The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-04-07
HON. E. IL. STILES.

-hNy u peoaoo tfto IV"C ~ CstuuOb
refrain from addinga few words TO
what has already been said. enjoy
ed quite an intimate acquaintance
with Major Fulton during his resi-
dence here. The longer and moro
intimate that acquaintance became
the more my respect of tho man
deepened. He was man of fine
parts and excellent traits of charac-
ter. AS an enterprising citizen, gen.
erous towards every movement that
had a tendency to rebound to the
public good, and ever forward to lend
a strong hand to that end, he was
without a superior in our midst, and
| regard his death as a loss in that
respect almost irreparable. Possess
ing the strictcst habits of temperance
and morals, his influence for good
was most sensibly felt. As a man
his mind was imbued with the largest
liberality and his views upon all SUBJ
jects were broad and liberal. He was
much inclined to look on the bright
side Of humanity, and while he scor-
ned course of dishonor, he was ever
ready to make allowances for the
weaknesses of human nature, to as
sist the erring to reform, and to en-.
courage and lift up the down.trodden
and unfortunate. That no was q
man of the most generous impulses
towards humanity, who hoped and
strove for higher standard Of ex-
cellence for it in the good time COM
ing than it has yet reached, no one
can doubt who knew him we'll, or
heard the sounds ofthat voice which
still linger in this room. As q law
yer it is unnecessary to say of him
but little before those who knew him
SO well as we all do. He was an
honor to the profession and to his
zeal and fidelity to his clients and in
the performance of a multiplicity Of
duties to great extent is his untimely
death attributable. He was no soph-
list. As logician and lawyer he
did not rank with the abstruse minds,
but his reasoning though general in.
stead Of technical was sound and
comprehensive. He grasped at the
great leading points, and sought to
urge them home. As patriot and
brave man he attested it by his en-
tering the field to do service for his
country, and carried the marks Of
rebel shot upon his person. He was
impressed with the belief that be
was going to die long before many
who knew him we'll thought there
was anything serious alling him, SO
accomplishing was his nature. lie
approached the grim King Of Ter.
rors and the bar of his God IS only O
brave and upright man can, with
fearlessness on the one hand and
hope on the other. Before he breath.
ed his last he was favored with the
most satisfactory assurances of the
future life and that he was about to
| enter fields more beautiful than any
this life had furnished. What an un.
speakable satisfaction and joy to the
wife of his bosom who has been SO
devoted to his comfort and life. May
that power sustain her in her sor.
row Who "tempers the wind to the
shorn lamb" May we emulate the
example and character Of our deceas.
ed brother, and SO live that when our
last hour shall come, we may enter
the Valley Of Shadows, as intrepidly
and as hopefully as did he.
JUDGE sLoAN's RESPONSE.
GENrLEMEN--In complying with your
| request that these resolutions may be en-
tered upon the records, il may not be
amiss for me to express my own oonvic.
tons Of the eminent worth of the brothe,
whose death we mourn.
| l was not permitted to know him as g
citizen and neighbor-my acquaintance
with him, was made, might almost say
exclusively in the court room, and yet, il
that acquaintance he gave evidence Of 9
heart so generous, of a nature SO noble
that knew he could not haye been Other
as citizen, a neighbor, 1, husband and
father, than all, aye, even more than you
haye said for him. His frank. open coun
tenance was the index to a heart whose
impulses you did not hesitate to trust
You could not be mistaken in the hores
purposes Of his heart, SO plainly writer
in his face. Its language could be under
stood by all with unerring certainty, and
to understand was to trust.
| | can bear testimony with you to hil
eminent ability as lawyer.
Endowed by nature witt, talent of n
l common order, which he had cultivated