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rFrom Charleston News, 10Th inst
THE LATE JUDGE WARDLAW.
Meeting of the Members Of the Charles
ton Bar.
Tribute Of Respect to the Memory Of
the Deceased.

Tribute Of Respect to the Memory O.
the Deceased.
| In response to the published call
large number of the members @
1.-The Bar assembled in the Equity
fCourt-room, at the Courthouse yes
terday for the purpose of paying {
Tribute of respect to the memory O
1.-The late Judge D. Wardlaw. A
|eleven o'clock. upon motion Of Mr.
IL. W. Hayne, the meeting was or
eanized by calling ex-Chancello'
|T,esesne to:the chair. Mr.: w. D.
Clancy was requested to act as sec
retarv. In taking the chair Mr.
lLIesesne said:
! Brethren of the Bar-We have aa'
sembled todo honor to the memorv
Of an eminent man, the Hon. David
Lewis Wardlaw, an associate jns.
tice of the late Court of Appeals
|of South Carolina, who died on the
9Th inst, at the ripe age of seventy
fonr and inward.
Judge Wardlaw was mode for
limitation by the members Of our
lnrofession. Among the qualities
whicl, constituted his character,
carnestness and steadfastness OF
purpose we're pre-eminent. Making
choice Of the law as his vocation
for life, heexbibited these qualities
lin connection with it, throughout
his career-frst in.the preparatory
lstudies that preceded his admission
to the Bar, then in his practice as a
counsellor, and. lastly. in the pains
taking. thorough consideration be-
slowed on the causes which came
before him as a Judge. So. too.
while Others were enticed away by
the alluremerta Of political position.
he seems to have INDUCED in no
aspirations that were not cognate
to his noble profession. And, un-
deniab1v, he made himself master
of twas a great :iurist as well as
an accomplished, just and incorrup-
tible Judge.
Judge Wardlaw's learning, how
ever, was not confined to the law.
He was a man of liberal culture
and extensive reading in all the de-
partments of knowledge; and his
mind, too, adapted itself readily to
all the practical affairs of life.
But it was in the relations of prl-
vate life that our revered friend
ahone conspicuously and most at
tractively. Socially, be was a
charming man. In: conversation
ready and bright, full of informa-
ton. vet so we'll bred and afable
and of such ready sympathy as to
put the shyest companion at his
ease. And who that knew him can
ever forget the genial smile that
Iillpmined his handsome connie
nance, or the ringing laugh which
marked his appreciation of what
was good? These personal and
mental attractions, added to genuine
kindliness, made his home:proverb-
ial as a seat of generous and elegant
hospitality. ~
It is.sad to reflect that in the de-
cline of life he was ruthlessly de-
prived of position and employment
and exposed to the anxieties attend
ant on narrow circumstances. But
it afforded him an opportunity OF
exhibiting high character in the t: },
constapcy and unaffected cheerful
ness With which he bore the dread
full reverse in his personal fortunes,
as we'll as the terrible ruin of his
country. There is cause for great
thankfuIness, too, that in the wreck
of health and fortune bis mental
faculties shone brightly to the last.
And now, thanking you, gentle t :
men, for the position with which l
have been. .lhopored on this impress
sive occasion, I will give place t"
those who are more especially
CHARGED with the duty of carrying
out the purposes of the meeting,
The Hon. I. W. Hayne then IN
|troduced the following preamble
and resolutions, prefacing them
with a few brief remarks:
Another of the old landmarEs Of
; South Carolina as it was, has pee"
removed. Another Of the links
connecting the South Carolina Of
today with that which has gone
forever, has been severed. Judge
David Lewis Wardlaw has gone te
his rest, and the places which knew
, him shall know him no more. inc
> great, the astounding change OF MI
native State. in which his whole
: life had passed, from the old Caro6
ma int the ne,u-a change so sud
der and so thorough that it was be
| wildering and stunning even t'