National Republican., 1877-09-01
TnE BAR ASSOCIATION.

TAKING SUITABLE ACTION AT rms DEATH OF
A LATE MEMnER- --IuLoGlSrIC REMARKS OF
TIE PEtsipESr.
The l;at Association held u called meeting
yesterday morning, ut their rooms in tho City
Hall, 10 take suitable action IN respect to the
death nf their late fellow .,nrmhcr Mr.. Edwin
l.. Stanton; Mr.. Il r. Mcirick presided. and
MI james NJ Johnson acted as Secretary.
Mr. MeIrirk, gu taking tho char, spoke as
f1llOwsi
The death witch oslIs us here Il, iay Is a death
midst Of his professional activity nnd Just as he
emierlne with all the Slrrngti, ~ Vigorous man
hood upon the gicst and lahpti"'lS duties Of life,
lie had passed through the first arduus struggle OF
professional labor aud aSCrnlrl TO That brOa'l field
mn whlrh he had r"ininrncS'l me great battle OF
life aud where hts trinmphS had already been
such as u give promise Uf cnrucr rofsilstngshcd
honor great achievements and pre- eminent dis.
tnCtiOu In the glow and freshness Of manly
strength he has bccu stricken down, and 10 MS his
fate Is msdc the .addcr by what VIC believe, and |
may say, recognizes the fnct that II was his own
genius that gave the fatal blow. Inspired by hope,
urged on by sense Of duty, aud stimulated by a
high nnd honorable ambition, he Ovcrtnskch his
strong and brilliant faculties and sank under the
hui then Oft labor he would not consent to lessen
Ut lay down, Iitit, gentlemen. we will long mis-
him as M active. useful and dearly loved member
of this association, and am confident IN calling
you together In pay tribute of respect 10 his
oty, have only responded to tho deep ani uIicK.
pressed -n0ti"n of every heart thht beats in this
room.
Mr;srS Nathaniel Wilson, A. q. Riddle,
| liouias j. Durant, J. II. Ashton and X. X.
Elliot were appointed u connittre to prepare
icsnluiinrs nx pr'sSive Of the sense of the asso.
citation. aud they reported the following
which, after several culogistic addresses were
made, was adopted:
That we dcplore In the loss Of uur deceased
brother, lawyer of enlarged aud shining ability
| a gentleman Of unsuicd Integrity, AMI a ftirid
whose value cannot be too highly npprcrntnd by
| ourselves aud by nll who knew him. That We
commend the life and character Of our deceased
friend bright example for the imitation of the
younger members Of the har. who may thereby
learn that the greatest professional success Is no
Incompatible with the possession of the highest In
tcgriy and the most unsulled honor IN all the re
| atons Of u lawyer to his client to the court, and
| the community. That VIC hereby express our sin
cerc sympathy with the family Of the deceased al
| the irreparabe loss hatthcy have sustained THAI
| the loss which The profession aud tho community
have sustained by the death Of this eminent lawyer
and viruOus citizen, IL one that will not speedily
be repairsd That the association, as mark o.
respect ~ his memory, will attend his funeral in
body That the president of this association be re
quested 10 call general meeting Of the bar to bt
held in the Circuit Court room oil Saturday, 2ld o
September 1877, at u oclock, TO take sppropriat,
\ action In relation to the death Of Mr.. Stanton.
| The funeral will take place from the Epiph
any Church this afternoon ut 4:a0 o'clock.