The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-28
JUSTICE LAMAR BURIED.
an THAT REMAINED MORTAL OF
THE DEAD JURIST ENTOMBED.
r-,oou.,< Eulocies and Resolutions mt
Public Meeting Under the Auspices
of the Macon Bar.


the bar of the State. The procession iron
the house to the Methodist church com
menced at 1880. DIR. Chandler, presiden
| of Emory College, where the dead justice
| graduated. delivered the funeral sermon
Chief Justice Fuller and the associate
justices were present at the services
| thousands of people gathered along th'
route taken by the funeral cortege, and
| the church it was impossible to get wlthif
| City yards of the door. All the church
bells were kept tolling during the cere
| monies.
| The public meeting held at $50 A. NJ,
| was called to order by the chairman
| Hon George w. Dustin Resolutions from
| the Bar Associate were first reported
] by the chairman from the committee
| appointed for that purpose. Hon. X. w.
| Patterson, and eulogles were delivered
! by the following distinguished gentlemen:
Hon. A. j. Miller, of the Macon Ear;
Attorney-General Joseph NJ Terrell, j.
B. Blount, Jr., of the Macon Bar A. K.
Lawton, Of Savannah; Judge Charles L..
Bartlett, of the Bib County Superior
Court Judge Emery Speer. of the Uni
ted States Court, and Hon. Z. w. Patter-
son. of the Macon Bar.
When the tolling bells announced that
the procession had started for the church,
the following resolutions of respect intro
duced by Hon. II. w. Patterson, were
adopted by a rising vote, and the meet
irg adjourned:
Whereas, the State of Georgia, gave to
the Republic Hon. l.. Q. c. Lamar who.
weary and heavy laden with all h0nOrs
which the Republic could bestow, has sunk
10 sleep upon his mothers bosom; and
Whereas. 1t vas in Macon he donned The
livery OF law. for which the sovereign
State substituted the toga of the Senate,
whence he passed into the Cabinet OF
President, only 10 emerge clad in the
ermine of the most august Of earth's
tribunals; and
Whereas each mantle that he wore he
laid aside stainless as the shining robe.
which once again in Macon he assumed
as he took his place amid the bar of that
eternal court. whose Judge is God whose
records are the histories of all the worlds,
Of all the systems. and whose Jurisdiction
is coextensive with the universal realm
Of law.
Resolved, That it is meet for the bar of
Macon and of Georgia to pay tribute to
the most distinguished brother, and lay
the roses gathered from the garden of
youth upon the coffin Of the mighty dead,
ere yet the grave was opened 10 receive
II.
Resolved, That in the death Of Judge
Lamar the republic mourns It's wisest
statesman, the bench its sagest cOun-
seller and America an orator who through
the stormiest epoch OF our country's his
tory by the matchless .ower OF eloquence
moved contending sections TO common
age Of Charles Sumner and Jefferson
Davis.
Resolved That no man has better
gian; brave in battle; pure In private
life: fearless but generous foe; a friend
beneath whose silken glove Of courtesy
was ever felt the iron grip Of honor. and
above and beyond all things a patriot.
who loved his country with the warm
idOlatry of his race.
Resolved, That TO this son Of genius
and patriotism It was vouchsafed that
his eloquence shall be his eternal eulo-
gist, since his magnificent oratory shall
stand as the Appian Way over which !
the banished cohorts Of the confederacy |
marched back into the heart Of the re-
public and that no record Of his pub
lie achievements Is appropriate here, |
since In the advancement OF his country |
his craftsmanship has written his own |
apitaph So long as II shall be remember |
I'd that there was a secession and a |
South his name shall linger lovingly upon |
he lips Of those who love their country |
better than themselves. and In the cease |
ess history OF reunited republic his |
bright career will typify fraternity and |
peace as surely as the God-made Mosaic !
If the rainbow shall continue to give the
glad tidnrs Of the passage of the storm.
Resolved. That we extend to the family !
If the distinguished dead. not the formal |
confidence of courtesy. but the sympathy I
If a mutual grief al the loss of one In
whose genius the whole of the genera
ion found expression and I'm whose heart
his people owned a common heritage Of
owe.
The immense funeral cortese left ;he
of Captain Virgin IN Vineville
eiween the hours Of II and 70, and pro-
ecded to the Mulberry-street church. 1t
vas under the escort of Marshal J. w.
Wright. of the United States Supreme
court. with Captain John L. Hardeman.
captain O. 7. X cnan, Messrs. Matt r.
freeman and Minter Wimberly as aidss.
n the procession of rrourners were Chief |
Justice Fuller, Of the United States SUI
irene Court, with Associate Justices
5rown, Blatch ford and Brewer
The following acted as pall-bearers:
'hef Justice l.. +. Blackley, Associate
Justices T. j. Simmons and SarlueI
.dmpkin. United States District Judges
Y. T. Newman and Emory Speer Hon.
itephen clay president OF the State SEN
tie; Hon j. NJ. Terrell. At.ornay-General
( Georgia; Hon. Charles L. Bartlett,
udge of the superior court; Hon. S. p.
rice, mayor Of Macon; Or. Edward A.
y. Lewellen. C-htr pall-bearers we're: |
ION. A. o. Bacon and Washington Des-
all from the Macon bar. Aldermen r. II.
NTH and Samuel Pearson from he
oil 4
VHson from the board of trade, r. II.
liant aid T. ID. Tinsley from the city at
irge. delegation appointed by Prssi-
ent Dcssau of the State Bar Assoe'a-
on acted as honorary pall-bearers. and
'ere as follows: Hoke Smith. Logan Il.
'lockley, 7. J. Simmons, Samuel Lump
In. NJ. II. Hlandford II. f. Lyon. Clif-
ord Anderson, s. II. Atkinson, Pope Bar
DIV. c. l.. Bartlett. X. w. Berner, Wiley
!. Burnett. Il. II. Galloway, T. X. Chap
ell, A. j. Cobb. c. p. Crawford. j. II.
cummings, +. G. Dubignon, c. n. Feath.
rstone, l.. +. Garrard. Dupont Guerry. N
Hammond, z. ID. Harralson. Arthur
lood. Henry Jackson. J. +. Gordon. Il. |
'. Martin. John Peabody, Robert Whit
eld, q. A. Mercer. j. B. Lamar, w. III.
almond, j. w. Park, NJ +. Reese. w.
+ Fleming. John w. Aiken.
The altar OF the church was covered
18th floral tributes. conspicuous among
hich was handsome offering from the
cal bar. The altar railing was draped
mourning, as was also the arch and
ais OF the church. After the cortepe
I'D entered the church the services were
'ened By prayer from DR.. Gambler
I'd the choir sang as an offertory, "One
xeetly Solemn Thought" The address
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&c. OF which Judge Lamar was an