The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-01-14

deceased friend, and that we tender our
afectionate sympathy to his bereaved fam
lily.
ResoJUed, That the proceedings Of this
meeting be reported to the Supreme Court,
with the request that they be spread upon
its records, and that the Secretary furnish a
copy to the family of the deceased, md also
a copy for publication to the newspapers of
this city.
The further remarks of Gen. Featherston,
accompanying the resolution, are as follows
Il most cordially endorse what is SO truth
fully and appropriately expressed in the re-
port and resolutions just read
II knew Mr.. Anderson we'll for several
years, as a lawyer, legislator and a politi-
cal DICTATOR. Often have | sat within these
walls and listened to his able, compact and
powerful arguments before our late High
Court of Errors and Appeals" AS a lawyer
Of great learning in his profession, Of close
and assiduous application, and of rare men
tai powers, we'll disciplined and fully matur-
ed, he had but few equals, and perhaps no SUI
perior within the Union.
''He made his reputation too, and raised
himself into the front rank of his profession
at time when such men as Prentiss and
Holt and Sharkey and Boyd and a long line
of others, of perhaps equal professional emf
nence but who have passed from the stage
of human action, gave tone and character to
the Bar of Mississippi. To do SO required
intellect of the highest order, and indefati-
gable industry, stimulated by a laudable am
bition. 1t was a Herculean task, and one
we'll calculated to strike with dismay any,
save the man who was fully conscious Of his
own superior mental endowments.
Fulton Anderson was equal to the emer-
gency. To stand the peer of those men in
the legal profession, was position (which
any man might we'll have been proud.
"But he was not a mere lawyer. AS a leg
islatOr, he was vigilant sagacious c0mpre-
| hensive and statesman-ike. Had he been
returned to seat in the United States Sen
ate, after his intellect matured, his reputa-
ton, as statesman, would soon have become,
not only national, but highly enviable AS
an able political debatOr, and an eloquent
and powerful speaker on the hustings his
great power of convincing the minds of men,
and controlling their actions, often Wit
messed. By his kindness and courtesy to his
opponents, he won their esteem, while his
eloquence and ability made him the favo-
rite Of his political associates, the champion
Of their cause. But to his great learning
and ability, he gave the more solid charms
of pure and spotless character, without
which no man can be truly great, or useful
to his feIlow-men.
Gle lived and died an honest and honOra-
bic man. OF his many virtues as Il husband
neighbor and friend, shall not speak, 1ol
those qualities of his admirable character
are known of all men in the community il
which he lived.
"If the court please, has not Mississippi
just cause to mourn the loss of one of hel
ablest and best men?
''When touched by the hand Of disease, he
was but in the vigor and prime Of man
hood. He is now gone to the spirit land
How sad and impressive is the lesson. Il
teaches us, his survivors, that we, too, after
the lapse of q few years at most, must fal
by the hand of the same memorable conquer
Or. And may We so live in the exercise O
Christian faith and piety, that when the
messenger Of death shall summons us hence
we may welcome the message as did our de
parted BROTHER"
Chief Justice Peyton responded that he full
~ concurred in the resolutions and remarks
and ordered that the same be spread on the
minutes Of the Court, which was accordingly
done