Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-04-12

SENATOR FooT's DEATH IN BURLING-
ToN.-We gave through a special tele-
gram in our yesterdays issue a brief no.
tice Of the proceedings Of the Chttten-
den County Bar at Burlington, on the
death OF Senator Foot We find in the
Burlington Times fuller particulars of
the Bar meeting. The following resolu-
tions were reported by E. J. Phelps,
Esq, on behalf of a committee of nine
appointed by the Bar:
ReSolred, That the members of this Bar,
in common with the whole people of Yer
mont, have received with profound sensibi-
ity and sorrow, the intelligence of the death
of Hon. Solomon Foot.
Reso7red That we regard this mournful
event, especially as occurring in the present
eXigenCy and crisis of public affairs, as a
serious misfortune, not to our own State
merely, but to the nation at large.
ReSolced, That in all the relations of the
life of our departed brother and friend, as
the eloquent advocate, the hOnored and be-
loved citizen, the Senator of consummate
ability and unsulied integrity the patriot
of tireless devotion, and the gentleman
without reproach he has been a distinguish
ed ornament to the State of his birth, in
whose service he died.
ReSolred. That the members of this Bar
will especially cherish his memory as one of
our own Brotherhood, sprung from our
ranks, and always near and dear to us all.
But while we mourn the loss we have suS-
tanned, we find just consolation in the re-
Election that it is not for him we are to de-
nlOrh-that tn u jfp iIlu- triC, nd C,,1
has come an end so peaceful, honored by
nations sorrow, and illuminated by the
Christians hope.
ReS0ired That these resolutions, and the
proceedings of this meeting be publicly
presented to the Chttenden County Court
now in session, with the respectful request
that they be ordered by the Judges to be en-
tered on the record; and that the Secretary
OF the Bar be directed to transmit a COPY of
, the same TO the widow of Mr.. Foot
On presenting the resolutions, Mr..
Phelps paid handsome tribute to the
/ deceased Senator, saying that he was
endeared TO the people of Vermont, on
account of his anxious desire to be
practically useful to his constituents
IN many ways and all ways. No public
| man within his knowledge had contrib
uted so much to the private and imme-
dlate benefit of his constituents as Mr..
Foot. This and the fact of his remark
able consideration for the personal rela-
tions Of all whom he met. and his I'M
stained and unsoiled private and public
] integrity We're the explanation of his
being beloved by the people.
j. s. Adams, Esq, Clerk of the Court.
Hon. L. B. Englesby, Hon. Daniel Rob
erts, and Hon. Geo. W. Benedict follow
ed Mr.. Phelps, all speaking feelingly and
eloquently of the man whom they knew
but to honor and love.
~ have known Mr. Foot from my
boyhood" said Mr.. Roberts, -"as Fresh
man of IA in college, met him as SEN
ior-I was for a time an inmate OF the
family OF his widowed mother. [ am a
native of the county in which he spent
nearly all of his active life, and though
younger than he, was but one year be-
hind him in my admission to the Rut-
land County Bar. I have met him at
the Bar in practice. and have shared his
friendship In social life, and have always
watched with interest and cooperating
sympathy his course in public life I
was bound to him by personal favors. |
held him by the hand in his last sick
ness; and so speak of him as one who
knew him. How well he has played his
part upon the public stage; nay, rather
how well be has acted out himself in the
management of public affairs, need not
state. His record is known and read of
all men. It is one of which his nati-e