Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1845-10-11
] The late Judge story.

A0sS SWWDc StOEys H-Ss+
We observe that in various parts of III
country the intelligence of the death Of th
Hon. Judge SroRY has. elected manifest
atoms showing the, high regard in who,
ne was held as 9 jurist and a, man. Ii
Boston, on the 18th, a meeting Of the mem.
tbers Of Suffolk bar wa. held, when I'll,
following proceedings took place: s i.sa
The meeting was called to order b,
George Tyler Bigelow, Esq, Secretar,
lot the Bar, when Chief Justice Lemnne
Shaw, ofthe Supreme Court, was called
to the chair, and in a few words, teelmrly
mentioned the. cause of the sad assent.
ling. Mr.. Bigelow, by request, acted a.
Secretary Of the meeting.
Mr.. Webster addressed the Chair Il II,
substance as follows. aaiinili-aa7 la as,a
IS Wei have just heard from you, sir, COL,
hrmation Of the solemn fact, which we had
previously heard through other channels
OF intelligence, and which has drawn to-
getler the whole Suffolk Bar, and all. con-
tected with the courts Of this county. ia
testify their sense Of the loss which thew
have sustained. It has drawn from his
retirement that venerable man Judge Da-
vis) whom we all respect AUD honor, who
was Tor thirty years the associate of the
deceased upon The bkneb. It has called
here another Judges Jodge Putnam, !
who has retired from seat i,,pon that
bench on 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 in private life
have come here to-day. One sentiment
only prevails among all, sense of pro-
found grief. But all Of him is not dead
With all our sense of the irreparable 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. "Tirif, e,,im, riveique semper !:
dfqae etiam Latius in mensoria homin,.n., 1t
sermone, versabstur, postquams a6 ocalis re-
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 in every court in the Union. 1t
is not confined to this country, nor to this
continent. He had a wider range Of rep
utation. In the High Court of Parliament.
in every Court in Westminster. Hall, in
every distinguished iudicature in Europe,
in the Courts Of Paris, Of Berlin, of Stock
holm and Of st. Petersburg; in the Uni
versities Of Germany, Italy, and Spain,
bis authority was received, and all, when
they hear Of his death, will agree, that a
great luminary has fallen. He has in some
measure repaid the debt which America
owes to England, and the mother can re-
ceive from the daughter, without humili-
alton, and without envy, tile reversed
hereditary transmission from the child to
the parent. BY the comprehensiyeness 81
his mind, and by his vast and varied at
tainments, he was most fitted to compare
the codes Of different nations, and compre-
bend 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 civiliza-
tion. On this foundation he has butt his
fame, and united his own name with that
Of his country. It was to constitutional
law that much Of his attention was direct
ed, and in the elucidation Of which he was
pre-eminent. L :His .sesrs >.
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But it is unnecessary for us this day to
speak in detail of his public or political
services. That, duty Will remain for us
to perform, and it will, no doubt, be exc
cuted in a manner worthy Of the secession.
Still, in the homage that will be paid to
him, there is one tribute which may we'll
come from liz. We have Seen him, and
known him in private life. We can bear
witness to his strict uprightness and puri-
y Of character; his simplicity and unosten-
tatious habits; the ease and affatility of
his intercourse; his great vivacity amidst
the severest labors; the cheering and ami
mating tone of his conversation, and his
fidelity to his friends; and some Of us can
testify to his large. and Systematic chart
ties, not dispensed in public manner, but
gladdened the hearts Of those whom he as
sisted in private, .distilling happiness like
the dews Of. heaven. !. -. egs,
His labors were all subservient to his
great object, judicature.
Mr.. Chief Justice-One may live al. d
conqueror, a king, Of magistrate, but he
must die as q man. The bed Of death
brings every man to his pure individuality;
70 the intense contemplation Of the deepest
Of all relations, the relation between the
creature and the creator. This relation
the deceased always acknowledged. He
reverenced the Scriptures, Of Truth, he re-
ceived from them this lesson, and submit
ted HIMSELF in all things, to the. will Of
Providence. His career on earth was
well sustained. To the last hour Of his
life his faculties remained unimpaircd, and
the lamp went, out at the close, undimmed,
and without Pickering or obscurity. His
last words, which were heard by mortal
ears, were q fervent supplication 10 his
Maker, to take him to himself. sass.s
"A late Philadelphia Ledger contains the
following. We siall expect to hear Of q
Commercial crisis ere long: 'sThere il
evidently something in the wind. Yes
terday and the day before. the reported
sales 10 the Gitatd Danls reached f,s thou
ENID f6ree hundred askoresf These. IL