Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-11-23
NEW SERIES. NO. 6s7.

1 Naku eac1 Other, IN heated debate, that
hereafter meets no stronger rsprobation
than IN our own bosoms. am very happy
to testify here, that according to my opin-
ion and observation. I have never seen
Mai. Clare violHte any Of these rules He
was man of extreme sensibility, teo, and
high passions man quick to see anything
that was intended as reproach tohimaelf,
yet he had the good fortune to have his
nature under control, and was fortunate,
by doing full Justice to his fellow man, to
WIN, so tar as he could, the appreciation Of
all. ~. - -
| he has fallen in our midst, young in
years. Why was not some older member
taken; some one who had less fair pros
poets il life2 Why was not one of those
whose steps are going down the hill Of
life, and whose shadows are fast lengthen-
ing, taken in his stead? Il Is a miracle to
Us, that young man in the heyday Of life,
gifted with high qualities Of head and
heart, who might have promised himself
forty or fifty years of life-hearty, full of
honors, full of distinction, full Of the ap-
| probation of those with whom he is asso-
ciated-should be cut down suddenly and
taken away. Ithas always struck me, sir,
as one of the mysterious dispensat ons
of Providence, thae the old should be
spared-thcse who may be more or less
| worn out IN the campaigns Of life and that
/ those who can promise themselves the
highest distinction, and who possess the
highest qualities, should be taken. But SO
it Is, and we cannot understand these
things. Our friend is gone. /, for one,
mourn his loss; regret 1t exceedingly.
| l have no words to express, fnller than /
II h.. Il nxAA~@ n.
| which I viewed bis career, and the strong,
heartfelt wishes I had for his success, or
that of any other young man who is strug-
| Cling forward, and endeavoring in all his
walk and conversation to obey the laws Of
high professional courtesy. Such young
men are jewels; wish they could all out
live rs who are older. We can spare two
| old men better than one young man. The
time allotted for the life of him who has
reached his meridian is but short compared
to that which naturally belongs to q
young man. ..-s ...
| Mr.. Chairman, the lesson of this occa-
sion, like all others, ought not to be lost
| upon us. While there asmuch to admire
| 10 Maj. Clare, In his qualities, in his ca
reer, the fact that he was taken at the age
| of thirty one, in the midst of bright and
1 pAOsDcCtd, bOdCuc5 US al . bdu
| lesson, that we, too, are liable, in a day
| and an hour We know not, to be called
away. We have met here frequently with
in the past two years and buried our dead
| out of this bar three or four. Two of
them were young men, and promising.
This thing goes on; new faces appear, but
they do not supply so much the Iaces OF
the old. 1t takes time, and time alone;
l,terate the faces and reeollections of those
to whom we had become peculiarly at
tached. 1t is an apr cal to us to be, as far
as human exertion can make us, prepared
for that event which comes alike to us all.
No man has such hold upon society that
he may not in one moment, when least
expecting it, be taken away.
We cannot recall the dead, but we hope
il is well with him; that these virtues
illustrated IN his life are not lost. l am q
believer in the doctrine that for whatever
great virtue man has and practices in this
life, he will meet his reward-in what way,
or how, it is not necessary to explain. do
not believe that man who, all his life, en-
deayors to do Justice to his fellow-men,
upon high moral principles, that those
virtues and those services are to be
tutiGlN lOSA. lhh5 CUuSOldllOu- L tdkc
encouragement; take hopeand confidence
from this faith that whatever good man
does in this world he will receive more or
less reward for it. We part with our friend
with reluctance; but there is an inkling of
rejoicing with it. If he had not the quail
tiles that have been depicted; if he had not
these high and noble complications of
character, we would meet here as a matter
r II
form As il is, 1 am sure that there is not
q member of this bar but feels hearty
regret at the death of William Glare.
REPORT OF TIE COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS.
Frank E. Williams, Esq, here presented
the following report of the committee on
resolutions, which resolutions were unani-
mously adopted:
In the dispensation of our Allwiss
Providence, another member of our pro-
fession has been stricken down in the
prime of his manhood and the meridian
of his usefulness. In these earthly
courts, we frequently plead for justice,
but at the Bar of that Court to which our
brother has been summoned, our only
plea thst can avail, will be that of
mercy.
What a lesson to us, in our struggles
for distinction in our profession, is the
death of Maj. William Clare. But few
short weeks ago, his knightly form and
eloquent voice were seen and heard in this
Courthouse, where his future opened up,
all aglow with hope, and not a cloud
seemed to dim the progress of his honor
able ambition. And yet, to-day, the
very elements seem to mingle in our grief
and to shed tears of regret over his early
death. No more will his eloquence stir
cur souls, nor his genial hospitality well
come US to his door. We come to pay
this last tribute of respect to one whom
we loved in life, and upon whose grave
we drop the tear of sorrow. Therefore,
Resolved, That in the death of our
brother, our profession has lost one of its
brightest lights, society an ornament, his
country noble patriot, his family q de-
voted husband and father.
Resolved, That copy of the proceed
ings of this meeting be forwarded the
family of the deceased, with an assurance
of our hearty sympathy in their bereav-
ment, and that the city papers be re-
quested to publish the same also that
the papers of Washington City, D. G.
Huntsville and Tuscaloosa, Ala, be re-
quested to publish these resolutions.
FRANK Z. WILLIAMS,
J. T. Brown,
BAXTER SMITH,
r. s. TUTHILL,
E. w. PARKER.
REMARKS OF COLONEL BAXTER SMITH.
Col. Smith, after making a motion,
which was carried, that the chair appoint
a member of the bar for each of the
courts in Nashville, to present the resolu-
tons and proceedings of the meeting,
with the request that the same be spread