Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-02-21
The Late John M. s. Causin-Action of
 the Chicago Bar.
ELOQUENT TRIBUTES TO THE DECEAsFp

ELOQUENT TRIBUTES TO THE DECEASED. Pursuant to notice, meeting of thu members of the legal profession was held at 10 o'clock yesterday morning in the U $. circuit court room, to express the senti ments of the bar in relation to the deatI of Hon. John NJ. s. Causin. The meeting was largely attended, and throughout was one of the most impressive assemblies ot the kind we have ever witnessed.
 s. A. Goodwin, esq.,, called the meeting to order, and proposed the Hon. Thomas Drummond, Judge of the federal court, fol presiding officer. Concurred in.
 Judge Drummond, upon taking the chair, said
 GENTLEMEN-This meeting has assem- bled to pay tribute of respect to the memo " of our late brother, John M S. Causin l presume you were all startled, as I my self was, by the painful intelligence receiv- ed yesterday morning. It adds another to the impressive warnings we are constantly receiving, along the pathway of +llis life, that as we travel that path, death is all around us I was not acquainted with the personal history of the deceased; but he was one of the leading lawyers at the bar, and one of the best practitioners at the bar of the federal court. l must say that enter tained the highest respect for him, both for his character as a man and as a lawyer- There can be no doubt that he was man of distinguished ability If there was any defect in his mental organization, it was on account of the great subtley of his mind.- There was no man who at the bar of this court preceived more deecate points or made nicer legal distinctions. It is of course proper that he should not be per mitted to pass from the scenes of this earth ly labors without some observance on our part of the solemn occasion. We shall pass on, but in the brief journey of life that yet remains, we shall all of us preserve for him that is gone before us a green spot in our memory.
 w. D. Cassin, esq.,, was on motion, ap- pointed secretary of the meering.
 On motion of R. T. Merrick, esq.,, a com mittee of nine was appointed to draft reso- lutions expressive of the sense of the meet ing, viz: Messrs. Merrick, Judge Wilson, Van Buren, Larned, McAllister, s. w. Fuller, Clements, and McCagg.
 During the absence of the committee, re- marks were made by Messrs. c. B. Waite, G. R. H. Hughes, H. s. Fitch, Robert Rae and Wm. H. Hall.
 MT. Hall spoke from a sense of duty to the family and friends of the deceased, whom he knew very well. He had known the deceased twenty years. The elements which peculiarly distinguished his character were manliness, sincerity, and peculiar sensitiveness, amounting almost to irrita- bility. He came to the bar in Prince Georges county, Maryland, before 1887. He returned to St. Mary's, his native coun- ty, and in '37 represented that district in the legislature. In '43 he was again a representative. Afterwards he represented that district in Congress. He removed to Annapolis; was delegate in the constitu- tional convention of Maryland; and, in l84S, was presidential elector. In Con gross, he distinguished himself upon the question in regard to re-chartering the banks in the District of Columbia, upon tho Dorr case, and in the personal controversy between Messrs. Clingman and Yancy.
 The committee returned and submitted the following resolutions:
 RESOLVED, That we have heard with profound regret of the dccoase of our late brother John M. $. Causn.
 RESOLVED, That we feel in his loss that man has been called from among us whose mild urbanity of manners, noble and generous emotions, high and sensitive honor, endeared him to all that knew him. and made him an ornament of the society in which he moved.
 RESOLVED, That the members of the profession have, in the death of their brother, lost one who was profoundly learned in the law-of marked and diStlDpuIShpU 1bjlitV and plOpupDpp. WI ho Uoc in the discharge of his duties counsel and advo cate faithful to his client, true to himself, and manly, just and generous to his brethren, dealing in all of the departments of his profession and at all times under profound sense of his honor as man and gentleman.
 RESOLVED, That the memory of the many high and generous qualities possessed by our deceased brother should teach us that those qualities give professional life it's highest dignity, and render us more soicitous to cultivate and exhibit in lives and intercourse with each other and the world, the example of a virtuous life adorned by faithful, courteous and upright discharge of our professional duties.
 RESOLVED That the chair appoint member of the bar to present copy of these resolutions to the several courts of this city and ask that they be entered on the minutes, and that as further mark of respect to the deceased the United States court be requested to adjourn until tomorrow.
 RESOLVED, That copy of the proceedings of this meeting, together with these resolutions, be published in the daily papers of this city, the Bal timore Sun and National Inteligencer, and also that copy of the be sent to the family of the deceased.
 The intimate acquaintance ofMr. Merrick with the deceased beginning as it did when both were children, aud continuing until severed by the hand of death, justi6es us in giving his remarks without abridgement.
 NIP MEpPJcK'S pE,fapKc
 MR CHAIRMAN-I am instructed by the committee to report a series of resolutions expressive of the sentiments of this meeting and to move their adoption. In submit ting this report sir, it becomes my painful duty to accompany it with few remarks upon the melancholy occasion of our com ing together In the whole course of my life l have never been called to the perfor- nance of duty so full of sadness My heart is so full of the affliction which is upon us that l am not able to give utterance to it's emotions.
 Our friend and brother John M S. Can sin has been called from amongst us by the summons of Almighty God.
 From my earliest recollection I have known him well and intimately and he is connected with the dearest and most sacred recollections of my childhood, I first met him in my fathers home whilst I was child I cannot recall those days without too much emotion to proceed with these re- marks.
 He is dead, sir-,in the prime of life and manly vigor, in the midst of course of usefulness and honor he has been stricken down.
 As has been remarked by the chairman, we must not disregard the solemn warning which thus arrests us in the midst of life warning which has of late become fre- quent painfully frequent by repetition week after week, almost day after day, we are called together to mourn the loss of some