The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-08-01
Me ting OF the Colleton Bar.


Me ting OF the Colleton Bar.
At meeting Of the Colleton Bar, held at Wal
terboro, on Tuesday, the 10th inst, 0. P. Will
L1AMs, ESQ.,, was requested to preside, and, on
taking the Chair, presented the object Of the
meeting III the following remarks:
Genaen,en of the Bar:
Misfortunes, not singly, but in battalions, have
come upon us during the last five years. Our
State has suffered the devastating effec Of fire.
us impoverished and humbled. God grant that
these Affections which wiring our souls may i'm
prove our hearts, and draw us nearer to Him who
never judges but in mercy, and while He scourges
loves the offender still. Let us look up, then in
hope, and rejoice that the Court once moro sits
within these walls; that we are assembled once
good-the majesty Of the law is about once more
to reign supreme. But, gentlemen, as we again
resume our accustomed places here and look
faces. Since the Court last sat here, our brethren
D. 8. Henderson, Josiah B. Perry, and Josiah Be-
don, Esqs., have ceased to live, and we shall see
here in fierce but friendly conflict No more shall
we see them at our social gatherings. They
meridian, and one in the evening of life. Let us
profit by the lesson here taught us, and heed the
warning, "Be ye also ready, for in such an hour
there have been any heart-burnings between any
OF US and our deceased brethren let them forever
cease; and if they had any faults (who has them
cherish only tho memory OF their virtues.
We are assembled here to offer tribute to
gentlemen, will do ample justice to their memory.
The meeting is organized, and ready to hear from
tho Bar.
The following preamble and resolutions were
then presented by ROBERT CAMPBELL, Esq, and
adopted:
u ienes.Ie proyidence to renSSVy God vaP IN
midst our brethren, Daniel Sullivan Henderson,
josiah Bedon Perry, and Josiah Bedon, Esqs., it
behooves us to bow with resignation to the Divine
VIII. At the same time, we deem it our duty and
our privilege to express, in some public manner,
our respect for the memory Of The departed.
In Mr.. Henderson, the Nestor of our Bar, we
have lost an example OF public and private virtue
rarely excelled, and an example of industry, sys-
tematio and unwavering attention to business,
worthy Of our highest emulation. Commencing
life amid circumstances the most discouraging-
without money and without friends-he by the
unbending integrity Of his character, and per-
built up for himself a name which is identified
with the history of our community. But it was in
freside, that his character shone brightest.
Generous, amabe and affectionate his large
family and numerous friends have sustained BY
his loss wound which even the healing hand Of
been gathered to his fathers.
In Mr.. Perry our Bar has lost one Of its ablest
members. In the midst Of life, strong in health,
robust in body, vigorous in mind, he was sudden
ly, In an instant OF time, cut off from life. As
lawyer, he was devoted to his profession, and am
bilious Of it's honors-an able counsellor and an
eloquent advocate. In the social relations Of life
he was affable and courteous.
Henderson and Perry Those had tasted the
arena received scars in many stormy conflict.
But Bedonl the young, the gallant the gifted,
just opening upon career which promised 80
taken. Full of life and hope, conscious of talents
OF no ordinary character, strong in the determi-
nation to win in the battle of life. he entered the
ofn Will Gfyhf hnopt will ham Uhnn
the bugle note OF preparation rang throughout
the land, and our beloved country marshalled her
hosts for the g, coming conflict ne was &c found among
he fell a martvr to our loved but lost cause
Resolued, Therefore, that in the death Of Daniel
Josiah Bedon, our Bar has sustained great IL loss
That while we mourn them dead, we will still
endeavor to keep alive the memory of their vir-
tues.
That copy Of these resolutions be handed the
families Of the deceased, and that they be pub
Ished In the Charleston papers,
CARLOS TRACY, Esq, then arose and paid the fol-
towing tribute to the memory Of Mr.. BEpoN, in q
feelingand earnest manner
Mr. Chairman There is one of those who
have passed from amongst us, OF whose uncom-
mon merit. would express my sincere and un-
bounded admiration. With my seniors Of the
deceased I was not so much thrown in social in
tercourse as with him. Them knew chiefly in
the transaction OF business. Him I knew ss on
associate and q friend. In, elligent, modest,
and true, JOSIAH Bedon was OF q mould Of which
men are not ordinarily made It has been my
fortune to have known most Of the more promi-
nent young men OF the State in late years, and IL
Is my deliberate conviction that Of them all there
was no nobler man than he. As a lawyer he
would have adorned the bar by his character and
bis intelligence. As citizen, he would have
adorned the State by his life and bene tied it by
his example. As man OF cultivation and refine
ment, he was an ornament to society; and as q
soldier, he exhibited q supreme devotion, suoh as
the noble-hearted could alone have felt. Under
standing him as understood him, I have often
thought, frequently expressed, and would here
ropost, that he was o son Of whom parent In any
tmo might well have been proud, and that dis
tinotion belonged to house that produced suoh
Q scion as he. Well assured am I, when thinking
Of him, and Of those brave hearts who died with
that fatal evening, fresh from their native SOIL In
defence Of it's honor, and In viadioaticn OF their
own high manhood, stood, against fearful odds,
,' ''In tho hush Of desperation, ..'t
Not 70 conquer but 10 die"
no one met his fate moro like him-him who was
alike beyond fear and beyond reproaeh-thsn
Josiah Bedon.
What that fate was is unknown to us. Whether
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