The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-03-03
Tribnts 10 Memory OF Hon. James
sleWart, OF mans1ieId, ohio.


At the opening of the Court of Common
Pleas of Ashland County at its present
session, the following proceedings were
had in relation to the death of Hon.
James Stewart. j. W. Smith, Esq in
behalf of the Bar arose and addressed
the Court as follows:
May it please the Court-In behalf
of my brethren of the Bar, it becomes my
painful duty to announce to this Court,
that since our last term, it has pleased
God in his Providence, to remove by
death, our distinguished brother, Judge
James Stewart, of Mansfield. He died af-
ter q very brief illness, at his residence
on the 18th instant. One month since,
be was in attendance at this Court, appa-
rently healthy and in the full enjoyment
Of both physical and intellectual vigor.
Little did he, or any of as, then think
that his last effort in defence of his client
at this bar, would be his last upon earth.
True it is, nevertheless, that he who has
for more than twenty years past held
40 prominent a position amongst us, both
as a lawyer and Judge, and upon whom
we have all so long been accustomed to
look with admiration and respect, is no
more.
1t is not my purpose to pronounce a eu-
logy upon the life and eminent character
of our deceased friend; but it is due to
his memory at least, to say, that as a
practitioner at the Bar be maintained, as
he justly merited, g high position ; as an
advocate, he had but few %superiors in the
State; his honesty and fidelity to his eli
ent's interest, united with his known
abilities and uDtiring zeal, won the fullest
confidence of the people and rendered
him to the profession an object worthy of
emulation. As Judge he was i~ncorruptible;
and although firm and decided in his own
opinions, yet his sympathies and all the
noblest impulses of his nature, were ever
enlisted on the side of justice and human
ity. H. this sudden and unexpected af
Fiction the voice of warning comes home
to US with peculiar emphasis. Does it not
my brethren speak to us in thunder tones
and impress upon our minds with renewed
force, the importance of the sacred injunc-
ton q be ye also ready" for the great
change which awaits us.
As a further expression of the feelings
of the Bar, 1 will read the proceedings of
a meeting held for that purpose, on the
10th instant, and as a tribute of respect
10 the memory of the dead, l am request
ed to ask of this Court an order that they
be entered upon the Journal, and that the
Court now adjourn till to morrow morn
ing.
The proceedings were then read as fol
lows:
At a meeting Of the members of the Bar of
County held on the 10th inst, in the
office of Messrs. Fulton L McCombs, upon mo-
Of ". B. McCarty,J j. W. Smith was appoint
ed Chairman. and j. j Jacobs, Secretary. The
then briefly stated the object OF the
meeting to be, to take some action in regard to
the death of fudge James Stewart of Mansfield.
who had held the position of Judge of our court
Of CO mmon Pleas, as also that of a distinguished
of our Bar. Upon motion of Wm- os-
born, a committee of five was appointed to
1raft resolutions expressive of the sense of the
The COMMITTEES were VIM. Osborn,
7. S. Fulton, T.. ]. Kenny, W. B.. McCarty, and
Slocum. The COMMITTEES then presented the
.ollowing resolutions, which were unanimously
RESOLVED, That we have heard with feelings
If profound regret of the decease of Judge
James Stewa art Of Mansfield, who was SO lately
with us in the full tide OF successful practice aud
in all thevigor and usefulness of manhood, and
hat We deeply feel the loss which the profess
and society have sustained in his death.
RESOLVED, That We cherish the highest res
oect for the learning, integrity and amiable
lual ties which characterized the deceased in
various relations as Judge, member of the
Bar, a neighbor and citizen and thar. to testify
shese sentiments. we will wear the usual badge
If mourning for thirty days.
RESOLVED, That We sincerely syInpathizs
With the afflicted family in this their great be-
vemenE
RESOLVED, That the Chairman of this meeting
transmit a copy of these resolutions TO the fami
y of the deceased and prescntthe proceedings of
his n~.eetingapd these resolutions to the Court
# Common Pleas at its next term and move the
,ame be entered ON the records thereof
RESOLVED, That the proceedings of this meet
ng be published in the papers OF this pace and
Mansfeld.
J.W. SMITH. Chm.
u JACOBS. Sec'y.