The Hillsborough recorder., 1870-04-06

10 the Memory Of The late Chief Justice
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Rockingham county, met in conjunction
with the Bar Of said county on Tuesday the
22nd Of March 1870, to pay i tribntc Of
respect and veneration to the memory Of the
late Hon. THOMAS RurrrN,
The meeting was organized By calling
Or. Ed. 7. BRoDNAx to the chair, and
appointing D. $. Read and A. N. ScALEs,
Secretaries.
On motion committee Of fye were APP
POINTED BY the chair 10 prepare and report
Resolutions fol- the action Of the meeting.
Tie Committee consisted Of Messrs. JoHN
KERR, JAMES Il. MoREiIEAD. 1.-THE clder)
JouN a. DILLARD. WILLIAM B. BETiI-
ELL and Gro. d. BoYD. After retiring
the committee in short time returned and
reported through Mr.. KERR, rs follows, TO
wit:
The death ofa great and good man, i .
sore public calamity at any time, but i
il felt to be peculiarly 50, when soeicty--
pressed with other mighty troubles. stands
IN need of all the aid of the wisest counscls
and the highest virtues.
Such calamity, in it, greatest force the
the people and Bar Of Rockingham, IN COM
mon with the whole State have recently
sustained in the death Of the Hon TIios.
RrrrIS, late Chief Justiccof the Supreme
Court Of North Carolina. Therefore, We
who compose this meeting, have come to-
gethcr at this time, to offer our sincere tri-
butte to the memory Of one Of the ablcst and
pnrcst Judges that ever lised--as he WIS
likewise one Of its best patriots, and among
the wisest, Of our country's modern states
men, whose long life, singularly devoted n
II was, to duty in all its demands, closed 1t
his own residence in Hillsbcro on the 18th
| 81 February last, in .he circle Of his dcyot-
Cd family, and attended by the tears and
| sighs o. the whole community in which he
had long resided.
Greatly advanced In years and crowned
with-..a hoary head found ii the way d
Righteousness, this venerable citizen and
illustrious Jndgc went DOM 70 the grave.
not without casting behind him as he sunk,
light, which like that Of the great Orb u
| Day, when setting amidst the cloud mists-
bsptifcs. and ilIumiaes tho whole moral
horizOn.
As In life, be was esteemed and admired
! for his general abilities and his great learn
I inc and trusted for his integrity and wiz
| dom: so IN Death. his memory should },
cherished and honoredby every appropriate
| token Of respect and yeneration :thatthercby
the present and succeeding generations, Ifia,
be melted to the love Of virtue, and the i'm,
itation of his cnoblmg example.
A. expressive Of our feelings and scnti
mrnts On this occasion il is therefore
Resolred 1. That in the death Of th'
Hon. Thomas RuFffN. late Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court oE North Carolina
our State has been bcrcayed of one of he
most endcarcd sons. and deprived 81 the be
neht of the natured wisdom Of q greatly We
ncrated patriot and statesman, and the Ia
and Bench o. their honcred Patriarch thci
chief ornament and tteir glory.
i ResolcaI, 2. As IN life be was in N
small degree identified IN his material into
rest. with the people Of Rockingham, an
had formed many strong ties u friendshi
among them; % now in his death the!
/, feel specially bcrcayed and claim The priv
lcge 70 stand among his chief public mourn
. rrs.
Rssdrei. 4. That IN view of his cxalte
character We deem Il altogether proper. an
strongly demanded BY the public feeling
that IN enduring memorial of him III HI
form of a carefully prepared Grafton on b
life and character, be pronounced by SON
competent person. to be hereafter selected
ID such time and place as may be dcsigna
"a and that committee of Eve Of whom Il
Chairman Of this mocting shall be one
, Ia now appointed 70 select the Orator m
designate the timo aud plncc of dcliverin
! decoration.
Resoirei, 1. Tint these proceedings Y
I furnished to the lIillsboro Recorder &
Publication with request that they be copic
/ from Tint paper BY the Seatiael at Ralcigl
! aud other papers IN the State.
! RerOiral. j. That tho Chairman Of III
| meeting transmit copy q our proceeding
! Ii the venerable widow of tie illustrious d
! ccascd. and that he offer her the assuran,
IL onr deeply sincere condolonce with b.
aud her family IN their great bereavement
/ Resolred, q. That these resolutions
|. presented 70 BIS Honor the presiding Jude
i of the Court now in Term. with rcguc
!. that they bc entered on The minutes Of u
Courts and that Hon. A. NJ. SCALES
charged with tho duty of presenting tho
r 10 The Court and making said request.
On presenting the Report q the Comnai
! tee MI. KIM, addressed the meeting,
!, tho character o. Judge RuFrIN. and "
: followed BY Hon. JAMES I, MoREuEAl
Hon. DAVID 3. RErD and John II. Dt
4 LAID, Esq., After these addresses the !
! port Of the Committee was unanimous
adopted.
Tho meeting was characterized byan y
4 usual degree u solomnity and decorrin, Al
!. thus evinec,i the deep sincerity Of the re
4 plo Of Rockingham, In their feelings cf rs
i pcct aud yenemtion for the character Of =