Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 34, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 January 1862 — Page 2

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JAM AKT 13 The I nieit It mast toe preserved. Jackson.. Democratic Union State Ticket. ro rCRKTAST Or TAT, JAMES S. ATHON, Of Marios County. VOW ATD t TO R Or STATT , JOSEPH RISTIXE. Of Fountain County. FOB TIIAICin or STATE, MATTHEW L BRETT, Of Darias County rot ATTOtsrr oexesal, OSCAR B. HORD. Of Decatur County, roa iMRiNTcvnnT or nsuc iNsraucTios, MILTON B. HOPKINS, Of Clinton County. An Inquiry The Journal about a year ago declared that a civil war would be a worse eril than the loss of a dozen States. A short time ago it declared that it had not changed its opinion. Entertaining ami avowing such a sentiment can it honestly ail Tocate a vigorous prosecation of the present civil war, with all the erila it prophecied that such a content would entail upon the nation? Don t Like It. The Republican central organ is furious upon the action of the Democratic Sute Convention. The more virulent the abuse of that corrupt and dishonest sheet , the greater will be the confidence of the people of Indiana in the wisdom and sagacity of the Convention, and that it took a correct view of public affair. Praise , source would create a just suspicion that it had committed an error, and that it had some com plicity with the corruptions of the party in power. We hope the Journal will keep on not liking the Convention. o an Honest Man. Mr. Hkvukicks in his speech at the State Convention in denouncing the proven corruptions of those in power, expressed his satisfaction in making one exception. He said the official conduct of the Secretary of the Interior hud left no stain upon his pers0n.1l integrity, and that man was from Indiana. The Journal expresses it.; astonishment that honorable mention can be made of one member of the Cabinet. It says it is a "striking exception" and asks "what does it mean?" Corrupt indeed must be the Adasinistration when one of its organs is surprised that one of its members has not been proven a dishonest man. The Mtate Administration. The Journal wonders why not one word was said in the resolutions of the Democratic State Convention aliout the Republican State Administration. Someof the most influential members of the Republican party charges it with gross corruption and disregard of law Such being the case, the Convention had no disposition to interfere in this family quarrel, but left the muter to be settled by the Republicans. If Governor Mosto.v will call an extra session of the Legislature that issue will be made by the Republicans themselves. We venture the opinion that a Re publican State Convention would not commit the party by an endorsement of the honesty and purity of the State Administration. Why the Neglect? Massachusetts furnishing only about half as many soldiers as Indiana, has two Major Generals for the volunteer service. Whv are the claims of Indiana ignored? Why this seeming neglect? Some time ago the President deter mined to give the appointment to Gen. Morris, but for some unexplained reason it was withdrawn. Then came the report that Governor Mortos was to be honored with the position, buy the sheep skin don't come. We understand that His Excellency, the last time he was in Washington, at divers times and in sundry places remarked that "Barkis is willing," but yet no response. A State that has put sixty thousand men in the field is certainly entitled to this distinguished consideration, and why is it that when we have many who are willing to accept the honor, and some who are capable, that the claims of Indiana are overlooked? Why the neglect? Another l ie. The Journal seeks to convey the impression that the Convention refused to hear Colonel Di nham, on the second day of its session, "say a few words iu behalf of our army and the war." Col. DfXHAM spoke on the first day of the Convention and was listened to with marked attention. J utt previous to the final adjournment, after the business of the Convention had been completed, and we believe after a motion had been made to adjourn, Colonel D. was called for. He asked the mover of the resolution (Mr Chapmaxj to withdraw it to give bim an opportunity to say a few words. This request was refused, Mr. C. giving as a reason that quite a number of delegates were anxious to leave on the noon trains. The question of adjournment was put to the Convention and it was almost unanimously voted down, as a compliment to Col. Dunham, who handsomely acknowledged it, and iu addition hr efly expressed the views that he desired to impres upon the Convention in the eloquent and felicitous manner which cliaracterizes his oratori cal efforts. As the Journal says. Colonel DifiiAM is "a prominent and able Democrat," "000 to be summoned to a bloody conflict, in which he must peril his life for the country." Col. Dunham well appre lates that no such peril for his country will ever be assumed by the editor of the Journal, and no m m ii. Indiana holds the party ranvesnaSed by the J.turnol, who brought the issue upon the country which makes such perils necessary, in greater detestation Hlit-rr is the Failure!" The Journal objects to the seventh resolution passed by the Democratic State Convention, which reads as follows: 7. That the Republic in party has fully demonstrated its inability to conduct the Go eminent 'hroojch its present difficulties. That print says that the "present difficulties of the Government" must mean the war, and that it is Gen. McClellax and the army who are "to hrinj: the Government safe out of this difficulty if it ever gets oat." This is singular admission, It expresses doubt whether we shall ever get out of our present difficulties Has tlie President no responsibility in the present crisis of the country? Is he not Commander in Chief of the army and navy? Gen. McClklla holds his po sition at the will of the President, and if he is inerhVieni or incapable Mr. Limcoln is responsible for continuing him in the command of the army I there no responsibility upon the part of the members of the Cabinet in our "present difficulties?" The Republicans have a large majority in both branches of Congress, and is there no re spoDsibility for the "present difficulties" in that branch of the Government? Every branch of the National Government and the Governments of all lite Northern States, except Rhode Island, are under the control of the Republican party, yet the Journal places live entire responsibility of bringing the Government safe out of its present difficulties, "it it ever gets out," and we presume likewise the imbecility, inefficiency and rascalities which has characterized the Ad ministration of the party in power, upon Gen. McClelias, au officer who is subordinate to the President, to the Cabinet and to Cougross. Are the arsny and

