Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-10-27
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on the twenty-fifth day of May, 1863, the
Res olutions, which now hand to the
Clerk, were unanimously adopted, and
was appointed by the Chairman to pre-
sent them to this Court, and to ask, in
the name of the Bar, that they be spread
of Record, now request the Clerk to
read the Resolutions. aaas isirf t.1
(The following Resolutions were then
read by the Clerk. sa is5 aag
F. iResoloed, That in common with the
army and the community we deeply re-
gret the death Of Lieut.. Col. James M.
Shanklin.s AT this Bar he won his first
reputation, he gave earnest of his re-
markable talents; here he gave token of
great future usefulness and promise of
rare distinction, The Bar gave him to
his country and fresh from professional
honors he won military fame.
His record as lawyer is no less hon
oroble than his reputation as a soldier is
brilliant, and to both he added the glory
of the patriot. We regret The dead hero,
We regret the departed advocate whose
eloquence We shall hear no more, but
most of all regret the loving and beloved
friend a N
Rosolred, That the members of the
Bar attend the funeral in a body.
Resolged, That these resolutions be
presented to the Circuit Court and the
Court of Common Please, by gentlemen
appointed by the Chair, and that they
move the Courts, respectively to have
them entered of record.
ResoEUed, That we tender to the fami-
ly of the deceased our warmest sympa-
thies for the loss they have sustained in
the death of an husband and father, as
well as that .of beloved son, and sim
cerely condole with them in this sad and
sudden bereavment.
Resolred, That the Secretary be in
instructed to hand a copy of these pro-
ceedings to each of the city papers for
publication, and that copy be handed
TO the family of the deceased.
The custom, your Honor, of paying
this tribute OF respect to the mem ory of
our legal brethren who drop by the way
side in the noon of life, or who are
gathered to their fathers in ripe old age.
surrounded by all that makes old age
respectable, is not new one 1t seems
appropriate that the Courts should unite
with the Bar in these testimonials. An
Attorney at Law. is an officer of the
Court. Heis the adviser and counsel !
lor of the Court 1t is from the argu-
ment and learning of the Bar that the
Court may move easily and correctly
arrive at these decisions upon which
hang all that makes life valuable to the
citizen-prosperity, security, liberty, and
life ITSELF 1t is with this view that the
Bar now presents these resolutions to the
Court, and asks its concurrence in this
last tribute of respect to the memory of |
a respected and beloved Brother.
The tribute is on this occasion. the
more appropriate, because Lieut.. Col. |
James NJ Shanklin was, for several
years before hls appointment in the army
the Prosecuting Attorney of this Court.
These walls, sir, are yet vocal with the ell |
oquence ofthis remarkable man, who hile |
yet youth, took his place among us in
high official position and bore himself so
well that all did honor to his talents and |
and his zeal, It is not necessary, your
Honor, thatI should enterinto a search |
ing analysis.of his characteristics as law
yer. Our profession is iealour mistress
and demands many years ofpractice and |
study before she crowns her devotees |
with the high reputation of the great |
lawyer. The edifce of a great lawyers |
fame is built of heavy blocks of granite,
requiring years of labor and of applica-
ton. o. l.s4ss.sfqd s,.e =5a5a
Lieut.. Col. Shanklin had done
much during the few years that he was /
at the Bar. He had impressed US all |
with respect for his talents, aud every /
person familiar with his course and con-
duct prophesied for him a name and rep
utation as lawyer We remember, sir,
that we, and the Grand Juries whom he |
advised, were astonished at the facility
with which he seemed to have mastered
the most intricate principles of criminal /
law. He was remarkably quick, ener- I
getic and jealous, and was possessed of
a power of illustration and fuency of
language which he made available in ad-
dressing the jury. Your Honor remem-
bers his peculiar powers of wit and hu-
NOR, and how difficult sometimes it was
for the Court to preserve the decorum of
the place, when jury, bar, and the outer
audience were convulsed with laughter
at his ininiitable anecdotes. He threw
himself, mind, soul, and body, into his
cases, negiecting no means to secure a
verdict. He was well read, scholarly
and literary in his tastes Few young
men ever came to the Bar so well adapt
ed by education and By natural qualities
to succeed in this great intellectual To-
rum; few, sir, ever started life so bril-
liantly, and few have fallen so soon. He
died in his twenty-eighth year. He had
gone through many dangers and expo
sures, had seen the military life in all its
phases, had been wounded and prison
er, and came home to meet death, which |
had sought and missed him on three
fields of battle, where many of his COM
rades had been killed at his side
His conduct as a soldier scarcely en-
iers into the province of these re-
marks, But, having been long and