The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-05-15
Meeting of the Bar and Citizens of
Raleigh in honor of the late George

ISaUSeTs
Pursuant to previous notice a meeting of
the Bar of this City, attended by many of our
best citizens, assembled in the Court House
at O'Clock Saturday evening last, to do
honor to the memory of our distinguished
fellow citizen, the late George E. Badger
We noticed among the members of the Bar
present, the Hon. Charles Manly, who was
called to the Chair, the Hon. B. F. Moore,
Ex-Gov. Bragg, Hon. S. II. Rogers, Hon. K
P. Battle, l.. p Olds. Esq, and many Others
Among the citizens present we noticed His
Honor, the Mayor, +. B. Freeman, Esq, Chas.
Dewey, A. Miller, G. B. Harrison, J. A.
McKimmon, DR.. Mason, Capt. Lawrence, DIR.
VIM G. Hill, Jesse Brown, DIR. Lacy, c. B.
Root, Gen. Cox and the members of the
Press.
On taking the Chair Gov. Manly address
I'd the meeting as follows:
F6lloac-eitizeos and FelIotc-nenaJers Of the Bar
If had the intellectual or physical ability
1t this time to deliver an eloquent eulogiunl
upon the death of our friend, this is not the
occasion nor this the.audience for which l
should deem it necessary to do so. From a
very long and intimate acquaintance with
the deceased, commencing with our boy
hood, and reaching to the termination of his
'ife-after period of fifty years or more of
intimate political social and personal friend
:hip, without having cloud intervening be-
tween us-I think it, perhaps, not inappro-
pirate to give to many here, who did not
know the early history of Mr.. Badger and
his career, few facts that may, perhaps, in
terest them.
He was born on the 18th of April, 1895,
md was seventy-one years of age last month.
He was poor young man. Having receiv-
ed from his uncle, Bella Badger, of Philadel-
phia, portion of his education, he came to
New bern and studied law in the office of his
kinsman, the late John Stanly He came
here in the summer of 1916 to obtain Ii
cense Che then only twenty-one years of age,)
20 go into Court. 1t was then that 1 first
became acquainted with him. He obtained
his license and returned to Newbern. and in
the course of that summer, he was elected a
member of the Legislature from the town of
Newbern. He came here boy. the youngest
man in the Assembly, though of rare promise
and attachments, extraordinary colloquial
ability and fine debating power, and instant
ly took position that no other man had
known or thought-hke a meteor that had
shot down among them, no one knowing from
whence it came l remember it we'll
The late Chief Justice Ruffin, who was at
that time member of the Legislature from
the town of Hilsborough', was elected, dur
ing that session, Judge of the Superior
Court Being attracted by the brilliant
talent developed at so early period in Mr.
Badger, he invited him to go to Hillsboro,'
take his bundle of papers with him, and
stay there. He did So He took his prac-
tice in the Courts and very early became dis
tinguished as one of the leading members of
the bar, as he was While on this circuit,
q forget how long,) he married the daughter
of Gov. Turner in the town of Louisburg,
where he lived but short time before he
was elected judge of the Superior Court
l demonstrating there at the time when
William Moore, member of the Legisla-
ture from that County, who was a friend of
Mr. Badgers, came home with post haste to
let us know he was elected. I remember
the joy we all had in having civic process
sion at night-men, women and children
rejoicing about the news. After while his
wife died and hemarried again-the daugh-
ter of the late Col. Polk, by whom he had
two children. After some few years she
died and he married the accomplished
lady who is now his wife, Wherever he
went he made his mark on account of his in
dependence and his great skill in the man
agement of a cause he took a case up and
pursued it without reference to party. He
continued but a short time Judge; the at
fractions of lucrative practice were too