General McCucLlas responsible for Um vacilhv

t.ag and humiliating poliey of the Gofern m ant in The Jnurnal of Saturday ! arges that the let the Mason and Slidku. fair? Are they reepon- ' Mr which appeared in the Sentinel the day previible for the stupendous frauds and thieving under ous, signed "Hoosier," and dated at " Camp fiie present Adm; nitration which have been de January 3," "vat written in the Sentinel veloped by the reports of the Congressional In j on the night before its publication." and pro vestigatiug Committee, naoot of which occurred nounces it a "forgery." The editor of the Jourright under the eyes of the President and through ei also claims to know the writer of the publi the agency of men in power, whom he continues cation. We challenge the Journal to prove iu

in office? No Democratic paper has equaled the Journal in its denunciations of the Administrationfbriu inefficiency and iu Inability to cope f with the leaders of the Southern rebellion. If the army and General McCli llax irresponsible j for the fa.lure. whv is it that the Journal lias i teemed with foul abuse of the Administration tor that which it has no responsibility ? The resolu tion to which the Journal objee t is but a reitera tiou of what it has often charged the inability j of the Republican party to coeatart the Government through Ha present difficulties. And in the . article upon which we are commenting, bv stating ! that "the army is to bring the Government safe out of this difficulty if it ever gets out," it ae- j knowledges that the Republican party is unable to carry the countrv safely through the crisis. If j General McClsxlax. "who directs the army," is responsible for conducting the Government ; j through its present difficulties, the whole power j and direction of the Government should be placed in his bands. And if the Democrats who have undertaken to assist the Government" are to be made responsible for the Administration of the Government thev should not be hampered bv the action of the President, the Cabinet and Congress. The armv and the Democrats who are in it to assist the Government can not be held accountable for the failures that have and that may occur, so long as th HormMiean nartv are in nower and attempt to , . , , .. , . conduct it here is the failure? inquires the Journal. What says Mr. Hale, the Senator .vir c . 1 , 1 f from N cw Hampshire, one of the leaders ot the Republican party? In his place in the Senate 011 Thursday he said: "We are expending a million and a half a day, not to put down the rebellion, but to keep just about where we are." We ask the Journal how long we can proceed at such a rate before we reach utter bankruptcy, and who is responsible for the state of affairs but those who direct the Government? The Convention. The Convention adjourned tine die Thursday, just before noon, having completed the business which as-embled it by the nomination of candidates for State officers, who will be elected on the second Tuesday iu October next. We but ex press the general sentiment when we state that j

the Union Sute Convention of the Democracy of j iu power to give his position significance by iden Indiana, which assembled on the fth of January, tifying him with the important public movements 1C62, was unsurpassed in numbers and in charac- of t,e ,ay 97 e ,re jncjued to ti,mk tnRt suci, terby any other assemblage of ihe kind which ; ; iLi 0i,ject for jt wejj knows that i cannot injure ever convened in the State. It was composed of J anv movement by aesociatiug Mr. Briuht with it, the solid men, the true men. the loyal men of j but forsorae undeveloped consideration it seeks to Indiana, whose only object was the preservation j advance his interests by endeavoring to create of the Constitution and the Union in their origi j the impression that he yet wiehls a powerful pönal integrity and to that purpose alone were all j mit al influence. The course of the Journal in its efforts directed. The past divisions of the itCO toward Mr. Bright will justify the common party were forgotten iu the common determiua I impression that it is yet in his pay, and is faithlion to wrest the Government Irom the Gotha and : fully fuifiHiug iu extract. We expect that the Vandals into whoe h .nds it has fallen, nd to Journal, if the remarks we have made do not avert the certain destruction which their policy, if j deter it, will in a few days back down from its persevered in, will bring upon it. In these re j professed hostility to Mr. Briuht with all the gards the Convention was a decided success. J ease that it ate its" own words in the Slidell and There my have been some difference of senti ; Ma80M Äffair At aM eventSi ijl0ollra. wiu beaT

ment in the Convention as to the best means of accomplishing this end, and the resolutions may not have exactly met the views of those who en tertain what may be termed extreme ideas upon the momentous crisis of the country, but we be lieve its action will commend itself to all con servative citizens. The resolutions utter a with cring remonstrance and condemnation of the cor ruptions, and the imbecility of the Administration, and the wicked schemes of emancipation and of arming the slaves to right the battles of North ern white freemen, which are boldly proclaimed I by the Abolition party. They announce that the object of the Democracy of Indiana is the preservation of the Union, not its destruction, and that they know of no way to preserve the Union but by maintaining the Constitution, uot only in letter, but in spirit, faithfully fulfilling all the obligations and respecting the guarantees 1 which it extends to everv citizen, and to all seetions of the country alike. The spirit of tht Convention was developed in the enthusiastic re sponse which was given to the eloquent and able MhtieMBli expressed by its President, Hon. Thos. . u . ..... i-i A. He.ni.RoKs, -nasM.rn.ng the duties which were j devolve, upon him. Anil we know that the Democracy of Iudiana will most cordially approve the action of their delegates, for who can doubt but it is the reflection of the popular thought and the popular will? The ticket nominated is in every way uncx ceptionable. This is admitted by all candid Re ' publicans. The candidates are all men of integrity, intelligence, of superior qualifications for the positions for which they are named, and they i are faithful to the Constitution and the Union. It - , . ,, ' , ! is unnecessary lor us to commend to the people ftj- nli at 11. of Indiana Dr. James tv Athov. our candidate 1 for Secretary of State, who lor manv years man aged the the Hospital for the Insane with distin ' guished ability and marked success; or Jos Ris 1 Ti.vt.as he is familiarly known upon the Wabash. I : our candidate for Auditor of State, as good and as true a nun as ever drew breath; or Matth, a L. Bkl.it, our candidate for Treasurer ot State, whose integrity is proverbial, and whose business qualifications are of the highest order; or Oscar B. Hiird. our candidate for Attorney General, a man of the nicest sense of honor, and known to I the profession as one of the most accomplished of its members; or Milton B. Hofkijis, our can didate for Superintendent of Public Instruction, I who is not only respected for his ability, but has I the warmest regards of all who know him. It is ; a ticket which will command the confidence of the voters of Indiana, and one to whom they will willingly confide the affairs of the State, knowing thai in see. hands its interests will ever be"

j proiecieu anu pro.noieu. Mry circles. It w.ll occur within ten days, if ni The people, even those who voted for the men J I. which I doubt. mam in power, .re already wearv of Republican ' There is general depression of spirits here r . among all good L inon meu. Hope has nearly misrule. They have no confidence 111 the ability ,e,Mrtej. The incompetency ol those t the of their own men to successfully administer the head of the Government is admitted by all class(Government, as they certainly have exhibited : es. except the contractors, who are about the only , . , t 1 , anient friends of the Administration I find here, none 1 hex know that theonlv hope of restor- . , r . . 3 outside the Departments, ing the Union as it was. under the Constitution, j Military officers had begun to talk openly. ! is again to give ascendency to Democratic princi- when I ihst arrived, of the impossibility of ennples. to Democratic policy and to the Democratic quering the 8outh But a stop has been nut to ..... ... . , such treasonable gabble, bv casliieriiiL' . as I learn, party. A revolution in public seniiinent has , , , , . , ' ' ! some of those who had been using the unly mem commenced which will increase in strength until 1 her. every testige of Abolitionism is removed from I "Congress is small-potatoe body. We look 1 power. The Democratic Slate ticket will be iu v"in for Preat statesmen men of large expe ., , . I rience and comprehensive intellects amonc; , triumphauily elected in October next. The tUoJl who m iJ cUhneJ M leaden, Th Deinorratic ptrty. both State and national, have j are no Clays, Websters, or Beutons. The deoften received th Government from their politi- cline of the Republic could not be more painfully

