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SOMETHING OF JUDGE ALDRIcH.

SOMETHING OF JUDGE ALDRIcH.
incidents and Facts Connected WITH
lEis Long and Useful Life.
Judge Aldrich has always bcen an active
self asserlivc ci tizcn, with gcntlomaniy IN
stinctS, and q heart Orerlto%inS VII KIND
ness 70 all mankind. Open and frank, scner
Gus and honest, he has ever llal host o
friends In his struggling youth ne had lII
stood high with their feIlo and they were
ever ready To give him helping hand In tnt
work of making what the world ca n sell
made man." And now, Mt the close OF well.
.ESpcnt life ne rclircS with hearty we'll donC
| from those who knew him best.
Alfred Proctor Aldrich was born In Charles
tnn June /. lSl. His father not being mar
of means did not give his son IL collegiate cd
| ucatiOn. His educational advantages were
derived from the common *chooi ni Charies
ton which was taught by Duc:nr Mackcy, INC
! father OF the well known Il. }. Mackey OF thls
State:
From his early boyhood hc determined tt
study law, and so informed his father when
he was about II years of age. His father dlc
notapprOvc of the course, Tor The reason thal
lie had not a collegiate cduca'ion: The man
| i'm the boy asserted itself when he rerlled
''Somc OF our most distinguished lawyers
have not had the advantages or Il college cdu
! m.
as well as they" lie read law with Chanccl-
| lor Duncan, who gave him the use Of his H.
brary, on condition that he copy such papers
aS he would give him.
| In May, 1855, he filed his petition 10 the Ap
| neal COnrL for adm miSSiOn TO the Bar. He was
| told by his friends that he could not he exam
incd t,nn ne hc was not vet y years OF age
| that the only man who had been examined
".ns rrhnrt v Hnvuo The words which were
;",n,,J"G 49, 20 iisr,,nromo hin, from mnl;iuu lhC
nnnIicaiion rave Ihe strongest reasons
G amn,, and fmrnis,cJ ono morC
Wy Wy -, Nv az 10 i,n,;ion ,ynirh hn nnsscssod
IL sn,J. "rhnt iS - urcccdcnt, MIR. Iiayn,
,os mni moro dis, ,in"utshed thcn than | nm
@ Ma,n ny ny ,En, n,iTT,n,I hin, lion why MOI
nImit me noW.eS lie was examined, and tho
| ISInrl, or Tho 'ourl of AnueaIs was directed tC
aim isicr the oath as soon us lie was twenty
"nn rnnrS of n"c
~ n mhiie hc had an office i'm Charleston
Inn, soon q forward Nr. BelIinrcr of Harnwcl
ownroS.nd n desire to form n nartnprsIip will
a ynuno LAWYER, Mr. hldrich was recon-
"" " s7 s,1t7 ,mL in,f l. thn vnv he bcc,uc Il ciii
~! ,.,u onI IN wSon, was lound tic
mIrnSrnIs Of usefulness and honor that after
w.rd renoc,cd credit uuon the county Of his
o,innt,nn
| IN is.s pinrcc NJ Hutlcr Governor OF South
rurolinn onpoIutcd Mr. Aldrich Commissions
nr in E,ouitv and tho partnership between
him and Mr. i,cIlinrcr was disSolvcd.
| I'm Iy51 lie Voluntarily resigned the Office o
Cn,rmissinncr in E,ouitv. and continued the
nrnrticn oT his nroIrSsioi. He was ailcrward
pCt,Je p t ~ i,n thn o,I,SInturo and in thal boGv
rs in every other position lie ever assumed. hc
was nm active worker, and always command.
wi WIZ bn W. h;"est rcspcct Of lis fellows. Nmona
oIhnr yvnrI; he Introduced i'm the I,CrisiaturC
the STAY Law, and afterwards carried it to the
| Anrcal Court on a question of constitutional
itrl Ono section that staying the collection
OF debts. was held TO bc unconstitutional, but
| the other section which provided that tho
statute of limitations should not run, was
deemed constitutional. lie was chairman "a, OF
wears later, he succeeded James Simons, Sc
nior, rs Speaker of the House. and continued
| To hold that position until 1865, when he was
elected Circuit Judge, and served the State in
that capacity until he was removed from the
Bench by the military orders Of General Can
by com nrander OF the department Of South
| Carolina and Georgia.
/ General Candy issued an order requiring
all Ike Judges to place negroes Oh the juricS
'rhe first (,0urt which Judge Aldrich held n!
ter the issue Of this order was at lidgcGcld
when he read tho order to the grand Jury, and
stated that he could not and would not obey
lin. The "chargc' Was reported in the ncwSpa
ncrs ,i the lime. ard General Cunhy sent Ma
inr Walker. and his Adiutant, Capt HciSe
rcnnrt~d. Upon his answering alilrmativcly
,Epo, M tTu rhn ,w,s courtr1,s confidently
aii,. si'r h,iIns, from his bur%v' said:
Judge, when was commissioned in the
| nnint T Iittln nynncind that wOuld he called
rnnn ~ nnrfnrni this mOsi UNPLEASANT duty
| iini nm nhIi"rd TO obey orders and IL is Gen
T I,.'T nhS,,s oSr,Jor tbof vn,i No rnmovnd from
eL'o' .i' 1Es S",JEs ); oi"S' '''''' Wv ~
liiC I'D nelT, t,h,,o ro,,iod ur am vorv honnv n
ino ,;,So,,nt H., ,.ou Lo vo nnrfnrinnd q
80, ~ ,,in.cnnt dnfv n, n very ulonsnnt man
!, f "
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| they were seated, the Judge stated The order