Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-14
A TYPICAL VlRGINlAN

Ed. Lawman, has returned hoine'
'..: TYPICAL vlRcINlAN.
Death in Georgia OF Professor Charles
Morris.
rFor the Dispatch.l
Tho death of Mr.. Charles Morris. profess
cor of bellies lettres IN the University Oh
Georgia. has deprived large connection
of a loved and honored MEMBER anu the
State of n true and devoted son.
MIR. Morris was born at Taylor creek,
in the county of Hanover siA'y-eigh' yours
ago. .;,h ;,s dorror
u,ndovs hipped roof. and high walns-
co,,ng IN which his boyhOod was passed.
NAV we'll be taken rs type OF tpat VIZ
g,nian home which for two centuries mas
made its hospitality proverola:.
There during his childhood was to be
tound n culture which was as broad as con-
slant intercourse with cultivated people
and familiar association with the classical
writers could make. There. IN what might
we'll be termed an out-of the-wav place.
was TO be seen beauty and refinement
among the women and a strength and indie
pendence among the men that any people
might be proud TO possess,
lis father was Richard Morris. whose
enunence AT the bar was well recognized
AZ a time principle was precedent and
when reason was above the mere citation
of authority.
HIS mother was that Mary Watts whose
beautv and loneliness were known much
farther than fle distance between her
mountain home and that Of which she
BECAME the mistress IN the low coun-
lis fathers brillancy az the bar, his
weight with nudge and Jury, are still tradi-
tons III the vicinity. In the convention
of 1929 and $780, wherein was collected that
body of men well known 10 all students OF
our history, the speech of Richard Morris,
which NAV still be read in the report of
that convention. may we'll be taken as an
ideal one. Ii Is strong. eloquent, concise.
aud brilliant. At the conclusion OF TINS
speech the subject under debate being one
OF representation, and the fight being be-
tween what was known as the eastern
and western yiew," John Randolph.
who was also member Of the convention,
grasped Sir. Morris's hand, with the re-
marx: Il perceive that, as OF OLD, wise
men come from the East.
STUDENT.
The son inherited many of the qualities
OF his parents. He had good health, good
sense. good looks, and good character.
As boy he early acquired those habits
which characterized him through life.
Possessed as he was of an acquisltiye
mind and love of study. he was we'll pre-
pared when he entered the University OF
Virginia. where he took the degree OF
Master OF Arts at the age of IS. He then
became student of the law, TO which
profession he was sincerely attached. Al
the time that be came to the bar there
were to he found there not only those VINO
have since become famous, but there sur
vived the tradition OF those lawyers whose
names are associated with TIE most try
ing periods In the early history or the
State. Among the intimate friends OF Dir.
Norris's youth were John {. rutherford
John Il. Thompson, James Peasants, and
John II. Guy. With the former OF these
| he travelled a year IN Europe, and with
them all, "a with host Of Others, be wa;
ever O charmed and charming companion.
About this time he married his cousin,
Mss Mary Minor Morris, whose devotion
after forty years Of married life well be-
speaks the happiness OF that union blessed
| as 1t has been IN the love and respect Of
| dutiful sons ana daughters
Mr.. MOrris's accomplishments and at
| tainments at the bar and IN the field OF
| literature gained tor hun the CHAIR 81 Law
| In William and Mary College, winch posi-
| ton he held at the beginning of the war
| E,tr dInd. Sjlen, ieges. Professor and stu
| dent went alike to the battle. At the close
of the war Mr.. Morris opened a school toi
| bows at his old home in Hanover, and since
| that time his life has been spent IN the
| education of youth. Among his students
at this time were several OF our prominent
Young businessmen, whose lives hav,
| been III great measure influenced 10y as
| ISOLATION with this cOurtly and scholarly
| man.
In 1872 Mr.. Morris was elected professor
| OF belles-lettrcs III the University O
| Georgia. There since that time his Inc!
work mas been done, with the exception O
few years when he was professor o
ancient languages IN Randolph. Macon Col
lege.
HIS LIFE II GEORGIA.
| Beloved as Mr. Morris was at home. II i
| q satisfaction to SEQ how he was appre
| ciated in his adopted State. At the time
| of his illness writer In a Georgia pape
saws of him: Upon his couch rests th'
wearied form OF one of the old school o
| Pentlemen-one of that class that made
| the South famous N the past. From tn
| heart of the writer. himself former stu
| dent under this grand old man. goes on
the PRAYER that many years may yet be
| vouchsafed 70 HIM who Is now almost a
| deaths portals
The editorial of another Georgia pape
announcing his death says " Athens an'
| Georgia lost a noble citizen on YESTERDAY
morning when Major Charles Morrl
breathed his last at his home. on the uni
yersity campus. 1t was the proud prlylleg
of the editor of this paper to learn iron
his lips not only the lessons Of the grea
branch of which he was professor, gu
also the many principles or truth an'
right and rugged honesty that so endeare
HIM TO all his scholars and friends. II
was man whose every influence was 70
good, who impressed upon The young mel
who came within the scope of his Intlu
ence the necessity OF fighting necessarily
for the right. His life was gentle. and al
who knew him. especially the coileg
graduates. carried within their hearts tn
tenderest affection for him.
WORTHY TRIBUTE.
Thus NAV we who knew him we'll an
loved him the more we knew him. be con
tent TO leave his reputation with thos
who valued HIM away from the home an
friends of his youth, adding to the lOyln
tribute thus paid this Christian geutlema
the words which he applied TO his friend
Lewis Minor Coleman:
His clay, so kindly tempered by ma
lures hand. had bOen wrought by cultur
INTO delightful harmony. HIS sympathle
were so large, his affections so true. hi
disposition so genial, has manners SO gci
tie, his virtues so conspicuous. vet so VI
obtrusiye. that no one could escape tn
spell of his influence
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