The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-07-02
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extended remarks upon the ilustrious dead,
he did desire to express hisfull appreciation
Of the resolutions. He did not have the
intimate personal acquaintance with Judge
Brcesc possessed by the gentlemen who had
so fittingy eulogized him. 1t was true, he
said, he had met him thirty years ago,
when Judge Breese was making vigorous
canvass for Il return to the United States
senate. Since then he had not methim over
a dozen times. He believed he possessed all
the traits 50 beautifully attributed to him
b. the members Of the bar, lie knew him
mainly as jurist through reports of
decisions made by him. Judge Breese was
no ordinary man He possessed
immense intellectual power. 1t had
been stated by one Of the gentlemen who
preceded lhim, that Judge Breese spresence
impressed the beholder with his greatness.
His judgments bore asimilar likeness. He
was a man led by no one. A leader him
self, he was not bound 10y the fcttcrs Of pre-
cedent. He was an independent thinker.
That he was an educated man, his reported
opinions demonstrated beyond doubt
Judge Mulkey then put the resolutions
to the meeting, and they were unanimously
adopted.
On motion Of Mr.. d. T. Linegar the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted;
That the resolutions and proceedings Of
this meeting be presented to the circuit
court by Hon. Vim. II. Green, with a re-
quest that they be ordered by the court to
he spread Of record.
The meeting adj ,urnel.
The Circuit court WAS then convened,
Judge ID. j. Baker presiding.
Judge Green arose and said
/ appear before the court for the purpose
OF presenting the resolutions adopted by
the Cairo Bar, on the death of Judge Breese.
and move the court that the resolutions
be spread of record by order of the court.
| fee poorly able to properly represent the
bar on this occasion. The feeling which
has prompted US toprepare these resolutions
is co-exstent with civilization, if not with
the history of the human family. To adj
mire greatness in man, to bow before the
grandeur of genius, is natural to-day as it
has ever been. And to pour forth regrets
at the grave Of the great man is not new
or unnatural. Some of the most splendid
monuments of ancient eloquencc will be
found in the funeral Grafton And we do
well to cultivate the admiration of men
whose lives have been Fountains of good
and great deeds. A Just emulation of
living worth and departed excellence will
purify and ennoble the rising generations.
And we are greatly at fault if we fail to
recognize and distinguish the fact that there
are intellectual Titans among men; that
there are those whose greatness of mental
grasp place them above their fellow men
as the loftiest mountain peaks o'ertop the
foot hills below. Among the tallest and
strongest Of these intellectual giants was
Sidney Breese. He well deserved
that recognition which President
Buchanan intended to give him had the va
cancy IN the office of chief justice of the
supreme court Of the United States occur
red during his administration. And had
he been called upon to fill that most elevat
ed of official positions, he would have rival.
ed, if he had not cxcelled, the reputation of
Chief Justice Marshall, who has had no
peer in America as jurist
The judge then proceeded to detail the
historical events Of Judge Brccses career.
At the conclusion Judge Green's re.
marks Judge Baker said
Inc court most heartily suDScrlbcs to all
that is said in the resolutions adopted by
the members of the bar and to all that
has been said upon their presentation that
is in praise Of Mr., Justice Brecsc
In this state he was, indeed, the very
Nestor of his profession. For three score
years he has graccd Il and the bench.
In legal knowledge he Va profound; in
beauty and facility orcXpression he was al.
most without rival; his integrity was
like the virtue Of Caesars wife, "abovc sus
picion," and few men anywhere have ever
performed an equal amount Of intelicctua
labor, Indeed, that so great an amount of
work should be accomplished by one so adj
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