The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-07-24

citizens had unbounded confidence in the pu-
rity Of his motives and the excellence Of his
Judgment. As citizen and a magistrate, he
performed every duty and filed every relation,
not only without reproach, but with perfect ac-
ceptance. The ermine never rested on purer
shoulders. He dispensed justice without fear
or favor, and without respect. OF persons, He
fulfilled his own high conception Of the Judicial
Office, and exhibited in his own person the liv-
ing exemplar of an honest, upright and ac-
complished magistrate.
Within the past few years we have lost many
citizens who were truly pillars Of the commu-
nifty. AS one by one they have fallen, we have
bowed to the stroke and realized the dread un-
certainty of all things human. A generation
of noble men has passed and is passing away.
The latest Of these, he whom We mourn,
was not unworthy to be an associate and o
leader among them. True to the faith that was
in him; of resolute purpose to do whatever
he thought was right; dealing justly with all
men and giving offence to none; fulfilling in
every relation OF ! fe the whole measure of his
duty to his felow-man, to his family and to his
country, be so lived that men loved and hon
ored him, and in hia death they follow him
with their sincere and afsclionate regrets.
His brethren Of the bar remember with
pride and affection his gentleness and true
courtesy Of demeanor, his consideration for
the young, his high standard Of professional
integrity and attainment, the fidelity of his
friendships, and more than all, the moral eleva-
tion Of sentiment and infe1ible devotion to
truth and right, which made. him 30 clear and
incoruptible in his high Judicial Office. His
name and memory are honorable to the pro-
fession OF which he WAS distinguished mem
ber. Be it, therefore,
Resotued That the members OF the Bar
of Charleston deplore the death Of the late
Judge Edward Frost as the extinction OF
one Of the lights OF the profession, and a
calamity to the country. and find their only
and in the glorious hopes that attend the death
Of the truly righteous.
Resolued, That the chairman do present the
preamble and resolutions of this meeting to
his Honor Judge Glover, at the opening OF the
Courl to-dly with request that they be en-
tered on the journals OF the Court.
Resoiued. That the secretary Of the meeting
do also communicate copy OF the proceed
logs to the family Of the deceased, with an ex-
preston Of the deep sympathy Of the Bar with
the surviving relatives in their affecting be-
teayement.
Mr.. Edward McCrady rose to second the
preamble and resolutions, and offered tribute
more touching than words to the worth OF his
departed friend, whose many virtues he had
known and felt during long series Of years,
passed in the closest intimacy. Overcome with
emotion by the recollsctions Of the past, Mr..
McCrady's eyes filed with tears, his voice re-
fused to give utterance to his feelings, and
without word, he resumed his seat. All we're
deeply affected by the scene, and after few
moments silence, the Hon. VIM. D. Porter rose
and said
It is not surprising that the early and init
mate friends of such man as Judge Frost
should be overpowered in their feelings with
grief at his death. II is the highest tribute
they can pay to his memory. For myself,
was much his junior in years and at the Bar;
but for over thirty years it has been my lot to
come into frequent contact with him at the Bar,
in the Legislature and on the Bench. And he
made upon me some impressions which sup
pose he made upon oil who knew him-that Of
being pure, earnest, faithful and able man.
man to be trusted without limit, whose every
impulse was honorable, and whose word was
low unto him. He was scrupulously honest, by
nature and by habit. And use the word hon
est, not in its narrower sense, o. relating mere
ly to pecuniary affairs, but in its better and
larger sense, as embracing all matters OF trust
and duty. It was this honesty that made HIM
painstaking, laborious and increasingly indus
trious. Whatever he undertook, he would do
thoroughly and well. Nothing short OF this
would satisfy him. remember he told me In
o private conversation, and m reply 70 an m ~,
ouiry, that his extreme anxiety to do his whole
duty. and the great amount Of labor which it
necessarily devolved upon him, both on Circuit
and in the Appeal Court, constituted one OF the
principal reasons which induced hIm TO resign
his seat upon the Bench. .,,.
His mind was SOLID. rather than brilliant,
and he dealt with practical matters more than
opao,,loIiva th0u oht He VIVA no vl6iOn-
ary, and he took hold of the real substantial in
forests of society with s'rong grasp and
manful, courageous spirit. He did not sue
cumb to misfort Inc OF defeat. He held that
it was our duty as m IN, and as citizens, to 20
to work in good earnest to repair our sha ttered
private and pubic fortunes. And, in the earn
est pursuit Of this idea of duty, he sacrificed
his life. Upon his retirement from the Bench sl
he devoted himself to that great public enter
prise-the Blue Ridge Railroad--with charac.
teristic fidelity and tireless energy. He had
faith In the value and importanc, of that enter
pr1se to the material and political fortunes
Of our city, and he did all in his power to push
it to successful completion. Hereafter his
sagacity and services will be better appreclat-
ed than NOV.
Judge Frost was man Of whom any commu-
nifty might be proud. A Consciousness Of the
possession Of high moral and intellectual en-
dowments, gave him self-respect and dignity
Of demeanor; and the habitual exercises OF
these qualities and powers, impressed all who
knew Aim with the solidity Of his character
and the value of his counsel and example. he
WAS one Of those men in whom you felt you
could placb implicit confidence, for you knew
that he was incapable Of deception, and that il
he misled you, it was because he was himself
mistaken or misled. 1t is to such men that we
instinctively turn for counsel and guidance.
II ia a sad thing, Mr.. Chairman, very, very
sad thing, to see the polished columns OF our
social fabric falling, one after another, in ruin
at our feeti It adds most painfully to our
sense of desolation. We know that we have
lived among good and true, just and brave men,
WHO were willing to spend and be spent IN
Gauss for which life and treasure were not too
precious; and as they sink, one after
another, into the grave, we do not know
who will stand in their places Look
at the Bar and the Bench alone, for the short
space of the last few yearsl In PetlSru
and King, in Johnston and WardlaW,
and Withers, and Whitner, and ONeall-
what O contribution OF genius, and learn.
ING. and irtuo to the harvest oi
death And now our friend has gone to
ioin the noble company, and he was worthy
TO be of them and with them. we may giievee
for ourselves, but we cannot grlevo tor them
It ia our loss, but it is surely their gain. 1t is
orr loss. because they were worthy to be rulers
in tbe land. and wo cannot tell who shall sue
ceed T., them, 1t is their gain, for the event oil
death, which is universal and unavoldapieTI
which, though it comes bus once, comes 70 al
which is the inevitable lot or ai' men, Wl.nou.
regard to worth, rank or station-cannot, IN
fro1to "a