Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1886-02-06
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ELziBETH j. REID
Tho Courier JpuBdl OF Jan 81,
under he head Life of Judge Rich
ard Reid" saye; We copy from the
] Christian ,SiGHdord tho following
mention Of a life of the late Jndge
Richard Reid, Of Nj. Sterling, which
is now in course Of publication and
will soon be issued.
The farther Wa progress on this
truly remarkable biography the more
fascinated we become with the wonder.
fnl richness Of the materials and the
elevation of character in the man.
IL is not the product of single
MUD, bent on the partial exhibition,
Of q persona! nero, bnt a cloud of tes-
timony rising from. as many sources
as the mists, and apparently as spon-
taneously. Yet while emansting from
50 many minds, widely separated in
an else, there il such p unaninity of
sentiment end attestation that esch
new voice merely syells the volume
without the Introduction of q single
discordant note,
Almost every page Introduces some
nsw witness who, in his individual
way, illustrates some point iu life or
character, bus 10 harmony with
who have gone before HIM.
1t is more charming than aro-
nance ia its wealth Of experience
and vcissitudes OF happiness and
aif- -ction A wonderful likeness to
the lampnted Garfield both in the
remarkable freedom from maligniiy
in his nature and in his positive faith
and gJodn ess and rich personal gift
grows on us 30 his life uniold
from the sen tive, suffering child to
the grest-hearted man and martyr"
1t is one Of the great good fortunes
OF my life to have known Judge Reid,
with an intimacy hardly less than
that of brother. We were room
mates in our early careers of life,
soon after no had set out upon the
career at the bar which gained him
such eminent and glorious distinc-
tion. He was emil emily open and
confidiDg in his nature, aud such ques-
tions of moral and re igious philos-
ophy as were involved and practically
demonstrated in the manner of his
death, as in the death of no man
known to the annals Of Kentucky,
We're so thoroughly understood by me
as being part and parcel of his life
based upon convictions of right, that
had he resented the blows so uniustly
inflicted upon him, il would hsveEes-
tonished Inc, even more than it has
astonished others that he did not,
He was man Of immense think
ing capacity and of continued fore
thought, and SO great was his aspira-
tion to live life grand and glorious
in the highest import of those words
that it is impossible that the treat
ment which caused his death could
have been contingency about which
he had never thought and under which
his long predetermined course had
not been plainly and unwaveringly
out.
I regard the death Of my friend
Judge Reid. as an instance OF heroic
submission to the dictates of con-
science, that has rarely, if ever, had
its counterpart in the history 'of this
country. In his whole life he was a
mighty m IN of valor, but like Ma
noah's son WAS stronger in his death
than in his life.
Wien the world gets wiser, men
like these,
Not like CESAR stained with blood
but only great AS they are good"
will be those to whose memory ma
tons and states will bui uilimonuments.
No meaningless marble shaft, mo
storied urn nor animated bust"
chissied and pied by the
hands of his countrymen could iitly
mark his resting place, no column so
high rs to catch the first rays OF the
orient sun and bold them when they
had left AL oise to follow to his sitting,
could harmonic with the grand but
lowly life Of that maa; bnt if tho
state Of Kentucky wants to honor her
self by honoriug him, she can perpe-
tuate the moral of his life
by building at the town where
hs fell, or where be presided at the
bar,o in this city, "a memorial building
which shall be baptized with his
name and consecrated to some fit ng
and deserving charity.