The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-10-29
Ghe9nteItiqtteer.
, Encech By the Hon. Sherrard
clemens, Formerly Of Wheel
ing. in 81. Louis,
nv s. Louis Drm0lFat

ing, in ~. LOUIS
.p,,p, tAr st. Louis DrmOeraiJ
II NENOmAN,
p.5r, Iulsr ,Ioncs-In the Criminal Court, ~
,,,ruln,, Hon ShtrraTi Clcmcni presented III
~ na, passed by the bar Of this city, IN respeC
memory nt Major John T. Jones' late Of thi
III, 81 Clemens said
MAJ Il plea4 Your Honor
In the mere presentation Of these res
in,;on, nv own duty should end. Yet, un
J"- the circumstances conceive it Oughr
aa, m do 80. Oi the early history Of the de
""s S Of his varied attainmentV, the res
oJa,ions ftly speak; but, Of the yariet
,Snept, Of his character, known alone t
t ,Eo low abou, him, they say nothing. IL
,Sc .acrcd chamber, where his most sacrec
,bouphts were expressed, he had but {
tsw chosen scattering guests; and II thu
n,r.on who now addresses you was one O.
hem. it was, perhaps, because We were
hath Virginians; and to becf Virginia is {
mystic tie which requires no signs, grips
~ pa.sworls for Congenial fellowship. Il
NAV be considered a pulling State feeling
rmay be but an empty State pride; it may
he hut the love Of a lorn bird Clinging
around the nest where it was born; yet il
i..dlI delicious sentiment, and grows
by what it feeds on.
Tbc deceased came to this city from
Virginia, with rosy hopes and bright ex'
ner,ation.. His ambition was manly
flowing, spontaneous and expansive, His
nature val genial, sensitive and unCalcu'
l,tiog His heart was rs large, magnani'
mous and tender as ever thrilled wO'
mans bosom. lie was esteemed most by
those with whom his associations were
the closest
He had obtained local reputation in the
home which he left, and he looked in this
GNlygrowiug city for u broader career,
and It'll greater results. In vast city
Of 100000 cosmopolitan people, he did
moi consider or reflect that each indi-
yiiuaI man is Of about the same import
ance as a single leaf in a limitlcss forest,
and, according to the universal plan,
growing fading, falling, dying nnnoticed
and unknown, and iluttcring, at last into
the dust from whence il sprung, while the
great wilderness Of living and smiling
yerdure still remained behind,
1t is your impulsive, positive, mag;
netic men that by their example good
or bad make the world all the better for
their having lived. They leave broad,
Distinct, well.dclined paths behind them
Of either success or failure. II they fail
their individual history points u living
moral or adOrns living tale, II they
succeed, they carry their hearts upon
their sleeves for DAVIS to peck at; and in
their magnanimous manhood no enter
prise for the benefit Of the community in
which they live is without their aid.
But alas We can see no sadder sight,
We can witness no more pitiable specLa-
Gle, than when all the selfshncss and low
impulses Of human nature are manifest
ed at unexpected death or great mtsfor-
tune; when the pride Of great city, as
banker, or rs a merchant, or as u law
yer, falls, like n vast oak in the silence OF
the intermlnable forcst--leayes, branches,
trunk and rOots-all, all PROSTATE and
prone. Then comes the cowardly al told
you SOL" then comes the still more craven
Il knew it." so that
N, who this morn rose proudly M tho suu
And breaking thrU' most Of clients breath,
Come IN rs gltcl and admired rs he
When supeBiiiJus MUOns salute hIsllghti
NJ, that had our GfyilG mobiles waiting him
ANTnInmuu uFnntnat and lnuuiuu nm hlf lDnka
NJ less than human lifpOr destiny
III that had sacrifices, more than Rome had nliars!
AUl this man Ni Fell hy without look
That burst appear his friend, or lend 50 much
VI vain relief 10 his changed state as pity
This characteristic Of our humanity, be-
moan il rs We may, must still remain
For
against our peace We run our will,
Against our plenty something still
For horses, houses, pictures, planting,
To thee, to me, to him Is wanting
That cruel something, nnpOsseSsCd,
lOfEVles, aud lCaycns all the rest
That something II We could obtain,
Would SION create future PALM
And yet we are all struggling for Il
name, for position, for riches or power
here below, ltseems to be the very con.
ditiOn Of our existence. And yet, at best,
We are but mere moths about the Kicker.
ing light Of a candle, hewing our way
from darkness into brightness, and at last
suffering away with singch piuions, to
death. For
"What |, Fame A ilnCiCl lie In others breath;
4 thing beyond rs even before our DEATH
Just what you hear you haze, and what's unknown,
The 'alne my Lord, II Tnlly'sor your own.
All that We feel Of II begins and ends
Ia The small circle Of our foes or friends;
TO all beside, ~ much an empty shade
AZ Eugene living, or rs Cesar dead"
Yet, with all this, the very act Of strug.
Cling up, although II may be in vain, Is
t'elt species Of enjoyment; and every
hope that crosses the mind, every high
resolve, every generous sentiment, every
lofty aspiration, nay, even every brave
despair, il a CLEAN Of joy that lIings its
illumination upon the darkest human
destiny. All these arc rs essentially IL
portion Of human life rs the pNlpablc
events that serve as the landmarks Of the
history Of each individual, and all these
would have to be computed before we
could fairly judge Of the prevailing char
aCter Of any single career; for the heart
oil young man Of great ambition, sur
rounded by poverty and trammelGd by
dependence, Is like q lnrk's egg In nest
among thorns and briars, II must either
curdle into bitterness and rot or take on
energy and life, and struggling through
all stotms, mount upward and plume
it'eIf for the stars. And yet II he make
aname, or acquire great riches, neither
can be transmitted In this country beyond
one generation; and even in England,
where her whole system Of law Is intend.
ed to secure the perpetual succession Of
hqonorS titles and wealth, we have the
whole story told by one Of the Oblest Of
English Judges.
In Sir W. Jones' report, Judge Crewe,
Alter describing 800 years Of Enbroken
said
~ have lNbOred TO make u covenant
with myself that affection may not pass
upon Judgment, for, | suppose, there Ia no
man mar that hath AIRY apprehension Of gen.
mliy or noblenesS, but his affection stands
0ihe continuance Of so noble name and
house, and would take hold OF a twig or
a. = twlnc thread to uphold II. And yet
lime has his revOlutionS-fns rtrum, an
emu 81 names an end Of digniLieS; an end
70 whatsoever Is earthly or tefrene; and
WY not, then, an end Of the name Of De
we're Tor, where Is Bohun? nay which
: more and most Of all, where Il the ma.
ie'ue and kingly plantHgenetH Are they
UoI all ehtOmbed in the utns and sepul.