The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-01-19

OF course his preference was for the
former, yet he saw many excellencies
In the latter. But the sturdy Anglo
Saxon race always resisted its per.
manency in old England. The con-
auering NOrmans carried over some |
of its most acceptable features, but
even they were wiped out by the
time Magma Charta was wrung from
King John. Mr.. Price devoted con-
siderable attention to the fiction and
absurditins of our ejectment law, rs it
then existed, and urged the necessity
of getting rid of such barbarism, and
nonsense. An action to recover land
should be as practical and intelligible
AS proceeding to recover money or
personal property. Still. the legisla-
ture dia not adopt his recommended
ton till years after and then only in
part. We have never read a similar
production that shows higher de-
gree of research and familiarity with
the great Oracles of the law. But he
was a student by nature and cultiva
ton as we'll. With fine endowments,
too. hut they were made tributary to
the process of his own mental acqui.
sitions. The range OF his readings
and studies was very wide. His great
storehous.. of knowledge was filled
from the ancient, medieval and mod
ern graneries. Though a great reader.
yet a careful one. None but the best
of hooks found ia :or with him.
The law to him was not merely
profession for a Livelihood, but hr
treated and studied it as science and
made it a part of great scholarship
He was at his ease in the laws liter
allure. There is no higher literature
than that TO be found in such great
authors as Mansfield. Blackstone,
Marshall, Story, fancy, Gibson and
many others on both sides Of the At
lantic. Such combined vimr, clear
ness, reasoning and purity q language
is nowhere else to be found He had
great taste for the writing of the
Elizabethan era a lover If the Bible
, and Shakespeare, upon which he fire.
quently drew to strengthen and beau
tify his speeches and Writings. He
often read the sacred volume from
the original Hebrew, and said he
never felt better than when thus re-
freshed. Indeed, manyof our great
/ est men fortify themselves from these
, two great reservoirs Of inspiration
Kossuth after his failure to free Hun
gary, was confined in aTurkish tort
ress and was told he could have only
three books of his own choice to read
) He at once selected the Bible, Shake
, speare, and Webster's dictionary
, English editions,) and in two year,
} after he well nigh unsettled on
3 whole country with his amazing clio
l quence and powers.
Z Mr.. Prices style of writing wa
!
J his logic syllOgistic, convincing an,
captivating his sentences measured
harmonized, Symmetrical and clear
and in unison with every known rul
of the most excellent style and com
position. Not only good speake
but an orator of commanding pres
> ence and powers; eloquent, earnes
and dignified attention came as
J thinSof pleasure aud concurrence a
matter of course. His very state
ment argument and his argumen
! demonstration. He could be CRANE
and terrible In the same effort. Hi
greatest efforts were put into effect il
the celebrated Swami case in 1853, be
ing chief counsel for the defence. w,
recall a few of his marked sentences
Though my two hands were restin!
on the horns of the altar and l were
spit upon. the wOr,hiping members
should then and there slay the out
law" Ever since the dread reali
ties upon Calvary (alluding to- the in
dIgnities heaped upon our Lord) the
splitting upon human being by con
sent has been an objectionable offence
and the life of the offender forfeit
He was one of the few speaker.
whose language as it came from the
lips was fit for the type.
In appearance commanding and a
magnificent figure. six feet in height
with ample proportions to suit. with
Il dignity almost colonial in its cul-
ture, and a cOuntenance naturally
grand and at times almost sad, YET
he was as sociabIe and genial a.
any gentleman of his station ought to
be. He was certainly one of the fin
est conversatIonalists we ever met,
An evening with him was worth
more than the average book of our
day. We some times think this beau.
tiful accomplishment, as it existed
aforetime, is now nearly one of the host
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