cal opponent, embarrassed and crippled by mis rule, nd the Democracy have restored it to health and vigor, and this work, trom present in dicaiions, will soon be confided to them ag mi. It is the mission of the Democaacy to buiid up to develop the resources and wealth of the country , and to increase the happiness of the people The Republican mission is before the country it its result is a disregarded Constitution; a once united nation divided and arrayed in fratricidal and sanguinary strife of a magnitude and intensity unparalleled in the world's history; the national interests and industrial pursuits of the country prostrated. Whom the god wish to destroy they first make mad, and madness evidently rules the party iu power. Who can doubt but the days of Abolitionism are ended and that the public iu ere-ts demand the restoration of the Democratic party to power?

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The J nur ami of Saturdav cl assertions, or else bear an additional brand of liar and slanderer. The letter referred to was written bJ voluotoar in the Federal army, now in Kentuek J. just as it purports to be. The author " mn ol K000 ,ld education. He aL' gentleman, a character which the editor of the JournU cannot appreciate or practically illustrate. In a privat letter tram nulUn8 th communication he writes: "We talk OTer thi" good de,d and it reflects the e"time,,u of nearly every soldier who has an Pinjon ,bout P matter." We U "P00 th Journal editor to prove that ü,e letter fnd to "was written in the Sentxne office," that it is a "forgery," or elae stand con demed self convicted as a wilful liar and ma lou slsodere. A man who will knowingly ,ike tn editor th Jouruol to injure his "ghbor must have heart depraved enough to 1 "'i 01 W17 cnmeThe ilriaht Cnse In Mr. Bright'" case, the committee finding no evidence of disloyally, have agreed to report favorably. So say the special Washington dispatches to New York Tribune. Wliat will the Indianapolis 1 Jnurnal "1 nOW? h denounced Mr. Br.oht as a traitor and demanded his expulsion from the Senate. After a thorough investigation a com mi fee of Republicans report that they can not find any evidence of disloyalty agv.inst him. Du- ' ring the canvass of INK) the Journal was the . ... Vt Mr . Be. ort. It treated him with the untiwn. u'uik"! rciiu I'ici liiu nut amine i mui ' as the "l-.gus" Senator. It found no fault then with the political principles he entertained und advocated. Now, for entertaining the same views and adhering to them, the Journal charges him with treason. In lr60 the Jnurnal, for partisan considerations and for party ends recognized Bbh.ht as the patriot and denounced Dorn la as toe demagogue. In 1152, for similar purposea, it sheds crocodile tears over the grave of Doioxas and pours out the vials of its indignation upon the head of Brioiit. We cannot divine whether the Journal's present course towards Mr Bricht is influenced by hy pocrisy and policy or partisan hate. The former consideration probablr influences it. While abusing him with apparent sincerity it does all in watching by honest Republicans. hat Is lt The tenth resolution of the Demrcratic State Convention reads thus: 10. That we will sustain, with all our energies, i a war for the maintenance of the Constitution. und of the integrity of the Union under the Constitution; but we are opposed to a war for the emancipation of the negroes, or the subjugation 1 of the Southern States. The Journal says the present war is for the maintenance of the Constitution. Its party says it is not. Soon after the assembling of the present session of Congress. Mr. Holmax, a Itepresei.t.itn e from this State, offered a resolution which declared the following sentiments: That iu this national einerpencv, Congress ban ishing all feeling of mere passion or resentment, will recollect onlv its dntv to the whole countrv; that this war is uot waged upon our part in any P'"tol oppression, not for any purpose ot con4"' -m f uujug nioii. nor purpose 01 overinrowiug or interfering with the rights of established institutions of the States, but to defend and maintain tkt siprrmacy of the Constitution, and to preserve the I'nion with all the diguitv, enualitv and richts oiii.i uinw3 uuiiuiMiiru ,11m mui as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cam. The Republican members of Congress promptly voted down those proposilions, kicked them out of the House unceremoniously. Was not that votes declaration upon the part of the Republican party that the war in which the Government ! j, engaged is not for the maintenance of theConj stitutiou? That is the Republican record, op Washington City-How natters Look I to a JJtranpjer. e are permitted to make the following ex- , . 6 tract Irora a privat letter from Washington to ' o v" 1 a ineuu in uns cuy . Washington, Jan 7. 1862. "1 learn that there is a deficit in the War De nartmeut of one hundred and eighty nine million dollars ($ lH9,0fM!,(MM)). Frank Blair i- given as authority lor the statement. General McCiellan L. mmU ... I. ' f ...... t I j Qnvmmmt is eoi,1? l( the devil, without hope of salvation. The frauds are terrible, and corruption abounds everywhere. "l nave a circular oeiore me whose object is to urge action on Congress to pass a general bank rupt net. A committee of leading merchants and bankers has had an act drafted bv eminent legal gentlemen. A committee has also been appointed to remain iu Washington to attend to this matter. Hon. Wm. L. Hodge, of Washington; J Kdgar Thompson, of Philadelphia; J. S Burt, cf Cincinnati and Wm. Dehon, of Boston, compose the committee to remain here. These proceedings are approved of by such men as August Belmont A Co., How land &. Asuinwall, Moses H Grinell, of New York; McKem, Bone Co., of Philadelphia, and Chas Stetson, James li n Joh" L y Cincinnati. " tt uti vv.m ittiit Anitfiif 14 iwits,- tliA f t IL- iti mill. and fully expressed. "Humiliation at our fall makes everything look ! gloomy to my eyes." jyilr. A. L. Unhkrwood, a delegate from Decstur couty, writes as follows St Pat l, Decatur Co., Jan. 9, 1862. Ehitos Skxtixel: In justice to myself and in behalf of a large portion of the Democracy of De catur county, I desire lo say through the columns of your paper, as one of the delegates to the Slate Convention, that 1 cordially indorse the platform as reported by the committee aud sub j sequently adopted by the Convention. I was called out of the hall after the reading of tlie re port, und did not, therefore, have an opportunity when the vote was taken to record my vote in the affirmative, which I should have insisted on doing had 1 been present. I therefore most respectfully beg leave to dissent from tlie vote given by a majority of our delegation. I am confident the Democracy of Decatut county will lie found true to tlie principles enunciated b- the Convention.

