The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-12-15


and he could locate principal writers ana incl
books at a moments notice. tie read Doth ireet
and Latin with ease, had made more or less pro
sress in Hebrew, even Sanscrlt was not entirely
dead language, and he had looked into the Gun
! form characters Tar enough u understand many
OF the principles of their translation. He ren'
French with as much facility as his mother tongue
understood the grammars OF the Spanish, Italian
and German languages and could translate them
with some help from lexicons. But mathematics
and natural and physical Science were his favor
! ties. He would turn to them as ordinary men
would to novel for recreation. He calculated
an eclipse, the appearance and temperance of a
'oie'' 'iie SIG ahd o~Dt of planet as easily as
ordinary men would "osk out "A sum in arithmetic
sometime prior 10 the last total eclipse OF the sun
visible in this locality, he concluded to calculate
IL lor himself. having done so he compared ii
with the Almanac recognized as the highest scien-
'inc authoritS anu iouhu the calculations did not
agree. with his characteristic modesty he con-
Guided he mad MADE the error and went to work
Dy ahother mode but produced the same result
a 'hird time ana by a Ihird method ne made the
eaioui"tion ou' "hlie he asieeu WIN HIS previous
elor's' lie sui ulsasfeeu Win 'he Alniahdc' he
''n'ui'ou 'e pioiessoi Vi hs'iohohy III viz vi 'ie
principal onVeisiues' "ecountry anu from MIN
ieai"eu 'ha' 'he AlllaL was IN error. but De-
nov 'ii' ho' coheeh1 y" III this' ne Joineu scien
''No Pai'y anu went " one vi Tic poih'S lnos' Id
''i"oi' lo' Peileo1 opser'auoh anu tnsre 'ef
'neu lilo suies oS .io ac'uai 'acI.
n''e oi''n neafu II saiu 'haI MI Evans was
NV great i""!er' rerhaps III certain sense,
anu 'r"' 'ei' oau sei'e' ie was hot pu' W say
'h"' 'ne ID" "ouiu no' opeh "lue her most secret
ieoos'es " 'iie sesaie vi SUCH ah ihIeliect as MI
H'nn' possesSeu Is " u''ef 'he coihhonest ap-
sutut'S' Noi was 'nefe ever lawyer VINO heid
NV 7''"' piti0'Pi'' vi '"0 0o'nNion Id" vi Ghs-
iahu more clearly III HIS hlhd. III any Dranch oil
the law, such as pieading, where his logical mind
could nave iuli play ne 10as great lawyer. And
had pieaulhs remained science as IL was IN the
uass vi 'auhuers ne "ouiu nave a'taiheu rare
with more care, or gave his client more Jealous.
conscientious work He did nor like the trial n,
Du. 'nA 'n's gre" inoie ou' VI his nuns
po''''on ~ ensase III 'ne eon'oe' anu "iansie III
o,u'n. ~ july 'i'a'' 'h"n 'ioni any o.her cause'
ni' I'ans was no' hshVer. 1 nave hearu MIN
say 'iia' 'no Soiehce Vi Ia" WAS oeautiiui study
ne oeiieNeu WIN hicharu hooker that 'oi law no
less can DC IMAM that her seat is the
poso Vi .fou' her voice the harmony oil the world;
oeI the Crial taDle "ith lts Earring and clashng,
us oistorUions aha Interpretations was 10 MIN a
iooalit9 lar renio'eu from the BOSOM OF dod, and
'he nosC lnharhohious OF all intellectual employ
nien's' nu' ne tried All MS cases well and many
Vi 'heiii WIN uis''hs uisheo aolhty. Inc case OF
1,'Doi' io"u oeionss III .ne iat'er Grass and mad
-''' 0"'' y on .'ieu III t'e" ioiA Guy IL would
nave inaue nis iof'uhe as criminal lawyer.
never did believe he was guilty of murder under
the law. But that he would have been hung but
vnien' VI MI Evans winch rose 10
setting of the sun
was gentleman. He was this in the true sense
of the word, a GENTLE man.
no iioues'' oh HIS unenioarrass brow
Na'ure hau "ri1ten uentleman.
He was not mereIv a man with su,vity q,
manner the resu,t Of disoinI,na u "A M,
acouire his ,sptIemanIv dsnortma,t in III.
school of t,baS,.rsa,a u .tho.a, -. ~
would not protit nv others misfortunes no
was not aggressive or self asser,ing He Ioved
Justice and awarded IL without stint and mixad
with a Iarpe norton of ,,enuina kindnass and
tenderness. he never reioced at others mistor-
tunes or failures hs ,evar witbbs,d bis v.rmos,
concentrations ,vhep o,bors Srooaoaaa r. .his
oudience IN vour Honor an tho honoh an, 70 ,,o,,
NV bro,bers Of rho na,,, ,,o, .,;,
mint
..rbs osnoro, yo1.o
Sounds him for courtasr hab,yior- I,n,rrora
And every fair demeanor an ex,mnla /,
At the conclusion of Mr. Jones' re-
marks he called nm Han T AZ Cras-
w WV 'A'O'o'' 'i'' Oio' "oh
read Tue toiloWlng
D,,s
May it please your Honor If it be true that the
duties we owe to the dead are not OF less binding
obligation than our duties to the living it would
be a shameful omission for u.s. whs have known
Alexander Evans for more than forty years to per-
nit these resolutions to be formally entered OF
record without bearing testimony to what we know
OF his character, ability and learning.
My acquaintance with Mr.. Evans commenced
in the year ls4S. He then in the first glow OF
his public life, and had just completed his thr
tieth year. His four years OF practice at the bar
had already won for him widely extended
putation. His constituents had been taught to
look upon him with pride and affection, and with
scarce IN exception, they entertained for him the
highest hopes and expectations. In these, they
were not disappointed for it may be safely said
that no man, young or DID, ever secured durings
like term OF service, more distinguished position
in the House OF Representatives than he
acquired in the course of the six years OF
his membership in that body. Tothe lasting grief
OIL MS lrlends and the lnca;culaole loss Of his
country, change OF apportonment founded upon
a Dew ratio of representation, consigned him in
1888 to private life. Since then he has passed his
days among the people OF our county, engaged in
the work of his profession and in the unfagging
pursuit of knowledge IN almost every department
of human effort. &.
Were called upon by your Honor, TO express
my opinion concerning his extraordinary gifts and
requirements, l would declare that in pure in
tellectualty he had lew, any superors among all
the men with whom have come in contact. His
mind naturally of the highest order, by his pecu-
liar methods and discipline, soon became capable
of the most protracted and sustained effort and
of tue most elaborate and exact analysis and
eXegesis He was a born mathematician and
critic No problem, however abstruse or involved
if within the limits of human knowledge, could
long refuse to reveal its hidden truths to the
penetrating force of his Investigations He was
u close student throughout his entire life. and by
his ceaseless diligence acquired within the realms
OF his investigation wealth of knowledge, rlvaled
only by the acquisitions OF the most advanced
scholarship. On any topic of mathematics, or
science, or politics or history, he was prepared
whenever the occasion aroused within him a com.
muncating spirit, to pour out from the stores OF