The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-27

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apect 70 the memOry OF II. Owens, uy1.9
did We think that at cur next messing We,
should b called upon TO m0urn the 0eeu
of Judge 1cWhoGt@.
II have been here only lew years W \
have seen many changes In the pefs0onei
of this Court, two Of them By death. One
of them came TO the state - . stranger,
personally almost unknown, but his ses-
vices were engraved on the history OF Our
state and his death LEFT vacant place 10
our hearts. Passing from the loved Van
V0kenburgh, We come to him who was
in many respects one OF the most
extraordinary man have ever known.
Nature had given George g. NC
Whorter Q sound mind, bat he had %
filled it by reading and thought that he
Was the embodiment Of valuable informa-
tion. His conversation was redolent with
the flowers and rich with the 6uits OF the
most varied study. With the exception.
perhapssof one man, his eloquehce sur
passed that of any with which have been
acquainted. His oratory was not OF that
superficial kind which seeks TO please for
o moment, but of that far higher kind
which dwells with the nearer and shapes
his after-thought. In oil the daily
relations of life be was most kind and con.
siderate. He had, above most men, the
faculty of drawing others to him, and his
lovable character surrounded him through
life with troops of friends. As judge, he
was fearless and Just. In his work on the
Supreme Bench his associates always re-
marked that his judgment Immediately
discarded the rubbish surrounding the
fact, hit always the pivotal point Of the
case and presented to his c0-laboFers the
decisive matter in the clearest terms.
High as were the honors conferred on
Judge McWhorter by his fellow-citizens
these would have been still higher but fol-
his innate modesty. But it is not permits
sible to speak Of him only as the just
Judge, the able lawyer and the dlstin-
guished citizen. There are other aseocia'
TONS dearer to our hearts, He aud drsi
sat on this bench on the same day. There
were many years between us, but TO me
the younger man, he was always ~ Consid
crate a. i'll had been his equal Lord
Ashburton, sent to this country on mat
ter of great importance to England and tt
US. wrote to Albert Ganatin, the ables
foreign-born citizen of the United States
that he would soon have the pleasure o
drawing wisdom from the best Of springs
regret, gentlemen, that you andj vii
henceforth have NO opportunity OF draw
ing wisdom from the living lips Of George
g. McWhOrter, and I NOUN OUT loss
The shining river which flows past tn,
little village where he made his home viii
flow on forever-on the shores Of thu
county where his neighbors loved and
honored him the waves will break till th.
end OF time. But nevermore, l fear, viii
Santa Rosa know superiority OF ind
vidual citizenship to that of George G
McWhorter. And when she raises mon
ument to his memory-as well abe may
she will honor herself as well az him, ant
commemorate the virtues Of one Of tn
first citizens of Florida, as we'll as her own
To him in the land to which he has gone
as we'll as in the past we have loved, w
cry Hail and Farewell! A
"The resolutions will be spread on tb,
minutes as requested, and the court viii
stand adjourned till Monday at 10 q. m"
Throughout the proceedings in that his
toric b Ill, on all the members of the Ba
and of the legislature, as well as on th
distinguished visitors present, there reste,
deep feeling of reverence and affectionat
respect drawn forth by the occasion, ant
of admiration for the sentiments utteret
by the eloquent gentlemen who hat
known and loved Judge McWhorter.