Donata t Hon. looi ph A. Wrichl. urmrrru ... Hot. at grprf'ii'aiiyoi diunnpolis, Indiana, on the th of January, 1 88.' Fi llow Citizuis It has !cen said that no Man's life should written duringiiis stay upon earth. The reasons for this opinion need not be stated. Thev applv to another proposition, variously entertained, whether the biography of a man should be written during the generation in which he lives, tf thos written, we have ail the piss ions and prejudices of enemies to misjudge his deeds, and the love and warmth of affection to palliate ana excuse mem

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Biographies and histories are only valuable as 1 coming into power m the tell tide ot prosperity thev are srus; and truth, it is claimed, will be I charged with a want of fealty to his party sursup'pressed when either friendship or animosity : rounded by a host of hostile officeholders, ex guide the pen. Another reason for waiting is', j claiming ' He has gone over to tlie Republicans; that the practical results of the principles avow- he is a traitor! a Burr! an Arnold !" deserted edby the subject, can only be deNeloped by time; I by false nren whom he had nursed into political and yet an answer to this is found in the fact that, j distinction and high public stations assailed by if the results are favorable, praise follows if un the Parthian arrows of a host of eueruies defavorable condemnation. So prone is this world prived of the confidence and sympathy of the

to judge of au act by iu results. On the othes hand, if history is written colemporaneous with those making it, there is no time to see the de velopmeuts of the principles enunciated, and to judtre them by their practical workings. The i principles maj work well or Ul, for a time, and will be approved or conuemneo accoruiugiy; whereas time, the great arbiter, only can demonstrate, ultimately, their correctness or incorrect ness. The people of every nation uaturally desire to study the character of their public men, and to form an intimate acquaintance with the history, acts, and the deeds of ail persons who have risen to distinction in any of the walks of life. This j desire mtnifests itself more strongly among us, us a people, than among tlie people of any other nation; and it is oue of the legitimate fruits of j our free institutions. The individuality principle I may justly be called die distinguishing character j istics ot t'tit age, and, of all the histories of individuals, those are the most interesting and in- 1 atructive. which exhibit men making their way through s'eitv. from the humhlet walks of life 1 to the highest points of distinction those which make us acquainted with the lives ot meu who. by perseverauce, aeal, energy and industry, have made themselves known and' felt in their day and generation. The world is always improved by every triumph ol the human intellect, and especially, by the examples of men who, by selfculture, morid worth, ad energy, have overcome the greatest obstacles break.ug through all the barriers of wealth and hereditary honors in their path and forcing their way up to osilions of eminence and usefulness. The history of the lives of sich men excites tlie young and anient mind to the improvement of its highest and most aluable faculties, und gives society confidence in human resources aad progress. oble examples like the-f are the ordered instrumentalities by which the character of the world is improved. The career of no man afTords a more appropriate and beautiful illustration of the fostering teuden cy of our democr.Cc institutions, than is to be found in the life and character of him whose memory we have, this evening, met to honor He has solved, in ins own history, t!ie problem of self-government. For several years, the grtat principles of popu lar sovereignty, as applied to the Territories, in connection with the repeal of what was called the Missouri compromise, engrossed the earnest and faithful attention of Senator Douglas. His labors in maintaining and expounding these princi pies may be regarded as among the marked events of his laborious life; aud time, the great arbiter, has already settled these principles upon an enduring basis, which will perpetuate the memory of the wi-doni and the patriotism of their eminent expounder. The public mind is most wisely undergoing a great change upon these subjects. It is now man ifest that the removal of the restriction was absolutely necessary for the free exorcise of Territo rial legislation on subjects of domestic policy, including African slavery. Men are now fully com prehemliug and realizing the truths proclaimed by Judge Douglas in his unanswerable and prophetic speech of March 3, 18f4. Subsequent events have tended to demonstrate that the compromise incisures of 1850, in their just interpretation, repealed, in spirit and substance, the Missouri com-nro.ni-e line. The almost uuinimous vote of the South for the extension of this line, in 164 and lb50, to the Pacific, with the violent opposition it met with in the North, bringing about its defeat in connection with the misrepresentation and violence with which these subjects were discussed, produced a condition ol popular feeling which culminated in the election of lsGO