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

the ~ his strength his usefulness and his anne
stances existed inspire one with great thoughts ana
yetto make him, by their very greatness despair OF
no one need look ont q his own breast for the
geihef-a multitude which no other sun shall ever see
assemb ed II is one of the strongest ceilings OF our
who rom ties of blood familiar assocptions or vsuS-
services have become dear TO u.s. and Dy tne wd OF
God have been separated IRON us oiever There are
thogsands within the reach my voice who have been
mems Which the pnhappy domestic conflict Just ended
h. avv on he heart Is be st tne mpnse Of our nature
70 prolQng the remembrance, to grave into the solid
one hieh shall endure when hove perished some
9pII0prate thought or 4 may be the simple names, of
10 these tributes Of affection is the debt of
~ cdDt sss %hi whole community H. here ere
erection Of monument. suited in It's proportions TO the
great M qualities St him %6Om It s 70 eommemoate0t9
up, stone the earth beneath our feet
sU h to % s hgs s @ and III s @
ant public services above the plane elevation, where
ana struggled the hard battle of life.
udeo crow 81 Seope ee eT se1go was %
chester in scott county in this state to attend
k ~ Wa MSItsS 1 to Keep the % and no one
vice. At this moment youth, slender in person aud
feeble in health who had come on foot from negn6or
snsed out py the salesman Gs one competent TO- the
doubt by The ce OF 3 day the youthful ranger ac
ceped IT. The sa occupied three days and, before it
his S lis Tankness anS his aban Ss
the 6 e a yURs 90 eaTG maR the Of ne
hood. school was provided for him; and thus a
out means not2l years OF age relying on the talents
Goo had I,t siyen hm on an industry which never
Arnold Dougas entered upon the great field ofhis labor
II cannot be doubted that among people battling
with the % %haroshPs of new country the favorable i'm
trmed by kn9wlege OF the difficulties he had over
ance in his early years His youth was the history
% 81 h9pd worS and Of "a perpena % strGgge 20 cultivate
hi, boy hood BE born in Brandon, Vermont 2n The
G ldden1 While ho i ding his IN E
lhe nrst II teen years OF hls life was passed on iarm
afforded Having no other means of education, he ap-
piehuceu nlsei 10 carpenter and worked two years
at his a1e put was compelled TO abandon 1t tor want
lie retnrned to his native town. entered an academy
al devoted himself classicalEstudes for year. lie
en SsT S Hw GT M and re-
studies and Tor a portion OF tha time studyin aw
intel igence and the same energy which distng ushed
ms ater years As an apprendce to carpenter he dis
paS ed remarkable genius Ter mechanics, and had
not nature marked him out tor eminence in another
legal he exhibited the same CO pacity Tor dis
% to qse rs h Of his b Sogra96@
various branches required graduate in most OF our
land ohio; then travelling in the west In pursuit of
Lous and Jacksonville at last making his appear.
ance at winchester, and commencing in the manner
There is nothing touching than his brief address
place in 1853 alter having become distinguished in the
said Il entereo this own on foot, with my coat upon
miles, % and Whou Enowng WSere could set moneT
pay weeks board Here made the first six dollars
regular occupation that ever pursued For The drst
time a in my % lie me iels tha the responsibilities Of man
none to advise with, and knew none upon whom had
| a nght 10 call lor assistance or friendship"
Fellow citizens, the his o.y OF Mr. Douglas would not
b O m eG Sod RS Of Rfsn S
but ioI his severe discipline IN uyatng the intel &c
90 not consider commsserate the trials of the
young and untrlended toiling on their weary wav to
which men are made successful and Spare then,
tending Win diheultIes and besOw il on those who
with a their needs supplied ard without the stlmplant
docrity. 1t is Providence which in its mercy throws
that he SSf aS
resolution in overcoming them 1t is thus that path
trials OF our early years y INV '''0
At the end OF three months Mr. Douglas gave mp his
school at Winchester and commenced the practice OF
law SaeSs0Rye a. mere me- youth himse he had
@ Gt ms he Became E Se
throughout the state and he achieved series of trie
IN the he O0s 6S the
set leading part ee.ing the ablest and most
Always coming o the intellectual cOmbats in which
poured in upon HIM in rapid succession Early in 1856
osttesn months atter his appearance a. Wnehes he
inc First Judicial District; In 1886 he was elected
Of the m oe undeS the Federa
M 1T and in ls4 he was chosen aJudse OF the supree
il Is MOI ssi6ie within the limits o. an address to
was called he maintained The same high standing for
integrity talent and couraee and that with every al
veloped corresponding power and capacity for the dis
In Gs4S he was eiec ed Representative in Congress
anu from This period his reputation ceased to be local,
His first effort as speaker in the Federal Legislature
effective his frst appearance at Winchester.
tn the ne impose on General Jackson by the judge
Nsw Gsss s SeE the receipt of the
Britain Ia February 1873 During the siege the Gene
raj had declared martial law and resisted execuuon
writ of habeas issued by the judge As soon
peace proclaimed he rescn ed the order declar-
fined $1,000 The bill before Congress provided Ior
relunding the fine. II had been advocated chiefly on
country and it was conceded that he had exercised an
Douglas took different aud higher ground. He con.
tened that the Judge was wrong in imposing the fine
authority which not July anted by his position
R duty and the unavoiGSble necessity of the
matktd as to attract and command general attention
oebaters in a body numbering among It's members some
of lhe most distinguished men in the country,
had been from his earliest years to habits Sereance
s@8n @ td IN :, dealnS wi Sonstptona m r6e
pains. The instance have cited is not the only
neXatOn of exas took the ground that the right to
acquire territory one of the most yexed questions OF
admit new States INTO the Union, SO at subsequent
as m E e & S TS ~ 70 ssabs ter
TtCTal governments also included IN t1e power 70
ad BEEN than nef ths 9 ns1s
ments for the Territories was included n the power TO
repeetng he territory or other property 70
by Mr. Doug as were sateG and asenaed With his
usual cearness and force and they may be considered
CONNIE ItaIy by which the exercise OF the powers