New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-18

KuIogies on Judge saucIer.

At the meeting of the bar called to take
action on the death of Hon. Arthur Saucier
late judge of the Sixth District Court, M
NJ Cohen, Eco, on being called to the
chair, made the following remarks:
GENTLEMEN-I thank you for the honor
| you are pleased to confer in calling me tc
the chair, for it is an honor to preside over
an assemblage composed as this ia, and
| convened on an occasion which brings our
saddened hearts nearer to each other.
| In an English form of church service
there is prayer for deliverance from sud.
den death. And it was but the Sunday
last past, indeed, the day before his de.
cease, that l met Judge Arthur Saucier on
| Royal street.
On my askIrg bim-ou somn,es uosts1
he replied, with POSITIVE accents, Dieu sait'
and with these impressive words we Sc
parated. Little did l then think that |
was parting with him for the last time on
this troubled earth Little did [ then en-.
tertain the tremulous thought that he wac,
at that moment, standing ia "the valley of
the shadow of death" Little did then
anticipate that inverted order of events by
which he, who, in the accustomed course of
time, should have followed me to the silent
tomb, was fated to preoede me.
From the REPUBLICAN of this CITY | read
the following tribute which Is the mere
complimentary as IL emanates from one
who had the good sense and kind sentiment
TO permit politics to die, or be forgotten
over ths grave of political opponent.
Judge Saucier was a man universally re-
spected, publicly and privately, as a coun-
sci and judge, aud admired for his integ-
rity, fairness and moderation He made
no attempts at brilliant display, and was
averse to making himself prominent espe-
ciAlly while on the bench, 1t was not often
that he reduced bis opinions to writing and
when he did so they bore the evidence of
great effort at condensation, but completely
covering the deciding point in the case as
be had studied it. His manner on the
bench toward counsel, witnesses and par
ties was pleasant, and even when he found
it necessary to be perempiory it was but a
trihe more austere than his habit in conYer-
satlon. He was an ornament to the bench
OF Louisiana, and entitled to a LAWYERS
epitaph-a good man, a faithful counsel and
just judge. Others of his profession may
leave more distinguished name; none can
claim higher ohsrseteristics than these, and
many fail to attain them all"
Yes, Arthur Saucier was a Just Judge.
ConscientiOusness throbbed in the inmOst
recesses of his pure soul, pervaded his en-
Iightened mind, and was imbeded in his
noble nature. 1t was this anxious solici-
tude which sometimes caused TO be imputed
the only fault which have ever heard as
cribed TO him, viz-too great delay in de.
Gliding cases submitted to him. But If this
was his fault, it is one which he shared with
Lord EldOn, one of the most renowned chan
oellOTa that ever presided in a court of
equity. When Lord Eldon was told, in
reference to his decisions, "Sat 6ene ST sat
cito' (well enough if quick enougbl, he re-
Piled, Sat eito 81 sat 6ene"
As judge Saucier was human, he was fall
lible; but let us
No longer seek his merits to disclose.
Nor draw his frHilties from their dread above
There they alike in Z embing hops reTose,
The bosom Of his Father and his God"
And, while it is indeed heartrending to
US, as husbands and parents, to contem-
plate that bereaved wife and those tender
children-whose morrow hung trembling on
his little day-we have, as lawyers, this
sOlace left to us, that his seat is filed by
successor whom we all esteem and eonfde
in; one who is we'll worthy to wear the
ermine SO spotlessly borne BY Judge Sau-
cier; and, this other consolation, that we
can, truly and proudly, say of our deceased
friend, as was said OF Sir Philip Sidney
Whatever record leaps to light
he never shall be shamed.