bringing in to the national Congress a large majority of Northern sectional men. Yet the prompt, prac lira I application, even by this Congress, of the doctrines which Mr. Douglas proclaimed, warrants us iu saving that he lived to see the great principle" w hich he had so long advocated, finally adopted by his country. His speech of 1S54 was prophetic-proving the truth of the sentimentGreat men are. in a certain sense, prophets. Thev precede their age to illume its path." It was my fortune to enter iiion terms of personal acquaintance with Stephr:i A. Douglas at the commencement of the first session of the 28th Congress, and to enjoy his friendship from that time until his death Well do 1 remember his first effort in the House of Representative, on the subject of refunding to Giend Jackson the line as-se--cd against him, by Judge Hall, at New Orleans. That venerable man, John Quh'Cy Adams, sat in his seat, his looks and motions always indicative of the events of the passing hour. In the midst of the address, the old m m eloquent was seen to raise his eyes with steady and fixed attention watching every action, and listening to every word of tTie young western orator and exclaiming, as Mr. Douglas took his seat, "That young man will be felt in this na tion." It will be remembered that this, his first speech in Congress, was tuund among the papers of General Jackson, with an indorsement, in his own hand writing, in these memorable words; "This speech constitutes my defense. I lay it aside as an inheritance for my grand children." ti. ...ii, .. i."n i..- - - j IIKWWCUIilll O. J!. . i... i.-.,.,.-in his keen, nice and intuitive perception of the leading card'nal principles underlying our whole yssMB of government. No man was more familiar with our colonial hUtory. His intimate and thorough knowledge of the history and structure of the first organization of our fathers, up to the adoption of our Constitution, enabled him to trace clearly our whole Territorial policy. Deriving hi principles from this source, aud casting aside all adventitious circumstances and speculating schemes, he took into his very being the essential elements governing our institutions. With him, true patristism, or love of country , was the result of an intelligent conviction of the ability and capacity tf the Government to contribute the most certainly and efficiently to the well-being and security of its citizens following I and connecting with this a keen, full, and eniliusiastic appreciation f the beauty ot its instimHons, and their adatteduess to the more perfect development of man s mental, moral and pohucal nature. w miners love 01 coumry , wmcu is me lesuo. alone ot a nidgnient convinced that it is conceived and well suited to .-.eet the wants its citizens, may be Mite enough, but is never et . . ., , , , . lAi.tn a- .1,1,1 11 Iii n f r ?1 w ct uti tliia Kh;k o mud ic IT' Hl . rtll'J, LIMIT 'J.-.Hip, 'Ml ,111.-1 uncle niunv, 1 not apt to develop itself by positive acts and measuies. If, however, yu add to this a warm and effective zeal lor the welfare of the country founded upon the spirit of those who laid its foundations a jealous and passionate foudness for its fame, its growth, its institutions, its laws, the Constitution, and the pernancy of the Union, you have a patriotism which is warm and not cold; efficient and not indifferent; hopeful and not desponding; an 1 ready at all times to defend countrv from lue- within and without How striking ars the contrasts which are forced uoon our minds in the presence of different men! often we find some in the highest nnsitiot.s. at times like the nresent. when the whole elements : are convulsed, aisl society is upheaving, ana as i you enter their presence, mingle iu their couver ! sattou, hear their views, aud clobel v examine ' their bearing, you are impressed with their entire ! indifference to the stirring events of the day, and ! on leaving their presence, you are tempted to ex claim "These men act as if there were some boys fighting or quarreli.ig in the street." How difTereut upon leaving the presence of Judge Douglas! Sincerity and depth of feeling marked all his actions, conversations, and arguments. You had before you a man whose words, looks, manner, powers ot reasoning and argument, impressed you, not only with the ability of the man, but the purity of his motives; and you left his tirmenpp t cLiimuif "I want tune to think. This man comprehends, and duly appreciates, the condition of things around us." He -eldoin indulged in anecdotes or appealed to the passions of his audience. Hi? sentences iv. -re sententious, und forcibly expressed repeated less than those of any public speaker of his age; and, iu his style, he was the most origi nal mati, in tlie use of language, since tlie day s of Daniel Webster. As a speaker he was coucise mther than diffs?? using illustrations natural as life itself His earnestness, ey e, countenance, attitude and manner, convincing all that he under stood, believed and felt what he said. It was thought which moved his auditory; not his words. Iiis great powers of reason were more apparent in a controversial debate than in a set speech; and in off-hai.d passages at arms, he was particularly distinguished, and stood without a rival.

