Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-11-10

most OF her statesmen livIng al hls deata-ihie
ror To NOT ono shu his lived anj aetsJ sifce the
opening of ais ON n public life. Look Al these
aspects of his greatness separately, and rom
opposite sides of The SURPRISING elevation. oon
slider that his sing c career at the bar may seem
IN have been enough 10 employ the largest
faculties without repose. for a lifetime; and
that If then and thus The "iafHjtus foreas3ana
yerE,a labor" shonld hive conducted HIM 20 a
mere professional reward--a Bench II Chan.
Gerry or Law. the crown Of the hrsi Of adyo.
caies--gHrispcrifOrn ei0qacRtfsmtans 10 the
pure and mere falne Of great magls
trate, that thai would be as much as = allot
ted to the ablest in the distribution oi
fame. Even that hall. If | may say 50,
of his iiiustriogs repuiaiion-how long 10
win il, how worthy # all that labor
He was bred first in the severesi school ol the
common law. in which lis doctrines we're ex-
pounded by Smith and I. administration shap
cd and directed by Mason, AMI lis foundation
principles, its historical sources and i.iustra-
tons, iis connexlou with tho parallel series oi
statutory ennctmc lis. rs rhodes OF reasoning.
and the evidence of Us truths. he efasped ca.
silly and completely and have myself heard
him say that for many years, while sill nj that
bar, he tried more conses, and argued more
questions of fort TO the jury, than perhaps any
other member Of the profession any here.
have heard from others how even then he ex-
empfed the same direct. clear, and fofcible
exhibition of proofs nd the re sonings appro
pirate to proofs. as well as the same marvel
lous power of discerning Instantly what Ne Cal
the decisive points of Il c cnuse'n Law aud fact
BY which be was later moro widely celebra
ted This was the FIRST epoch IN hs proIe,
slona trimming.
With the commencement Of his Pablo Life or
with his later removal to this State began tie
second epoch OF his professional training
Quoting him through The groIaljon f the n.
,iona tribunals - the study onl Practice 81
the moro flexible, elegant aud scientific juri4
prudence ofcommcfcc md Of chancery, aud Ia
the grondcr and less letiefcd IN, csignlious Of
international prze. aud constitutional law
and giving him 10 hreate arr Of a morr famous
forum; in public presence, wih moro VA
riety Of competition, although he never met II.
bier men as ! have heard him say, tian some ofI
those who inflated him in the RAGGED dscip
line OF HE courts of New llampshic;nnd thus
at length, by these studies, these labors, ths
contention. continued without repose, he CAM,
now many years ago, To stand onoi0m aysca
sn at the summit of the American b4r.
II Is common, and II il easy. in The c1sc u !
all in such position, To poiot ont o'her lawyer.
here aud there as possessing some special quad.
ifcaiion or attainment more remarkably, per
haps because more exclusively; To say 81 one
that he has more cases IN his recollection, At
any given moment; or HAT ho was earlier
grounded in equity, Of has gutaelel noreh 'aeb
letter or civil iau, or knoA ledge oi Spanish or
OF Western titles; nu these comparisons ere
sometimes made VII HIN. But when you
sought counsel Of the f. 81 rate Tor he great
cause " no would most surely discern and
most powerfully oxpound The exact law, re
CURED 10y the controvcrsy,ln season Tor use
who could most skllfally encounter the oppos
ing law-nnder whose powers ofanl ysis. per
suasion, aud display the ASSERTED right would
assume the most probable aspect helore the in
teligence OF the Judg ,--ahu # the inquiry be
came blended with or resolved into incts, could
most completely dcvelope and most csisubiy
expose them-onc, "tbe laws whole thunder
born 10 wield"-when yoa sought sncha couu-
sci, and could haze the choice, think The ua-
versa profession would have turned To him.
And this would be so in nearly every descrip.
ton Of cause in any department. SoE.e able
men WELD civil inquiries With peeulsr ablli.
iy. some criminal. How lacidly AID how
deeply he elueilatedn question Of property
you ali know, But then With what address,
feeling crushing power accpsaforo p'rf@ he
prosecuted the accused OF crime few lave seen
but none who have seen can ever forge.
Some scenes there are A pine emneuces II
sing above the high tabItlahd Of such a profes-
sional life, TO which, in the bricfst tril ute,
should love to follow him. Wcrecal that day,
for an illustration, when he first announced
with decisive display what manner of man he
was to the Supreme Court of the nation. 1t
was in 1918. and it wa1 in the argument of the
case of the Dartmouth College. William
Pinkney recruiting lis srca, faculties, and
rcp.enishng that reservoir of professional and
CANT acquisition in Europe. Samuel Dex.
Ter, "ihe honorable man, and the counsellor.
and the eloquent orator WAS in his grave
The boundcss old-school learning Of Luther
Martin; the silver voice and infinite ara'ytieal
ingenuity and resource of Jones; the fervid
genius OF Emmett, pouring itself along immense
ore; the ripe and beautiful culture of WHIT and
Il i g l.