Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-05-18
7Iri5Ate % aehartea mort.

NJ meeting of the tnS mbers the bar, az The
c"ur Nous in the town of Iynchburg M FIJI
day the 10th dsy Of May, 1916, convened for the
pufpnse pavinc TIE last tribute at respect 10
their decea'ed Giend. the late honorable John
Dahney: Christ pi.er Clarke was called tn the
chair aud Wllia4 Bradford appointed Secretary ;
VA molinn, Received, that GEORGE Tucker, I'd
ward Watts. William i.ugh AID Chriitopher An
uony be sppoiatsd Committee 20 prepare re-
sonuons on this SELECT, who proro.ed tie fol-
lowing, which were unanimously adopted,
The members of The har, attending the District
ThHeery Court Of Lvnchburg, filed with ilst sd-
Duration tor the virtues Of 3he late John Dahnev
Esquire, acd will, resre, thai those virtues arc nov
20 more, cannoi IN justice 20 his memory or Ia sir
own ieeinss, tenlan silent GA this lameGtei occasi-
We could bear reodv TESTIMONY n the fidelity
and ah'l'iv with which hc DISCHARGED tie most res
ponsble dutief Of his stationtp his uaweasied ash
dni'y m extending his legal acgarements--'o his
eNhaus'less naticncc-aud 70 that hcveyly union nf
gentiencss AMI hrmness which chrstencth While
punlsheih-On those topics we mir crpously III.
late, without exceeding The limits o. truth or in ti,
IL" W. pass them by, 10 speak Of him as private
nrhVhual to- here 1t is that lis character shines
with unrivalcd ius'-e. II would not indeed b. en-
sy TO meet with ono equally qualified with himself,
both to do ins'icc AMI to give satisfaction But
Though We should END 81 successor to the i,dse
"hrre eonih We hope 20 replace the man p? In The
"hn'e sph re oi our acquaintance, we kacw not one
~ "'-'N'i, Sile WOuii have SO Neepy Uenetr.l-
ted the he-- Is Of so many. Mr. U,bncy was moi
merely e1t'led to the negative rrqis4 of having no
enemy. every man waS his friend and it ne Was
susceptible ot generous emol0n, his warm friend.
IL the ra'rous situations in which have seen him
placed ; in lis numerous uansactio with every
Ieserptio9 os Nersnns we have never known hin
t. err-Nav 'nnrs, every one who hal intercouis So
with him. in some form or other experienced The.
benign effects If his soolness. TO the wicked. he
Showed 'ors venoss % the neutral character, kind
go
and f'iendshiD. No man ever unclaimed the herrts
~ 90 many b. the tics offis;ne ere sted affection No
on eyer received such offerings e unsolicited and
nnbouCht prsse. Thousands Of times in the spon-
'9neou' ov"rfov ing fhearts sn7thcd or cheered hv
his henevnle1ce and goodness we have heard him
pronounced the best ofhuman beings. Exempt
from every had quality, and eu,lued with every good
one, It seemed if no virtue could have receiv-
cd any accession in him, without disturbing the Asr-
m'nv and iair proportion oithe whole anl If rer-
ect virtue ever wss attained By any mortal, John
Nah1ev vas the man. We are aver, that To those
w'o had not the pleasure e his acQuai t'rce this
NAV seem the language NJ tso partial friendship; bur
% thos" whodd know him. It hut frehy I'VE feel
to lrehy) Expresses his exalted worth
The profnuoA aid u.i.c-s.l h~-nsse paid to the
modest retiring merit Of Mr.. y bnev when living,
the lively and sintcr s,eh sorrow with Which lis
death row fills the b SONS Of Thousands shew that
while fortune bestows her favour3iniserimi,ately
On the cool and the had aRd worldly mower and
there is an elevation Of virtue, which even in this
world reigns over the hearts aud minds of men, tr-
umphant and srDreme.
Filled with gratitude FOR the fsvors which his pro
issSlonal skill, AMI enr evneri~nce enabled lin q
shew u lis brethren of m bar with esteem and res
pect for a lifeof underwriting recnde ard snc'ess
purity, and with tender rcrollec'ons ofthose bland
* amable qualities which dilIlsed their mid radiance
over the hearts Of all who approached him, we offer
70 hs memory this honest, though inadequate, tri
ME Of our praise
Resolved. Therefore, that thus penetrated with
.ts sense ofthe trauscendsn worth orfte late Judge
Uab1ey. and with deep regret, that il is lost to Us,
tn bis fTmiy. ani e. the community for ever, we
viii wear Grape round left arms for the space al
two months.
Resolved, that we will cheerfulIy cooperate in q
ny oiher more general aHd peru snent exp-es ion Of
the love and esteem in which he was universally
held by his cnuntrymeu.
Resolved, that copies fthis preamble and regolu-
tions b. published ia the Lynchburg Press and the
Richmond Enquirer
CHRISTOPHER CLARK,
Ch.irman.