The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-03-14
lohnson,s Enlog, on wlgmII.

IN the Baltimore city court on Satur-
day, Hon, iicverdy johnson am
nounced the death Of Lewis I, Wlglall.
lie fald' INLAY II please your honor,
my purpose In rising 10 address you Is
formally TO announce the death Of
Lewis H. Wigmll late u member Of
our bar and the bar Of the court Of APP
pcQls, The sad event happened at
Galveston, Texas, on Wednesday lust.
Mr. Wlgiall, n few days before left his
home IN Ihls ely ON, | believe, II pro-
fesaonal visit to Texas. lie was then
to NIL appearance In perfect health.
lil8 constitution was firm aud even 70.
bust, and promised many years of life.
Apparently death could only approach
him through the slow aud measured
steps Of time; but heaven thought
proper In the dlspensatlon OF ils mercy
TO cut him on IN his very meridian,
For four years preceding our unhappy
ciVil strife he was one OF the senators
Of Texas In the senate Of the United
states, II was my goodortunc If o
make his acquaintance soon after he
became u member of that body, and
that acquaintance shortly ripened into
intimacy and Irien iship, These rela-
lions never ceased to exist, though
they were necessarily suspended from
1861 20 1865, In 1868 saw him in Lon
don, when | had official residence
there, and ! was glad 10 find that our
friendship had not been in any man
ner impaired by the events Of the in
terNening years. We had widely diff
fered In regard TO the strife TO which
have alluded, but never for moment
doubted that his opinion in regard to
1t, and his conduct, were governed 10y
II high sense of duty aud ! am glad to
believe that he entertained the same
impression as TO my own. Ever
since the deceased became resi-
dent Of this city our relations
have been Of the most friendly
character. You may well suppose,
therefore, that the tdings Of his death
gave me deep concern. He was q gem
tIemau of great intellectual culture, of
very fine natural capacity, possessed of
strong logical powers, and Of very Win
ming eloquence. 1t was never my
privilege to hear him in court, but / |
have listened to him in the senate al
ways with qualification and iustruc-
ton. Wit never seemed to fail him, |
bis sarcasm was keen, (pcrhaps too |
attcn INDUCED iu) but whenever it in |
flCted Il wound which he did not de- |
sign, or which he thought undeserved, |
he never failed to make an ample apol- |
oGy a brave man--there never was Il |
b.aVcr-he knew he could do this with
out having his motives called into
question, and he was influenced to do
it by n sense of duty. His intercourse
with his friends was always delight
full, his store of anecdotes cX-
haustless and his manner of re-
counting them most feici-
tops That such man was necessa-
rily the charm of his own domestic cir
Gle all must know. To them his loss
is irreparable. Their consolation is to |
be found in the favorable opinions en-
tertained Of him by those to whom he
was longest and best known, and these |
may be counted by thousands. When |
such professional brother is lost to us |
it is proper that we should take some
measure to show our respect for him |
and to do honor to his memory. In
this feeling Of the bar, | ain sure your
honor will fully concur, and | there
fore move the court, as an evidence of
it, to order an adjournment
Such eulogy upon Wigfall, by 50
distinguished union man as Ueverdy
Johnson, is in the highest degree graf
lying to the friends of the deceased !
in Texas.