The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-01-03

master mind, noble spirit, which
should have reigned among the honored Of
nations sons. But your Honor, it is
here in this court room, where we have
seen him, month after month for the past
Eve years, that he stood forth nnsurpass-
ed, if not unequaled in his profession
With what uutiring industry and energy
he studied the merits of his cases His
clients cause was his-he made it intense
ly his own and whether in the examina.
ton of witness, appeal to the Jury, or
presenting the law to The Court, his eff
forts, devoid of pettyfoggery, had vigorr
bearing direct upon the question, most to
his advantage, and with what success is
we'll known to all. 10 20 .r...ri ..,,.,
In the vigor IF his manhood, in the full
flush of his mental powers-ere they at
tanned the fullness of their fruition, with
fields of future ambition spread out before
him, still uuexplored-our friend, oar
brother is cut off-suddenly, and oh how
fearfully as a meteor plunged into sud-
deu darkness. We stood appalled-hor-
ror stricken He walked our streets in
the morniug-scarcely had the sun de.
clined from the zenith when the sad words
went forth, Cough is dead p Stout
hearts stood still, and gentle eyes ran over
with sorrow, overwhelmed by the swift
ness of this messenger Of death. We can
but deplore. No longer for us will that
eye fash in its vivid light. Never again
will this hall rescund with the matchless
eloquence of his voice. Never again will
the scintillatons of his genius thrill our
sensibilities. No more shall we feel the
cheering influence of his kindly utter
curse. He. is gone. "Tbe will of God
is accomplished the body consigned to
mother earth, his spirit returned to God
who gave it. But deep in our hearts will
memory preserve each memento of the
gifted dead and let US sadly draw q veil
of oblivion over the frailties which marked
him as mortal, for who is without fault /?
Yes; the words fall upon my heart this
morning with weight of sadness 1 can
not express-"Gough is dead" Peace to
thy ashes, friend and brother Eternally
live thy spirit 10 brighter realms above,
freed from the sorrows which beset thy
path iu life. .,. .l.-fr,#. I.
THE RESPONSE OF HIS HONOR, S. H,
CHASE, TO THE FOREGOING RosoLU-
D TIoNs AND REMARKS: a.mE
After the eloquent and feeling remarks
that have been made upon the occasion,
without decming it necessary that more
shall be added by me to swell the tribute
paid to the memory of the dead, yet per-
haps, surrounding circumstances, my re-
lations to the deceased, the respectful and
consecrated usages of the legal profession,
may render it appropriate that should
briefly respond 30 the sSmpalh hiking senti-
ments here SO kindly expressed toward our
departed friend, who was 80 highly distn-
guished. aG-L.g bye .ot3uji G59i .gi9 '"'
The sudden death of W, r. Cough, a
member Of the bar, has grieved and sad.
dened US. A resident in, our midst and
in our place during its prosperity and ad-
versity, he mingled with its fnctuating
conditions and elements, aud has identified
himself with its veal and woe. And
now, a diminished band, we the remain.
ing members Of the bar, feel and deplore
bis loss. While he mingled much in the
business of the times and the controvcr-
sizes Of the Court, no unkind feeling oo-
CURED to disturb the relations between
him and those whom he encountered in
the arena of debate, and none but beauti
full memories cluster around his profession
al life, a life in Its growth not even vet
matured when it ceased, but in the course
OF nature, stillvigorous and progressive.
As a counselor at law, he was investi
eating, discriminating and exhausting,
gathering together direct and remote aa-
thority and principles, to solidify the foun.
dation of the work he undertook to accom-.
plish, and to build it in fair proportion
and firm and ample structure. As an
advocate, impressive, enthusiastic and
argumentative, with burning words and
radiant illustration, he in high degree
controlled and charmed his hearers. We
who have SO often heard his eloquent, i'm 1
and logical forensic addresses,
here where we arc gathered, will regret
ioI ouEoolNcoj tnot Ills fOlC6 III ltS rlcn I
tones will no longer reverberate around
these balls, that our hearts will no longer
beat responsive with emotion to his touch
ing appeals, that our attention will no
longer be riveted by his comprehensive
reasoning His intellectual faculty,
river full and free, flowing from copious
and living fountain, safely bore all along
its course the freighted treasure to its des.
tined home. His mind was characterized
by intellectual beauty and power, and 50
blended we're these qualities at times in
bis legal efforts, that it was difficult to de-
termine whether most to admire the
adornment of his imagination or the force
Of bis argument. il--aaa..
In his social relations, cheerful, conoil.
atory and courteous, genial and kind, no
one was more welcome in the associations
Of life than he. He entered readily into
The pleasantly of conversation.-the ban
luet of the mind-and in the indulgence
,f cheerful discourse between him and
hose who participated with him in the
feast OF reason and the flow of SOUL" time
numbered none but the cloudless hours"
1t was only during the periods of his self
orgetfulness, that the charms of his pres.
'nce were dissolved, but behind the cloud
he sun was shining, and when the cloud
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