Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-22

vacuum? On whose shoulders will nov
fail the stainless ermine, yet FedoleHi
with genius, with Learning, and with
! honor? I appeal to the mind and heart
of every one of Us for IN answer And
there comes back a voiceless echo. None
can answer. His loss ie irreparable.
The COMMITTEES on Resolutions having
returned, their chairman, Thomas II.
Smith, ESQ, introduced the resolutions
with the following remarks:
REMARKS OF THos. G. SMITH, ESQ.
1t is customary 70 pronounce words Of
eulogy " our departed friends but in
this instance il is no Idle ceremony ia
which we are engaged no mere idle
words withoat meaning that come TO our
lips. Our friend, now gone on that last
sad journey, where we must o follow
him, possessed those qualities which go
10 make up the true lawyer In an emil
nent deRree-a mind clear as crystal, an
intsleot large and far seeing, o knoWl-
edge Of his profession profound n ac-
curste, a quickness or perception abso-
lutely dazzling, the quality Of expressing
in a few words the principles lying at the
bottom Of any given case, and a high
bravery leading him to apply 10 ali cases
the true rules Of law without fear or
favor. All these went to make him an
ornament to his profession, an able and
most incorrupible,J udge. These quail
ties, lost to the profession he loved 50
well, lost to the community OF whose
dearest rights he wa 80 brave a de-
fender, give to this occasion q melsn-
choly interest and enshrOud our hearts IN
mourning.
While We feel this common grief as our
common loss, there are other COnsidera-
tons moving the hearts of all who have
known our dead brother 10 the intimacy
OF social friendship. Possessing within
himself all those qualities which give
men self reliance, and which make them
9never less alone than when alone,p he
had comparatively a small number OF In
associates. But there are men IN
this assemblage, who, in common with
myself, have known and loved him for
nearly twenty years. And in the de
intercourse Of private friendship,
when he would lay off for q time the
cares and troubles and dignities Of out
ward life, we saw that great soul, inno-
cent, pure and simple as a child, reveiing
in a perfect wealth of tenderness and
kindness, gay and mirths0me, and de-
lighting in all those -pleasantries which
eullstu mlLhtub CbAtuPAluE bAI afNA1A
intercourse making us-all feel that there
nothing artificial or unreal in his
attachment and sending US away with q
higher and purer idea of human nature.
IL was in these pleasant memeuts OF
natural gayety, that his friends grct0 to
him, as il were, and il is the recollection
these moments, now alas gone for
that causes cur very hearts to weep.
But be has gone! an I~nserutable Provi-
denee has seen fit to sffiict US most
deeply: and has taken from US al up
right and able Judge, a lawyer OF the
highest ability and purest character, o
most gentle and tender. May he
rest in peace! May we, his survivors
snd comrades, testify Our appreciation Of
his character by emulstiBg his virtues,
30 that when the sun Of our day shall
sink TO rest beneath the clouds Of the
those clouds shall reflect for atime
IS these are doing to-day sthe ~roseate
glories OF a life well spent, Of virtues
worthy to be remembered.
Mr.. Smith then read the resolutions of
the Committee.