The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-04-05
Resolutions of the Bar.

At an adjourned meeting Of the Bar Of o.
tawa, held at the Court House in Ottawa, on
the 3lst Of March, A. D. 1873 in the absence
of the Hon. T. Lyle Dickey, chairman, Z.
Toilet Bull, Esq, was called TO the chair.
The committee appointed at previous
meeting 10 prepare suitable resolutions pre-
scented the following, which were received and
unanimously accepted;
Inasmuch as an event Of no ordinary mo-
ment has happened in our midst, by the sud
den and melancholy death Of our fellow citi-
zen, the Hon. JohnC Champln, what is more
fitting and proper than that the members Of
the Bar OF La Sale county should assemble,
as at this time they have done, to briefly al
lude To his life and services, recount some of
his virtues, offer resolutions of coincidence
and sympathy for his family and present here
what we trust may be a lasting tribute of re-
spect for his memory
Having studied and been admitted to the
practice of the profession of law in Ohio, he
came 10, and settled in, Ottawa in the spring
Of the year 1881, and at once took Il promi-
nent and leading position TT the bar which he
maintained till his election as Judge of the
County Court of La Sale county in the fall OF
1856. He possessed an active, discriminating
mind, was Il keen, ready dictator, and an able
and fearless advocate. He continued ON the
bench till the fall of 1861. As Judge he
WAS remarkably prompt, lucid and clear in
his decisions (Which were rarely reversedJ
and which were made uniniluenced by other
considerations than those pertaining to the law
and Justice of the case After his retirement
from the bench he withdrew to a considerable
extent from an active participation in the la
bors of his profession. 1t is no light task to
enumerate the noble qualities of head and
heart possessed by our deceased friend. He
was generous selfreiant and disinterested
Selfshness seemed no part OF his nature. lie
delighted To alleviate the sutierings and sor-
rows Of others, and in the exercise OF his
charities his acts were bounded only by his
ability. There was no hdJhedrtedaess in ms
friendships, (and who was not his friend y
and he fulfilled TO the letter Polonius' advice
to his son:
The friends he had sud their adoption tried
He grapplcd TO his heart, with hooks OF steel"
Mindful, therefore of the loss sustained by
this community, deeply impressed with the
terrible atfiiction which has so suddenly tal.
len upon the family by the death of kind
husband, and most kind and atiectionate
father.
ReSolced, That we herewith offer to his
family one of whom has, perhaps, as yet
been spared the knowledge Of her fathers
DEATH the assurance of our most sincere and
kindly sympathy in this their affective be
reaVement.
RtsOloed, That Il copy of these proceedings
be presented to the several courts, with re
quest that the same be spread upon the records
thereof, and also that a copy be sent to the
family of the deceased.
On motion the chair appointed Hon. d. T.
Jones To present the resolutions and request
Of this meeting to the Supreme Court OF the
State Of Illinois; Hon. T. Lyle Dickey 10 pre-
sent the same with same request To the Circuit
Court of La Sale County; Hon, W. Bushnell
to present the same with same request to
County Court Of La Sale county. Arthur
Lockwood, Esq, to furnish a copy of the reso-
lutions to the family of the deceased.