nrg,rl uni vet more
powerful, than ''os or DnIg'..s, ,sp"cil,lly
upon the Nebraska Ill ; ,.ri il was d,lrins
this debate that he 3hnwrH ,i" onnzi..,
pJ%.' piui';,n T',I" i''as ,''n"ehtt
A,nn.; ,,.,, ~ +, WY
w. 'W"" ',,''on CO., .,
we cannot rank Mr., Du
men whose lives have bucon.,
nations history by the very
their services and th.ir nml.
IN Illinois was that Of ono vino con -
by energy, audaoity, and quniEr, ocu.
and body that made him the i.o;',r q.
nS IoI % a @ poran,, 'c""u., no wv P''Nr''
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so;amno S".SI SsI, nS's " ~, '"''M' "o'i
hm, ~, ,uin.;''. "Uu," ".'' "n'"' n'n Nan'ai
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riny III, ~ tFjoJ II M Son,hnrn ,ion;no,ion
,I,9 sm.,t,,,,I = ia CIV ,,fWn,, m,IMa,, '.,o'
nnh,; ,"U, u vo',n ,no NJ Mnr " w" mnSn
cach o,hM. i, ,,onlor;n,r - ,.S So;,,r ''i'n' M,
En"oia" ,,', ~ Mn,,",, ~ ,T niI no',, I ~ WI,
~ r. T;..nw,; yr;,; " "s', .'"u .:ns ononsu
far uo prns;Jono,, Whoi ;Io 90 :" s"S' .' ,"oo
~ ,ho s,,n,I ,l;J ~, ',ro.n, ~ Sa;m ,n," .no
thou soorno,v dorod 80 ".L Mr "o'Ts ms.,"s mn"s
Aid Tho rcnoo, ~ ,bo M;osnrr; r conmren' nU"s"'
;ae VIVA tha preat avon, of 1,ia nu,I;n ,;sa
r. ia mt for ns io cons;ilor h;a artor,honohi
NJ nm araun,ent ooIiod s.ponmiar Snuan";ssms
tv,,nnt an arU"mo,,, ;nda"h w., , aU'sn- g
nnso and nron;,t,,;nN Tho Do,i '"o -. ~. -, "a
An Ambitious str;v;no nol;,;c;on oi"mpimy I"m My
Sor iho pros;doncv ond ,v;,,,ms. -, S;.anb m;so
tbo rm,ns n so,rod ,;mn.h on"I Nv "pSs' m m
oromiao. Whcthor tIor ;mdrmomt ,Uos sIi"n ,%n
trne ono or moi wa howo ne ,i,o ] m"a ."e ~
aov bnt corto;n,y ,ho Ano,;oon dpI" pJ"1i ',,o w
hcI,eucI md no,a,o. InS, %. u'n poUpiI pGI"s sm"s
that other.;so void houa n,a1o %;m, u"U' Tv"s;
Iont Nven tho NI;.so,,r; Snmn..s;" 30
would not nron;t;ato tho S"mt, p,V o"a ., V;H' ~"
o,nnai; thc nan for WHOM, ho i aI ;,n,s,i ., 1.'
nubjio soorn for whnn, ho ,,oI r;s,. oa io;s ~,
fame and fortuno ahon,lonod Mn, Vii, 49, US
ardlv timiditv md scloo,cI lame, i,nohnn-
an. 1''''"''
This descrt,on conv;nood ,he osn;r;no
;Sonotor tLnt tho svs,on, nf si,na,, oItfau !,
,othor s;ns thot of ,lnmI;c;tv anI "on,Io.s I" ~
mass, From tbo momrnt az Ar nnchono1'a
olcoiion. Mr.. Donc,ns consed 70 oot with ~ .
slave mower. Had ho i, od thro"oS the wor NV
this might hive boon tho tmrn;nc. no;nt ~
an ilusirious and uscr,,l oarccr 1Jr ornot.
Tod lbo Anti I,Ooonn,on nariv ond fonai,,
Mr.. buchanan with no mai conroro . .
oo,,,6 ~ n.,ooioa 80, we