Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-02-02

pontment from President Grant as | nit
ed States consul at Parague, Austria, and
it is characteristic of Judge Freeman,
that though the position was sinecurt
in which he had nothing to do and had a
clerk to help him do it, he found the
"banishment' as he termed it, intolerable,
resigned his position within very few
months, and without waiting for his
resignation to be accepted, boarded the
first west bound steamer he could find
and returned to Tennessee
He was again elected to the legislature
in 1876, and in 1877 was ap-
pointed assistant attorney gen.
eral OF the United States for
the postoftice department, and held this
position during two entire presidential
administrations and during the terms Of
office of seven postmasters general.
lie resigned Immediately on the inau.
guraton of President Cleveland and en-
gagged in the practice Of law in the nation
al capital with Hon. II. d. Money, who
for ten years was the ablest congressional
representatives from Mississippi, and one
of the ablest and most industrious men in
congress.
lie continued in practice with Col.
Money until he received his present APP
pointment, which came to him entirely I'M
sought, and even without his knowledge
his first intimation that he had been Sc.
lected to fill the office being request from
the department OF justice for his full name
for Use in engrossing his commission.
Such, briefly, is the story OF Judge Free.
mans public career, but interesting as il
is, and honorable as it is, the people Of
the territory Of New Mexico, among
whom he has cast his lot and with whom
he means to settle for life, will be more
interested in hearing something Of his
character rs man.
He is by nature ardent and impulsive
and though strong party man, is thor
oughly imbued with the American idea Of
justice and fair play, has by reason of his
legal training and by cultivating philo
sophie mode of Thought, learned to subordi'
nate impulse to judgment; he has &C.
quired the mastery of himself, has a very
keen perception of the right, and the most
indomitable courage and resolution tc
maintain it.
He is eminently public spirited, and
wherever he has lived, has gone with the
foremost in contributing to beneficial en-
terprises. He is a great lover of nature
and of agriculture, and finds his chief de-
light in the cultivation OF trees and grass
and flowers, and in the contemplation o.
growing crops. He has very large ele
ment of the creative faculty that distin'
cuisines the American pioneer, and though
at home in any society, Is best PLEASED
when subduing the wilderness and caus
ing it to blossom like the rose. His
country place in Virginia, few miles
from Washington, and which is entirely
his creation, is justly considered one o.
the most beautiful in that grand old state
No one can meet Judge Freeman with
out being impressed with his CHEEKY cor
dialty, his genial manner, and his en-
tirely sincere desire to like people, and
to be liked by them and no one can
know him without learning to appreciate
his high qualities as man.
Hence It follows, that who 80 ever enters
his:court for determination of his lega
status, no matter what his race, his socis
position, his faith. or his political convic
tons, may be assured that his cause will
receive free, fair, and keenly dis
criminative examination, and will be de-
cided solely with reference to the princi
pie of justice under the law.