The weekly Arizona miner., 1878-07-12
Resolutions of Respect to HON. COLES RAsHFoRD In the Dist. Court of the Sd Jud. Dist,
 HON. cHAs. SILENT, PRESIDING.
HON. J. P. HAReRAvE.


 the legal profession a committee was ap- nointed to prepare and present a preamble and resolutions Tn respect to the memory oi | Coles Bashford. As a member of that mittee it is my duty to announce to thls court the death of Coles Bashford. the first name on the roll of Attorneys of this coart, and I may add, the first in standing, the first m ability and the first in respect of the pro- fession generally.
 The Committee have performed the duty assioued them to the best of their ability, and | respectfully submit the following pre- amble and resolutions
 WHEREAS. In obedience to that inevitable law which governs all things mortal, our late associate and brother, Coles Bashford, has been suddenly summoned from the ranks of life: and whereas, his legal labors through the lapse of years have attaiusd to de- served and commanding emminence, ana become identified, in large degree, with the rise and progress of our jurisprudence, commenting us to a career which was con spicuous for professional achievement through its prime, and devoted to retirement l at its close-a career whereof the following are some of the incidents: After attaining and wearing with distinction, dignity and credit the highest honors in his profession Tn the State of Wisconsin, and in the adminis- tration of the civil government of that State-he emigrated to this Territory with its first officers in the year 1863, and assisted | in the formation of it's first civil govern ment as a distinct Territorial organization, and from thence until his death he was one of the pillars of its support-even after he had retired from active participation Tn its administration.
 He possessed, in rare degree, that iE- tellectual organization which is properly called legal mind. In all the operations of government, in all its administrations of discipline and power, in all the social regu- lations of the community, he traced out and developed the principles of law. Unimpaa- stoned and didactic, to him as to Chief Justice Marshall every movement of the ma terial creation, every vibration of the ma terial creation, every vibration of the men l tai fabric was a law-hence law became the absolute criterion of thought and action. | His whole existence was system, his daily | life rule. Based upon fundamental truth | his mental processes employed reason as a guide and travelled on to logic as goal. Deep l ly read in that science to which most of his life had been devoted, he was profound rather than brilliant, practical rather than pedantic. and his speech was remark able, as we'll for force of argument as eie- gance of diction.
 With eminent learning he combined rare qualities of judgment and powers of dis crimination. He studied law as a science, and fully appreciated the necessity of it's ad- ministration in accordance with established principles, and that its application shonld never be controlled by the hardship of par ticular cases. He was possessed of rare social qualities which gladdened the hearts of his associates and friends, and he was genial, courteous, kind and obliging to all, therefore
 ResoLped. That with the consciousness that his venerable form and lofty spirit have be- held the last of earth, there comes to us a sense of deep bereavement
 | ResoLped, That we recognize in the deati of our brother, Coles Bashford, great and irreparable public loss. That the moral eff. feet of his presence and counses among us as member of the bar was elevating and calculated to.stimulate all who knew hlm tC higher aims and nober efforts.
 | Resolced, That we tender our sincerest con dolence to the bereaved family of our de ceased brother and those in nearest relation to him, who by his death have suffered $
 loss so irreparable.
 Resolced, That the foregoing preamble and resolutions be spread in full upon the min
 utes of this Honorable Court; and that tet several newspapers of the Territory be and
 they are hereby requested to publish tho
 same. JOSEPH F. HARGRAvE. [ CHAs. A. TWEED.
 CLARK CHURCHILL.
 Committee.
 In submitting these resolutions, l deem nothing I can say would add anything tC
 what the committee have reported, as to tho , noble qualities and the ability of our de ceased brother, and therefore respectfully l present them for the action of the Cour ! and the members of the bar.
 . SPEECH OF HON. THos. FITCH. May tt ple0se the Count:
 The largest lives are sometimes those
 which fill the least space on the worlds can
 vass and while the public life of the frienC , and brother, of whom we are privileged tt ! speak to-day, was by no means inconsequent , yet his higher virtues were not such as may f be summed up in his public acts.
 Governor Bashford may rest his claims tC
 public remembrance upon the faithful, care
 ful and thorough manner in which he per ' formed the public duties entrusted to hin by the people of Wisconsin and by the peo ! pie of Arizona. He may rest his title tC ! the respect of the bar upon his comprehen I sive aud exact knowledge of the principles and practice of profession he adorned; bu
 beyond this be will be best remembered by , those whose privilege it was to know hin , intimately, for that he might have truthful , ly said with Pericles-"Tell the people tha never caused an Athenian to put or mourning
 Coles Bsshford never did malignant act
 never spoke blighting word, never sent al impoisoning dart to rankle in human . heart after his own had grown cold and still . We may any of us have observed that un e courtly criticism, and unkindly propensity , | to satire have become too much tue habit o
 culture in these days, and especially in tn,
 practice of the profession of which tho de ceased was an honored and esteemed mem Der.
 But though \ man of high culture an' great cander, those who knew Governo : Bashford most we'll, ascribe to him the larg est amount of sereneness of thought an, a temperance of action. He never had re {. course to 6 vindictive purpose, ard he va | possessed with confraternity of feelin; which was everywhere noticeable. !, Modest, aud ever undemonstrative in ex pression, his judgment and opinions had from their clearness and justness, grown t 1