, 1865-11-17
TEE LATE GEN. SANDERS
Touching 1fibut1 - Els Meuaosy BY
M h CaIPe0teF, Esq.

4 ceedIngs in the Circpif Court Of Racine couu
: ~, Wis. on tho death OF Gen. Horace 7. San
Z aes. formerly = membar Of the bar Of ths
J. CITY. The following tribute 10 bis memoir.
was pronounced By II. e. Carpenter, Esq, o
I Milwaukee:
Z ma.y nay = please the Court It - i 1.ourntu
{ setion 10 mtns1e my voice n this mod
a sppf9pItate sndeAVox to place an the records
: ~ Gors 5ss SoMt lasting testima1ial of re9aEd
Of Professional toll, We hsye en,nc h.rs .oafs ost
! your honor On The bench md ourselyeF n thss
bar, 70 Perform ous rcspect ctiYe naT4a ~ ~ ~
mtnistsation Of tnssicc. the highest 1nsee ~ ~.
torm- In this mastering OF the priept, ~ ~ Pes- s
tics one form wanting one chair Il ,ac!as Nv
one familiar leader and navocate has nss:as;
. from earth to his duaf estate. II $3.50 Wa,s;.
: % sGange, iuxeed, If Eeshould assemble herss
snd depart hence, making no formal ment;e, iote
taking no ofclal notice, Of this larneuted pro.
fesaional bereavement. e'o'
hare known General Sanders long md
we'll have estecmed him - = nun. nd
mired him as an advocate, loved him as a
friend and It was With no cousnon grief that
g fe~ dsys sfnce, on the cars, 10 elanciu9 At
the morning paper, ! read that k tcas dad.
Within the ten days preceding his death he
had passed several days in my house, and had
left Tor temporary matter Of business In
Washington; and although he was then IN
broken health, 1 had no thought that be Was
so soon to enter the great darkness Of death !;
no thought that our sportive separation was
the last OF: our earthly intercourse He had
been In the military service, "hnd: won
golden opinions from all sorts Of meu - hsd
giTen his strong constitution to- his country,
and was lane gulshmg from the effects OF injury
received on fhefeld of battle, but be expected
and hoped, that time would heal bis Ills and
that he would Jet be spared for years to his
family and friends, But that parting was our
last, and be IS has entered into iis resk''
sanders had many peculiarities, and many
noble qualities. Ha WIS not, as lawyer,
patient and ploding; he was heeAless Of
,1,9Iy, ,m1,oIney, caneless Of h4me, neglected al the
! n.tie precautions oy Which little men climb
The ladder Of local ambition md business I
success. But be had. strong mind, sreat I
powers uf analysis, and In an eminent degree !
saas I'm 'as highest, ralest quality Of great law
yer. etear Judgment, sonnd sense lie saw at ]
onSe Ae point upon Which ease must turn. |
and "as never bcwilde1ed By any side ar
irFeievnnt considerations HIS preparations I
ior trlal was always N bis head, not IN his |
nat and be had the power. attributed to |
Napoleon, Of making the result Of struggle.
turn upon the point he selected. He neg-
lected all studied ornaments OF speech. bnt |
Piled fact upon fact, aud sryument upon i
argument md when the occaslon demanded,
ee could Ese and: carry biz theme into 4
qnence:. He vas an able md successful
advocate; always treated his opponent fairly
g4e st+o,,tTfh aH .Iu y ooWnf7ght honest
s,,ht a.sa ~ soasnt tns emu oesrea- NO little
anu.Si4aee, aa;:!e, An pefk4oggnF Trick, no special
Plsaelng, no prayer for costs under the code !; I
ont ne approached the naked merits or 3
cause, With manly resolution to beat or be
'neaten there and verdict secured, he left |
It 10 some subordinate Of the profession to |
worry the defeated party with 'tsupplement-
ary proceedings" Had be been; Ahylock,s
counsel, he might have commended for the |
true construction Of the bond. accordinp to p.
the strict Law Of Venice but successful In
that, he would have LETT 1t to slslock to
bzandish the knife and cut the pound 1E de,h:
or more likely, would have persuaded. h,m BY :
some meIcitul appeal, or turned him frum his !
purpose by some good. natured lest.
VITA The Qualities have mentioned, when
tne great rebellion burst forth, threatening | ?
be would be seducea hy marty rnns,ds-ations r
or ee oewldeEed With any nonsense about I
* staIe rights, from the real question which /
lnal fcheAfo1 presented, VIZ: whether the
toseznnenI should be supported or over a
tntq"n: Mlh the hrst firing upon Fort Sum- | {
ter ne talnea 10 the reacne Of the flag, and On
t1e stump At home, and On the battle fields | ),
o. ea ne south; he maintained By eloquent
moros u ana valiant deeds that there Was crime =,
~ =. tIeason, ana no mercy for traitors In nsms-
Inc nimsey metaphysics by which some =,
fttutipn, be held in cnnfennt on3 iornba.s ! w.