The New York herald., 1869-01-15

the bol strike nine O'CLOCK IN 'rayer 0nering up
that beautiful PRAYER taught TO =. rise aloft and
hundred thousand harmonious voicss sic OF those
Voices Sa never could forget Having a. Intending
on the subject OF education generally e 1iversaI
that the antd0te OF universal Suffrage wasa AT the
education Mr. Gerard concluded by statinyA DE q
beautiful banquet now given him would evn YER
coed 4 e s S
ever rendered him during ais fe Il was unpIesc, s,.
dented TO mere lawyer. ne had never worn d,n snc
His last words were that health alld happiness
would attend those present fOv many years TO come;
the courts and watch with interest the proceedings
He trusted they would never su1er any OF the Ills
their paths would be- srewed ns W and that
there would be few thorns among them. loud ap-
Judge Blatchford responded to rae next toast,
"sIhe Bench" and said ne felt pleased e oelng
sence Of members OF the bench 80 much older. not
only in years. but In experience. He would speak
e 70 the s y view o. & syoT ..
ing upon It which might be ,sAssed a.
the conservation Of public order by p the sup
preston OF violence and crime, and the a. Mdicati0n
OF disputes IN civil matters between the L1aiyduas
who constituted the community. There WAS, how
what was called the public order and popular liberty
which was attributable In an eminent degree 70 the
uiars. The nrst was the feature in winch the mod.
ern system OF Europe and the Untet STATES ainerea
Vision and Institution % OF judicial tribunals, and
OF the political principle that the jud icial functions
shall be separated from the execTevs nScs
should be separate from the executive authority IN
either the judicial ONCE indcp endent IN its
The third feature which secured this gr result was
the freedom Of the judges from persoM Il responsi-
and denning the propositions he had nciated the
speaker resumed his seat amidst applause
toast, and was responded to by David Pa NJ Brown,
OF Philadelphia, and the speaker concludk MS re-
they they ever be able and impartial and mayt he mem
bers OF the bar be frm faithful, fearless ana en-
f. s r ss ns = R ne
David Dudley Field then responded to q ls next
toast, tsThe Contemporaries Of our Guest, ana
said:-Mr Chairman and Gentiemen-In m long
and honored life our friend and guest hn seen
nourished in hts earlier years and ending VIII, with
those who are jost enactlng distnga tsned shed
no light 4. an We ssk % q rsoa nsm %
youth ne saw Hamilton, the most consuml rate
as lawyer is only eciipsed by his fame as sta es-
man, and whose writings and speeches are to his
day an inexhaustlbe mine from which constitutiM 1al
arguments are drawn. When our guest came n TO
the profession Kent sat In the seat of the Chanceih r.
and was beginning that career as Judge and co. a.
out the world. Smith Thompson, afterwards ASA .
ciate Justice Of the supreme Court OF the Unite
beside him. while Van vechten was Attorney GeneraL
What q noble figure was Van vechten as he stood
saw him debating motion before Chancellor wal
worth, erect, fmmovabie, in full dress, his sono-
e men s
Ing Mr.. Gerard In their admission TO the bar were
Samuel snsrwOOd whom We % al h TsmsmesT Tsnsos as
J. Parker judges: Henry K. Storrs and Elisha VIII
liams, eloquent advocates; Daniel Cady, the acutest
OF reasOners; TaicOtt whose learning only
equalled by his genius; Thomas Adds Emmet and
John Wells. the rivals OF their day: Griffin Ogden,
own familiar friends, Henry and Robert Sedgwick-
names all OF them to be held in veneration
have heard our friend say that he once belonged :
to debating club, the Forum think il was called.
OF which Henry Wheaton was member-th0t
wheaton whose works on international law have car
ried his name through America and Europe
and beyond the Indian Seas. or those VINO
se % ns par ~
eminent names, the respected Jordan Beardsley.
Bronson. and especially would speak OF Noyes and
mon laD0rs. or the living, who wear the honors
Of long success, some OF whom still wear their
there are not few at these tables, come to mani
fest their sympathy with our friend IN this his
sturdy from the Litchied hills. Here Is Roose-
welt, grave and judicial as ever whose eye Il NOS
Kirkland, whose praises praises are are daily chanted bv
grateful birds that have come 70 us over the
sea 70 make music before MS soa door RuGrss
have settled down in luxurious homes side
or the Dutch burgher with tine vigor OF New Eng
land Puritan. Is not here but sends the expression
Of oil our profession In the laws OF city, the
viving representative OF family OF lawyers Josiah
Ogden Holman and Ogden Hoffman Though the
lawyers greatest efforts are made within q narrow
circle Of auditors, itswould be great mistake to
suppose that his labor pershes with the occasion;
quent words ceases, when the audience which
heard them depart and no written record remains,
the work nevertheless endures The great fabric Q!
our Jurisprudence Ii the monument OF lawyers and
judges. which they labor day by DAY. II stands on
foundations OF rock and rises to the sky. The names
memorials OF their abors in the cathedras OF tho
Old World you may see wrought into tablets
built In the walls the names OF the build
Of their genius. The men whom Il have
named were specially the contemporaries Of our own
Contemporaries. We have taken part In many OF
the same transactions. We have lived througha
part Of the same great history. We Ike him, are
May we hope, like him, to transmit to our sue
cessors an hon0red name and q useful example.
ranks, and we meet to salute him as he retires. A
veteran OF many victories, he withdraws his shield
from the lists and steps from the arena And,
that ease with dignity which the philosopher
thought so becoming to age, we here bid him adeu
him. in the language OF the ancients, ..Iiaii and
The fiftn toast .'The Junior Bar was next re-
sponded to by Luther X. Marsh In an eloquent ad-
dress, and was warmly appauded.
The sixth regular toast, '.our Fraternal Union,'
sThe kindred PROFESSIONS" the next ana last
toast was replied to by Rev. Alexander McCesh. u.
D., OF Princeton; Professor Doremus and Rev. DR..
owing to the fact that number OF the gentlemen
made unusually long dinner table speeches tie mset-
ing did not adjourn until very late hour
A.-Chickerinr a sons 90
received the drst grand gold medal,