asa man of action, energy, resources, with mding intellect, of original impression.-. sg 111 every portion iu which he was placeu, of the highest order, end most striking s He Bossessed, in aw eminent decree, the qualities of decision and firmness but. above all, he was blessed with an indomitable will an iron nerve an unbending integrity, which adversity could not move, nor misfortune conquer. Hi-, public life is full ot instances of courageous action aud fearless independence. Having investigated a subject, and formed his opinion, be had tht will to carry it oat, in steady defiance of all opposition. Arraigned bv an Administration powerful political party with whom, upon a sin g!e questicn only, he agreeds-diiily receiving the anathemas of a subsidized and corrupt p.cs yet, threatened, maligned, deserted, betrayed, alone, he "spumed Executive smiles, when those smiles were invitations to crime, and with giant arm he struck to the dust the slaves who sought to bind him w ith chains of Executive despotism. Standing almost alone in the Senate House, he met the storm, and sustained the shock unmoved; and never laid dowu bis arms until the foul monster, Lecompton, lay dead aud prostrate beueath his feet." A characteristic compliment w as paid to him, about the time of the contest for the office of Speaker on the opening of Congress, in December, 1859. It seems that a well known editor had commented, with some severity, on the i-ours.- of a distinguished member of Congress, and charged him with making speeches, fsome of which were to defend himself from tlie accusation of circuiaiing the Helper BockJ instead of proceeding with the business of electing a Speaker, lue M. C retorted upon the editor, and, among other tilings, intimated that he had conniveo at tne election 01 juuge uougias to I the Senate, from Illinois, in 1858. lo this charge, the editor replied, in substance; "I never agreed with Mr. Douglas upon any one subject hut Lecompton. But, he has one thing about him, which I wish you, and manv more of the Republican party, had. I call it i'lw. If he had said that Tom Paine 's Age of Reason was a purer and better document than tlie Sermon of the Saviour on the Monm, he would : have risen in his place to apologise for it ; but said make the niot of it." Public opinion has condemned the practice of candidates for the first othce in tlie Union engaging in political dis u--i tis. Rut this practice is certainly as commendable as the custom of writing letters to various portions of the country, or as a refusal to answer new and important questions touching tlie national integrity and stability. Who does not admire the inde pendence and firmness ot the man who, when he wa asked, under a Virginia sun, on the eve of j the contest of 1860, what his course would he, if Mr. Liin-oln was elected, and a Southern State should secede ? promptly- replied "I go for the enforcement of the laws of tlie Union. Who ever is President is bound by his oath to carry the laws into faithful execution; and it is the duty of every law-abiding man I care not what may be his politics to aid in the execution of the law." Noble and patriotic sentiments! Fortunate it would have been for the country, if another aspirant could have been prevailed apon to give the same response to a similar inquiry . The most remarkable features in his public addresses appear in the practical views, the statistical facts, and the historical information which they embody. If yon heard him address tlie thousands of Fanners, at the State Fair at Rochester, New York, or the young men of the country, at the Lyceum, or the masses of his fellow-citizens at the hustings, or the once dignified Senate be the subject what it might practical views, and not theories, formed the leadinc points in his discourse. He was not a man of theories. It gave him pleasure to deal with facts. His public addresses will make, at least, fifteen volumes. The future student of our history and times, will consult them with the same avidity as the politician of his day ; and he will find the subject was exhausted in the hands of this master. In his private intercourse urbanity and kindness marked all his actions; and much of his success is attributable to his pleasant manners and address. Amidst the heat and ardor of debate, assailed by the mot reckless and unscnipulou men of the day, led on sometimes by a powerful and nnited opposition, at others by the full weight of an Administration just placed in power and distributing its favors lavishly with the view of crushing him down yet, how seldom was he led to the utterance of unkind personali- : ti..,.. ...i. . 1 , .1. hu a, Boriety Cftn t0 min"d his uniform rltlrttv when SDeakintr of those who made him. almost constantly, the object of their personal attacks. As you travel over the lovely plains and prairies of his own Illinois, and hear the warm expressions of friendship and attachment, which greet yon on every side, at the mention of his name, you are irresistibly impressed with the conviction that he was truly beloved by those who knew him best. No -ketch of' the character of Judge Douglas is complete, which omits to refer to bis watchful. ! zealous and efficient services in preserving the I Constitution from the construction contended for I by many, :n relation to a preterence given in the protection of one class of property over another. ; It is true. Executives of States, and others in 1 high official pos'tione, labored, some of them in scores of columns, to prove that, by some unde fined, mysterious, unaccountable means, not perceivable to the ordinary intellect, our Fathers did give a special protection and preference to a peculiar kind of property. He it was who rescued the memory of the fraraers of our national Constitution from such charges, by maintaining and establishing this great truth: The Constitution does not fix property relations. Thev are the j,uljerts 0f Joca aw : t r .L All the property owned bv citizens of the United States, under State lawc, must legally stand in the same attitude before the Constitution. The power to say what shall or shall not be property, rests with the peo pie, in their State and Territorial organizations, and not in Congress. Upon this principle, we can alone maintain the peace snd security of our diversified and various interests. It is the cornerstone upon which the security and perpetuity of this Union must rest. It h is been said that Mr. "Douglas was ambitious that his efforts were made lor his own aggrandisement." What act of his life sustains these assertions? His history is beiore the nation. Let the faithful student go anil search his records. Examine his conduct upon the compro tnise measures of 1850. Hear his language, in reply to Mr. Clay, who had intimated that it u..ii!1 V . st nniiifft r tnL-a V a Kill.? csnirfad' r,v fr 1 n. n 1.,L . he thejr author Hd mMed to the ,,,. of preparing them. Mr. Douglas then said " I i, .. w mhskt rigrhf iv,,.. 11 I I US' J iOf. J 'w, till . " 0 v j a " HMn ' arstaa n vk. . tka AolnfKV 1 rSf O fS Bit milSI1 1 Tf I JUU, IU il'MIl IIJC l,WUIIU J i'rtiR.- IWl ov Uiuii, 01111 i mm mn aktlnaii jtafAaman harinrr p'ni rirn f 1 rrr(A t llwl r IHCilUI l IUI I .., . v... 1. ... . vu.. . try, to sacrifice to any extent the ch.inres or success on a mere punctilio as to whom the credit may belong of having first written the bills? I, sir, waive all claim and personal consideration in this matter, and insist that the committee shall pursue that course which they may deem le"t calculated to accompli the great end we all hive in view, without regard to iny interest merely personal to me." The great statesman of Ashland then arose and extending his band to Mr. Douglas, said "You the most generous man living. I will unite I the bills and report them; but justice shall never theles8 u. done to you as the real author of the 1 measure." Most faithful to his promise, Mr- : 1 1 . . 1 ' .L . 1 1 . E -. uiay always awaraeu to 111 01 me uiguesi praise for his devotion to the country, throughout that memorable session. Perhaps no effort of his life exhibits the true man. in all his motives, feelings and spirit more clearly than hie memorable speech of March 22, I860. In tlie most m ste;iy manner he vindica ted the principles of our Government, and exposed the mockery of admitting the pretended State of Kansas, uuder the Lecompton Coruitution pressing upon a listening Senate, argument after argument, fact after fact, while surrounded bv the multitudes who had besieged the doors, aisles and windows to witness the scene and her aid the issue. So intense was the interest in speaker and subject, one well said "The life of our American Democt .icy seems breaüüng in this I orator for constitutional interest." On this oc casion, when he triumphantly passed through one of the many ordeals which tried and proved his fidelity to his countrv, he alluded to some per sonal matters as follows "I make no defense of my Democracy. I have no professions to make of my fidelity. The insinuation that I am acting with the Republicans has no terror, and will not drive me from my duty or pro priety. My position is taken. I know not what its consequences will be personally to me. If I can not remain in public life, holding firmly, im movably to the great prindple of self-government and State equality, I shall go into private life, where I can preserve the respect of my own con science, under the conviction that I have done my duty, and followed the principle wherever its log-

