Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-07-21
WHOLE NO. 2, ,295.


Fort Donelson and died soon after
wards Of his wounds. He was In
the prime of life, and, like Saul, was
a head and shoulder taller than any
man in the army. He exposed him
self imprudently during the assault
upon Fort Donelson and
! Seemed to feel as though himself were ne
On whose sole arm hung victory"
He fell in the first great battle in
Tennessee, and was among the first
great martyrs i'm a sacred cause,
which he sealed with his blOdd.
aThere sounds not to the trump Of fame
The echo of a nobler name"
l have now concluded the history
of the bar of Clarksville to the pres
ent day, and lay the record before
you. OF those who are alive of the
present members of the bar / cannot
speak. Their history, though bright
to the present hour, is not finished.
OF them i cannot speak; 10 them,
however, / have a word or so of
parting advice. Standing as / do,
between the living and the dead, IL
may not be improper or presumptu-
Gus in me TO offer it. The lawyers
of this bar have lived together like
a band of brothers. abe We of one
mind, having compassion one for
another, love as brethren, be courte-
Gus, not rendering evil for evil, rail-
ing for railing, but contrarywise,
blessing that ye should inherit .
blessing"
We are distinguished throughout
the State for the respectful, / might
say distinguished courtesy, that nc
all times prevails among the law
yers of this bar-for the uniform
courtesy of the bar TO the bench,
and which the bench as gracefully
reflects back to the bar again. This
has been the common Lato Of this bar,
este peJpetUa, may IL be perpetual.
This, too, gentlemen, is legacy
that is left to YOU by your predeces-
sors, and / hope il loses none Of its
value in your estimation because IL
is delivered to you this day from my
hands. In all the trials of life stand
by each other, i'm sunshine and I'm
storm, and the closer, the louder
the storm may howl. If any
are i'm trouble i'm mind, body or es-
tate, don't desert them then, but
throw your arm around them and
shelter them from the pitiless pei
ting of the storm, as the hen doth
her chickens.
BE TO their virtues very kind,
And TO their faults n little blind.
Forgive and forget all things under
a hope that kindness may produce
and reform-erceDt dis
honor. 'Gainst that show no quar-
Ter, but wage war Of extermina-
ton. III any Of the corps are i'm
peril or danger, rush TO their assist
lnce andHshield them and save them
Or perish there too. This Is the
esprit de corps / would like 10 in
,pire among my old companions
md those who will fill their places
when they drop out OF the ranks.
Ingraft i'm the mind the idea that
every one should feel IL is his priVi-
ege and his duty to shield his COM
Danions i'm the right, and so firmly
md intieXibly stand upon this as TO
inspire the sentiment that the right
llOne will be defended by you, and
hat every member of the bar heaps
lpon himself the greatest calamity
hat can befall him who forfeits
he good opinion Of the bar Of ClarlIs-
vile, who so acts as to prevent the
awyers flying TO his rescue and
lishOnor will be perpetually eXiled
rom your ranks. If i'm the future
my of you seek popular favor, do
t as patriots who love their country
md its institutions, and not as dem
who are the 6dne of free
state. Tennyson pays the grand
st compliment TO Wellington, who,
n speaking of him, says:
"Iet all good things await
Him who cares not 90 be great,
But as he serves, or saves, the state"
lie alone is great, but as ne serves
n saves the State-a standard ! fear
90 high for modern degenemcy,
,ut yet i hope some of you will
each il and maintain IL too.
One word, gentlemen, before we
art. We should remember IL Is
,robably wiser for us all To look
title more closely into our own con-
luct than TO watch our neighbors
90 narrowly. Withus, too, as with
III men,
The shores OF lie are shifting
Every year.
And we are seaward drifting,
Every year.
Old places changing fret us,
The living more forget us,
There are fewer 10 regret us,
Every year.
But the truer light draws higher
Every year.
And its morning star climbs higher
Every year.
Earths hold on us grows slightor,
And the heavy burthcn lighter,
And the dawn immortal brighter,
Every year.