, 1892-08-20
From the NASSAU Guardian May 49,

IN the Editor of the Nassau Guardian
The combined wisdom and vigilance Of
"Governor Shea. and Providence, and the
Board of Health being insufficient to pre-
serve the health Of this community, MT. yell
verton has come to the rescue, and II Is ouG
fair to him that his protest should be tchoed
by every citizen Of this city.
What is the good of increasing the salary OF
the Chief Justice if his mind Is to DC dlsqulet-
ed and alarmed through fear OF fever? for
our additional G3OO a year we have ali that our
souls vea,ned for. viz: An English Barrl6ter,
and we should do all that lies in our power to
preserve the health and life of this lunnary
of the English Bar.
While the increase Of salary attached TO the
Office Of Chief Justice was being discussed,
Mr.. Billiard the senior member, suggested
that wa wait and Ssee our man first! GOOD
advice. but fortunately the waiting policy was
NOT needed in this instance, for IN Mr.. lelVer-
ton we have one who surpasses,our hlghesteX-
nactations +. the kin of man who would
come to pocket our 81 900 a year. In ms
Court. Mr.. Yelverton is supreme-Court MaglS-
tra+es. and LAWYERS bow to his supremacy and
like Selkirk there is none his raght 10 dlS-
pute." Nor does he ignore little Things:
when he stoops to such then is he great IN
deco. Penny Readings, Daughters OF Ruth,
Mrs Newton Jones, and w. e.. i. U3 nave ali
felt the fostering touch Of his strong hand.
Search the annals of the Bench OF every
country. of every age, and | DEFY creation 70
produce o more noble, more self-denylng ana
more virtuous exhibition OF a terder conscl-
epce than was affol ded by our Chle1 JusVlce
in refusing to accept a gilt OF plne-aPPlos:
Some cynic has said "every man mas MS price
Tt is assuring to this community to know tn"I
the "Fount Of Justice in this Colony is above
the price of even one dozen p~lne-apples. MI
Yelverton's noble words of scorntul renuncla-
t;on should he craven in letters Of gold upon
4be wall of every Magistrates Office IN TINS
COLONY, then and not till then, will sweet
~potstoes, pigeon peas etc, cease to exert their
hanefnl influence on the administration OF
iustice in the colony. But should we be sell
fish and confne the influence OF such virtue 10
the limited area of the Colony? No, MIR.
Editor 7 and others cherish the hope that tins
beautiful incident will become historical, ana
the whole world be benefited by this last ana
greatest proof of the purity OF English justice,
Difficult as it is. Mr.. Yelverton has mastered
the problem of being great IN all things.
When a boy / remember reading OF Judge
Gascovone and Prince Hall. l can but nope
the little bows of the future will read OF the
noble conduct of our Judge Yelverton.
But ] must not confne myself to words OF
heartfelt contemplation. Duty and esteem
call upon me to speak words OF warning ana
it is we'll that Mr.. Yelverton should know thaU
a great many people OF this city are mean
enough to say that che should risk his valua-
BILE life to attend to the duties of his Office IN
summer as we'll as winter-they contend that
the day of nonresident offcialdom is over,
and that a man should reside in the Colony
that pays him his salary-the lao allows SIX
weeks leave of absence, and Mr.. Yelverton
should be subservient to that law, II to no
other 1 say to these fellows of the baser
sort 'now just suppose We had a fool Tor a
Chief Justice, would ten months and TWO
weeks sticking to his office make HIM worth a
thousand pounds q year?'
Mr.. Yeiverton should also know that most
of the pine-apples grown in this Colony are
cultivated on the Joint account of the land