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me trwe r. He lived in an age remark- , frauds, and peculation, which sb!e seemed like m . . n. m. emics. not on.v ju the Lieners!, nut in ine ?iaie 1 our own country iov em meets Not confined to bat most of the Governments felt its withering blight. The of Europe have country is familliar with the records ot the frauds upon the English Government, growing out of the Crimean war, as they have been exposed by the l'ress and Parlament of Great Britain. The war carried 011 bv Austria, Italv, and Prance, has doped some of the mtjgigantic scmcsof Government, or a city, stands without a re-con i exposing eitner inaireci uisuoDesi speculations, or open frauds. In our own country we do not seem to be fully aware of the extent to which these things have been carried. The records of the amount of mot ev made, directly and indirectly, in the nurchase and sale of Navy Yards and Military sites. ni rbbm rei.iuiig 10 uceiin aie.uners anu aian service, Public Buildings, Texas Scrip, Stocks ' Grants of Lands tor Railroads, Locations of ence thereby effected in the Sute Legislatures of . iA-rr i . v "u.i.i 1, uuiu. a, IUIM CApVSCU, MII1C IOC nation with astonishment. A SSW.; a rr.,Un W- Tlai s t j the United States of Wisconsin, concerning the srwsaa c uw ifviiuhil 111 1 1 it ll?lip l V U ( t t'l ; lm ross ana Milwaukee Kau road Lomany 1 Among the facts brought to light, by this suit, is ; that of the issoing of two hundred and fifty i thousand dollars of, what is justly called Cor- ' ruption Bonds the proceeds of which were used : by a State Senator for " defraying sundry ex- 1 penses incident to procuring a grant of lands from Congress for the continuation of certain j railroads, tc. The distinguished Senator raised 1 a large um of money on these Bonds ; and, upon an investigation of this Bribery F und, the sage Senator declared that, in disbursing the same to certain ersons, he remained "purposely ignorant" as to their names; aud could not, or j would not, expose them. The legitimate effect of these examples were seen in the decline of public morals and financial I honesty, and in the impulse given to reckless , schemes of speculation all over the country, i We may form a faint idea of the effect of these schemes, when we remember that a single share in the stock of Superior City was said to be I worth sixty thousand dollars tea days before the j panic of 1857, and could not have !een sold, a I mouth afterwards, for one-tenth of that snm. The example set by the General Government, and bv some of those who were officially con- ; nected with it, his extended itself, like a raxing i mania, to the different State, county, and local Governments Hence, during the last twenty ! years, defalcations, and plundering of loc.il, ; State, and official moneys, have been common ; occurrences. They hate become so common, ; that the defalcation of a million of dollars by a public servant, under the State or Geueral Govj ernment, does not create half the interest or exI citeroeut that was manifested in the earlier days of the Republic, when Tobias Watkins was charged with a small defalcation, not amounting to five thousand dollars. This digression is made, because 1 believe the I present unhappy cooditiou of our once united and I priisperous people may be traced, either directly I or indirectly, to this state of things. Sudden and I overgrown fortunes have been followed by influ J Sncea the mot pernicious to tlie peace and happi I ness of the country. Corrupt conventions; mis ' representations of public sentiment; selections of meu to places of honor and profit in violation of the w ill of the people; the pres, in many instances the mere echo of the sentiments of dishonest men; promise of office to worthless office seekers; many departments of the National and State Governments filled by men who have winked at gross frauds and peculations; and, at this very hour, to add to the deep gloom which surrounds our people, there is a restless uneasiness which arises from the want of confidence In the disbursements and expenditures or the public mon eys. Yea, more repents made by the present Congress, and evidence of the most teliable character, are unfolding a system of unparalleled frauds upon the national finances connected with the war. The good man is heard exclaiming throughout the land, We shall not succeed iu putting down this infamous rebellion until these things are remedied. From these practices let us turn to contemplate the character and example of him whose memory we have assembled to honor. Com mencing public life in poverty, living many years on scanty means, called lv the voice of his fellow citizens to fill the most important and deli cte positions, having more to do with the organ ization of the Territories and the disposition of the public lands thin any man of his day, with opportunities to amass fortune by means which w ere regarded as honorable by many of the politicians of the times, actively engaged in all the great political contests of the last twenty years, and constantly the object of the most bitter denunciations yet, amidst the excitement and fury of conflicts in which all classes and parties of men felt the withering influence of attacks upon their characters, not a vhisper of suspicion was ever uttered against the inteiritu of Douylas, or his fidelity to the llotfrnment, or to the citizen. He had thourands of enemies, but not one accuser. "Douglas was a partisan: But he never wore bis party uniform when his country was in dan ger." His life fully exemplifies the truth of this sentiment. Among his early and faithfully eher islied doctrines there is one which asserts there it not room enouyk on this continent for another Government, either Republican or Monarchical. In his masterly defense ol this doctriae, and in all the exiting contests in which he bores prominent part during his eventful public life whether those contests were in relation to the Mexican war, the northeastern boundary, tlie national rights with respect to Oregon, or to any other great contest involving the national interests hi effort were invariably stimulated and controlled by an ardent and elevated love of country. The last great ef fort of his life was in accordance with his whole previous history. His patriotism taught him to stand-by the fiag of the Uiiion.in prosperity or in adversity. His love ot country was paramount to all party platforms. How many of our public men, in the great struggle of this day, when the existence of the Government is deeply imperiled and its mighty heart throbs for vitality, are silent and indiffer ent! How many, in these "times which try ; men's souls," act as if tlie war in which the country is engaged, were a matter of secondary consideration! They seem to take more interest I in the political complexion of a Legislature, or a party convention, or in the advancement of sei fish and ptrfffy1 views, than they do in the re verses and triumphs of our armies in the field. To all such citizens, I commend the eloquent language of Douglas, addressed to botn parties of his State, a few days before his death. He said: 'Tn mv opinion it is your duty to lay aside your party creeds and party platforms, your party organizations and partisan appeals to forget -hat you are divided until you have rescued the Government and the country from their assailant!. Give me a c untrv first, that mv children mav live in peace, theii we w ill have a" theater for our . partv organizations to operate upon Do those who wish to make political capital out I of the war, remember the words which he ad dressed to them? He said: "Allow me to say to you, you will not be true to your country, if you ever attempt to manufacture partisan capital out ; of the miseries of your country. When calling i upon DemocraU to rally to the tented fields. leaving wife, child, father and mother behind them, to the rescue of the President that you elected, do not make war upou them, and try to manufacture partisan capital out of a struggle in ! wl ch they are engaged from the holiest and pu- ; rest of motives." To those who were perplexed with doubts in ' reference to the best means of putting down the rebellion, he addressed these words: "Whenever our Government is assailed, when hostile armies are marching under rude and odious banners agaTnst the Government of our country, the shortest way to peace is the most stupendous and unanimous preparation for war. The greater unanimity, the less blood will be shed. The more prompt and energetic the movement, and the more important it is in uumbers, the shorter will be the struggle." To tiose who would niterfete with the domes tic policy of tlie South, he said: "I will never T . ' . m . rt .. .. . acquiesce iu any warfare upou the Constitutions righu or institutions of the South. If any st tempt is made to invsde their righu, or incite servile insurrections among them, I would be the first to rush to the rescue." To those who were inclined to recognize the validity of the principles on which the rebellion is founded, he addressed those emphatic and warn it g words: "Recognize it once, and yon bave not only dissolved Government, but you have de stroyed sociel order, and upturned the foundations of society." Iu relation to the origin of the war, among other tilings, he said: "The present secession movement is the result of an enormous conspiracy formed by leaders in the Southern Confederacy more than twelve months ago. To those American citizens wbo are indifferent as to lb resuiu of the war, or who are in doubt as to their duty with respect to it, be says: "There are only two sides to theipiestion. Everyman must be for the United Stales or against it. There can be no neutrals in this war only Patriots or Traitors "

