Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1845-09-18

essary from him. lie would simply state
tha, the meeting bad becn called OTthe
occasion Of tho death Of Hon. Joseph
Story, one Of the Justices Of the Supreme
Court OF the United States.
Mr.. WEBSTER addressed the Chair in
substance Us follows:
We have just heard from you, sir, a
conf nation Of the solemn fact, which
we had reyiously heard through other
channels Of intelligence, and which has
drawn together the whole Suffolk Bar,
and all connected with the Courts OF this
County, to testify their sense Of the loss
which they have sustained. II has
drawn from his retirement that venerable
man Judge DAvis) whom We all respect
and honor, who was for thirty years The
associate Of the deceased upon the
Bench. 1t has called here another
Judge, (Judge PUTNAM) who has retired
from a sea, upon that Bench on which
you preside, and who was himself once
The instructor in the law, Of him whose
loss we mourn. The member of the
school, over which he lately resided,
the lrie nds with whom he was associated
IN public or in private life have come
here to-day. One sentiment only pre-
walls among all, a sense Of profound grief.
| But all Of him is not dead. With all our
sense of the irreparable loss, we feel,
that he still lives amoug US, in his spirit,
in his recorded wisdom, and in the do.
cisions of authority which he has pro-
nounced. "Viri, enin, piretque Seniper;
aique eiiam iaiius IN me n.oria hominu,n,
ei sermone, rersaLttur, posiquam aJ oculis
reccsSd.
Mr.. Chief Justice, The loss is not
felt alone among this bar, or in the courts
ofthis Commonwealth, but is felt in eve
ry bar and every court 10 the Union. 1t
is not confined to this country, nor TO this
continent. He had wider range of rep
utalon. In the High Court Of Parlia-
ment, in every Court in Westminster
Hall, in every distinguished judicature
in Europe, Ia The Courts of Paris, OF
Berlin, of Stockholm and Of St. Peters
burg, in the Universities of Germany,
Italy, and Spain, his authority was re-
ceived, and all, when they hear Of his
death, will agree, that a great luminary
has fallen. lie has in some measure
repaid the debt which America owes to
Englan and the mother can receive
from the daughter, without humiliation,
and without envy, the reversed heredlta-
ry transmission from the child TO the pa
rent. BY tho comprche OF his
mind, aud by his vas, and varied attain
ments, he was most fitted to compare The
codes of different nations, and compre-
hend the results Of such research.
His love Of country was pure, and he
regarded justice as the great interest Of
man, and the only foundation of civiIiza-
ton. On this foundation he has built
his fame, and united his own name with
that Of his country. Ii was to constiiu-
lional law that much of his aite nlion was
directed, and in the elucidatlon OF which
he was pre-cminen,. "Yad rempubiicam
f,mandom, ct od stabiiiendas r;es, ct
sona"d"m popuium, om"iS J"s pergebat
institution"
But it is unnec essary for us this day
TO speak IN detail Of his public or judicial
services. That duty will remain for US
to perform, and j, will, no doubt, be exc
cu,ed, in manner worthy OF tie occa-
sion. Still, in the homage that will be
paid to him, there is one tribute which
may well come from us. We have seen
him, and knowD him in private life. We
can bear witness to his strict uprig htness
aud purity of character his simplicity
and un0stenlalious habits the ease and
aGabilty Of his intercourse his great
vivaciiy amidsl the severes, labors, the
cheering and animaing tone of his con-
versaion, and his fidelity to his friends !:
and some Of US can testify TO his large
and systematic charities, not dispensed
IN public manner, but gladdening the
hearts OF those whom he assisted in pri.
va,c, disIilling happiness like the dew Of
heaven.
His labors were all subservien to his
great object, iudcnture. "C'sst rain
que ron cherehe disiinguer en- iui ie per-
some price et ie personne pubiique un
meme esprit les anime, az meme oIjei, les
rema Ehomme, lie pere de tamiLe, le citoyen,
tom est en- iui consacre la gloue du
.Nagishui."
Mr.. Chief Justice, Conc may live as
a conqueror, king, or magisil ate, but
he must die as a man. The bed OF death
brings every man to his pure individual
'y ; to the intense contemplation Of that
deepest of all relations, the relation be-
tween the creature and his creator. This
relation, the deceased always ncknowl-
edged. lie reverenced the Scriptures
of Truth, he received from them this les
sou, and submitted himself, in all things,
to the will OF Providence. His career
on earth was well sustained. To the las,
hour Of his lie his faculties remained
unimpalred, and the lamp went out at the
close, undimmcd, and without flckcring
or obscuii,y. His last words, which
we're heard by mortal cars, were fer
vent supplicaiion 10 his Maker, to take
him TO himself.
Mr.. WEBSTER then submitted the fol-
lowing resolutions
Resoired, That the members or tho Suffolk
Bar have learned with deep regret the death
If The Honorable JosEPU STuRy, one of the
Justices Of the Supreme Court Of the United
Sta,os, aud Dane Professor Of Law in Harvard
University.
R,soircd, That we acknowledge with The