The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-07-15

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dag~of our years are three scare
-.uI .a,.: and If by reason of ! rcu-rth
fo,r ~ .re years y,t j. Their
-a labor and sorrow" b ii l. the
divine authority Impressed upon
torrance, il recommends itself as the
Il 5u Of an ilu5tsiou, ruler, 50 5e and
4 E... though III his youth among tine
-9rous Of men, was not exempt
e aa .lGrmities Of age, but who was
exempt, by illumination from on
E@l as BY native dscernfnent,
fHa Tn.iS of suppoSlng that time, the
a-t.rpr II all other mundane things,
1ro3teut to EstnqnlSh the human body
... u.nd. 1t is, Of couISe, to be expected
.Hlt Ed- wIseot Of uninsprcd mankind
4 concur with the heaven taught
rs sy,4, raled Israel prn'lent.v, with i'll
.uLht and ,xhbii 10 us on the stage
5E Lie. after the c>it Of the Justice III fair
rH3t ely, with fat capon lined. the
.a aud ,Ipperei pune; oon, with spec
t ou nose, his hose too wide for III,
..f.rA >hankS, On the eye oI ending his
z.=tY-r, cven.fal history III seconl child
es That such is the uniform fate o.
Il ordinary mortals all human experience
s. That the divinity which doth
I HoG d a Judge should confer on him immI
a fom the common lot, is certainly an
oa "a modern origin, the monopoly of
Il se9 Is, most probably, enjoyed by the
.eTs Observer, its correspondents and co
I a3I tta.s That such immunity must be
um.d by tile parties just named, for
a 50 senior justices Of the Supreme
easet would appear inevitable, for GER
.HgN th, y have reached that length of
1 rel, beyond which the p>amlst and the
/ .-r rrrkon ti.cr strength - be really
..,I- ,t,tI it,,Jtl4 ions
4a HfepreScrv.n5 prop.rt c Of official
4 at- have been the subj Ct Of con -iatrable
i -atltry. D 1t ;is '.inilk for babes, is
highly cptnmcndei, may not tl's strong
1 EGesBment food, IN the course Of a few
4.tr~ rruve too much for the weakening
a.1a~ft"n Of those who approach Il second
| t5idhoodt But let me not be misunder
] re4d am not undertaking to establish
.gg present mental imbecility in the two
Distinguished gentlemen Just named; gen
mrl whose courtesy and kindness have
AIR. ett.m experienced not to be attached
! t tacm; gentlemen whose moral qualities,
/ feliertual gifts and professional attain
! a#H'~ would adorn any bench where en-
4 4trued Justice Is administered That
| aay have any reasonable assurance Of
Il aatrGulng bodily yigor, is not the hope
/ genuine friends who have had much
! t~iou IN the last two years to feel so
Il styuS as to their health But, even if
i .7a Indications Of failing physical stamina
| we.e not now Nlslbly manifest can they
L -#e Exemption from tie common lot
H-l uniformly assigns decreplttlde to
wsEusrcd old age? An OUTSIDER writ
tar le NeWs-ObServer, opneS that
| fas objection is mot certain, but contin-
-trf Hat pr sent, but prospective. That
| DE-. condition ones mind and body far
| e-ht Years to come, j, ;tmattcr in prospect
auv is not to be denied. but that the ia
.tE.. condition of two given persons will
oa t1.. same as that Of ninety nine out Of
every 0.7er hundred persons similarly cir
.amstanced is probable enough for the
basis Of practical action, Is it not true
lan, about such a proportion Of men grow
.ao old for constant and arduous labor
before reaching the age Of eighty or eighty
Ewus-stges which approximate those which
Ha9.i be attained il eight years by these
-nguiShed Judges. 70 what purpose is
gt tu cite some rare instances Of those who
reason Of strength have attained four
Ee with their eyes undimmed and their
raura force unabated9 The signal prom
naaar given 10 the fact by the bographcrs
.aSe men, shows it 10 be an uncommon
Hge. How common it is, on the contrary,
n. tUe=c grave and reverend, but not
AEay~ potent sgHiors to grow Intirfn
office but to hold on III literal mort
main r with a death grip, which none
ar he last conqueror himself could relax,
No~. unfortunate it was in ''Outsider to
mention the case of Lord Mansfield This
great and pure minded man, to whom
guseIeuce was a neglected guide
- un1 as his faculties were unifnpaired,
9t3r forgot himself, after he was eighty,
Is, ~ hold on to his office for two years
after his place on the bench was filled, III
IBIS enforced absence, without lntermls-
aH. by presiding puisne Judge; nor did
thvn relinquish his hold until Mr.. Pitt
parliament threw out some menaclne
doubts as to the propriety Of high lu-
gelej office being so long held by one dis
1h.ed BY age from discharging its duties. :
Ard Pitt, no doubt, was charitable tc
-ea.Hs in decay for he had seen his great
aher, whose grand inyective, III his
m-sfy meridian. could make mad the
-G ~ ;tni appal the free" sink iii his ole
t INTO a style which Macaulay anG
IiegH-1a agree in describing as inaudi
, / inc ,hcrcmt inufterins
rI Ellen5pr)ugh adm o,t died on the
@f, bowed down hy senile intiimity
a. held hi pace almost t. the last
aal when. as lie says in a letter TO {
"a. he could scarcely totter to his seat
luli Only take notes manu- lacissima
e2rpore imbecilo. None ever more
deserved the appellation OF the
great and good than Lord Denman, whC
uobly won and bore 1t. Yet this Judge
Hre-emncnt for purity, moral herolsn
al@ vigor of manly intellect, held on t
bis lief Justiceship after two paralyti
atra rs had disabled him to take notes Q
evidence. after his undoubted friend
ataa-ham, had told him that to hold OF
a-er would sully the fame which a nobl
II had achieved, and until the emlnen
E Watson, his physician, wrote HIM tha
must yield up his place or die, Bu
5l9a1aams old age, with its concomltan
weakness, brought beam to his own ey'
ara I've found it difficult to pluck out
1" need to be said that Henry Brongh
tA Was past seventy when he wrote tha
stA- note TO Minister CremieuX after tn
S' of Louis PHILIPPE, asking that h
4.94t without losing his English nation
a-5N ye naturalized in France, and TAX
seat ~ the National Assembly. Fame,
b4e49-am at forty seeking to lead IN th
HOUSE pt Lords and simultaneously echps
h.Faaaau from the tribune which he hat
4AaftaIized
i"tft Chief Justice Tenterdcn when owe
i've years Of age and in desperate
1-sRi- beng given over to petulanc'
@ aiidlsh impatIence the very revers
f Ills amIable and equabe middle-age, de
4iaed, as he said, ito die like a came
As wilderness with his burden(?) OF
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