New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-13
PUBLIC MEETINGS
TUE LATE JUDGE JAY.

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!rs',.s3y was elected Chairman, and JOHN r. 'h''
ps'Sse RonrR1soS, upon taking the chair, bnehy
,onnced the objects Of the meeting. e.rov;o,
'gTe Hon WILLIAM NELSON moved '"c io'''"'"o
rsg, since the s, Of the Court Of ths no Wa
"a Of death has removed from anoux Us Of the Court
~ nor Pleas whose ofioa career was 80. "a g.,
ave esipes % . NV Uniform toward the ba, snd
with WHOM be brougnl of in..jne toward
~ s eineut usefulness and every yItu. @ 70 as ~
sb.ncter thus securing for hlh hsf,,e sns
es rb,, mi, meeting take this oPP1itanity 20 express
.ymPsy y,sIes sIlh iIs y sustain by hi, death
he Ss. Judge JAY BY the purity and 'lapey Of bis
he ~ Is de benefit Of hs ielowuen by his strict JUS
o. b. hatred Of oppression and wrong by or upon whom
III. conduct and sustained and cheered him at the ter
sos Of eseer has left behind him example worthy
or .Udious imitation and that the with which
ss character Of departed friend were nentioaed
yevhere Illustrate. he Truth 81 the inspired declaration 'aa
ps 1hs, his Honor Judge Robertson Is hereby requested
e.s;s me Ss. If s c"n,y Court Of hi. county and that
~ cert Of said Court be- directed to transmit copy 20 the
M. NrIsos spoke Of his relations to the family Of
ne edeceased commencing with the late John JaY, the
rccrruptible s'atesman and upright Jurst, and went
\ tossy that William Jay had ever proved himsel
,ahy of his parcntage. He rected his virtues, and
al that his example was worthy one and safe to
4 mfste. -
4 Mr. ROBERT S. HART seconded the resolution with
II npyopriate remarks.
| prdre ROBERTSON ,aid that before pntting the mo-
ian he felt constrained to Join in Offering this tribute
| The memory Of Judge Jay, aud after some appro-
nste remarks the resolutions were put and adopted.
| Al the opening Of Court on motion Of Mr.. NELSON,
| ts proceedings were ordered to be engrossed upon
/. be records.
MEETING OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
| Al the regular monthly meeting Of the New York
lu;.orcal Society, Mr. JoHS X. BRODHEAp ann ounced
bs dscease of William jay distinguished member of
L;. Society prominent statesman aud jurist, well
la man Of letters and conclu led by moving the fol-
Tbs York Historical Society has received with deep
m announcement Of the decease Of one OF Its eare.
s,rbers William Jay. He the surviving Of one OF
M pres. patriots and most upright men who aided in forming
he kpnble Of the United States Trained by such father
~ ga, accomplished scholar eminent citizen, just
Jsdsp candid and benevolent as man. aud sincere as
c Il . fitting hSs ae oi be- s. sSsp"on.s e
Rlssl in the death Of the late Judge William jay
h, Historical Society hes lost Of s most useful
nd respected members. 10 whom It bas been often greatly IN
ed and whoae nsnie II esteems among the most iuusou
ps aud his surviving associates while they remember that he
~ called away in the npeness of honorable years mourn ms
Esi That COPY Of this record st,e.ted BY the proper
Eers the Society be communicated to the ay ol the de-
ssd with the Of our sympathy m then great De-
The Rev. DIR. OscooD seconded the motion, and we
i've the substance Of his remarks:
II NAV be well, NJ. President, in secondlng these
npropfiate resolutions, to say few words on the
5sracter Of the deceased, the part Of few men,
Ira Of the society who shout year ago visited hun
a bis seat in Bedford while we were on an errand IN
6st peighborhood, your Committee. 1t was on
magnificent Autumn dsy that we rode through that
BEAUTIFUL country 10 note some OF the scenes oi An
des iragica adventures and tn examine the house In
shich he was for a time prisoner.
We were guests Of Judge jays son, and the whole
nsiyhkorbood was memorial of the family history
fg three generations The broad domain was skirted
| bya belt of naples which had been planted by the
deceased himself and which, now In their autumh6l
robes Of gold and crimson, more than rlvaed thelI
xernl bloom and were no napt symbol Of the good
fd age which, to true mlnd Is not Only wiser out
even more beautiful than youth. Surely the man OF
three score and ten, whose affections are sun Hesn
whose hope is earnest whose faith IS strong ana HIS
love uufading is deaIcr to God and humanity than
youth with its impusive and often wayward enthus'
ssm and uniting that confidence with manly WISDOM,
lhe GENIAL old man enters the kndom OF heaven as
LITTLE child We did not suppose that q single year
could work such change i'll the family, and that the
maple rows that apparently for miles were hanging
out their crimson banners over the trophies OF the
venerable planters industry, would SO soon hod theh
up the path Of the funeral procession that bore his
body TO the grave.
We called to see Judge Jay at evening, and were
received by him with his usual hospitality lie invited
Is into the rooms which had been occupied by ms
hther the Chef-Jusice, and showed us the desk and
secretary which that first iurist among the Fathers of
The Republic had fau.llarly used. The hour or two
tlere passed made the old Revolutionary times
seem Gke Yesterday and brought the Chef-Jus-
fee with his ilustrious associates at once into
our home circle No man among the National
Fathers not even Washington himself, better repre-
sented the principle of recttude OF summary justice
than John Jay and the ethical element that so strong
y marked his private character entered largely ihto
lis public administration, and did most to exalt the
tone of our early nationality. The son, William Jay,
whose nane we now commemorate, had the same char
caterstic trait, and although honorcd as Judge and
statesman, he was perhaps more prominent as a
.,I h.. h..lH al. N
theOogians Of the country and the age The father
mantle fell upon the son, and they both stand before
the nation among the spotess names OF our history
SIR: have read lately, IN one oi the most absurd
vet most suggestive books of our day. the Catechsio
of Auguste Comte that it is proposed by that boosted
chief of the Positivis school to found new religion
with nice sacraments which are Intended To suppaht
the old Catholicism, and consecrate our poor humanity
h, ritual AT once august and philosophical The last
NJ these nine sacraments TO be the rite OF lncorpora-
ton aud il is TO be required of the Postvist disciples
that some years after man death his fnends
shs meet together to sit In solemn Judgment upon h
10 decide the question whether he has been mere di-
yesting machine, whose dissolution did but complete
That work Of manuring the soil to which his lie had
been mainly devoted, or whether he mas ocen true
man. with the spirit of universal humanity WITHIN MN.
II the latter decision could be honestly gwen, then
the deceased received the order OF incorporation,
and was to be sulemnly registered as neni-
ber of that immortal body Of humanity: Now,
Sir, without adopting any new faith, but
abiding by the old, or without waiting for seven
years to sanction the Judgment may believe that
Providence itself takes the memory of all true men
INTO it's own keeping aud unites them to the contnu-
life Of the race. In sober Christians thought,
without a fantastic Frenchmans vagaries, We must
regard John and'Wiam Jay, the father and the son,
as Incorporated by the hand of Providence into the
le Of the nation snd into the body Of humanity itself
by the act Of God that DEGREES that the memory OF the
lust is blessed Homer to the father aud son. In life
they were lovely and now in death they not di-
Weed.
DIR. A. IL. STEVENS spoke briefly:
The Pr, sident, Mr. LUrnER BRaDIsH, then put the
motion adopt the resolutions, and they.Eefe carried
Unanimously TIE Society then adjourned.