Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-01
COL. WHITE.

The following tribute to the memory oi
 the late Col. White. of Danbury was paid
 by Hon. G. H. Hollister at recent meet
 ing of the Fairfield County Bar:
 4Magsi 1olease the Court: as The event that has called us together, has fallen upon this community like a bolt from Heaven. Eight weeks ago, I met our deceased brother, and had pleas ant interview with him. He was recover ing from g. dangerous illness and was cheerful in the anticipation of many years of usefulness, to be followed by the twi- light which attends the close of happy life. He told me of the books he was reading; of the comfort he took in his family; of the house he had built; of the trees he had planted, and what his plans were for the future. LIttle- did think that this was, the last time we should meet in this world. Let it not be said that this is the common lot,
 sFer tAasis not acommon chance, "a Which takes away noble mind."
 So long as there is a divine spark left in the human breast, the death of the pure and good will choke the utterance of those who would commemorate it. From long acquaintance had come to know Colonel White; and, need IsaY. sir, to know him was to love him? Although eulogy seems out of place at this second funeral, may I be allowed to give, in a few words, my estimate of the deceased? speak not of him as a soldier, advocate and scholar, for in doing that 1 should only add my testimony to matter al- ready settled by verdict Let me rather + rfh ing ina sphere marked out for him by nature, which he could no more depart from, than planet can break from its or bit. He was, in the better meanings of the word, a man of courage, moral, intel what fear was in any of the relations of life. This was a matter of intuition with him. He never waited to hear the opin.- ion of others in order to modulate the expression of his own, and shape them to some private end; but spoke as he thought, and thought as he breathed, with a spontaneity, vital as his life. His intellect was moved by his sensibilities, and these were in accord with sense of right that could hardly have forsaken him, even in his sleep. His honor was distilled from the higher inspirations by which man claims affinity to the purer In- telligences. AS Burke wrote of Keppel. may not say, in this presence, Colonel White twas something high. It was a wild stock of pride on which the gentlest of all hearts had grafted the miider vir tues?" His character affords some remark able, if not startling contrasts. The mo- bility of his feelings; his fiery impetuosi ty; his self-sacrifcing devotedness to his friends: his sternness in the discharge of official duties;i hls affahility; and his per sistency in adhering to his convictions are examples of these contrasts. I have never known man who had a keeDer sense of justice, or more indestructible fidelity to, truth. Add to this a patrician bearing, and that seeming unconscious ness of personal advantages, which is the charm of good-breeding, and you have the character of the man. as have conceived 1t. . ~e-
 ''And thus he bore without abuse
 The grand old name of gentleman,
 Defamed by every charlatan,
 And soiled with all ignoble use." Trusting we may profit by the lesson of a life. long enough for our brother, but too brief for us, we leave him in the hands of just and mereiful God