Daily Republican., 1880-06-16

wisdom and the honor are gone. We
lay them to rest, and may peace go
with tt en- all. Ls. mo only, in clos
ing, repeat those lines | 80 often have
heard him recite: ....
| "These cur actors
AS foreto'd you, were all spirits, and
Are melted into air, into thin air;
| AMI, like the bas seless fabric Of this vision,
The Handicapped towers, the gorgeous
| pnlacgs
Tho soIenn temples, the great Globe itself,
Yea, all which IL inhorits, shall dissolve;
Aud, like this unsubstant tial pageant faded.
Leave not q rack behind. We arc such stuh
As dreams arc made OF, and our little lie
10 rounded, with sleep"
| ME. cUMMINs' ADDREss. .,
Mr.. CzAIRMAH: As one Of the ysung-
er mem bers of this bar. wish To add
my voise in praise of the noble life
whose passing away we are now called
upon to mourn. l have known Mr..
James A. Bayard intimately since the
close of his Senatorial career, and while
a student in his sons Office, which was
connected with his fathers house, II
was my privilege to be closely associa-
ted with the father, to enjoy his conf
dercs and to listen to his words of wis
dom and prudent counsel. shall al
ways most highly value and fondly re-
collect sitting at the fest Of this CANA
liel of the law and drinking of the
fountains of knowledge which he so
competently and cheerfully dispensed.
Without doubt, as has been so we'll
said by the gentlemen who have pre-
ceded me, Mr.. Bayard was one Of the
ablest lawyers and statesman this coun-
try has produced, as is testified by the
press of this country and England, and
as constitutional and common law law
yer he was perhaps without supe-
rior. The published record OF the cases
in which he was engaged will preserve
for all time some of the visible results
of his labors and researches.
His intsllect,-as you have heard
and know, was large and grasping; and
while logically accurate in thought and
expression, his diction was not so OK
oessively terss as Is frequently the re.
sult of legal training and practice but
was fluent aud easy, and often embel.
ished with choice metaphors and vivid
imagery, making him most delight,
full and instructive eonversationsliSt.
have frequently listened1to one OF Mr..
Bayard's social talks for an hour at a
time, scarcely without intermission,
and every word as he uttered 1t Woald
have read we'll in print.
CHEF JUsTICg coAEGy's EuLOGIUM.
The remarks of Hon. J. P. Comegys
were as follows:
We are assembled gentlemen upon a
sad occasion-that OF rendering our
last tribute OF respect to him who was
but lately the 6rst living man Of our
State, and the oldest and most distin-
guished member Of our profession AWhat
We have long been looking for has at
last come to pass; James A. Bayard is
no more. At an advanced age, covered
with the honors Of a distinguished ca
reer at the bar and in the Senate, he
has passed away, having long since in
scribed his name, in imperishable char.
acters, upon the rolls of his country's
fame.
My first knowledge of the illustrious
dead was acquired when l was a stu
dent In the office of his friend John NJ.
Clayton. He greatly impressed my
youthful imagination then, as a man
Of extraordinary qualities of mind. As
| attained manhood, and came to see
more Of him, and listen 10 his argu-
ments in our highest court, l was more
and more convinced that my first i'm
pressions were correct. He seemed to
me to possess in degree greater than
l can express, those great philo-
sophie qualities of mind which enabled
him to deal with legal questions with
the ease and exaotness which indicate
the master miad. He touched nothing
in the way of law that he did not
thoroughly comprehend, and eluoiiate.
Though oftentimes difficult to follow,
from his purely abstract mode Of rea
soDing, yet attention was rewarded by
the superior knowledge of the subject
his arguments bestowed, and by the
high sense of enjoyment created by ad-
miration of the mind which could pro-
duce them. Abstruse as many OF them I
were, and not seldom extended beyond
the usual limits, yet it was impossible
ever to tire of them-as they never were
otherwise than interesting. His mind |
seized upon a srbjact aud exhausted
it, though not his ample power to pre-
sent it strongly; and when he had fn-
ished there seemed to be nothing more
to say. On account of his intimacy
with my illustrious preo9ptor, | had
opportunities to observe him
as lawyer, and repeat that he crs-
ated in my breast the very highest sd-
for what all acknowledge vera
his splendid legal abilities.
Later in life became acquainted
with Mr.. Bayarl personally. He Hon
pred me with his friendship, and dur
ing the short time that | had the honor
10 be his colleague in the Senate, he
won my affectionate regard by his con-
.iderate attentions The intimacy then
encouraged by him he continued dur
ng the whole period of his subsequent
life, in the Senate, and the more saw {
If him the mere was satisfied that an
.b!er and honester stateAman did not
,xist in our country. He had special
aptitude for the consideration of ques. ,
lions of constitutional law. and in par '
in the debate of them it
vas always apparent that he thorough
Y understood them, and, in their dis /
,ussion, had no superior. While not c
Ilways captivating the judgment of t
,thsrs, and leading them to surrender 2
hsir convictions of his own, so forcibly i
he yet compelled them to !
his great power as a reasoner