New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-14
THE COURTS HIGH TRIBUTE.
HONCRS PAID TO THE MEMORY OF JUSTICE
BLATCIIFORD.
WARM WORDS OF PRAISE FOR THE DEAD JURTSr
BY ATTORNEY GENERAL OLNET AND
CHIEF-JrsTiCE FULLER.


CHIEFJCsTiCE FULLER.
Washington. Nov 1S.-To-day was set apart ny
the Supreme Court for honoring the memory of the
late Associate Justice Blatcnford. by receiving tHe
resolutions adopted at the recent meeting oil inc
bar held in the first week of the present term or
court. After the judgments of the day had peeh
announced, Attorney General Olney read the reso-
utions of the bar and spoke in part as foilo"S'
.These resolutions justly estimate and express
the loss sustained not merely by the judiciary not
merely by the profession. but by the entire com
uunity as we'll Justice Blatciiford the model
of a competent wel-trained. laborious. conscien-
tous. and. above all. modest public servant.
eff IT be asked what Justice Blatchford's
chief characteristic as judge. 1t may be said TO
consist in the strictly business quality Of his work.
By that do not merely mean that he was specially
conversant with the multifarous affairs OF trade
as daily transacted in the commercial centres OF
the world and dealt with the questions arising out
Of them with peculiar intelligence and Skill
Ills judicial work was business-like In that us
sole aim was the right determination OF the partic-
ular case in hand. He never made its decision an
occasion for philosophic disquisiton He never I'M
dertook by an opinion in case to settle princi-
pies for other anticipated cases He never indulged
in large discourse looking before and after. much
any flights Of rhetoric. 1t satisfied his idea
of judicial duty that the controversy before him
settled Alright by the application OF a rule OF
law broad enough TO the Thus. II he
not brilliant, he was safe; If he did not make
large contributions to the science OF Jurisprudence
he respect for the law and its administration
by the uniform righteousness OF the results reached
in actual cases. 1t must add to our admiration OF
Judge Batchford that he toiled assduously. both
at the bar and on the bench not from necessity
but from choice that the aurements of an am
pie fortune neither belitted his aims nor benumbed
his energies; and that in his hands wealth was but
the supplement and aid TO an industry ana zeai
rarely eXcelled even under the spur OF poverty.
Chief Justice Fuller, in receiving the resoiu-
TO Mr., Justice Blatchford the discharge Of duty
Was an mpnSe ana 'o 4 np proesona
practice. a wide and varied knowledge OF me law
capacity of taking trouble, the volume and eX-
during twenty-six years Of judicial life should
cason surprise Justice }latchford was at home
in which he 1t may be justly said that he
displayed uncommon aptitude in the administration
his grasp upon the original PRINCIPLES OF the one
and his of details b In hg Gasr a on b6 n
HIS experience in adjudication ana IN an9irs eose
upon this bench and in the domain Of constitu.
tionai investigation and exposition he won new
aurels
"He did not attempt in his judgments TO 'bestow
conclusions on after generations, yet when the
in which he spoke for the court. contained in the
volumes of reports from the latter part OF the
be found that he dealt with large questions. in
many of them with breadth ana luminousness
of treatment. and at the same time with cir
cumspection and sagaciy which cntitle them TO
high rank judicial compositions. and Will make
them monuments to be seen hereafter OF those con
cerned in looking about them for guidance In the
present by the wisdom OF the past And. as rightly
Indicated in the thoughtful tributes paid to him to-
day. the memory Of this conscientious and faithful
public servant Will be pcrpetuated not through his
decisions alone. but in the profound conviction the
of his career Will ever produce that
ne kept, the language Of another the picture
Of the useful and distinguished Judge constantly |
before his eyes, and TO a resemblance OF which |
all his efforts, all his thoughts, all his life. were /
devoted.
Upon the loss to us personally In parting |
with this beloved friend and helpful fellow
laborer do not TO dwell. We take up our |
burdens again. conscious Of the absence OF the /
relief his participation should have afforded. but
feeling TO him the truthfulness Of the thought:
a bove ALL believe IT, the sweetest cantice is Nunc
Dimitts. when man hath obtained worthy ends
and expectations
THE minutes and resolutions OF the bar and the
remarks OF the Attorney General Will be entered
on our records. and as further mark OF respect
the court will adjourn until tomorrow at the
usual hour"