Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-02-28
TEE HER AID.
TIESDiY EVENING FEBRUARY 2s


MrSsRs EDroRs In the notice in yunr last
WEEKS paper of the death and services al Judge
Chapman, there some on ssons which II NAV
be on intcr,s, ~ those oi your readers who have
known biu pes " az hy repatstl"n I" have sup
Piled. The spring preceding his graduation. impell-
ed 10y that patriotic ardH, which seized alike the
farmer lrrn his plough and The student from his
books, he enerej the AMY Lieutenant. The
next winter Of ~ s. hseRsssd with Washington At
Valley Forge, where, as " well known, the Amerl. !
can army end.red prisaiions unequalled at any
Other period & the Revolution In The next cam
p,ipn he wasa, the battle Of Honmouih-in which,
too, from the heat of the day snl tie eagth and
dor oi the be, our solIier> suffered more than IN
any other Engagement. This is the only pitt he'd
battle tia, We engaged ill., There, ia 'me
/ minor engagements, he distinguished himself
From whatcanSe he soon ,iel lri TIE army is not
/ certainly kiuwn. 1t was probably from his eager
ness To cnte the profession which he had sele, ted;
certainly ma from any disaeciiun To the cause of
/ Liberty Hr studied law IT, LIchhrld. Coma. fol-
lowed his Tuhpr to Tinmon,h in 1850. where he
married r. 1871. Tt~nce, On the removal of ,he
seat of IN, County Court from linmouth. he went
IN Ruilanl in 1891; where he resided I'LL 1903
SINCE whlrh lime he has lived in 'Tnmputh In
! 1897 he honored by Dartmouth College with
the degrr' Of L. l.. D. a distraction, winch was not
th"n, IS is now, pr",ttuIed hy the rivalry of In
situations of learnlnr To the procurement Of ndi-
! ,iIual favor. As Chief Justice of the Supreme
Cour, fer five years il7So-90-96, aud 1870 and
As Assistant Judge in l1sG, District Judge of the
| L. =. C,uri; one OF tie commissioners to settle
the differences between Vermont and New York, in
! 1890; joint Delegate with Lewis K Morris to
procure the admission OF this Stale into the Uniln,
| in 1851 AS Seoaior in Congress, and in various ju-
| di, a and Legislature capd tiles OF minor impor-
| iance-ie acquitted himself with the highest credit.
The .siier pirt OF his lite he passed in rel rement,
preserving the health of hia body by agricultural
| and hnr,i 'nura pursuits for viii h lie always had
| much iouhnes. /; aud terrifying his mind against The
| approaches of tat mental debility which age so
| generally brings. by communal study. That those
wears were not misspent all will allow whr are
| acquainted las what ,ccH read American Lawyer is
is nu) with his "Principl of Government" which
| was published in it's present torn in 1882; though
most of it written and gwen to the world ioity
wears previously Il is this tina, his reputation
As a writer will principally rest; and this among
men of his nental calihre. will amply Sustain it.
| In his pp,ni al opinions, Judge Cmpmtn
Federali.t; an like all honest men, he was bold in
probe >sing ard firm in defending his political belief.
This will account for tle fact that by the political
| revolution which deposed the elder Adams, and
placed Mr.. Jefferson in the Pfe,i lenlii chair, he
| lost his seat in the Senate. Without deciding on
their correctness. we may al least safely say, that
his notions win regard ,othe powers and nterpre-
tajion OF the Constitution, and the form of Govern.
ment generally, best adapted To the situation and
character OF the Amencaa people, were not hastily
adopted. Indeed have seen a manuscript left by
him, and written bv him when the Constitution was
danger 81 nnllih alton. duriag the first term Of
Jarksons administrations, which seemed 10 be
more satisfactory discussion Of the great question
: OF State Rights than any other that | have seen.
In The Senate. he was distinguished for learning
= and Judgment, 'aher tnan for eloquence. For his
powet 10 move The feelings he not remark. able;
bu, IN nhuln"ing the il y nrht he hid no superior.
Ape tng Ia the reason rather than To the passions
OF his hearers, his success was gIsaier before a
Judge than before jury. 1t was happily said of
, him, that he "neeied deep wafer tpplsy in"
While Judge Chpm,n WAS at the bar there was
no lawyer In Vermont but what considered hims {
:, h1n"red by being called "s-coni"
:, As Judge. th,nieI Chipman has had no su-
q penor IN DOR State, HIS charge, we're rem ,kah.
for clesrnrss aud bresity Profoundly earned ia
4 every ranch Of the law aud with mnI Of re
2 msrksble accum-n aud discrimination, the mos,
n knntiy points diseniargled and eucldated 10y
= him with astori,i'ing facility.
h The ausinmen,S ~ Judge Clnpmao were moi
"a confined io The is~, they in tucaliy unit
n veIsal. Tie loved kauwlrlge for iis,If have
If he rd those we'll able ,Jgc sly, that 10 man in
T. tne State was 81 universally learned. " nh ms
~ whole iange oil the natural srienres he faHiil
iar,and kept himself informed Of their progress -
'e lie was ln,im dely acquainted with The Classic au
T. lhors ia our own the Lam AMI Greek tongues. O
'e the heauy Of Tie last Language no one had NICE
= perception lie daily read lhe Od Testament il
" lcai and phioairal crl,t isui, although h- eatne
= Tue language withou, teacher aud alter he W.
:, forty Years Of age indeed, he only enjoyed th
:, advantages Of a common school education t ahr
"a, lis twentieth year.
n lie was eAhnsas,c in his alteration of the M
ye cay aud Of the b.luiy and sublmly of the Bible
he OF the auihe nliciE at bnnks uihe Scripture
Is be is known 10 have entertained doubt hot. tha
h. east dunug the later part ofs lie he believe
ic "a the truth Of christi tnn,, am confident.
IN In a conversation which had win HIN fe,
weeks before he ron, ieiei his nin-li-ih year, h
he displayed Acquaintance with the eiymnlogy, o
&C thug ply and pr,,sdy The Greek tongue that
venture To- saw would have casl into tie shade n,
81 soqIifemen's OF hall the professors in New En-!
land With such pln,olpgictl minuti4e, A. few e'
no leArn and sill fewer concern themselves sbou