Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-10-09
The late Judge story.

! oo'N''o 'tia' III VARIOUS paris oil the
country the intelligence of the death Of the
Hon. Judge Story has elected NANTES.
tauons showing the high regard in which
he was held as lurst and man. In
bos'on on the l3h, meeting Of the
members of Suffolk bar was held when the
following proceedings took place:
The meeting was called TO order bv
geo ge Tyler Bgelow, Esq. Secretary
OF Tie Bar, when Chief Justice Lenuel
Shaw, Of the Supreme Court. was called
to The chair, and IN a few words ,feeineIv
mentioned the cause of The sad assem-.
oling. Mr. Blgelow, by request, acted
as Secretary of the meeting.
Mr. Webster addressed the Chair in
substance as follows:
ave have just heard from you, sir, a
confirmation of the solemn fact, which we
had previously learned 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 'hey have sustained. 1t has drawn
from his retirement that venerable man
| Judge Davis whom we all respect and
honor. who was for thirty wears the as
sociate Of the deceased upon The bench.
1t has called here another Judge, Judge
Pntnam) who has retired iona seat on
that bench OH which you preside, and who
| was himself once the instructor in the
law, OF him whose loss we mourn. The
members of the school over which he
lately presided, the friends with whom
he was associated in public or private
life have come here to-day. One septi-
ment only prevails among all, sense of
profound grief. But all of him is not
dead. With ali our sense of the irrepara-
bic loss. we feel, that he still lives among
US, IN his spirit, in his recorded wisdom,
and IN the decisions of authority which
he has pronounced.
Mr. Chief Justice-The loss is not felt
alone among this bar, or in the courts
OF this Commonwealth, but is felt in
every bar and every court in the Union.
1t Is not confined 10 this county, nor to
this continent. He had wider range of
reputation. In the High Court of Parlia.
ment, III every court i'll Westminster Hall,
IN every distinguished judlca,ure in E.u-
rope, IN the courts of Paris, of Berlin. of
Stockholm and of ST Petersburg; in the
Universities of Germany Italy and Spain,
his authority was received. and all, when
they hear of his death, will agree. that
grea. lumlnary has fallen. He has in
some measure repaid the debt which
America owes to England. and the mother
can receive from the daughter, without
humiliation, and without envy, the revers.
ed hereditary Transmission of the child to
the parent. By the comprehensiveness
OF his mind, and by his vast and various
atalnments, he was mos, fitted to com.
pare the codes of different nations. and
comprehend 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 civiiza-
ton. On this foundation he has built his
tame, and united his own name with
that OF his country. 1t was to consitu
tlonal law that much of his attention was
directed, and in the elucidaion Of which
he vas pfe-eminent.
But 1t Is unnecessary for us this dav to
speak in detail Of his public or political
services. That duty will remain for us
TO perform, and II WILL no doubt, be- exc.
cnied IN manner worthy Of the occasion
Siill III the homage thai will be paid to
ltlm. IN re Is one tribute that may well
come from us. We have seen him and
known him IN private life. We can bear
witness TO his strict uprightness and purity
OF character; his simplicity and unosten-
tailous habits; the ease and affabiIlty of his
intercourse; his great vivaci.y amidst the
severest abors; the cheering and animal.
ing tone of his conversation, and his
fidelity to his friends: and some of us can
testify to his large and systematic chart
nes, not dispensed in public manner,
but gladdening the hearts of those whom
he assisted in private, disabling happiness
like the dews Of heaven.
His labors were all snb.ervient to his
great object. judicature.
Mr. Chief Justice-One NAV live az
conqueror, king, or a magistrate, bu,
he must die as man. The bed of death
brings every man to his pure indivduali-
~; to The intense contemplation of the
deepest of all relations, the relation be.
tween the creature and his creator. This
relation the deceased always acknowledg
ed. lie reverenced ,heScriplurcs ofrru,h.
he received from them this lesson. and
submitted himself in all things. 10 the will
of Providence. His career in earth wa.
well sustained. To the last hour of his
lite his faculties remained unjmpalred
and the lamp went out a, the close
undimmed, and without pickering or
obscurlty. His las, words. which we're
heard by mortal ears, were ferven,
suppiIca'lon to his Maker, 10 take him to
himself.
Ho6son's choice. The late Beau Nash
introduced Mrs Ilobson, beautiful lady.
TO lhe Company assembled in the ball room
at Bath, with, this supplementary observa-
ton: 81 have often heard of Hobson's
choice'out never mad the pleasure to view
it until now. and you must coincide with
me that II reflects credit OF his taste"
The Journal of Commerce saws there
have been shipments Of wool to England |