Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-18
1nrBUrE OF RESPECT.
Proceedings of the Bar at Carthage
Tn Regard 90 the Death Of James d.
Moores. ESQ.

Court Of Smith county, Tennessee, meet
ing of>the members CT the Bar was held,
concerning the death of the late james b.
Moores, Esq of this Bar.
Samuel NJ Fite was elected Chairman,
and A A Swope, Secretary.
On motion the chair appointed James
w McHeury, John w Head, and VIM w.
| Ward q committee to draft resolutions.
Said committee, having prepared their
report, submitted it through Mr.. James
w McHenry, as follows:
REPORT.
A good, and, in many respects dis
| tinguished man has died in our oommun-
| ity. In the dark shadow of this event,
| impelled by a common sorrow, We, his
professional brethren, pause in the per-
Torrance OF our labors to render some
tribute and testimonial TO his merits and
virtues.
On the 23d day of May, 1869, twenty
minutes before six o'clock, A. M, at his
residence in Carthage, Tenn, JAMES
BERRY MooREs, Esq, departed this
life. He was born on the Sd of November,
1907, and was consequently on the date Of
his decease in his sixty.second year.
was quite young, leaving bat little estate,
and widow and several daughters. The
support and protection of this devolved,
in great measure, upon the surviving
son. Well and faithfully did he discharge
this filial and fraternal obligation. By
his industry, frugality, and energy, he
succeeded in acquiring means with which
he was enabled to prosecute his studies
and educate himself Z efi1
Thereafter, he, in conjunction with Dr..
Frank H. Gordon, established Porter
Hill Academy, in Smith county, Ten.
nessee.
Under their joint control it became
popular and Hourishing school. En-
couraged by success, they founded Clinton
College in the year 1888. In this College
the deceased was Professor of Languages
and Mathematics for about seven years,
having made himself thoroughly com.
petent for the position BY the most I'M
wearied assiduity and intense study. 10
sttestation of the merits and proficiency
of the course Of instruction taught at Gin
ton College, and in which he bore prom
inent share, the names of quite number
of students living and dead, might be ap-
propriately referred to.
Ga the 10th of January, 1887, Mr.. Jas.
B. Moores was married to E. B. Moores.
She died the 11th November, 1861, leaving
a daughter, the only issue living OF said
intermarriage, and who still survives.
This union was blessed by the most tender
affection and felicity, and her death spread
a marked sadness through his subsequent
years.
While connected with the college, he
studied medicine, and occasionally prac-
ticed it.
Afterwards he chose the legal profess
sion, and studied it under Judge Abra-
ham Caruthers, at that time one of the
Circuit Judges of Tennessee, thereafter
Professor of the Law School of Cumber-
land University, and whose reputation in
both capacities, and as an eminent and
able jurist is widely known and perma-
nently established.
On the 24h of December, 1910, the de-
ceased was admitted to the bar at Car
thage, Tenn. And here he has continued
10 reside and preserve with UNMARRIED sue.
cess, his chosen profession ever since.
He was elected a member of the House
of Representatives Of Tennessee in 1S43
10 the latter part of the year 1851, he
took the first degree in Masonry in Car
thage Benevolent Lodge, No. II, and : f
forwards advanced through the Council
degrees Of that fraternity.
More than forty years before his death,
he connected himself with the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and continued an ex-
emplary Christian and member thereof
during his life. -.-..
His standard of professional character
was high. While Professor of Clinton
College, on the 23d September, 1885, he
read q lecture to the Societds Alumni of that
College, upon the different professions
or pursuits 10 life, and a proper love of
character" The lecture is principally d.
dactic in style, and is replete with the dis
tinguishing intellectual and moral traits
of its author. He says:
Human life is a drama in which every one
plays d part; and it is no less evident that the
object of every profession. every pursuit, is
mainly to subierve the primary erd OF our be-
ing namely. to make the best rrdy out Of this life
ing a lawyer? Then what is Tequi-
site? Lay your foundations deep and
broad with the ores of profound and solid
knowledge, before YOU embark in that profess
sion. Remember that law is comp rehensive
and noble science to cultivate; aud that to
understand it thoroughly you must read the
books of men-the great volume of nature,
which is always spread open before you; for
upon the law are suspended the destinies OF
individuals, of nations, and of the vast eR pire
1 of the universe; it uphOlds the component parts
of the poll. and N Material worlds, keeps them
together, and makes them go on revolving IN
| their proper spheres: 1t controls the radiant
beams of the great effulgent orb Of light and
| heat and so every living creature from the
| least mite TO the tallest Arch angel upon the
loftiest seat in the ETHEREAL realms IN short, II
/ is commensurate with immensely itself; its seal
| is the bosom of God and its voice the harmony
| of the innumerable worlds that compose vast
/ creations boundless domains. s~ The dig
| nifty, elevation and magnihcency Of intellec-
tual entity can alene be appreciated by assiui-
| lating it to the Divine essence of all bounteou
| heaven. In purity. refinement, knowledge anC
capacity there is and may be an endless Iro
erosion
| 1t is sufficient to add that through hi
professional experience at the bar, cover
irg a period of nearly twenty nine years
he sought TO fill the full measure of tn
exalted standard he had reared for tn
youth committed to his guidance and edu
cation.
Coming TO the practice, much involved
in pecuniary embarrassment, with famil
| entirely dependent on his exertions, h
never ignored or violated the lessons b
inculcated as professor. At the per;o
indicated, when admitted to the bar, hi
facilities were well matured and highl
disciplined. His mind was stored wit
the treasures of a thorough and rip
scholarship; and these advantages he mad
subserVient to full and lucrative pIa
tice, which he soon obtained and continue
to receive.
His intellect was broad, comprehensiv
melhodical and analytical in its operation
and, as a consequence, his conclusions wei
marked by clearness and accuracy.
consultation he was cautious and reliable
He travelled every path of investigate
| with keen observation and minute inspeC
ton. He hurried through no branch of h
, ! professional labors.
10 the preparation of his causes for iris
. be has has few superiors. No sourC
l of Information in the procuremen t I
: OF, offs was left unexplored. He was 6
!, indeistigable worker. No amount of lab,
in this regard, relaxed his energies
abated his ardor. He familisrized himse
with the details and smallest circHmstanc
bearing upon the issues involved; nor Wi
this done in such manner al 10 divert hi
d from the prominent facts. He absorbed a
/" the facts and gave to each, in its present
i lion, its actual and relative weight.
e As a debster he was earnest and il
r pressive. Every word was stamped wi
D the fervor of conviction. 10 heavy caus
v hs oftentimes became vehement; and mo
/ especially was this true if he BEGAN
o aroused by a sense of wroog, injury or o
. preston suffered by his Client On SUI
occasions his whole soul became arouse
: And then it was that he welded, with
% fierce, defiant and potent energy, 4
weapons Of invective and sarcasm, in t
nae OF which he was an accomplished m'