Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-17
BENCH AND BAR
Meet and conpllnsat Each othsr
On the Occasion Of the Resignation Of Judge
Haymond-The Sentiment OF -the
Ohio County Bar-Appro-
pirate Addresses.

The chamber of the Supreme Court va
entirely filled. yesterday evening, Win w
members of the Ohio county Bar, wh'
cana to pay their respects to Judge a. :
Raymond, prior to his retirement from TN
| Bench. 49,
Daniel Lamb, Esq. IN behalf OF sn'
members of the Ohio county Bal, presen.ss y,
the following resolutions reiauve ~ ~,
M Tamb smoke earnestly of the vaiuaoi,
1 services rendered to the legal professor
| and 10 the people of the State by the !nds.
now about 10 retire, and expressed In ~
impressive manner the good wishes tna,
| follow Judpe Haymond in his rettremeh
and in whatever sphere OF duty ne may y
called 10 act.
RESOLUTIONS.
Alta meeting of the members OF the Bal
of Ohio county, held at Wheeling on the 70
day of December, 1881, the following feso
First That the members OF thi:
bar have learned with deep regre'
that Judge Raymond has deter
mined to retire from the LABOR
and duties of the bench which ne mas ioi
many years adorned. 4.
Second-Tbat il gi;es this Bar pleasure y
express their sentiments OF sincere fespec'
for Judge Raymond, which mas oeen IN
ipg, the patient and persistent iavestisa,
ton. the anxious desire to do justice, ano
The courtesy he has uniformly accorded u
the members of the Bar which has distin.
euisbed him throughout his long period OIL
Service on the bench Of the Supreme Cour'
Thfrd~That the committee by whom
these resolutions have been reported DO re-
ouested to present Them to the court and
that they be entered on its minutes.
JUDGE JoHSsoN's ADDRESS.
The resolutions were ordered spread on
the records of the court Judge Okey John
SON then addressed the Bar rs follows:
GENTLEMEN OF THE BAR:-We have lis
tened to your resolutions with muco
pleasure and are gratifed by the se emf;
ments they express. The occasion tina!
calls them forth is sad. Your friend and
our brother is with US as q member OF the
Court for the last time. After this he De.
comes one OF the bar, by whose Partially
and that Of the people Of this State more
than ten years ago, he was placed upon
this bench. He left his chosen profession
where he was in full practice TO take his
seat here. 1t would he doing injustice to
his noble manhood to say that he was at
tracted here by the emoluments OF the Of
flee. If that were so he would not now re.
sign. He had q laudable ambition to I'LL
this, the highest station in his profession.
An ambition natural TO !he lawyer. He
has given ten of the best years OF his life
10 the service of his State, in helping to
build for her a system OF Jurisprudence
that il is hoped will be an honor
10 her, and will render the lives, liberty
and property Of her citizens as secure as
that granted to the citizens OF any other
State.
He has labored faithfully and we'll. For
the first four years Of his judicial career,
during which he was the honored President
of the court, though the sickness OF his
brethren on the bench, the heaviest OF the
burden was cast rrrcon him, But he
abored day and night to keep pace with
the crowding work, until his health al.
most entirely gave way beneath the heavy
load. How we'll he has succeeded In his
work, the fifteen volumes OF the West Vir-
ginia reports in which his opinions will be
preserved will best testify. Many Of those
opinions are elaborate and discuss with
yigor OF mind most abstruse legal questions.
He took his seat on the bench as one OF the
four Judges OF this court, under our
present constitution. Many questions
necessarily arose involving construction
of that instrument, and 1t fell to his lot to
write the opinion OF the Court in number
of cases in which these questions were
presented. and they were settled, we be.
lieve, to the satisfaction Of the bar and Of
the people Of the State. AS an illustration
of the care with which the work has been
done during his occupancy OF his seat here,
not one OF the many opinions he prepared
has ever been overrlled by the Court. He
has been an able, JEALOUS, faithful and just
Judge No one car ever say that he failed
TO examine every cse with scrutiny and
ability. nor can any one say that he was
not faithful to his high trust, and we know
that no one will eve dare to say that he
did not with integrity and strictest purity
aud justice examineeyery case in which he
announced the opin on, or with the same
care the opinions announced by other
members OF the Couit; concured in or dis
scented from. We regret to part with
him. Regret it because we need his wisdom,
learning and ripe Judgment in council;
we need him as q coworker In the increas.
ing labors that are c,ntinuslly being thrust
upon as, and whichwe can only escape by
death or resignation.
We look to the bal TO give us his success.
or. The bar Is the tsibing school for the
bench. 1t is nobleprotession. II is the
power which makes nd unmakes govern
ments. 1t is the leadf in all great schemes
for the amelioration of the conditions OF
mankind. No great Movement in the in.
terest of our race wasever inaugurated had
not as its leading splits members OF this
grand profession. UBier its benign inhu.
ence tyrants tremble, ind liberty and jus.
tice flourish. craftsmanship takes its
brightest ornaments tom your profes sion.
To the glory Of the ba. be II said that Its
Then give us memb4 OF your profession
that IL worthy to war the ermine our
brother is about to layhside. We give our
brother back 10 you; te thank you for the
training that he receted at your hands
that 30 well fitted hinfor the duties OF the
bench. We thank yoi for the kindly sen.
timent you have this Jay expressed. And
with these sentimets upon our hearts,
We feel that we Cd safely resign our
brother into your haf1s.
And now, Brother Hymond. words cannot
express the sorrow vi feel at this parting.
The bar knew you ere as q Judge, We
know you as q brothe, as dear compan.
ion, with whom for ysrs We have ASSOCIATE
ed upon terms Of CLOSET intimacy. Often,
while others slept. wf have been In coun.
Gil together, and amoeg the sweetest recol.
lections that we shallfreasure Is the fact
that In all those yearkno an unkind word
has passed between }. While We have
been compelled som6mes to differ, and
We were earnest in ditussion, yet we never
forgot that we were brothers. We have
toiled together and VI have wept together
over our fallen comrdes. More than once
have We mourned togther, over some great
sorrow that has cometo one and all OF us,
since We have been tdether. We will be
lonely without you. Ne will ever think
OF you and yours wth kindest feelings;
wherever you may p, or whatever you
may do, will be watclM with interest By
u.s. We regret that tits necessary for you
to leave rs TO make suitable provision for
your family. We sgret the necessity,
but to 1t we humbly ySld. We will miss
You on this bench, but much more In the
consultation room. We know you will
often think OF US in on. ardous labors. No
one can better sympatdze with rs.
And now farewell Nay God bless You.
JUDGE HAYMonis REspossE.
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