The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-06-27
A GREAT LAWYER,
"On' John A. Campbell. Formerly As.
soeiate Justice Of the
supreme Court-A Compliment bv his
Successors.
one OF Natures Noblemep.. Etc.

Just before the supreme court adiou,,.,
N"'s' justice Waite said of an arcumsn,
''a"e u Tue case ofthe States of New yo,l
anu New Hampshire against the STAT =,
louisiana That is the finest legal ,rsn
'nen' ever heard" And Associate Jns
uce Miller, who took his seat on tbs an
preMe bench in 1852 and, tberetora .n,s
YATES All others, said: II copinre IN I 'hs,
opInloh' The man who maSa ,ha 'na'
0,lasn was John A. Campbell, of Nav
s,' s. ne was member of nv,
sJpreme court of the United sts,ss
, mnoh .ne most famous of its prsssn,
members we're unknown. UaP eSs o's
III h,s pace until the war broke out. and thar
ne ieit the union and the bench with 'I ~.
state de appeared after the war a a. us
nienioer OF the supreme court bar With =
,,eharkaole practice even for that har %
large Practices and great fees, and has s,ao y,
~ que 'front.' rank ever since, He ia a 49,
o sIi, nish ms form is thin and bent his
- m Is ~ tne parchment state and his hair
70 as whl.e as the driven snow: but a grsa,
a na.a .ooSs out through his keen briybt
~ ~, "nu great soul controls his fr,riIe
r rouy ne Is lawyer to the core in some
ana Wos, ohe OF tne wisest, broadcast, deepest
S.S s n nnGst learned In the United States Hs
of ,ha or., 'ne presence, voice nor tongue
thin I ds,;s, oul when he speaks in his
Wasting word, the supreme conrt a, e ,sa
United States listens as il listens ~ s w. .ne
no other man. Mr.. Campbell is sbsorhaa
IN nus work. He has no ewes op a asrs .on
sny,h,ng or anybody not immediatelv con.
cethea IN the case in hand. He lives ysr,,
Is1's.y III New Orleans, surrounded nv one
H., t ,h nhesI law LIBRARIES in all Languages
III lhe world. He is a profound civil law
s, WIN Justinian at his tongues
ehu, ana NJ the same time A common
lawyer, competent TO battle w;Ih
lhS6est OF that class. His memory w as
wonderful as George Bancroft's liza .ns
parently remembers every scran ot law y.
eyer saw or heard, and has his resou rces az
V .i and catalogued that he can hrinc
tnenn forth at will. This is what mak,s
JUS ary' monotonous arguments so we'll
worthy OF the praise great LAWYERS give
.neh,. rlowery tropes and masniloouenI
i,iesapnors would be out of place with such
iearllihg' Mr.. Campbell is well.to do, and
p IT, only because he loves the work,
n mr praG,ices ,only in the supreme
c cou' ne ne taxes none except great
i !" ne taxes only three or four
an; q year az lee Oh from 5000 to S25, 600.
apiece APP a; Now and then he gives an opin.
I Ion On some great question to some less
whn saa, lawyer or to some inqniring Judge
powerful friend of the court" But ali
n l,,nor cases; that is cases involving minor
questiohs, whether the amount of fees in.
vowed De great or small, are promptly do.
ciineu. once retained in a casa NJ Co,,n
t Gell becomes recuse. When he emerges
from ms books he has absorbed that case
WI WIN all Its bearings either of his own side
or the other. You may be quite sure that II
when he has had his say he has said ali
anure Is TO say on either side and that the
court will generally agree with him If I
Ter ' ON Inc other side, no matter how great
I might BIZ or how good my case might be-
fancy would do well to submit tie case S
Without argument. Judge Campbell would
STATE both sides as though he were still ON
,ne bench and the judges would agree with
MN anyway.-GCorrespondence Philadel.
phia Record. A''"'e''