, 1863-05-25
THE LATE JUDGE MlNlERRE.
Adjourned Meeting, of the
Bar.
ApDRE9 SES BY PROMl.
NEMT LAWYERS,
The Funeral Services and Address
Of Rev. r. ". Patterson.

The bar, held at the Circuit Court room, on
Saturday afternoon, was the largest Assem-.
b1age Of the kind ever Convened In this city.
All, with one accord, seemed possessed with
the desire to give fitting shape to the occa-
| sion. And each for himself said, Judge Ma
nierre is gene, but as ne respected and loved
him while living, 60 will we honor him when
dead.
The room was heavily draped in mourning,
and the eorrowful countennnccs and fearful
eyes Of those present, accorded well with the
sombre festoonfng. The window In the rear
OF the Judges chair was hung with two large
American flags, also trimmed with mourn
ing cmblems; and the chair itself, together
with the desk in front, was completely Gov
cred with the sad insignia Of peoples grief,
That the distinguished dead held the CONT
dencc and regard Of thu members OF the bar.
no one WHO attended the meeting will care to
deny.
His Honor ]. NJ. Wilson took the Clerks
chalr at few minutes past three, and an-
nounced that the honr Of adjournment had
| arrived and that the first business would be
| the report OF the Committee on Resolutions.
Tlos. uoyne, esq, Chairman OF the Com
|
RESOLUTIONS.
| WHEREAS, It has pleased Almighty God in his
| witdom to remove from among us the Honorable
| gorge Manierrc, Judge Of the Seventh Judicial
Circuit Of the State Of Illinois. in the prime of his
ycars, and in the midst Of his usefulness, and
WAEnEAs. 1t il eminenily fitting that the Bar
Of Chicago, BY whom the lamented deceased was
60 mnch loved and honoFed, e3louid express their
| fore
Retofred, That In the death Of Judge Manicrre,
the State Of Illinois has lost citizen as noble and
tEue-hearted rs any who lives in her broad ex-
panse-the scat OF Justice Judge worthy Or all
confidence and respect-aaa the Bar and q large
and borrowing circle of relatives aud friends,
member Of the1f society whose exalted peE=osial
character, did him and them more honor than
even the high ft.tion which he so worth'ly alleA
Reto1ted, That in the untimely death OF Judge
Manierse. The Bar, and the whole community. hlve
lost IN officer unsurpassed in the Possession Of all
bcantify and adorn tic judicit Offices profound
and accurate law ger, just faithful and iaborious
Judge. ard a kind, urbane, mud courteous geatlc-
man.
Res0sred, That the Bar, while feeling it impos-
s!bls ~ any proceeding Of theirs, on this melan-
cho]y OCCASION to staunc the arteries Of love no
OF regard and duty. to tender TO the afflicted widow
and family OF the deceased, this respectful token
1 thfr M IN s,n9s1e ana heart:. ;ympathy with them,
Nett*fed, That the chairman Of this meeting do
appoint one member Of the bar to present thes,.
|
in session. and to each Of the courts IN this city.
| with the request Of the bar that they may DC
| spread upon their records
| Res6tred, That the Secretary Of this meeting DO
l forward copy OF these resolutions 10 the willow
and family OF the deceased. and that th: same be
published in the city pspere, and also in news-
| paper publ shed At WAuRegat'. IN Lake county
HestIred. That Us futthcr tribute Of respect to
tic cscEory Of the distinguished dead, the whole
proceedings Of this mectin. b. published in pamph
| let tosm. And that file Bar in body, do accom-.
I TuIy frfvT T11 uni
| do wear the usual bad.e Of mourning foz thirty
days.
| ADDRESS OF MR.. uoYSE
Mr. Hoyne said that since the adjournment
Of The Committee, and after consultation be.
tween the Chairman and himself, steps had
been taken to SECURE as good i portrait Of the
deceased ls could be Obtained under the cir
cuulttances to place in the Law Library. The
public wtre acquainted With tho main facts OF
Judge Malicrrc's life, but he would ;,lilde 10
one or TWO circumstances, to which attention
hid not been called In 1873 or '34, Judge
MaIlierrc was a literary writer Of considerable
n'e1it ard many OF his poetical pieces and
| tales found admission in the New York Azbo,s,
4 PAPER for which Irving, Morris and Willis
| were then contributors. It Was his habit tn
find RELAXATION from the study of the law in
writing for the New York papers, a practice
| which he continued until he left New York,
Judge Mauierrc had i great aversion to the
his death will not be mouraed as !. national
calamity, is that he despised the cost Of self
respect ut which political preferment is pur-
chased.
