Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-21
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TR. DOUGLASS DEAD.
,.,,s p,ns, Of The ColoF'd Ora
lor atd Statesman
nrlpr FAILURE THE CAUSE
n,u,r,.aSl' career Eod'd-D''''
: sketch Of a Useful
Life.
.,,pr FAILURE THE CAUSE

LINK. D. CO. Feb, w.
w. .s.. p5uslal., the noted freed
'i'!'i,. enc, .nd diplomat. died a is"
nia' '''', ,,7o,ciocs tonight At ne
li ',..., ' a, Anaco,,a, q suburb Of TIL.
'n.'. y, S,,,t failure. HE death was
.y a,.l, unexpected, as he h'u wv"
il i,.y, Inc lest Of health. ,.,uo
% !, ~ tneafsrn5on he hl.onlS' t nv
DiHns "a the women OF Tue
a',...isists,. aui chatltd WIN oul""
1nibony aud oinris' a., ssiJ
slss q auy feeling ~ nsI,.
,.' ,5 he expressed himaeli pc 80 oe'u w.,
ai ,..,,. I,rbaustcd from the cllmo up
3 N' ,,,,' leading from the street 70 nls
i''I''s sIJenIy hr raspcd, olappeu
'lis, 4, he heaft aud tel JACK
ih 49, within twenty minutes
ilelu, ~ attack the faint motion on
on" vi erased entirely anu tho
...tst.,lavu sIitismnn VIZ veau' a.,
tv,.isaek Douglass was 9oih ~
-V.bsss, Talbot county, Mafylnuu
l', elt.,.1v. isl7. His mother was
i,V go And hia father was white
ifti' ',,tbe ace OF 10 yeam he was
~ u,itimofr, whore he learned 10
~ "a vftr. Ills owner later NJ
tsi,r 10 bifo bic own timo for 81
tvrst, and he was enipioyo' ~
t,ytfi. 1000 n..g,d ,,,p,
. " md made bic way 10 New
rbspcr DO went % Now
- Mae, where no married
l.,.oi fsr three or four years, sui-
~, hlmlelf by day labor ON the
,Ty,i and In veu'u' WotAouols'
T,lstefo bo ohsnEeu ms hhmo "
pf.,s.,,mmrr Of 1871 he attended an
..-gsysfy convection ut Nantucket
..Ig,5s 4 speech which Twas no wolf
,st tbat be- was tlsfci the
80 Of the Massachusetts, Anti.
w., 80 ,.eiely. In this capacity ho
,v,,dani ltciltei through lhg New
g.,hpd ,latss i1f four Year, Large
.isss,svefe attracted by his graphic
'...fglons q slavery ami hts eloquent
Ann, time DO Published his nut
~ sotltlfd nNafativc1 ~ My Ia
r.J,sss no s.ayefy.n In 1915 he went
Z Touto aud ltc,ufod ON slavery TO
faluIas,lc sudlsnce1 10 nearly all OF
msiafse tpurs Of Great Bfiiaiu.
IblsBhi. lfleudtin England raised
ruf,s Of $3.50 W pufehaUo ulu freedom.
III r,malnui IN Great Btltnln aud IA
istT tegsn al Rochtlitf N. Y, tbs
rutllstt.sn gi Frederick DJuglass's
papeL
thsia Virginia Ho was supposed
bhat been implicated la these, anl
Ulwlut Wise made requisition Tor
hlarul up9n lbo governor VI Mlcul-
ght. In which i.ale he then was. To
av5|i difficulty Mf. Douglass went u
E1gal1, Hhe be remained f0r SIX
urgbln5ttis. lie then returned "a
Roehulet and continued the publlcs-
tla5fhs ppeL When the Ciyil
Wnhgau, Ia 1901, he urged upon
President Lincoln the employment Of
II U.td Troops, aud the Issuance Of q
Il gcluau1n pi emancipation.
II lHlil, when 10 was nj Lass decide
umpgy such troops, he gave HE as-
ullcB 10 eullttinR men Tor such
alasut, especially the FIfy-iouflh
ulfliI.lilh Massachusetts,.
.lsil he va appointed assistant
Hgtiy 10 the committee 30 San DO,
. 1ln On hs frtuFD, President Grant
. rTllsi him one OF tue territorial
.g.dlio the District Il Colorado,
ii Nl3 be was elected Presidential
tgIililaigo Tor the state OF New
l.'ii Anivas appointed 20 carry the
t','nl vote oil the state 10 Washing
A 3d.
% 1875 be was lappoiu,ol United
A.t mauaal for gnu District Of Go,
--'A Altt this hu became recorder
l.'sl, iot the DHlrlCt Of Columbia
HlHlch JilOu be was removed bS
'a.lsnt Cleveland IN 1856,
Ilt Hayden mlalstty WIS the las
l,H.n 10 The giit OF tue Unilol
atahsIi BY Mr. Douglass.
-t Douglass leaves two tOns and
i'tii the children o! his first wife
liH'oul vile, who YVES a white w0
n -li survives him.
10 story OF tue second marrlagI