, 1875-01-05
THE BAR Of ILLINOIS.
Remarks Of tho Hon. Thomas lIoync
at The Bar Association Dinner.
"reminiscences Of the Old Lawyers Of
tho State.
Judge Isrccse and the Pacific
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, The following ty ia full report OF Tho speech Of
.n1o tio" lnon1as lioync aell9otaA as tlls ahnnal
d'1inor or tho Bar Association last mock. Tho
informat,on II contains aud liza rono;riaccnce, ~
-, '"1 ~ o'''ei''0 n'''4 i'n 1o.s'''''nIo''eos y.
Tue past, arc dcHervng Of moro tlan the brief
abstract published tho DIV after its delivery,
In rantv to A., +osst !. ri, 1l,n ~ Y,, III, ,,a
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liz Early Days" Alr. 11oyno said:
Tho hour Ii atct and If thcre were not coma thtugs
omitted which, perhaps, onght to hays been said I
should nut tre,rsla On tho time Of tho geutlsmeu
rssine II ows tue call male 1spSn nj to what m.y
SEEM almost my patrlarrhnI relations to lie Oil mi.
cago lar Though uut tho ulsst, yet am. nefhape.
tho ollest rc.Idct lawyer OF Ch,eago who stlli
rcnls!ns III tho nctiye duties of professional lfc
When came here in 1871, tho city hal population
landings, blaakstnith.sAup And two iarga Or p<ci-
rnl tavorns,-lho Lake l1onss IN tile North Bllo ami
City 1Iotal IN tl!o Sonth There were tueu ubott
twenty -unn lawyers and FIN, aIudeuta among whom
Iudge Williams, William 8. Hrown, tbs late Judge
hanicrre, anh isscif we're to bs itrl.lci.
There were two or tllreo originals Of tha. day
In bur profession who's, ia,ncx i,A,s nut bcon 1pl,
tunpl tonight. Autl first .here WAS our tall KENTUCKY
friend, tho auluevlIat historical
co1,. HTnupr.
Of Black Jrawk Nnr tnrrory Il was oftsn ea} nf him
that e never cro.se tic praire without fearing lhusa
friends Of Ill., after st,jmans run. It il sad that M
on ono occasion, that tho celebrated Indian chsef,
black Huwt. ,,Aio capluro Of hta saldi-.b.gs con.
tlining hiA rucd shrta aud two vones Of "Glttty's
rioldings."
Mr.. Duttcrhed used to roy, when Strobe met With
Ions Of ha .Chtty 'tnat he hid seen black Hawk
wearing lfa rues Upon ha bsktn. and goiug aros,n
each arm-hut stro4le always kept uut ef liz war.
It is MT III llceutJy understood that yys tAcu had
historian III Tho profession.
wrotc and published hlsorv nf thia Htrse rfo ,,a,
of alpts habit. pure fo. and Of great lr1rning
A sa sse = H. aass 10 Sss s d II
have beol,, la,l ho studied law in biaci-iser irucs
Hnt, ~ ths history Of 7oo pages was remarkable
nrou a other subjects tran tho subject of tic work
tIau any history eycr written. 'SS' - NV "'NA'
putteriteda causc wit once characterized 1t ~ being
like q work once cu1ninsne Ell lr unlan n,t],or iiut
fiat autlor never vi On fnrtlvr ,lan tits sue to lis
book This cuntuincI Iatjn 1nrcrint;nn nf lin n,dst
comrreheuslyo romIso-jIe omuibut rfbus ek ouiJus-
tltn atfsseonrcrniny nj! hngB and otseL. hut
tcrnsd said that Brown did 1ltlch Letter than ths
Aesns viii lilo discovery Of tlo American Continent
~ Columbus. II contains conlctc uarrutive OF tho
thu Frs,cA rcte.fcl,ts ut1 French snl ii, 7sh war;
upon this eoutiu ut; .lr Ei!.h rcyi11ti., Of lGS4:
te American revolution; Ii. war Of 1sla tic tic Of
tlu :1pron prot.ef, Jor sls1,t,, ut tlo history IT
tia ll!inuis 4 Michigan Canal.
ANOTHER ontt;ryA1.
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