, 1869-03-06
TIE HLW ATTORNEY QEsRRA1,

AHsA'4 ye3tS Ago. more or tc3s-We Hn
mol 1tcaI lhe exact lase-1he sovereign
o'a'e OF massachusetts, sent m enyov n
mat sup1cmely sovereign State sou,h
Csfolina, to protest against the uniform
Practice OF shutting up the sea.,arinc
citzens Ct the Ola Bsy ssa1e in the
prisons OF Charleston, because they han.
Lesed to be ot African descent. For
This delicate mission, involving the whotc
question Of Stale rights, Massachusetts
choEe one CT Eer mcst cnirenL lawyers
man Of calm, Judicial mind, Of rrea,
sttcng'h OF character, and Of d,en,tlsd
Though gentle bearirg, who, she th ouph,.
II anybody could, would win d hearing
1tom the rampant Shareholders, and con-
vince them that there were eome rirhta
OF Northern citizenship which even Sou,h
Carolina Was bound to respect. To hi,
trying position Samuel Hoar, one of the
most eminent lawyers in the State, was an.
pointed, ard accordingly, accompanied hy
h1s dAughter, he went to c CaArleaton. The
result will be remembered. Tae fire.
es'ers had neither respec. for age mr.
eae1acter, ncr womanhood, and Mr.
Aoa1 erd his daughter were iucon,inen,-
y driven, with contumeIy aud threats.
and almost with violence, from the State
w1t1e no nonresident black man VA,
also"ed TO go At large unless he were a
slave, and no Nor;hcrner c5u!d be treated
Wi'h common dcceucy who believed a
E6gro was man.
IL Is the son Of this gentleman, who WAS
thus made prominent in this brief bu,
difgrAeeful episode in American history.
that General Grant has chosen for his
Attorney GsEera). He has been T..
several years on the Bench Of the
supreme Cour: Of Massachusetts, aud, i:
IS thought By his friends, would. but far
scme uuaccountsblc prejudice on The
psrs Of Governor Bullock, have now been
her Chief Justice. To this distinction he
was entitled BY seniority and by ch harac,er:
but younger Justice was, abou, . war
ago, promoted over his head by the Gov.
lTnOr.
bns General Grant, with keene1 In.
sight than Governor Bullock into the
merits OF Judge HoAr. has called MIN 10
a scat in his Cabinet and uuquestionahly
ne could have m,de no better choice In
all New Esglaud. He Is, If not the mos.
eminent, ccrtatnly one Of the abless law
ye1s q Massachusetts, sud, though
possessing less national reputation, Is e-
tecmed at home a. at the head Of bench
and bar. Thoroughly read in national
and international law, he adds 10 pr,les-
sioral ability carefully cultivated intel
ltcs, q trained judicial mind aud original
powers Of high order. OF tho scholars
Il Massachusetts no ono Is more
highly esteemed among themselves
than Judge uoar, and among
the people at large he has won the tcco.
est respect and confidence By lifs Of
mest answering integrity. on which no
whisper Of suspicion has ever been
otcaihtd. His decisions from the
Bench are always unquess,oaed a. SOUND
IN Judgment, as his ruling. On the law s,o
always respected as Of tho highest an.
shorisy. OF The wisdom Of ,hc choice
OF such msn for the i'm porlan, Office of
Attorney GeI.ral ,htre can be no a oaes.
tiop. and in uakirg it Grneral Gran; bas
justified agsin his reputation for sassci,v
apd knowledge Of character which eeleo.s
the tight men for the right places.