Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-02-17
From iAs LsxiHsion Gsssii..
TRIBUTE or RESPECT.


BY 1ocKBRIDGB COUNTY coURr
Geo. DIrmsn. In offering the following p,esmbl, and ~,
solutions, said:
members OF the bar connected with this court have
any pablic demonstrations Of respect TO the mem
oty OF one al their brethren until hi. d.v IN o,a.,
pie the court and it, officers to unite with them IN H. ~
se.p'esson OF those feeling. which the sorro~f even,
n, S,,h 20 snd have instructed mo formally announce
"Tmns,ns'sn on the 18th Of las, month. ' "
= oee !" Heel mysef Tor the task BEG I,,x. h.6,.
Al Of The H. soaaons which have received the spproy-
.,.a,.s .U orehy 70 refer como Of tho leading
w .ne h'e Of him wnose death We ali deelore
a.,a of .ss born In tho town OF Alexsndri. IN IN,
e'o' .o'umbis, and whore he m.inIv ,sc.i.a 40
scholastic education. His legal ,udie. w. ns
place. In tho Office. and under In. d,.o s ~
hug, ',a s,oeI ofo,her the late Robert Taylor ESQ
oot nme alter he had fitted himself for the n,,.s. s
o" profession he removed io-and settled in m. "
ing town Of Staun,en. In yearthe 1872 no eammansaJ
."enoihg mo courts Of Rockbtidve. and Mill, -
thsse occasional waits this place. he Wa, cal. uPn
~ n'o inc hosptsbo family Of tho late Col lame. NJ
snd IN the year 1919 married HE edest d.uyb,s,
rom inst time To tho day Of his death he wa. ,,
oen. hockoridge In the year 1921 n, v., ,l..,.d -
" 'ns desgstes to represent the county of hid, 80
I,I .sn,sture. On the 18th OF March 1917 n, VS.,
appointed oy this court Commonwc A,,o,n.v 80
hsd mat Office. a. well prosecuting o,,o,n.v c u
peo' court OF focshontas the Spring of Ist3 xbs ~
States. ~ So"s'ess VI the United
,o lie vi: sg.n elected for a 2ad term in IN, s,,,,.s
.o''' ana died on tho LIST month"; service Of nj. go.
Although his prominent and main ,,,,, l., u.
MS yet for the last quarter of :. een,n,, h
ueo WIN 1t tho more congenisl and peaceful oeeua.o
This brief and condensed recital contain. H.. .-.
POM" 10 inc lie OF him, who the l7h of Ia, meath
ne same sky-snd within view Of tho Same .po, Of
EARN mat gave him birth, yielded I'M IA, .n,,,, ~
hshds oi that great being, who giyeth and ,,L.,h
~ eaeth down and buildeth mp; according to IN. nu,
poses s SI hisinhne wisdom. and inscru,sble will.
~ 'ne character, and life Of WIN. TsyIor th,,o w,.
"e' suking resemblance Wher, yer he was. a, 49, -
su-in mo domestic and social circle or /, a.. I.,,i
'u"-on MS farm or in the halls OF Congress. he W.,
' "o same IN temper and in action Bray. hn, ,o.,,
n'h Out eoneilis'ing. he pursued IN, even ,sn @ 80
without enemy. ~ ~ "o h'su
oil OF WIN Taylor-if his talent, and repu,,,,,n a. . -
~ t'o~"g tame and the distinguished potics hon
ors which clustered around him In the last hre. -
e' were a MS death would have produced that
winch ever attends the loss Of useful and d.tugui,b.a 49,
ou' 10 'hs large audience whom now addrr..-hi, cor
'ituens-hs county men. his near neighb,r,-b,s C.I
a ana numa'e ierds-his brethren VI the bar nut mi,
queshon-"as his elevated position in this ionm bi.
po'ueaI honors at Wsshngon-h rank-hi- ti,I,. m.
80 men enlied every heart, and mo,tened every
eye "hen me intelligence first reached Us. and the solemn
words passed from mouth to mou,h-"TayI,r ia deadf"
W" was sentiment more el,vaed-above IN, m all;
IL was the man, honorable and yirtuou. The f,,epd
-iaihiI and uue.-The neiyhbor y,n,r,o. .nd -
Our elder brother. without envy and without guile
isnah DC pardoned IN this last connection IN menton
ing mat Is now than quarter of eenlufy ,,pca
found myself in early manhood standing in the nls
now occupy, by the side OF VIM Taylor Candiane h,,
not hVa Tor professional hono. and professional re-
wards and that Tor several successive years We w,t. tho
only resident LAWYERS OF town or couo,v-and ,b. do
ring inc long period that has elapsed from the day ~
e, unul our last parting few brief weeks aR"; amid
a ne excitement attendant upon professional and poli
cal sputaIion there passed between Us an or
unkind wod-Nay gentlemen. answer for the dead and
, ' 'o' 'ne hS'ng-n not an unkind thought May not
'hen DO permitted TO that have lost a friend ho
siekeh closer than bother and that the last Inn which
connected me with the fret years Of my professional life
has been broken. '"N
1 wi not ventnrc r,,, 81.
nc exclamation Forever sacred be the grief which .,,h
lnhirs upon the widow and the orphan That BEING
who iemPers the wind to the shorn lamb il alone ,bie
and he Will in his good time raise up those VIII m,
he has down ' ~
A'he request of my brethren of the bar offer to them
'ne court and Its officers; tho resolutions which hold in
my hand order that perpetual record NAV exist Of ons
who was long and honorsby connected with The nhc al
mn's'raon OF justice IN this court and whose purity Of life
-unsued integrity. and ,ndness nj heart made hum no,
only the beloved husbandihe adored parent but one of
the brightest ornaments Of the community in which bs
lived. ~ ~
VIRGINIA:
AT monthly begun and held for Rockbridge
county tho courthouse Monday The second day of
FEBRUARY 1876. ~ -
On the motion OF Gen. Charles p. Dornsn who i,,,,-
dueed The following preamble and resolutions. and address
SEQ 'he court on the SUBJECT they ADOPTED
follows: NFN
This court ito officers, and tho member. OF IN. bar bav,
head with deep and Sincere soTro death Of the Hon
William Taylor which took place in the city of w a.bno
ton, on Saturday the l7th OF January whilst in attendance
upon his duties as the representative IN Congress from this
district and entertaining the most grateful and lively 10
mtmoeance OF the character and talents Of our departed
ehd VINO was member Of this bar for the hriy four
years and who Tor twenty six that time discharged
me dut es OF attorney for the Commonwealth with disiin
gui'hed hdeiiy and humanity; and whose many and ami
able virtues rs man endeSred him all; and lamenng
his loss with sincerity and depth feeling corresponding
with their regard for tho public and private character Of
the deceased have
Resolved, That s' token of their sentiments. VIC will
wear the usual paige of mourning for IN. rty DAYS
Resolved. That Charles p Doimsn Samuel Med
Reid and Thomas Wilson, Esqrs, b, COMMITTEES 10
communicate to the beroaved family OF the deceased be,o
proceedings ss IAN evidence OF the and
IN which the virtues and talents Of the Hon orable William
Taylor were held by the court its officers and the bar and
assure inem OF their sincere sympsthy the which
they have sustain Ell IN his dca'h.
Received, That the foregoing proceedings and r,,olu
lions be entered on the records Of this court
COpy-Tefte,
DAVID HUTCHINSON, D C.
/ UCk GOING HEADt D,.wn N,n.L... II c...I