The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-18

/ with so kindly q pressure though dead II As
Bonaventure grave, may be idealtzed IN MS
| deathless example; may be above MS now ana
may remain above us forever, TO beckon
I us upward: upward. il need b.. by the same
/ hard iron ladder which he so patiently and 50
persstently climbed; upward, through the
/ yearly. daily, hourly-throu7h the perpetual
| q animation and sacrifice of self; upward ever
toward the PERFECT. absolute and eternal,
d. A. O'Byrne. Esq. and Col. g. A.
Mercer spoke briefly Of the high traits and
noble qualities Of Judge Chisholm, and
were followed By W. r. Leaken. Esq, as
| follows:
MR.. LEAKEN's ADDRESS.
William 4. Leaken, Esq, said
IL is a source OF great happiness to me to have
personally known the la.e Judge Cbis nolm NY
association vita him began in November. 1881
and to his death he was my friend. Cnder
such circumstances | have. therefore, ielt the
warmth OF his sunny nature; have drunk from
the fountain Of bis clear and calm reason; and
have been enthuSed by his mental might. Ills
character was brilliantly Illuminated with love
for Gcd for family and for country; BY cheer
fulness: by justice. by fidelity 10 his friends and
! fairness to foes and by an indomiiable will In
bis Office. on the beach, in the social world.
he was Kind and pains ia king WITH the hunt
STUDENT 10 ii of mis- friend and fair 10 his foes.
Cheertu,ness at all times, tho of,en was he
recked with physical pain. was to his ousi.
ness surroundings like a sun IN Lapland
winter That cheerfulness which meets the
bite occurrences of life with placid smile
tempered tine gravity Of his miad, SO that 1t
was never iInbued with melancholy. and that
cheerfulness was in truth one OF toe most mani.
fest signs OF his wisdom. With keen sense OF
satire, | never heard him sting @ soul with sar-
cssm. He had mental stUrehouse for repartee
and good cheer His mind was Kingdom, and
his indomab able will, crowned by law and equity,
reiZned therein q king. While his heart was
ever tender, his will was intiexlb!e and by that
wonderful will he lived for years, tho death.
like the Egyptians skeleton, accompanied him
10 feast ray
What need / say Of his ability With per-
feet perez ption of the salient and material
points of proposition. he could and did see, at
sight almost, the strength or weakness of a cause
or condition With his mastery management of
his mental forces he would quietly but con-
fidently lead client counsellor or court up or
down the ladder Of logic step by step, TO con
clu5ion satisfactory III reason, commanding
conviction. and receiving the plaudit "Itu Ter
scrtDfa est" "fturItio est" From his occu-
pancy of the judicial chair for Is years the
gladstone light Of Jurisprudence shone and
well he lived out the professional precepts
"honeSte rtUere, dlte um non tdedsre. stup
cttique tlibuere."
Clothed in the ermine at &c years of age, he
never reversed. What wonder, then, that
such a legal giant tho taken captive by a chain
OF circumstances aud tho exied Pleasantly to
a sister state OF our union, where live men OF
mi hty minds, he at once took his place in the
front line of the intellectual battles, fought
there OF the checker board Of interstate COM
mercia contests
his friendship and fidelity to his country,
state. and the city OF Savannah and TO lndi-
viduals was proverbial. His was not that So
called friendship, which. like our shadows, fol-
low us in sunshine but desc rts US In the shade,
but like the watchman in olden time, from the
tower of yon exchange. kept guard, ana when
We knew he was there fancy and Imagination
called out to us, IAN is well" Such friendship
as his was makes character, and the formative
influences of such friend do more to lift
the fallen. brace the standing, than all the
dogmas and cauons In this world. In his family
what devoted hu band, loving father and a
charming host His smile was a blessing on all
who caught it's rays. Your resolutions are right,
Mr.. Chairman; such dead demand something be-
yona the stereotyped declarations so often mean
lnglesS and sometimes false. Our dead's NOBLE
hepmatr, a princess OF her time, who now
weeps like Andromache for her Hector, her all.
Was bis mainstay, his dearest counSellor-to her
our hearts, in tune with my tongue. say:
Happy was he with such wife;
Faith in womankind pulsed with his blood,
And trust in all things high came easy to him."
Under the oaks Of beautiful Bonaventure. she
has laid him close to her dear daughter, gone
before, aud to those who stood with her in the
dusk OF that Gods day, not only was heard the
Dust 10 Dust" aud "AsneS to Ashes of the
church, not only was seen the flash and was
heard the sound OF many muskets reverberating
owes Chatham'S marshy shores aud Georgia's
island lands. not only ncarkened we to the last
buGls call, but we beheld sweet and heavenly
sign; the cold graves OF father and daughter,
hitherto apart, were no longer so; gentle hands
uau placed Win SOIteSt tOucn JDe rose and
violet, the cross and crown. so that space
was wiped away ana under one grand canopy
of purest white the fathers was clasp;ng
his child's. perfect prototype of that happy
meeting in the land beyond the sunrise. OF
blessed hope of an immortal life! o! death,
where is thy sting2 o. grave, where is thy VIC
tory? A star Of first magnitude has set, but
only TO shine upon some fairer world; but for
us. tho this star has vanished. its light will
travel upward yet, for many years The de-
pRrted's crown is set with the imperishable
jewels OF truth. triumphant int -rity
and justice and tho time may crumble
and space dissolve the spirit Of our dead shall
live. "Eregt momentum Derenitts dere.''
The material world has its links, by which it
is made to clasp hands to speak, with the
vegetable, the vegetable with the animal, the
animal with the Intellectual; we therefore know
that such an intellectual character as the late
Waiter S. Chisholm has ready claspe the
angelic Gods finger has touched our beloved
friend and he sleeps.
The closing speeches were made by Wal
ter G. Charlton, Esq. and A. Minis, Esq
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