Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-09-07
T From the ST. A Adams Messenger.
Julian M. Dewey.

spotless man, the kind husband, the de-
| voted father, is on earth no more. lie
has been called forward, we fondly believe.
from worth to excellence, and when such
men die the void they leave is only tes-
timony of the greater place that awaited
their coming. We have a great sense OF
| loss and in s1ch an hour we know not
what to say. The sad c0uutenance, the
fearful eye, the subdued tone, signs
which We sec on every hand to-day, speak
a grief that is widely felt and one that we
| know is deep and sincere. For the first
time-we say it in we'll considered words
have we seen a man of strong convic-
tons and positive ideas, with courage to
take position and ability to maintain it
go down to the grave without an enemy
in the world Mr.. Dewey made all his
friends, and, "yerily the mourners do
walk about the streets"
Young vet, not having reached the high
noon of life, Mr.. Dewey had by his
i bright intellect and tireless industry at
tanned an eminence in his profession ex-
ceedingly rare. He had long since borne
down the opposition which most If not all
young men have to encOuuter-that mean
spirit which does not admit that the
world is not large enough for all-and hid
outstripped even envy, until he had come
to be acknowledged as the bright par
ticular star in the legal armament of
this meridian. 1t is no reflection upon
others, some Of whom may have been
stropger in specialities, TO say that he had
taken a royal stand in the high fore front,
and could he have lived but q few years
more, we might have added, in the elO-
qusnt language If another, land from the
top of Fame's ladder, he stepped into the
skies" He hud all the essentials of a
great lawyer. At the foundation we find
broad deep base Of common sense on
this q die Of character, moulded by Chris
tian parents and proportional to any
superstructure that man has time to
build then the mOnldings and graceful
lines If culture, borrowed from all schools
and blended into harmony with q life
that bad a purpose, and then the aspiring
shaft, the monument Of deeds, the well
hewu jasper of sturdy csses, and we look
for the capital, but find it enveloPed in
the clouds.
Weindge that Mr., Dowey's most promi-
ueut characteristics as i lawyer were his
Quiokness and cIeurness of perception, his
rtmarkatlo memory and his effective
oratory Generally he saw clear through
d Case from tie beginning, and though
sometimes he would weaken his urgu-
mcut by too much elaboration of some
comparatively uEesscntiIl feature, as
rule be would ley hold upon the pivotal
points with strong grasp and would
! brush al the lum Der and subteIfuge with
which weaker lawyers cucumber a case
aside with disdaia which showed they
had no business to engage even the pass
iny notice Of the trie5s He was
q rreat gdmirer OF Blackstone
80 much 50 that in the first of
/ his practice he t4ught it to a class
Of liz asscciates-sn like that great pre-
cpptor h. believed that the law was the
acme of common sense, the perfection of
I human reesan. In the ardOr of a trial,
he has been known, when on the wrong
side, 10 twist the meaning of statutes
and argue igcniou-ly for biz client against
/ evidence that seemed conclusive; but we
doubt if any man ever heard him attempt
to uaryrrt the reasoning of the common
law, for he hrli it in such respect that he
almost felt, like the prophet of old, to
8. take thy shoes from off thy feet, for the
place wherein thou standest is holy
ground" Ia argument he always made
! it mint to say something if there was
anything to he sid, and any occasion TO
a.y il. otherwise not. He was remarkably
clGar in statement. systematic aud logic.
ally consecutive in arrangement and
when he came 10 the hearing of al the
maaterlv grouped evidence upon His eli.
/ ent's rights he was eloquent, convincing
and persuasive beyond the average of his
peers Finely formed, with handsome
face, a bright full eye, and clear and sill
vtry voice, Hi- address was pleasing and
attractive. Then, as he poured out from
his treasure hou-e Of legal and literary
lore, arguments ard illustrations gath
cred during many hours devoted BY less
conscientious students 10 the vain pleas
ure- OF life, ho always charmed, some
times eUChained and usually Convinced.
Such qualities a7 these could not, in 4 /
country Of opportunities like our own,
fail to mark him SO a growing man. He
was justly regarded ~ one whom the peo-
Ile delight to honor. L7-t year, when !
unfortunately he became a candidate for
the highest tti'e Ia the gift OF the town,
%fFsr so NJ m. my 81 MS Ifiehds ana admirers
- a. a,.o,h,r ba r-or1d bn+ fo, his cir
cuD-tauce, havo received such an evil
de"ca IT the universal esteem IN which he
w. held IN would h'yesnrPrl7ed his own
modest self and surpassed, we dare say,
the expectations Of his triends. But bet |
ter than victory was the great and true !
nobility 81 character which be display ed. |
No aspersl'ns, no malignant hack-bitlng. |
no bittor resentments entered into his
'msferial Of var" He was Infinitely |
above al this. He talked like gentle
man, he walked like man. and then and
always he WIS true as steel.
Iuto that tepdrrer realm. the hareaved |
circle of lis intimate social and domestic |
life, we will not enter. Aud yet, justice
and respect alike forbid that we should
fail to say that here. too, he exhibited the
same noble nature, rounded almost into