Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-20
4 Tribute TO the worth OF the Late
Judge H0rriSan.

Judge Herrigan.
To the Editors of the Appeal:
The death of Judge l.. 3. Horrigan, which
has so shocked the people of Memphis, hes
likewise reached the hearts and excited the
sorrow Of the people OF the entire surround
ing country. Not alone in the city, where
he resided and where he accomplished so
much good for the people, but also through
out the country had his name and fame
filled our minds with admiration and esteem.
His reputation as iurist and his fearless
integrity as citizen have long pointed him
out as au honor to Tennessee and to the pro-
fession which he go much adorned. In the
writer's intercourse with him, such were the
noble attributes of character exhibited by
this eminent judge that unconsciously an &C.
quaintance rIpened successfully into respect,
regard, esteem and sincere friendship. And
while other professional brs thren are laying
their chaplets upon his bier, allow me to
place at least one simple flower indicative
OF the high honor in which is held the
memory of this noble type of true msnli-
ness by his brethren of the bar who reside
outside the jurisdiction of his eonrt-
Strange and mysterious are the ways OF
Providencel We cannot see clearly why
one in the prime of MISUNDERSTANDING a
fame and reputation seldom equsled il so
short period of time, and filling SO &C.
cePtibly The place of trust and honor which
his own merits had attained by the force of
his own unaided talenta-should thus be
stricken from the roll of the living. With
buoyant hopes and honorable ambition, sus-
tanned by natural talents and untiTiDg
energies, what could he not have accom-
plished with life? Surely this is not all of
good We NAV receive from the life of L. 3.
Horrigan. No, 10, Such success is les
a. II W.
have these examples constantly before US
to encourage and stimulate others.
"Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime"
But infinitely more impressive comes the
lesson and the con isolation from the life
OF one who lived and dselt among
US. Here comes the force of example
strongest, because it no longer seems
made up partly OF the sayings of eu-
logists, hut because we know, ourselves, the
beginning, the progress and the completion
of that caresrj its adversities, its struggles
and its success, its shadows and its sunshine.
And the hero becomes a reality, bearing
deep lesson TO all who knew and watched
that career. There is another view in which
we should take consolation in the death OF
Horrigan. He came 10 Memphis at time
when all the sectional prejudces incident 10
the late war were most bitter, and under cir
eumstances which it VISA difficult for one who
fought en- the Northern aide TO overcome.
Aud yet TO. day we fnd this man loaded with
hopors and lamented with tear. by South
ern constituency, whose hearts he had truly
won. What better evidence could there be
OF reconciliation between the sections what
stronger fact TO repel the sccu 'stions against
the Southern people made by pariissns of
the North. In Horrigan it is all
answered, and in his life and sue
cess in Memphis he has furnished an I'M
answerable argument to .hese ISLANDERS. Hor.
rigan living was praised, and dead becomes
the object of uusel6sh honor. Let his ex-
ample be taken by our young men and be-
come an incentive 10 great efforts 10 emulate
his renown. Let it be pointed to ss token
OF peace and good will to all, and bis life
asd death have not been 10 vain. JJD.
BOLIVAR, TENN, March IS, 1888.