Hc was man Of broad and vigorous views,
and always good counsellor. The feelings
Which governed him in all the relations Of
t llte were best knoHntO the speaker VINO WAS
dependent upon him, and Indebted to him, for
a!l nc possessed: The speaker briefly reviewed
the history Of the DECEASED. He fully and
rhHrS oil ,l@-s,.
upon him, and after his six years term in the
Judgeship, the people discovered his worth
When the speaker remembered the former
satisfaction the Judge took in literary pur-
abandoned Ills former relaxation, aiiing that
he was wearing himself ont. The Jud, % re.
piled: "1f1 could not discharge my duties,
had no business to take tllctn." The last
e1toIt If his mind in his dying moments, was
the rendition Of Judgment. All they eonld
Defendant "p1aintitf,'' and a few minutes
after, bis tycs saw the last of earth. There is
no pain in the retrospect Of Judge Manicrre'a
life; no apprehension about looking over his
past, and ftarless1y We may challenge that
life IS one that every member OF the bur may
emulate.
| GEO. c. BATES, ESQ.
The speaker, :ftcr alluding TO the mourn
fulnc>s Of the occasion, said:
In the summer Of 1885, met, for the flr5
tine, him whose death we this day dep1ore
and whose funeral uration can be mutely, bu
most sloquently p5onounss,ed ey the silent % !,
you tit, this hall itself, aud these mourniu
habilimcnts Of the grave seem to syInpathIse
as they stand nronnd, like 30 1nuny inajrsti,
mou'ne1s; and Ill Of them In language thai
We can all read and understand, till US tina
the very first moment that be came here, ht
took his position, as q staid, candle
. industrious, careful student, WHO, while
!, always avoiding all efforts to ut
TRACT undu'y the attention of his neighbor:
| and bis acquaintance, was yet daily and
honrly furnishing and Frightening that char
acter and armor which lc was to veal
through life, and which shonc brighter and
: clearer down to tlie very moment when dis
ease summoned him from this sacred temple
dedicated to Justice on earth, to thl1
hgaacr hgas ,,1 md hGieT m IT, temple "not ads wIt
life, and bis gradual ascent from the hum
blest position 1T the bar to the loftiest ant
nobleet official promotions that true lawyer
can desire, It behooyes me not to speak Iii:
: carly companion, his life long friend. he VIII
was with him in the first budding ef youthful
hopes, and " on whose fond breast his rastin.
a Eonl Tcclined,' has said all that truc friend
ship, correct aud classic taste may dictate, n,
5 the eloqucncc of the heart may Utter Or
e coming to the bar, or SOM thereafter, he be
c came associated with Mceker, and from thai
period down to 1857, wien I lcf
: my peninsn1ar home, on the other side o.
Lake Michigan, to try my fortunes on thu
. shores IF the gentle and beautiful P.rittc
their office Was always, during my solourn il
c Chicago, my place Of business, my temp orar,
!. lonnging spot, my legal and practical hou,:
)" and with each succeeding year I waz dravr
b closer aud closer to hIul. aud although our
= lasts ard pursuits and habits were as diverse
rs the poles, yet my admsration, my conf
dence and my respect and regard for hin
n rpcned more and more. Many and many ;
b summer eve, have Mceker, Aauierro and my
n self, iE,.years long gone, sat By the softeaei
: twilight, or u,tllowcd tones Of the harrcs
= moon, in their cheerful and home like office
and discussed our varied pIlus, pursuits
l | hopes and expectations, now ended aud di.
elpated forever, for Meeker was long sinca
exttnguished In darkness. Manierre ha
| gone to his premature grave, and sir, desc
late aud homeless stand here, almost stran
!, ger In these places, once SO familiar, so dea
/ to me.
! I knew George Manicrrc thoroughly and int
nately, and nobler or 4 truer man 1 neye
, | knew. Of simple and unaffected manners, hi
t character was marked with every lincameu
: of manlisess, integrity and honor Elevatio
t.,.the bench only developed and exposed to til
public eye the purity, the noblcness and tn
: intellectual power OF the quiet and mode;
l. young practitioner at the lar. He was q can
did, Impartial and righteous judge, an
his nature and Organization weT
!, such that he could have been none othc
q Shrinking from no responsibility, fearless
a the performance of every duty, seeking q
= ways to do right, and fearing nothing 50 mnc
l. as to even Bcem to bc wrong. lie was literal
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