The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-04-14
Tribute of Respect TO the Late Hiram
Cagsedy.

| Jotht meeting OF the Bar aud thu
eltizens of Franklin county, held in III,
courthouse in Meadville on the 29tb Of
March, 1881, the following proceedings wer,
had:
The meeting, which was large, was called
% order by J. T. Sessions, Esq and on his mo.
ton, Judge J. B. Chrisman was called to the
chair, and Capt. A F. Davis was appointed
Secretary.
On motion of E. B. Scale, a committee of
I'VE were appointed to prepare aud report
to the meeting resolutions expressive Of the
feelings Of the meeting relative to the death
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Hon. HIRAM CASSIDY, SR.
The following were appointed: E. b.
Scale, 5. ;. Montgomery, r. J. Williams. J.
+. Sessions and I. r. Stockdale. and on
motion, the chairman was added to the
committee
The meeting then took recess until
O'Clock, P. NJ, at which time they reported
the following resolutions, which we're. on
motion OF I. J. Scott, unanimously adopted.
RESOLUTIONS.
The committee appointed by the Joint
meeting Of the Bar, and the citizens of.
Franklin county, to draft resolutions ex-
preSsive Of the feelings OF this meeting in
reference to the death of Hon. HIRAM
CASSIDY, SR., be leave respectfully to re-
port the following;
WHEREAS, Death has removed from the
stage OF action Hon. HIRAM CASSIDY. SR. (
VINO was a citizen of franklin county, and .
one OF the most distinguished and honored I
citizens of the State of Mississippi more
than thirty years and
WHEREAS, 1t is deemed proper to put in
some enduring form an expression of the
feelings OF profound regret that impresses
the hearts OF the people at this sad event
therefore, be it
Res0lred, That in the death of Judge
Cassidy whose life was an exalted exam,
pie OF truth and honor, the community and
the bar as well as the State, have sustained
loss that will cause mourning deep and
sincere.
ID. Possessing a mind Of that peculiar {
character, that attracted and adhered TO
correct principles with the certainty and I
promptness OF the magnet, whether on the q
bench or at the bar or IN the councils of the J
State justice had in him an earnest and :
grandest eXpounders.
3D. Endowed by the creator with an in t
tellectual grandeur that rarely falls to the +
lot OF man, he moved on plane of thought v
high above the influence of surdid or any q
gnoble motives with Il simplicity and care a
that belongs only to great minds, and dis .
5erning truth, as by intuition and following
implicitly whithersoever it led, his opinions W
we're formed IN a mould where prejudice and p
elfshness had no abiding place, and were Y
expressed with the calm tearlessness that is tl
BORN ofconhdence in the truth. h
18th. Possessed of this rare combination -
If intellectual powers in mind vigorously =,
ctiye from its very organization and inn y
,eIled by the promptings of a large heart I,
whose noble pulsations beat in deep and u
'ure sympathy with the joys and sorrows e.
+ his fellow men, and particularly with the m
'est interest of the people of his adopted II
tate, he was, of necessity a prominent M
gure in society, and true history of the =,
tate will portray him As one Of her truest =
nd noblest sons. ~
5. Although his good and noble deeds will Il
i've and keep his memory fresh in the hearts ii
f the people and their luster grow brighter I'll
3 the future years remove us farther from 81
he scenes OF exciting issues-We wish now tr
D record this expression Of our feelings of r
rofound sorrow that 50 good and great man
lould have been removed from among US
nd we deprived Of his Niaa aud patriotic
ounsels, and we tender our respectful sym u
athies to the bereaved family in their deep
r grief for their more irreparable loss.
f. b. Scale, Oh
;. ;. MONTGOMERY, eI
Il. J. WILLIAMS,
j. F. SESSIONS, ~
J. b. CHRIsNlAN, =,
T. T.. SToCKDALE "
Committee
On motion of J. +. Sessions it was further to
SOLVED that the committee reporting the res
utions be requested to procure and present I'll
the Board Of Supervisors of Franklin nj
,unty portrait of Judge Cassidy with the
quest that the same be suspended in the u
curt room. -
1t was further resolved theat the newspa> III
ers at Jackson, Miss, and those published
this judicial district be requested to pub h'
sh these proceedings, and then, on motion, OF
lie meeting adjourned.
j. B. CHIsMAN, Chairman. VI