The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-12-05
DEATH or .JUDGE ECCLEST0N
C0UET or APPEALS OF MARYLAND. !
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December Term, 1860.
December 3.-Court met. Present Chief Jus
tce Legrand, Justices Frck and Bartol
Hon. Alexander Randall, after reading the pro-
ceedings Of the Baltimore Bench and Bar upon the
occasion of the death Of Judge Eccleston concluded
his remarks by saving:
Though in a moment, almost in the twinkling of
an eye, the summons came for him to leave this
world, we have the holy hope that it was not met
before he had made preparation for that which is
TO come. lt was, are informed, Immediately
after Judge Ecclestcn had, in the solemn service Of
that Church in which he had fer many wears been
a faithful worshipper, again offered his body and
soul reasonable, holy and living sacrifice unto
God, that he was called into His awful presence.
II 10 i've be to prepare to die, and to die pre-.
pared be to live eternallv then have we corsoIa-
ton in this death. 1t is in the contemplation of the
lives and deaths of such men as Judge Eccleston
that We may ferventy unite in the Prophets :
prayer Let me die the death Of he righteous, and let
ny iost end be like his.
Chief Justice LeGrand, in substance repIied as
follows: Judge EccestOn was q man of great
purity of fcharacter. lie was practical Christian
Tree from cant and bigotry. With him, the faith
fui performance of official duty was an obligation
which assumed the force of religious induction
The recorded results of his judicial abors have for
years, furnished to the profession abundant eyi-
dence OF his erudition, and of the unfag-
ging love of Justice which he brought to the
consideration Of every question submitted to
his judicial mind But whilst this is con-
spicuous in all his opinions the extent of his
laoofs WaS as IL Coud be IN the nature of the
known Only to his colleagues on the Bench who
daily had occasion to note his labors and the scru-
pulousneSs with which he weighed every incident,
however slight, a. the digent care with which
he endeavored to anaiyze every authority supposed
to have a bearing on the with which he was
> dealing.
His idea of the duty of Judge was, that he
should announce the law as he found it to be- and
not to make il; according to his best Judgment he
steadfastly adhered to this theory.
Whilst firm in his purposes he amiable in dis.
position and respectful to the opinions of others;
| his department always that of the gentleman.
He was good man; upright and fearless Judge.
In the memory of bis stainless life a citizen, and
In the contemplation of his pure and able conduct
as magistrate, his children and bereaved relatives
! and friends must find consolation in their grief
! The members of this Court heartily minge their
sorrow with that of the rest OF the community and
with them sincerely deplore the loss which all sus
tam IN his death. As an additional mark Of re-
! sPect TO his memory, the courtroom will be order
| eo TO be draped in mourning, and the Court will
stama adjourned until tomorrow morning.
Iherg1pon the Court adjourned until to-inor-
Hart, the sculptor, has contracted with the citi
zehs OF Louisville, Kv., to cut the statue of Henry
| Clay for $4,000 The work will be done at Flor