The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-08-09
HON. JAMES y. DUNLOP.
Death of n Prominent Richmond Gen.
tie.'ian ut his Home I'm that City
july 2Sth 1888.

tie.'lan ut his Home in that City
July 2Sth, 1888.
Hon. James n. Dunlop, prominent and
stingt.ished young lawyer OF Richmond,
Va, brother OF Mrs. Col VIM Ii. 5. Bur-
swyn, of henderson. died at his home in
that city saturday. July esth. Mr.. Dun
lop was NAN of remarkable talents and
brilliancy and had achieved distinction i'm
the forum and upon the musings in his city
and State as few men his age have done.
Referring 10 lis sad and untimely death
the Richmond State says:
The death of James " Dunlop removes
from among us one OF the most gifted
young men ever born in this city. He pos
seSsed clear and tenacious mind, which
he had carefully trained both in literature
and in the law, but his distinguishing quail
lty was his impasSion:d oratury, which has
SO often thrilled earnest throngs in the
courthouses and OH the court-greens of his
beloved Virginia. Tall, slender, erect, of
delicate frame and feature, with an in
tensely nervous temperament and impul-
sive sympathes, he showed in every ges-
ture the sincerity of the sentiments that
! flowed in clear, melodious tones from his
| lips. Few speakers in Virginia, State
! still celebrated for her orators, rose to the
| heights he reached. His illustrations were
always apt and original and his figures of
speech were perfect metaphors. His style
was too smooth, his sentiments too refined
ever to CRATE upon the ears OF his hearers,
and in words of pure and vigorous English
/ he appealed to the nOoler instincts of man.
kind. But he had shown during the polit-
! ical campaigns of the last few years that
| he was also closely observant and lucid
dictator, who displayed extraordinary
! Judgment in the selection of his arguments
and who knew how to enforce them with
powerful effect.
1t was, however, as the man in private
life that James Dunlop's virtues slione most
brightly. He possessed q peculiar charm
of manner that drew men to hinl and won
their admiration and affection. Having a
sensitive disposition himself, he was scru-
pulouSly careful not to wound others, anu
whenever lie feared that by accident he
might have ruff1ed the feelings of friend
he would spare neither time nor trouble
till he had sought him out and removed a II
doubt as to his meaning: lie belonged u
a family conspicuous for its readiness tC
subordinate all desire for pectniary gaii
to delicate sense of honor. and this spirit
he manifested in all the transactions OF
his life
OF no man was ever more truthfully
, spoken that line:
"rhc bravest are the tendercst."
AS husband, father, friend, he was a
| gentle as he was true. Without fear o
mortal man, as school boy, as soldier, a
citizen, no pelil to himself could ever nay
moved him as would the thought that III
had done some one Wrong. He lived an'
died hOnored and respected for his man,
4 noble qualities, but for none more than 10
his marked and unfailing consideration fo
the rights and feelings of others. His wa
l knightly soul. His chiyalry was in
} stinctive. When he shall be laid to res
, this evening in the quiet shades OF Holly
wood, it can be we'll said of him:
"This earth, that bears thee dead"
!, bears not alive" truer "gentieman.'
: Commenting on the above Col. X. r
II Griffin, editor of the Portsmouth Record,
t college fellow and class-mate of Mr.. Dur
:. lop's, pays this additional tribute to tn
o virtues and rare intellectual attainment
: of the deceased. lie says:
:. The editor of the Rscord knew the d.
$ ceased we'll and must, therefore, be pal
e dOned for giving prominence to the splei
= die. tribute of the State to the many exec
t lcnces Of character and rare intellectua
:, attachments that distinguished the caret
$ of his deceased friend. Having know
him Intimately for the two years immed
ately following the war rs college-fello
20 and class-mate, as we'll as fellow men
i Der OF the same literary society, he fee
# that he is privileged to express his gratii
"a cation at this evidence of the high estee
% in which his deceased friend was held, ;
g we'll as The pain and sorrow with which
T. heard of the untimely death of one who
70 life was so full of promise to his friends, b
10 city and State. Every one who watche
his daily walk or fell under the spell
m his almost matchlcss eloquence while
ia student at the University of Virginia pr
y" dictad for him q future both brilliant al
lp full Of usefulness; and while the dea
,e blow that fell upon him with almost stal
i, ling suddenness, must wiring sob fro
II the heart of each Of his old classmates, it
'd at the same time gratifying to them
r. know that he was rapidly fulfilling 4
ut promises which his mastery intellect MAJ
~ while student at college.
~ TO Mrs. Burgwyn, who has again be-
~. sorely afflicted BY the death of a near al
dear one, cherished brother of such nobl
- ness of character, brilliant attachments al
~ promising future, SO soon after the death
~, her beloved and sainted mother, the Co
LEAF together with wide circle of frien
y begs to offer its sincere and condoling sy
pathies, and SORROWS with her in the de
-e-
=, grief that is hers.