Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-09-22
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.z.eler Of Grief Justice Gibsou
49,, from his Eulogy on Judge Gibson.
nv nos. WI. A. PORTER.

r.. manner of reaching his conclusions,
I'm, his opnious, was we'll known. Ii
~ y, '..r,J that lie took little part in the con-
'..-.;-,. cf the bench, communicating his
i-''.'-r r.r,I,y 10 snort detached sentences,
''', .-c.r', q, all, but when lie did. hitting
'.''',,r, :, ,r,rt roipt, and difusing additional
We WE no The plnciples in question. When
,;ots3 70 denver the opinion, he generally
", on examination Of the authorities. and
,,.o,s. Il must Ue admitted, too brief an
-.n;,s.iou. LIS habi; was then chief fly to
Gag vi.suut the aid Of his pen, aud out of
.a,..sa Of books Hc did this III his cham
IN fIe street. ~ the table, sometimes on
,,-,,b during the progress OF other causes,
Il r,t unllequcu:ly IN the public room of
.b,l. IeIsoIs who approached him on
=. occasions, were struck with. and some
n-f,uqeQ At, his absracted aud careless
:. 10 those WHO knew what lie was doing,
FL. .sr,'Y con gt4ioed of his difficulty III
s,.lpiyg ou what principles 10 pitch the
r.s-nitEuUt .ucuuonIng It particularly.
!. id all tho i~Jur ut thought before be
,ra..ced to w.ite. and he never wrote -un-
EtaAN ~ iCIS I9C N'-Sdll, tue hGi
slice. were formed IN his mind, and when
.pln,l the pen, he rarely laid it aside
NJ. tue ouluiou had Ieeu completed. The
tcauu.u. aud iegible character of Lis
l.Briuug, and lis freedom from. era>Gre.
,..i those who read his manuscripts To
rg5sa that lie transcribed them, but IhIs was
. mn .srets. /. ever, done he had too little
| it..,....r tl,, 10
sa,t it. Such method OF wiring uu-
:...a.y possessed many advantages 1t
pys BIS iuv logical powers tuIi play. 1t cnu-
IrJu;aa - tuat condensation winch forms
| g. o. the alstluctiyc features Of his writings.
I; enabled Ein 10 proceed with directuess
|IcA: 10 his conclusions, and TO maze every
l.y. Dy.at 10 :. from the Irot seutuncc 10 the
Is; No repetition occurs We see each
lie. but once, -4l need LUt count on seeing
.yru the shallow Of II, more than once.
.Hkying aiaays s.4.cl.Iug 10 do aLcad. the
ueu speut Ly more JilIe on the thought in
lsHd Fbaa was necessary 70 cpiupiets l.. lie
lIoes precisely where he vas to cud before
\2guu.us, %uG L1 avoided all tue difficulties
those writer's who begin - write wheu
beg,u - skunk, &4t, so.ICt!mcs before 1t,
VII produce works rc.eai bling, foe the
:t ,-~t. he patch g0r& embiazoned 0n tht
.a tcl. 4 German hou-ckeGpoTs. and g!v-
i, sv}cace not TO be mistaken, OF TIE
~ PLACES - which they have been joined
r:1t lie diverse and heterogeneous mate
n, "; II which they have been composed
liz most casual reader Of Judge Gibson
;-caa must have observed how seldom ht
..sses 20 give any history Of the decide
He AID nov invariably he puts The dect
= gglu some .eaurls principle Of the law
ilrlg but Il a .cH cases tOr the purpos-
I as,vatioE, or to show their exception L
J. general ruis, aud how ali this is doAr
r4 tie ease ana skill which betoken til
a. q Z master.
j ju-is,, Judge Gibson was ardeutl.
n:rai 10 the principles OF the common law
5 love cf them bcaus Ia bis Writings u
Lc..yn will beam in Che human u"uuteu
laes. lie uot only lJokyt on lLsm with III
admiration yf an artIst, as SynLetrical an
ssagiiig parts Of grea; fabric, Lat he =
Ii'a,I them as the best rampant winch til
4m5u scase Of mankind has yet tAyown U
i;ust the despotism OF the AlGg or ii
lgo. Of yhr purse or the sword. " . sha
.ass';er SOC lat the last ;hilg he wrote I,
...IcsrIoy was a declaration OF his unsGake
-lrv 70 the doctrines of the con nuou Law
ca,I of the language winch he appiIeI
Ike Kennedy, might as justly have bee
ured Of himself, for, like Byron, in man
Is characters. he WAS probably describin
self. without seeing that the world wou
gu;zc the portrait: He ciuDg to t.
a-Ayu law like a child to its nurse, AMI ho
aucA ue crew from it may be seen in h
@l!.as which, by their elaborate minut,
los. remind Us OF the oyerfulness Of Coke
he Chief = ustlce was also an admirer Of ol
9,lD.yIyania system Of law, IN which Il
Hsiautjal principles OF equity are apple
star the forms of the common law. III
'oier is that in any case they should ha'
oal separated To appoint oEe judge
Sl:e he law, and another to do cquit,
'aS Ike creating one Imam all head, al
oo.-a ali heart. TO execute the law upo
'H;o's person or property, and to a,to
"a 10 tie meantime to apply to Court I
1;'.J for relief, or to turn him out of I'll
aasr because his case bas no equity in
'ld the assurance that lac will have 10 DIFF
~! IN recovering III court of law
's' words, 10 permit two different rules
ga e''v on the same subject, TO press {
: same subject. on the same man, at ii
sue time, Is state &c things which the ma
osnklnd will never understand, if each il
@1cat maa should rival the patriarclIs
,5rm Of natural life. From tile day VIII,
~ A'sSIne uttered bis quie. humor on tt
leot down to the publication of Blei
use tue seVerest sarcasms on this state
4Ss have been flung into the faces of lay
-, 49,, "m"oat tie possibility of turning Il
guy Of one Of them The Pennsylvau
.,el OF law is among the few that ha,
~, m,asureably free from the reproach
'a the learned and the unlearned ha
/; cohsp'red to hurl at the whole scieuc
NJ natural that the mind of man Ill
se G!baon, who bad done so muoh to a
~ tlis system. aud who had witness,
sHlaes which the legal world seem'
~ towards II. shonla take soIas pride