The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-02-06

recommendation from Daniel Webster.
He had no definite destination, but
stopping at Cincinnati, then the
Queen City of the West,
he met L. NJ Huntington, subsequently
n {. 5. circuit judge, who urged him TO
cast his lot IN Indiana. Mr.. McCullOch
went from Cincinnati to Madison, where
he presented himself to jeremiah Sulh-
van, one of the leading lawyers of the
state, with the request that he might be
permitted to spend some time in his
Office, to become acquainted with the laws
of the state and learn something OF west
ern practice" His purpose, was, OF course,
to adopt the law as his profession The
request was readily granted, and Mr.. Nc
Culloch spent four or five weeks very
pleasantly in Madison, deyoting six hours
TO study, and spending the rest OF the day
IN roaming over the picturesque hills
which surround the city, and about the
adjoining country, which was then being
rapidly settled, chiefly by farmers from
Kentucky"
Mr.. Sullivan, who was afterward one
OF the judges of the supreme court OF In
diana, was the father of Algernon :.
Sullivan who, when he died recently, was
one of the leaders of the New York City
bar Mr.. McCulloch describes Judge
Sullivan as "a heightened, talented Nir
ginian, and man OF great ability and up
rightness."
The young New Highlander had not
been long in Madison before he deter
mined to 60 no further west. He under
went an examination and secured aGcense
to practice law. At Salem, while under
going examination, he made the acquaint
ance OF Charles Dewey and Isaac Houck,
then, with Mr.. Sullivan, ''the famous
legal trio OF southern Indiana" Dewey
and Houck were New England men. The
after died shortly after this. Mr.. Dewey
subsequently, became a Judge OF the
Supreme court, of which Isaac Blackboard
was the head for many years. Il am
quite sure" saws MIR. McCulloch, that
three ADLER Judges than Blackboard, Dewey
and Sullivan could not have been found
in any court in the United States. Dewey,
he declares, would have been an orna-
ment to the supreme court of the United
States when Marshall was its chief JUS
tice. In personal appearance he was like
Mr. Webster. He had the same swarthy
complexion, broad forehead, deep-set eyes
and brawny figure. Mentally and phys
ically he resembled Mr.. Webster more
than any one ever met"
A few years later there came to the
front in Indiana number of young men
destined to great success Conspicuous
among them were Joseph q. Marshall
Caleb B. Smith, Richard w. Thompson,
Henry s. Lane, Edward A. Hannegan,
Samuel Parker, Horace p Biddle, and
little later, George g. and William Mckee
Dunn. Mr.. MeCulloch's recollections of
this galaxy of brilliant men are exceeding
~ interesting. OF Marshall, who died
young, Mr.. McCulloch says: "He was the
strongest man of his years that l had
Of t1,ab hos toff-
hand speakers of the state, but be lacked
industry and executive ability, and as
secretary OF the interior in Mr.. Lincolns
first cabinet he failed to meet the expecta-
tions of his friends" Thompson was "a
model Of graceful oratory, while Lane, who
did not take high rank as lawyer was
not eaualled in the state as popular and
effective stump speaker" He did not
take high rank in the U. S. senate. "a
purer or more honorable man." says Mr..
McCulloch "never lived" Hannegan
was a natural orator and, chad he been
temperate and industrious, would have
been one OF the most prominent and use
ful men OF his day." Parker was not an
orator, but he was a keen and ready de-
batter. Biddle was "a better scholar than
any OF his compeers, an admirable story
teller, an excellent mimic and wit, and
withal a good lawyer" OF the Dunns,
George e.. who died young, was 'an
able lawyer. fluent of speech, skillful in
debate and a master of invective," while
William Mckee was distinguished by
his legal knowledge, sound judgment
and readiness in debate"
Mr.. McCulloch recalls with few words
of apt Characterization Samuel Judah,
Dist.-Atty. Howard, George III. Profit,
Andrew Kennedy, John b. Howe and
John Niles, all men of distinction in their
generation.
The ex-secretary heard Lucy Stone de-
liver two lectures at Fort Wayne shortly
after his arrival in the state. She was "a
small young woman, whose sweet, silvery
tones reached every ear in crowded hall,
20 if they had been trumpet-tongued."
The iabors of Lucy Stone and others in
the cause OF woman at that time were
fruitful in good results. SIN Indiana and
N many other states before this move
ment was commenced, the dover of Wild
ows whose husbands had died without
providing for them by viii was one-third
part of the rents and profits for life OF the
lands Of which their husbands were the
owners, and these lands in a new country
were often unimproved. 1 knew many
instances in which the widows of men