Stephen Arnold Douglas, Chicagoan and Patriot: An Address Delivered at the Chicago Historical Society, June 2, 1961 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Stephen Arnold Douglas, Chicagoan and Patriot: An Address Delivered at the Chicago Historical Society, June 2, 1961 One hundred years ago today thousands OF chicagoans were saddened by the knowledge that Stephen A. Douglas was dying. Knots Of people gathered in front of the newspaper Offices for the latest bulletins, others talked with subdued voices in the lobby Of the Tremont House, where the United States Senator from Illinois struggled for life. Shortly after nine O'clock the following morning, June 3, 186 o, the Court House bell began to toll. No one needed to ask the reason. All knew that the Little Giant, only forty eight years Of age, had died. Few men in American history have stirred the emotions of the people as did Stephen A. Douglas. It was not merely that he was high placed - the leader of his party in the Senate and in the Union, and only a few months earlier a formidable con tender for the presidency. His appeal came equally from per sonal qualities - from his courage, his pugnacity, and that m definable something we call magnetism. His hold over people is illustrated by an experience which I heard the late Albert J. Beveridge relate. When Beveridge was writing his life Of Lincoln he interviewed an elderly man who had attended one of the lincoln-douglas debates. Some allusion led Beveridge to remark: I take it that you were a Douglas man. The Old man's eyes ¿ashed. By God, Sir, I am a Douglas man! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.