Daily globe., 1879-06-28

In word, you have made
solid and fame. worthy contributions
labored the closest thinkers of many ages. and
which, with all it's imperfections, is one of the
finest creations of human reason.
As representing department of the public
service coordinate and intimately associated
with that from which you are about to retire,
l wish before closing to give brief expression
to the sense of loss which know will be keen
ly felt throughout all branches of the federal
service upon che retirement to another field of
labor of one who has been confessedly among |
its brightest ornaments and who has added new |
lustre to the already illustrious name of the |
federal judiciary.
HON. GORDON E. COLE, OF FAR1BAULT.
May it please your honor: In rising to ex-
press my cordial concurrence in the sentiments |
OF the address of the committee, I know that I
but give utterance to the universal opinions of |
the bar OF the district.
The announcement of your determination to
withdraw from the very arduous duties-none
of the eighth circuit, has elected more unan-
imous expression of regret than ever before
greeted retirement firm ojudicial offieo
The patience and pains taking with which
you have ever sought to solve the most diff
cult problems of both law and fact the wisdom
| harehest and most technical rule. of law have
been attempcred by equity, the safety and
learning and felicitous language which has
ensured and allowed your judicial decisions,
| have endeared you to the bar of this district
in vastly more than common degree, Every
country and State has or has had its golden age
| Of the law, to which the pro- 4ession
| loves to recur. The age of
Marshall in the nation, of Kent in New York,
of Shaw in Massachusetts, of Gibson in Penn
sylvania, of Mansfield in England, and your
| Honors administration in the eighth circuit.
Wise are such periods, and will all alike be re-
membered with pride as the luminous epochs
| o. judicial history.
! You go from us to enter upon a more remu-
nerative and less laborious field of labor,
clothed as with mantle with our heartlest
| wishes for your abundant success, and our
| profoundest regrets for the step which robs us
| of Judge whom we can love, honor and re-
spect, and the bench of the country of one of
| its brightest ornaments.
| JUDGE THOMAS WILSON, OF w1NoNA.
wish to add but word. What one of lis
says on this occasion is but the echo of what
every other feels. Though it is but recently
you first came among us, we feel your loss as
| almost irreparable.
l-or, as believe, deserve-more unreservedly
and unquallfedly the admiration, confidence
and affectionate regard of the bar. You have
come up to-yes, elevated our most exalted
ideal Of a good and great judge, and at the
friendship that will be as lasting as our lives.
Wherever you go our friendly eyes and hearty
benedictions will follow you. hope our loss
may be your gain. May your afternoon OF life
be cloudless, and may your friends in your new
home be az plenty and true as those who feel
30 much regret to be compelled to say good
bye.
JUDGE DILLON s RESPONSE.
Gentlemen of the Bar: The address of the
bar of Minnesota. and the remarks which have
accom- panied its presentation, fill me with
sentiments of gratitude which any poor words
+ Of mine can but inadequately acknowledge
and express. Nearly ten years ago came to
this city bringing with me my commission as
: the Judge of this circuit. was personally
unknown to the entire par OF the statG 0d s0d
! warmth Since then l have attended nearly
every term Of the circuit for this district, and
+ the relationship thus created has been to me
one of uninterrupted satisfaction. You will
y therefore readily credit me that your public
:. | assurance that this relation has been satlsfac-
! | tory to you, and that you view it's termination
h | with regret, cannot be otherwise than extreme
4 | ly gratifying to me. We met strangers,
and beg to say that no part of your address
. | gave me such real pleasure the assurance
q | that we part as friends.
= 1t has fallen in the line of my duty tc
Il decide in connection with my learned associates
q | many causes involving large interests, some of
which have excited warm feeling, and have
h been conducted with zeal, and in which the re-
d suit must at times have disappointed counsel
, | az we'll as suitors, yet such has been the uni
:, form respect and confidence of the bar that SO
d al L know believe. my Judgments have
II left no wounds which did not readily heal with
ont a scar.
f Y III have been pleased to refer to my officia
,f conduct and decisions in very complimentary
= terms. cannot but feel that this is largely
d due to the partiality of friendship. It is fit
). ting that l should acknowledge that for what
4 ever praise may Justly merit in this respect
4 am largely indebted to the wise counsel o.
}, my associates, and to your ability and learn
70 ing.
q Fortunate is the judge who has the enlight
ir ened aid and the steady support of such ba
% as have been accustomed to meet at ever.
" term IN the state of Minnesota!
+ He who holds the Office of judge of this crcui
!. holds place of great responsibility and great
" dificulty. He WHO discharges all Of its varie,
- = and exacting duties must shun delights, an
- live laborious days. No. mans unasaiste
is = Judgment Is equal to to the work, and fee
= tnat my obligations to the bar are far create
to not mine.
,e You refer to the new field If labor which
,r am about to enter. I forbear any extende
te allusion to it, and will only say that the actio
=. of the venerable university in coming to thi
ID remote circuit in the West to fill a chair i
the institution which with pardsnable prid
II points to the lectures of Chancellor Kent, d.
IN livered therein fifty years ago, could not hav
to been more of a surprise to you than 1t was
av myself. The increased leisure it gives. th
o, nature of the duties it requires, the compens;
n. ton it affords, and the great opportunities
direct and collateral, it presents, combined
convince me that ought to 60. do not see
:, it for a life of inglorious ease, but that ma
~ the better be enabled to discharge that del
RS, which Lord Bacon says every lawyer owes
ba Our official relations are pra
~ tically dissolved. This is my last regul
~ ~ term In this parting hour love
aEs' E contemplate you not simply or chiefly as Il
~ trusted counsellors of the court but ss q
1ns semblage of my friends. The bar has alwa
~ ~ been my constituency. claim no merit b.
,wm7 w strenuous and well-meant endeavor to di
VI VI respect of the bar is the only reward ha
~ coveted, or now prize. bear with me nothil
W but the most pleasant memories. carry aw
u nothing SO priceless as the public and impre
sive expression Of the esteem in which a
-. ~ held.
o- op- part from my faithful and generous assoc
~. ate-I part from you all with tender regre
the 1ne , ieues'lo.. l>. ~ "::a S ~ l...;e, -
fo- prosperous State. But shall never cease
III think of you with affectionate kindness, a
l re-. shall always regard my relations with you
ie, among the most circu11astances of Z
an1 aS life. hesita' to speak the sad word viii
", makes me linger, but which must needs
oul Jul spoken-Farewell! and may the good father
un ~ us all have you in his holy keeping.
ion JUDGE NELSON ADDS HIS CoMMENDAIIOS.
and cannot permit the occasion to pass withc
N.Y. expressing my hearty concurrence in the ser
.s .ns ments of the bar uttered in such fit and app
uon pirate language. This judicial circuit susta
"a. great loss BY the retirement of Judge Dill