Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-10-16

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Testimonial Of the Lebanon bar GO
the Worth Of Judge Henry CeopeE
/ Regrets on His Leaving ths
bench.
At meeting of the Lebanon Bar, held
in the courthouse, on the 18th day of Dc
tober, 1867, Col. John w. Head was called
to the chair, and H. s. Lindsey, Esq, APP
| pointed secretary. Col. Head, in few
well-timed remarks, stated the object of the
meeting to be to give expression to the
general regret on the resignation of the
| Hon. Henry Cooper as Judge of the sew
enth judicial circuit, and the high appre7
citation in which he is held as iurist and
| a citizen.
On motion, Andrew B. Martin, r. c.
Saunders and E. /. Golliday, Esqs, were
appointed a committee to draft a suitable
preamble and resolutions.
The committee reported the following /:
Hon. Henry Cooper this day retires
from the bench as Judge of the seventh
judicial circuit of the State The Office
from which he retires has been, and is
still, one OF peculiar importance.
The great war from which we have
lately emerged was fruitful Of confusion
and complication. New and difficult and
vital questions have filled the tribunals of
the country Lawiessness and vice with
out have prevailed, until our hearts have
grown sick; while within this sacred
forum, the palladium of the virtue, the in
tegrity and the prosperity of our people,
fka s,.Jsasorxy .fcaIf - -
the accusation of venality and corruption.
In the midst of such evil times, it has
been peculiarly grateful to the bar, and to
the citizens of this judicial circuit, that
Judge Cooper has held in his own ha1d
the scale of justice, and that no power nor
influence, from what source soever 1t may
have come, has been able to soil the pure
ermine of his Office, or swerve him from
the exact and fearless discharge of every
duty.
And as an officer he has been no less in
corruptible than wise. He is a profound
lawyer, an unwearyiug student, and with
the ceaseless devotion of one who loves and
honors his profession, he has given hi,
great talents to the mastery of its princi-
Piles.
Perhaps at no time before has our coun-
try been 80 much in the need of such men,
and at no time could we 50 poorly spare
him from the bench. But we congratulate
ourselves and the citizens of Lebanon, that
while he may be lost to the bench, he is
not lost as a member of our community,
nor as a master and teacher of our profess
sion.
Useful and honorable in the services
which he has rendered his State and coun-
try, he will be useful and honorable in the
social relations of the private circle, and
in the duties pertaining to the chair of
Professor of Law in Cumberland Univer-
sity, to which he has recently and so de-
servedly been called.
1t is not improper that we, who know
him so well, should in some manner make
known to him and to the country, our ap-
probation of his public services and official
fidelity, and therefore your committee re-
spectfully submit, for the adoption Of the
bar, the foregoing preamble and the fol-
lowing resolutions:
/. Resolved, That the public services of
Judge Cooper are marked with strict adhe-
renee to sound principle, Justice and truth;
that his judgments have been wise, upright
and honorable; and that in his retirement
from the bench, the Judiciary of the State
has lost its brightest light, its purest and
best Judge, and the bar of the 18th Judicial
Circuit, courteous, prompt and efficient
officer.
2. Resolved, That while We are keenly
sensible of the loss. We nevertheless well
come him as private citizen with warm
hearts and hands to his home in our midst,
and to place in our social circle.
8. Resolved, That as his last Official act,
Judge Cooper be asked to direct that this
action of the bar be entered of record upon
the minutes of the present term of the Viii
son County Circuit Court; and that it be
published in the Lebanon and Nashville
papers.
On motion, the report of the committee
was unanimously adopted.
On motion, Hon. Jordan Stokes was ap-
pointed to represent the bar, and make
known its action to the Hon. Henry Cooper.
On motion, the meeting then adjourned.
II. s. LINDsLEY, Sec'ry.
Lebanon, Tenn, Oct. II, 1867.