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to knew whet he said Mont the cost of the war or abont the saean.- cf defraying the expense of suppressing the nbefflon' Ho said nothing. He had no words to vasts oa these sebjects. He was .iLcasing far pore important questions t! Me . ' ligation to suspend parti san r ni.i t tl.e magnitude of the interests involved in the war and the datv which Ihw crisis demands af all true patriots. He knew that tie deliverance of the ronatrv frosn the hands of aad the restoration of peace, wt old ' - worth more than the pecuniary cot, and snort than all the laws which gore unmake, change and nodifvtsil owr toms, and law, snd even onr organic law Bn; G i ha given us. and our children On all questions afTectinc the honor and lafetv of the country, and the maintenance of the Coiis!in?itn and lawn, he was. unlike mint of the poUfeklM of the day, alw s r prom i t in the exfiv; nr ,,;; .,1 : iri,,.. A.,-r him or .peak, he tarried not', not M n(jt r.Tcxamplcrnatitaiü.n .h f I.I Z t,,nstitution the :ugitie i nonnced, not carried out the officials refnsmg In svV it I , 1 - Mk. . " - IU-. UJflMC WW mUn. lUC 1 ,- - . ä. 1 j ; e a rhan"ed When the newt reached him. from Charleston, of tlie conduct of the men professing to be Dem ocrau, his prompt remark was " This means Again How true were his wonts, when, in the presidential contest of 1W50, in s.iking of one of the candidates, be said" He mav not be a Disunioinsi; but every Disuoionist ist the country will vote for hiss." Again: On the 4th of March, after the ir auuration, standing, amidst enemies, close by tlie side of the President, he said to him "ComV hat may in the dark and cloudy future, he would stand by the Uovertimetit. and strengthen iu arm to crush traitors and rebellion." The day after the proclamation was issued, calling for volunteers, he recoiled a telegraphic despatch from tlie only State whose electoral vote was cast tor him. seeking to know what his course would be. snd he immediately replied ' I stand by the goveniineni, to put döwn the rebellion." A few days after thi event, he returned to his home; and, in public addresses, and in private conversations amoiit the people, he spoke of tlie inestimable value of the country, and its institu tions, and orred sll eUitses nd parries of his fellow ritisens to stand by the Union, under sll circumstance-, snd m even emergency . snd to aid the Government, earnestly and effective! v. in put ting down the reMlion He fully comja-ebended the appalling horrors of war, with iu sacrifices of life, property snd temporary prosperity yet, be exclaimed 'It is a war of defense of our own just rights ,n detense or the Government whirh we have inherited, as a priceless legacy , uvm our patriotic fathers." He believed, in this contest, the cardinal priu ciples of our whole system ot government ne on trial and in course of vindication: That the war was lo defend the Constitution of the country, which alone is the sure guarantee of human lilierty. H was for carrying on this wsr within the limits of the Constitution; and believed that, in striking for the Government, we would be strengthened by the consciousness snd settled conviction, that we were striking for our alur. firesides and the welfare of every citizen Let all who would, under pretense of hatred against a party adversary, seek to weaken and mike dowu the arm ol the Government when engaged iu this terrible 00 lest, reflect upon tlie seutimcnu of this champion of true Dem -cracy. Stand not he hind the ramparts of your party creeds to shoot poisoned arrows at the true defenders of your country. The first objecU of this war are to bring about the supremacy of the laws, to restore she Government, and to vindicate the wisdom of iu frainera. When these are accomplished, it will be our duty to see what changes, if any, are desirable to further the cause of liberty. The man who seeks a peace from those who, with swords and bavoneu in their hand, are in open hostility to the Union, virtually demands a surrender of the Government to rebellion. We are not only contending for tlie triumph of the laws, unity, self-respect, and our high place among the first nations of the earth; but we are testing the manhood of our nation. In this, tlie hour of our country's calamity, we are not only surrounded by enemies in disguise, and almost betrayed by leadeis incapable of solving the tremendous question- ; re-ei :ei. hi.t ,.r institutions are exposed to danger trom the violence of ultra factionisU wbo seem to be willing to destroy the Government if they can not carry out their peculiar notions of humanity. And, more than this, there is a want of nerve and firmness in those who occupy high places 01" authority. What the country wants and demands is a strong Government one that will execute judgment. The monstrous and unparalleled crimes committed against the Government must be avenged before we may expect a peace. Justice cries for Hood, against the man who conspires to destroy this Government. It is the highest crime before God ami humanity. Our people have met this terrible crisis with promptness and energy. NotwithstaisJing the incompetency of commanders, treachery, and corruption iu many of the Departments, arid defeats calculated to discourage tlie most resolute, yet. with cheerfulness, their blood and treasures are iffered up. With firmness and steadiness of purpose, thev press forward and obey the call of the Government for the suppression of anarchy and treason. To those in authority they look for wisdom and guidai.ee in this, the hour of their calamity. If we fail in preset ing the unity of this last and best heritage on earth, to man, it will be because our rulers are incompetent, and not equal to the trusts committed to their hands. Douglas died at the commencement of this great contest between the Government and Traitors between order and violence, betweeu peace and discord possei.sing, iu the closing hours of his life, tlie confidence of tlie neonle. mote than any man living. The heart affection 1 aud sympathies of the masses werewith him, and j had been, for many years. He was the Ilcpre sentative Man of the times. Had he Ined, he i would, iu my opinion, have nationalised tlie AdI ministration; and the whole country would hue looked to him ss iu great leader, in this unnatu ral strife. His death, and that of the preat statesman. Coeut Cavour, took place about tie same time. One tlie repieeiiiative of constituj tioual government in the Old World: The other ' the leader ami representative of Democratic principles in the New. I stood, not long since, by the grave of DougI las. There was hardly a rude lettered stone to mark the spot. It is new the shore of Lake ; Michigan, and within the sound of the busy hum ' ot the great city which his influence and ent-r prise nourished into strength and commercial importance. I have said that Douglas died noor In the great State which he served so long and so faith ' a' 1 1 . J J . I 1 - k - fully, be did not own ground enough to serve him lor a grave: and his devoted and true hearted wife gave up, for his place of burial, the mall ! lot of two acres, which was all the land she own ed. This noble and gifted woman was always true to the patriotic principles of her husband. The false glitter of the fashionable society of V ashingtou could not tempt her to become one of its devotees: nor could the powerful treason that ruled in high places at the national capiul ever win her from her devotion to the Union When delegates came to her to ask her tor her chiMren, in order that they might be removed to : the South to save their inheritance from confiscation, true to the dying injunctions of her husband, she promptly and firmly ref used to give up his children to be the recipienU of wealth, and j be educated under the caie and patronage of I traitors. Will mit the neople of I il'mois and Indisna will not the people f the m ghty and patriotic West I will not the people of tlie Union provide a i home and heritage for tlie wits of Douglas and for his children ? I know they will. I have ; conversed with a committee who have the sob ject uuder their charge in Illinois Mav not simi lar com mit tees be organised 1 Indians, and ' other western Sutes ? The family of Douglas . i wA mr . 1 a must have a home in the West, where an endur ing monument will be erected to his memory Let the friends of the Union place on it the words STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS. TUE FKIFM. OF THE IfJOftt, ASO TBE PETE OV or rutin niesrrs. Aud let the monument bear, aad transmit to posterity, the words addressed by him to his cuii 'rvmeti. in this great crisis: '" There is bet one path of duty left to alt patriotic men. It is not a party qstsoosi. tsar a question involving partisan policy, it is a question of govern rostii or ae gov awl tiunmni or no country." And lastly, inscribe on hi mouument. in un fading letters, that last, living message to his sh sent orphan sons " Tell then to ober the laws. Constitution of the United State the tiT Coffee is selling in this citv st 85 cents per pound: sugar t 12'.. cents per pound and rv- at 15 cenU.