The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-10
NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY MAY TO- l87s-TRRLE SHEET
ties, speaking OF his character in terms Of the
REMARKS or JUDGE NELSON.

ties. speaking OF his character in terms Of the
highest praise.
REMARKS or JUDGE NELSON.
Chief Judge NELSON then spoke as follows:-
The Court entirely csncurs with what has been
SAID, ana recognizes this motion as eminenty
proper and becoming. We therefore grant the
oson and direct that an entry Of these
Court. We have before us the retrospect Of
great life turned TO great account. It Is not
member OF the Bar. had been Governor OF his
State, had been Senator, had been, at trying
time 10 our history secretary OF the Treasury oa
the Chief Justice OF the United States for period
oil about eight years, and that only the other day
he performed his last official act by adjournng MS
Court. Although we represent State interests, yet
as the profession feel, and as liberal statesmen well
nave ey IT. and p
OF the United States. We find In the decisions OF
that Court the leading discrimination and large
and the late Chief Justice took high rank in that
field Of service. In the condition OF his health
for time past he may have had
and there is reason to hope that his death was
peaceful and serene. His last hours were the more
family. We have more tender regard for his mem
ory to-day, because he was devoted Christian
exemplary and pure in his life man Of tender
the Bench held him in great regard the members
Of the Bar practising before him in great respect.
IiS icJLcTS W HIb ITlcuuS OlSClOSc lOunlhiu VI
kindness and affection, and his life contributes
bright page to our judicial history. This Court
will now adjourn.
meeting was also held at haltpast twelve
O'Clock in the United States Court Building corner
OF Montague and Clinton streets. The bench was
occupied by Judge Benedict Of the United States
Court; Judge Gilbert Of the Supreme Court; Judge
Moore, OF the County Court and Judges Nelson,
MCue and Reynolds, OF the City Court.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY TENNEY's REMARKS.
When the meeting had been called to order
United states District Attorney Tenney said
The sad intelligence has reached us, by telegram
and otherwise, that Salmon p Chase, the Chief JUS
tce OF The United States Is dead. And as recogni-
to his memory and his worth, ! do now move the
adjournment OF this the Circuit Court OF the Eastern
o. New w Sad IN % aS
minutes OF this Court 1t seems peculiarly fitting
and proper that We who are still retained In the
to our fallen chieftain-he whose record has been
closed, whose brief has been ended, who has moved
OF on
Judge, and ''where the wicked cease from troub-
ling and the weary are at rest" This bereavement
strikes not at the federal courts alone. but 1t
reaches the State courts also: and l. therefore,
IN the name Of the legal fraternity, most cor
Gay welcome to these rooms and these exer
customary l know, on occasions like the
eulogize as the foremost individual Of his
time. Yet Of a truth can this be said Of Chief
Justice Chase. He was, indeed, peer among his
peers. However distinguished he may have been
as jurist, 1nancier or statesman, yet his true
greatness it seems to me, is to be found In the
purity OF his life and the nobility Of his manhood
No man can be really great from external circum.
seances alone. True greatness must come from
Within from the heart and soul OF the man;
Chase. He was great In thought as well
as in action; great in honesty, great In
as ars his and % sha 10
life seems to have been anchored on the side of
right Throughout the entire period OF his eventual
career he seems to have been actuated by that one
sublime idea, that duties were his, while the re-
suits were with God. Mr. Chase, by his lie and by
his death, has personifed more emphatically than
any other American, think, what the poet has SO
1ttingly said in words. that
Honor and fame from condition rise;
Act well your part-there all the honor lies.
The District Attorney spoke for some further
length upon the life and Official acts Of the de-
ceased.
Catn also spoke.
REMARKS OF JUDGE BENEDICT.
Judge BENEDICT said
this motion to be made was received by
this Court with profound regret and the
Judges who preside the tribunals OF this
city attests that this regret Is universal. With
respect to the deceased, IL Is Bumclent ior
this occasion to say that when that portion OF
the history Of this country Is read that narrates
the great moral revolution on the subject. OF
slavery, there will be found the name OF Mr.. Chase
as leader. In the history Of the war OF the
luton that followed, Mr.. Chase will appear at the
head OF the department OF government which was
required to furnish the means wherewtth to
prosecute that great war; and when the jul
dicial history OF the year subsequent to
the rebellion has been examined, Mr.. Chase
Will appear as the Chief Justice OF the Supreme
Court OF the United States the court Of last resort
as one by reason Of whose preeminenr genius the
questions arising from that eventful epoch were
satisfactorily settled. But few men have been
called to the position of Chief Justice OF the
United States. The first Chief Justice was
years. The next was Rutledge who held
who held the position for 1--WE years; the next was
Marshall, who held the position for thirty-1ve
years, and the next was fancy, who held the posi-
ton for twenty eight years. The last was Chase,
who held the position for nine years. The de-
ceased was one OF those men who have been
called to this position, perhaps the high.
est In the land. No ordinary man could
discharge an office so high and so full OF
responsibility. II Is due to the memory OF the
man. and in this Court especially it is proper, out
OF respect to the high office which he held, That the
motion Of lhe District Attorney should be granted
1t Is, accordingly, ordered that the District Court
Of the United States do adjourn, and that II stand
adjourned until the close OF the day of his burial
and that the CLERK enter minute OF the proceed
ings on the records OF the Court
PUBLIC SORROW IN WASHINGTON.