Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-10-28
THE LATE VIM. E. YENABLE

A public meeting was held at Winchester on the
10th inst, W. C. HANDLEY in the chair, al which the
following preamble and resolutions, drawn up by a
committee consisting of Messrs. A s. Colyar, F. T.
Estill, and John Frizzel, were adopted:
By a teegraphic despatch, rs we'll as from priva
| information from New York, Wa have been informed
of the death of Maj WN Z. VESABLE Resident Min
lister from the United Statee 1T Guare mala. This
announcement has cast pal # gloom our en-
tire community.
For more than twenty years 4Tajor Venable resided
among US. was leading men'ler of the Bar aud an
influential member Of society,"
He, like most men that - themselves known
and felt in the world, hadrise from obs curity. He
was born about the year. 1907 and at a very early
age, without the advantages c. wealth influential
friends, he was thrown upon las own resources. He
became "prinler boy" in " ich situation, while
very young his quick percelaive faculties ami his
application enabled him to ba,ome what might be
termed q master in The uLsments of learning
Struggling between poverty sld ambition, and i'm
PEELED by love of books wiSh but little aid from
any source, by the time he had grown up to be a
man, he had not only cul!iyat%d taste for learning
but had actually made himsel: ripe scholar. He
emigrated 10 Tennessee from South Carolina about
the year 1888 and engaged IN Coaching school, which
occupation he continued for lime, and although he
afterwards made more reputation because he had a
wider field yet in that vocation he had no superior
aud In after life he mentioned the scenes OF ms Us
thus spent with more pleasure aud yivaciy than any
Of the incidents of his life Fer about twenty We rs
he pursued the srduous profession of the law, hav-
ing all the time large practice and many warm
and devoted friends. He had read wi h IRE It care
the old and standard works in his profession, was
emineltly skilled in legal learning and was very i'm
pressiVe as an advocate.
He was in 1918 leading member Of the Ten
nessee Legislature, was always regarded-uOt only
by the party to which he belonged but by those who
differed with him-on account of his gentle manly
and hi toned bearing, eminen " worthy of high
position; and finally by the present Administration
he was appointed Resident Minister at Guatemala.
His learning well as his fine business capacities
eminently qualified him for the position and at a
sacrifice almost as dear as life ITSELF he accepted
the position assigned him. Only few short weeks
ago we took our leave ofhm, he sundered athous-
and ties; and as the cars moved off, bearing our
Honorable and honOred citizen-as we all then felt
-toan honorary exile and perhaps to death; we saw
the tear steal down from many eye.
But oh, how sad now! We had scarcely heard of
his safe arrivain his and distant home until we
hear that death has summoned him away.
It would be olllous community that would not
deeply feel the effect of such an announcement as
-;his Maj. Vensble was q man of stern integrity,
devoted TO his friends and idolized by his family
who now feel that this world is dreary spot, with
sout any relief 10 the broken hearted.
/ ResolUsd, That in the death of Maj. Venable the
Country has lost able and efficient foreign Minis
ter,-that our community has sustained heavy loss,
and that We deeply sympathiTs with his much dis
tressed family.
RESOLVED, That the confdesce of our departed
friend in this community, as expressed by him pub
licly, "thst he felt he was leaving his family in good
hands" shall not be betrayed
ResoLUed That the "Home Journal" and Nashville
papers be requested to publish these proceedings,
and that we furnish the family of the deceased a
copy,
The meeting was addressed by Messrs COlysr,
Turney, Garner Estll and Baird, in short, feeling
and pathetic NeulOgies upon the character Of the
hOnored deadA