Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-08-22

had the benefit of, and his MIND
was impressed with, the teachings
OF such men as Judges Wooley
Robertson and Thomas and A. Mar
shall. Next we find him then In
the practice of the law in Illinois
| think In Springfield, at the age ol
81. So says his historian, Mr.
Rhodes. There he made the ac.
quaintance of and met such men as
Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A.
Douglas, James A. McDougall, Gen.
Shields, and others, who were then
prominent members of the Spring.
field bar. | had, from friend OF
his, some years ago, In speaking OF
him, this piece of Information:
That almost at once on ell
tering the Springfield bar,
he took rank with these
distinguished gentlemen L have
jnst named. The friendship he
made in his early life in Spring
field remained with him up to his
dying hour. Indeed his affection
for stephen A. Douglas was such
that in the Presidential canvass it
was said-and he mas admitted the
came himself-that he supported
Douglas in preference to his follow
States man, Breckinridge, purely
out of the sffec ion he bore for he
great Illinois stateman.
Leaving Illinois, he settled for u
short time, in the latter part of
1913, in the city of Natchez, Missis-
sippi, and from there he came to
| California overland, in companv
with Col. e. J. Sanders, and set
tied. l believe, in Placerville, as a
miner. 1t was but a short
time before 1t was UNDER
stood that n lawyer was i'm
camp, and he took part in the dis.
putes aud discussions that arose be-
fore the Alcaldes, those officers act.
ing as judicial tribunals, for the
purpose of constituting some kind
of government at the time.
A short time afterwards, in 1851,
We find him settled in the county
of Nevada, in Nevada City, then
as now, the most p0pulous and i'm
portant mining county in the State
of California, where he soon be-
came District Attorney of the
county. have hardly spoken Of
and, in fact, we need not inquire
as to how he discharged his duties,
because such was his ability in his
profession that, whatever was his
professional or other duty was well
aEd ably discharged under all cir
cumstances.
In 1858 he was elected Attorney
General of the State Of California,
taking his Office, believe in 1851.
and was succeeded in that office by
the present Chicl Justice of our
State VIM. 7. Wallace.
There has been no man connected !
with the profession of law on the
Pacific Coast who has left moro dis
tinctly his mark upon its jurisprud.
euee than cur dece, ,sed brother. II
has been said by o.hers-and | be-
lteye it to be true-that it was hia /
learning ana his research that has |
given to California her splendid /
system of mining Jurisprudence;
that, more than any other one man,
lie he's stamped his great genius
upon our admirable system of min
ing government. L believe that the
records and reports of the Supreme
Court will show that there has
never been great principle of min
ing law involved, or a great prin-
ciple of constitutional law raised,
argument, and passed upon by
the supreme Court of this State,
but what bears the impression of
the learning and genius Of our de-
parted brother.
AS man, it is utterly impossible
for me to say anything in his be-
half that any of you could not say
as well as, or better, than myself.
/ was associated with him for many
years. Coming to Los Angeles
county in, l think the latter part
of 1870, entering into business with
myself, although our business re-
lations have been for some time
dissolved, the relations of intimacy
between himself and myself and
of our families, continued until his
departure from here. He was
man of generous impulses, gener-
Gus habits, of aShinking and stu
dious mind, and abIe-a man
whom, as l have stated before, was
strong in his attachments. No
other instance could be shown that
would illustrate the strength of his
attachment better than the case of
Mr.. Douglass, where he supported
that gentleman, out of purely per-
ssnal affection, for the Presidency.
AS u member Of the Legislature
of the State of California, he was
able and competent.
Leaving California for short
time we find him iE Nevada. There
he was defeated in hls ASPIRATIONS
for a judicial office Supreme
Judge of the State Of Nevada. Be-
fore that he had been defeated for
Governor in the State of California
on the Peace ticket in 1861, when
Gov. Stanford was elected.
Since then he was devot-
ed entirely TO his profession.
There Is no man who has done
so much upon the Pacific Coast for
the benefit of the profession as our
deceased brother. We find such
men as Hon. VIM. NJ. Stewart, of
Nevsda-the great lawyer and
statesman that he is-the creation,
almost, so far as intellect and train
ing are concerned, OF our deceased
brother. We find such men as Mr..
Craig getting their first impress
sions of the law
The Chairman--I think they
were partners for time in Nevada
Gen. Mcconnell and Mr.. Stew
art.
Mr.. King-Yes sir. Mr.. Stewart
.sl
nell and afterwards entered into
partnership with him. So also Mr..
Craig, the distinguished attorney of
Nevada. In fact, nearly all Of the
young men who ever entered his
office have gone out we'll trained
lawyers. Such was his power of