Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-10-17
THE LATE VIM. A. MOORE, ESQ.

At the September term, 1878, of Lancaster
Court, on the occasion of the members of
Lancaster Bar paying tributes Of respect to
the memory of VIM. A. Moore, Esq, decess-
ed, also late member of the Bar of Lam
caster, R. E. Allison, Esq, said:
May it please the Court, rise to second
the motion made by the chairman of the meet
ing of members of this Bar, to have the pre-
amble and resolutions in memory of VIM. A..
Moore, deceased, late member of this Bar,
spread upon the minutes of this Court.
1t was my fortune to have been born and
reared in the same county in which the de-
ceased was born.and reared. We were both
natives of York county, and adopted this
Lancaster county-as our homes He came to
this county and began the practice of law in
1912 or 1843. | came as student of law, in
1856, and l then found him in the full tide Of
successful practice. And when look around
me and enquire, Where, now, are his con-
temporaries of this Bar, who we're then en-
gagged in the practice Of law2 truth answers
that they have all passed away that there is
not single practising lawyer here now who
was here then. They, in the mutations of
of time and the progress of events, have all
preceded our lamented brother "to that
bourne whence no traveller has yet returned"
They have gone the way of all the earth.
Like our deceased brother, they have all been
gathered to their fathers Such is the fraity Of
humanity and the mutablity of all sublunary
things And the very sudden death of our
friend and brother, William A. Moore, is an
other admonition that we, too, must soon fol-
low And this should cause US to pause in
our career of business, and to reflect what
frail creatures we are, and to prepare for EN-
entrance into that eternity whittier we are all
fast tending
In paying this feeble tribute to the memo.
ry Of the deceased, it is proper that | should
speak of him as lawyer. He was we'll vers-
ed in the fundamental principles of the law,
and understood it as science. And he kept
up with the growth of the law, by providing
himself with the late reports of cases decided
in the Supreme Court. I believe no man
of his age had 80 well adapted himself to the
changed and new. tangled practice Of the Code
of Procedure. He was one of the most sue
cessful practitioners that attended other Courts.
l have known men that were much more elo-
quent and persuasive before juries of the
country but have known few who were
more logical. He always made himself mas
ter of the principles involved in his cases, and
was accustomed to present, in bold relief, the
strong points, while he would guard, with Pc
culiar care, the weak ones. No one under
stood better than he the truth of that trite
phrase, that "it is lightning and not thunder
that kills" Whenever he was employed in
case, it was always an advertisement to the
opposing counsel to get ready, and that busi-
ness was ahead.
Some, doubtless, may have had much more
defined learning; but few were able to cope
with him in the rough and tumble practice so
common to country life. In fact, so well
grounded was he in general principles, that, in
the manag ,ment of case, ON the spur of the
moment, he had few equals. His practice was
extensive, and he was true to his clients, al.
ways making their cause his cause. No law.
yer on the circuit, in my belief, and but few
in the State, has carried up so many appeals
to the Supreme Court since 1868, as he, as
will appear by reference to the late South
Carolina Reports; and no one had a greater
facility for framing his issues and presenting
his points to the Supreme Court. Few law.
yers understand we'll the mode of carrying up
appeals He was in, the broad sense of the
term, good lawyer; good pleader as well
as a good advocate, with thorough knowl-
edge of the law in all its branches He pos.
sessed, in high degree, one element Of sue
cess, and that was selfreliance. He was con-
scious of his own powers, and had the resolu.
ton to rely alone on himself VIM. A. Moore
rarely, if ever, went to consult another lawyer
as to what was the law on any given case.
If he was in doubt as the best lawyers often
times will be, he almost invariably went to
his books and took his lessons from the best
authors And being we'll informed in the
science of the law, and being resolute and
self reliant, he could not be otherwise than a
good lawyer. The name of William A..
Moore will 90 down in history as lawyer
distinguished for his learning and ability.
aa~ The outward work, without charity,
pro6teth nothing; but whatsoever is done
of charity, be it never so little and contemp
+ tihle in the sight of the world, is wholly fruit
full for God weigheth more with how much
love one worketh, than how much he doth.
He doth much that loveth much !; he doth