The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-02-04

mortified the poor and hunble,1b1tEwas
ever accessible to them; aEordinR an il.
lustrationr Of his character in this respect
in the gentleness and kindliness. of his
treatment OF that race OF people amongst
us, which, perhaps, has been preoipitaEod
ahead of it's destiny. Be that as IL NAV.
Judge Boozer's hand was always ready
to uphold them an5 his voice to counsel
them-whenever proper occasions were
presented. -
Judge Boozer's career may be said,
with correctness, TO have been one OF
uniform success, which, in his case.
although not always so. may lie taken as
q test OF merit. His standing in his
class In college was above mediocrity,
and in the mathematical branches he
excelled. The great old astronomer and
mathematician, DR.. James Wallace. who
was our professor. loved to haveshim at
the black His position at the bar
was entirely respectable, the Judges
always expecting and receiving from him
reliable light and authority on disputed
points of law. He was honored time and
again by his people with seat in both
branches of the General Assembly. in
which lie was diligent and capable in the
fulfllmcnt of his duties. He was elected
by that body, in 1866 before the inau
guration of the present State Govern.
ment, District Judge He was chosen.
by the popular vote, under the new
constitution, Lieutenant Governor, Htill-
ing, rs such, with marked acccptabilitv,
the Presidential chair Of the Senate: and
as the crown of his life, in 1868, was pro
noted by the General Assembly to the
great Office of a Judge. And it is in this
last and highest public relation that, in
some most essential respects, we delight
to contemplate his excellent fitness.
how laborlous, patient and pains-taking,
how courteous aud deferential, how lust
and impartial on the bench. was our
departed and lanented friend! Above
all, L must add that no lawyer was ever
advanced to the bench, in South Carolina
or elsewhere, more jealous of the purity
OF the judicial ermine than he was,
avoiding even private festivities rendered
ny those who were litigants before him.
de was esteemed by all the people. He
was trusted by the lawyers and their
clients for his sound common sense and
safe judgment, his deep copscientious
ness, and for his sufficient, though not
abundant, learning-1ualities and ouali-
ilcations which, we hoped, would carry
him to scat by the side of your Honors.
HAD 1t been SO, ho might have been
spared Tor years Of increasing usefulness
and honor. Bnt it was not thus ordered,
IN the providence of God. The time
had come when he must lie down in the
cold obstruction Of the grave, and it is,
our duty to surrender him to the cold
embrace of death, without murmuring,
although not without tear.
With word more, will close. The
Attorney General, with equal graceful
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recent political relations of Judge BooZcr,
and 1 ask to be permitted to commend
the remarks he has made, for their taste
and delicacy, Us we'll as for their truth
fulness. He and I were antipodcs in
politics, but regarded his Identification
with the Republican party of this State
as an act OF signal moral hcroism, which,
his political opponents were compelled
to respect for its perfect sincerity and
purity of motive. To be discovered
from the friends of his youth, of his
manhood and advanced years; to drop
the hands of his own Carolinians and
grasp those of strangers; to aid in seizin
the government of the dear old State
from the possession Of her own children.
to be confided to the guardianship OF
aliens, was, indeed, almost to tear his
body and soul asunder. But still he did
1t. In the busy hours of the day and
the silent hours of the night, he sought
out the path of duty, and, having found
it. bravely followed it. In his life, for
gave him, because L knew he was honest
and now that he is dead, believing that
his political affiliation was the result O,
his convictions of duty, I now record my
admiration of his moral intrepidity.
The beauty of eulogy is its truth, and ]
thank the Attorney General for having
spoken it and strewing some fragrant
flowers over the grave of my friend that
shall not soon die.