The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-01-03
w. M. SEAWELL, }
D. D; H r. HA AaREId' Committee

| w. M. BORING, ESQ.,, ADDRESSED THE
COURT, AS FOLLOWS
MAY IT PLEASE THE Court In
common with the members. If this bar,
your Honor and the officers of this court,
1 desire to offer my humble tribute of re.
spect to the memory Of the late lamented
W. 7. Cough, deceased
Death has removed from among US, one
whose kind hearted disposition and gen.
tlemanly department had endeared him to
oil who knew him, and more particularly
to those with whom he became necessari-
ly connected in the practice of his pro-
fession. Any one intimately acquainted
with the deceased, as | have been during
his four years Teaidence in this place, can
speak with unfeigned pleasure of his vr-
tues 10 his intercourse with others, he
ever evinced that high moral tone and
strict sense Of honor and integrity that
showed plainly he had been reared Ia a
Christian land aud by Christian parents !;
and it may be justly said Tat we seldom
meet with man possessing fewer faults
than W. T. Cough. ~ .-.rl,.,r g.
As lawyer, he bad few superiors on
the Pacific Coast, and as an advocate he
had none. In bis professional intercourse
with the members Of the bar--the Court
and its oficers-he was distinguished for
his integrity, forensic decorum, and gen.
tlemanly bearing towards all. As citi-
zen be was distinguished for his patriot.
ism and his eloq uent defense of the Union
cause during the tate struggle for the per-
petuation of our Government. u
In conclusion I will say that by the
uutimely death of W. T. Cough, the legal
profession loses one of its brightest orpa-
ments and the country one Of its best citi-
Zens. ..5t o.,
D. H. HASKELL, ESQ.,, ADDRESSED THE
19 'I COURT AS FoLLows:' 5l
MAY 1T PLEASE THE COURT 1T may
seem presumptuous on my part to attempt
tosadd anything to what has already been
said in regard to the subject Of the resolu.
tons offered by my worthy friend, Mr..
Seawell. Yet, by permission of your
Honor, l cannot in justice to my own feel
ings, and in consideration of my friendly
intercourse with the departed, let this op-
portunity pass without offering my testi-
mony to his merits as man and friend,
with my humble tribute of respect to his
memory. 4
We all remember Mr.. Cough iu his in
splred moments, when drawn up to the
fullness of his magnificent height and ma
jestc bearing. Without the least hesitan-
cy or labored sentence, his eloqueooe
flowed musical and harmonious as the run
ming stream, clothing his logic with deep
or significance, adding brilliaucy to the
keenness of his wit, aud making irresist-
ible his appeals to the finest senslbilities of
the heart. What a store of beauties his
fine mind opened with generous prodigali-
ty to his audience. To all that originali-
ty of thought could bring to bear from the
depths of his cultivated intellect, were ad-
ded to the genial offerings of wonderful
memory, enriched by gems of classic lore
and flowers Of modern literature, all SO
tremendously woven into the wool Of his
fervid nature, made SO completely his
own, that spontaneous with his subject,
these exotic beauties flashed from his
tongue with electrical effect, as though
coined on the spot by the fertility of his
own imagination Were the subject the
stnd> Of the drier sciences, no stone was
left unturned, or explanation Gnheeded,
to elucidate his meaning and enstamp it
upon the minds Of his hearers. =. /
| know very little of his sayings or
writings before he came 10 live among us,
but of these we have sufficient to give
abundant evidence of his great attain.
ments. a..sHl .g.
His late politica lecture (written while
convalescipg from the effects of a painful
accident) is fresh 10 our memories, and
the pride, too, with which we listened 10
his characteristic, close reasoning-on a
subject SO important to American citizens,
and pertinent to the history of passing
events-the thrill of delight which glowed /,