Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-02-21
Tribute Of Judge John Paul to the Memory Of
Henry c. Allen.

In the United States Court at Abingdon
Judge Paul named five members of the bar
as a committee to draft resolutions on the
death of Judge Henry g. Allen, which sad
event occurred IN Roanoke on the 31st of
last October. After the report had been
read, Judge Paul asked Judge George w.
Ward to preside temporarily. and coming
down from the bench, said
"Mr. Chairman-I knew Judge Henry c..
Allen as we'll, perhaps better than he was
known by any other member of this meeting
We lived in adjoining counties, and our ac-
quaintance began shortly after went to the
bar. For twenty-five years l knew him in all
the relations of professional and political
life-as lawyer prominent in that honorable
profession to which he dedicated his best
powers, the dignity, influence and honor Of
which he so thoroughly appreciated judge
able and pure, and enjoying the confidence of
all classes of his fellow citizens; as member
of the Virginia Legislature, always occupy
ing in the body prominent and leading posi-
ton; as a politician, striving with an earnest
and worthy ambition for the highest honors in
the gift OF the people-and last, as filling the
honorable and responsible office of United
States District Attorney"
I'm all of these relations | can say, with
out employing the language of exaggerated eu-
logy, l have known few ADLER, and never
purer man, in professional OF public life.
He stood at the very head of the legal pro-
fession in his section of the State.
''Among the able and learned lawyers who
practice before the courts of this district he
had few, if any superiors. Had life been
spared to him, and the political fortunes of
the party of which he was an earnest and ac-
tive member have favored his aspiration, he
would doubtless have attained the highest
judicial honors the State Of Virginia can
confer.
SIN the discharge of the duties of the Office
which he last filed which calls for this me-
scientious and just. He guarded with jealous
care the interests of the government and en-
forced the laws with fidelity and fairness.
I'm the year 1880 Judge Allen and myself
were competitors for seat in the Forty-Sev-
enth Congress. Although partisan feeling
ran high, nothing occurred during that heated
canvass to mar in the least our personal rela-
lions, and it is one of the pleasant recollec-
tons of my life that we came out of it as we
entered it, personal frlendS-that and so we
continued to the end of his life.
81 pay this feeble tribute to his memory
with sincere sorrow, in which you all share
for the loss OF so good man, SO valuable
member OF society-for the great loss the legal
profession and the State have sustained.
Judge Allen died in the meridian of life, in
the vigor of his intellectual powers. His
death was a surprise and shock to his many
friends. 1t is dread warning to us, to be
prepared as we believe He WAS, W uleoG tut
final Great Judge of all the children of earth.
The resolutions were unanimously adopt
ed, and on motion it was resolved that
Judge Paul be requested to furnish copy
Of his remarks for publication, and that the
members of the bar who also submitted re-
marks to the meeting be requested to reduce
them to writing for the like purpose of
publication.