Daily globe., 1879-05-13
THE Lite MORRIS LAMPREY.
The Tribute of the Bar Association to
Memory.

The Tribute of the Bar Association to Hts
Memory.
At tho ,pening of the district court yes
terday morning, Judge Wilkii on the bench,
as heretofore prearranged, the memorial reso-
lutions adopted by tho Ramsey County Bar
association, were presented for engrossment
on the court journal. provided for at the
bar meeting the duty of presenting the reso-
lutions dovolved upon Gen. Sanborn.
Gen. Sanborn prefaced the resolutions
with the following address:
GEN. sANBoRN's ADDRESS.
May it please your honors: The Ramsey
County Bar association has designated mo rs
one ot u committee of three of it's members to
present to this court the resolutions adopted
by that body upon the sudden death OF Morris
Lamprey, ESQ.,, one of the Oldest and most dis
tinguishcd members of this bar, and to move
tho court for al order that the same be spread
upon it's minutes.
On the ninth day of April last our friend and
brother died after brief illnesh of four days,
while vet in the full vigor OF manhood and en-
gagged in tho laborious and responsible duties
Of hisprofcssion.
There was much in his liGo that deserves
special commcndation and much that should
be retained in tho memory.
Ho was born at Hampton, in tho State Of
New Hampshire, on tho 9th day of December,
1927, with physical constitution strong and
perfect, Il determined will and endowed with
moro than ordinary native talents and keen
moral perceptions.
It may be truly said that thcse constitute all
that ever camo to him by inheritance. He was
the recipient of no patrimony aid of any
| kind from his parents other than tho control of
hia own time after reaching the age of sixteen
years, but these five years of time were more
| to him than the most princely fortune to many
young men. He Immediately appropriated
this time to mental culture and development,
and with such energy and zeal did he labor
| that he was teaching school successfully in two
years, and at the end of eight years he gradu-
ated with honor from Dartsmouth college,
with all tho expenses of his education earned
and paid in the meantime by his own unaided
| efforts.
Then as in after life decision and frmness
! were marked traits of his character, and he
! at once adopted for the work of his life that
profession which is 'as ancient as magistracy
as noble rs virtue and necessary as Justice, y
and with his xontcd zeal entered upon bis
legal duties iu the office Of Mr.. Chfisty, OF
Dover, one of tho leading lawyers of New
| Hampshire, whose practice ran back to the
days of Mason, Webster and Story, and who
when our deceased friend was studying with
l
Norris, Atberton and Pierce; and here he pre-
prepared himself by study. by observation
and practice, for his chosen work.
At the end Of three years he considered
that he had made such preparations for tn
practice of the profession as would justif.
him in entering upon the discharge of it,
duties, and he was admitted to the bar il
New Hampshire in 1854.
And now he cast about to determine on wha
portion of the field he would fight the battle 0
life, and determined that although the Yves
was perhaps the most perilous it was still tn
most promising, and he would stake his al
there.
He arrived in St. Paul on the 1st of June
1856, and Immediately devoted himself to th
examination OF the code of procedure wit
which no New England attorney had then an
acq quaintance, and within three weeks there
after engaged in the trial of his first cast
and from that day to the day of his death dl
voted himself increasingly to his chosen pre-
| fession. All else was subordinated to this. Th
attractions of fame in other fields and the q
lurements of pleasure in other pursuits wei
alike unheeded. He sought no glory save ths
, which attends unwonted proficiency in chose
sphere and, no pleasure was to him so gref
as earnest and successful application for h
clients.
, Success could not fail to attend such a life
The blessings Of exalted reputation, of grea
wealth and many friends soon came upon hin
9 and the days soon came when from supe
abundant means he was able and did COZ
tribute largely to the support Of the church,
the aid of the destitute and suffering, and ga,
}. Of his time and talents to the institutions
= learning and all good works.
y His daily walk and conversation among b
= follow men clevating and instructiv
!. Profanity, ribaldry and deceit were strange
to his tongue, and no one ever heard from h
y lips word dcrogatory to religion,
| oh inH
20 come, and often and much he reasoned of al
- supported and instanccd them all. Integri
s to the last degree marked his character III
J. exactness all his business transactions. II
:, word was as good as his bond, and both wi
" those who knew him were as current as pu
gold.
- Constant application, thorough preparati
. Of his cases, prompt action-ncvcr postponi
IL till tomorrow what can well be done tod
% were habiss or traits that contributed mu
to his success.
Thus we see here man wholly solf-mao
IL The descendant of u line of ancestors noted
@ strength, integrity and tirmnesS of charact
only without the aid of any of the inhuent
i that spring from wealth or fame or illustrio
N lines of descent, overcoming all obstacles
" his own uuaidcd efforts and establishing
himself q name at the bar of his adopted st;
- second, perhaps, to none of its members, dol
is much for the causes of education, morality q
III
: home wherein harmony and happiness were
tuteary gods, and where luxury and rehnemt
y We'd with each other in the entertainment
\ numerous and cheerful guests. The heir Of
inheritance, by his own energy and skill wre
o ing from tho parsimonious hand of fortu
of wealth that in the land of his birth would hs
been considered princcly, and all this in
short period Of twenty-thrcc years of act
be life. Therefore it has seemed to the Ram.
ty County Bar associatien that, notwi
standing our deceased brother did not ia
Ill large part in public affairs, and was not cal
~ upon to act upon questions affecting gr
h. numbers or unborn generations of men; at
that a life 80 earnest, so successful, so I'll
with good influence and good works. sho
10 have left it some slight memorial that '
-, show its footprints on the sands of time-
al footprints which perhaps another,
Sailing O. er life's solemn main.
eu forlorn and shipwrecked brother
es Seeing, shall take heart again.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
Following the address Gen. Sanborn r
and offered the following resolutions, VIII