The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-16
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Truth, like sparks from flint, colnes
out only by blows. 1t Is not easy to
find, and Is often unrccognized when
found Error and wrong die In sunlight.
Truth basks and thrives In II. And he
alone is worthy Of respect, In whatever
station he may be, who IL ever ready
with all his might to contribute TO bring
Ii to It's native element.
TO US who knew VIM. Randolph, with
the blood Of soldiers and lawyers Ia his
veins, II constitutes one OF his greatest
claims to our admiration thnt no never.
shrank from the duty he owed to his
profession. But honor US we will. nfd
love MS we may, there Ii no staying the
shaft from Azrael's quivcr.
The opening Of the courts this fall that
brought to iis q renewal of our lnbors.
found our friend on the bod Of death, hi
his native State Of Virginia.. Bya curious
coincidence, the roof tree that sheltered
him WIN the one from which he started.
when boy, 10 make his way In life and
the day he was seized by the illness that
terminated his career, was the annivcr-
sary Of the one on which he began Il, It
was the residence Of his relative, Mr.. w.
=. Jones, Of Vancluse, In the Valley of
Virginia. IL IL ono OF the loyeifest
places In that most lovely valley.
Nesting under the Blue Ridge, Il Is
swept ~ by y the rlgpllng waters o. the Rap
trodden 80 often In the late war by the
weary feet of the soldiers OF another
modest and brave Virginian, Stonewull
Jackson. And but u little way In front
Is the scene Of battle fought BY tho
sick man \ classrnatc, JutjMl Early SUP
ported by the soldiers Of Louisiana, led
by another dear friend, General Hurry
Hays.
With all thnt wealth Of natural beauty
about him. and with all the association,
Of these scenes, one may fancy the heavy
hours Of the sick-rOom somewhat light
ened Of their burden. HecolIcctlons of
his boyhood, with alI the vicissitudes 0f
iiis life, we can imagine passing before
him, since, near half u century ago, In
that room, his young heart had beat hiQh
with ambitious resolves. And us ne look
cd out on the quiet fields, while tho
sounds Of peaceful rural life, melIowed
by distance, fell on his ear, and thought
Of the hopes once cherished now buried
forever, OF his friends who had offered
their liyes so freely TO their country
where his gaze was resting, his Christian
spirit could find solace In the reflection
that the sorrows of this life are not the
sorrows Of the next; and that the battle
lost here. may be u victory there. Con-
scious Of his approaching end, with the
calmncss and gentleness that Character
lied him In health, he directed the dispo-
sitions to bc made for his interInent, and
bowed hls head In submission to the will
OF the Master, when the time should
come.
TELL them, In New Orleans, = said he.
tell them, when you say lam gone,
that | died surrounded by my relatives
and friends" /"
And surrounded by relatives and
friends, with his wife by his side the
end came Came rs softly rs tho shadow
OF cloud on the water. Came a. Il
friend bearing the key to release him
from his prison house. Came rs tho
dawn to awaken from troubled drcaf1l.
and let burst upon his soul the exceeding
brightness Of q glorious reality.
Surrounded by relatives and friends. !"
Aye, md many were there In spirit.
though not privileged To be Of that band
OF loving hearts that beat In sympathy
with the sinking pulse In that still room,
In the Valley OF Virginia.
Far off In Florida, beneath whose
stately pines he now rests, there was il
daughter whose very being was enfo1ded
IN her Worship Of her father. Here, too,
In Louisiana, were relatives and friends
who to-day have come with their tri-
butes of affcctionatc remembrance.
xsblVbS bi'5P Jtito0 buc IICkuUsL6 VI tIIey
bar Of New Orleans, TO say how they,
too, cherish his name, and garner
among the choicest Of their hearts
treasures tbe rccollections OF his life:
and how, In the time to come, f9sf
drawing near, when we shall give way
TO our younger associates, we shall
leave them as u legacy our conviction,
that purity Of life, gcntlcness Of manner,
devotion to duty, harmoniously joined
to the highest intellectual gifts, conSti-
tuting the noblcst type OF professional
have never, la our frater-
nifty, been more happily and striking1y
Illustrated than In the person Of him
whose course h just closed, William n.
The chair appointed the following
gentlemen Judge Thomas II. Kennedy.
Judge Il. 4. Merrick, Judge j. FL. Ilsley,
Gov. A. VOORHEES,, Judge w. A. Elmofe
and Messrs. John Finney, Thomas 4.
Clarke, J.: Ad. Kozier, William II. Hunt,
Thomas j. Scmmes and A. Pilot.
Grace was said In fourteen different