Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-04
THEY DID HIM REVERENCE Report of the Bar Memorial Con-
 mittee Adopted. THE LATE COLONEL HEWITT Is E1logized by His Brethren of the Gown.
 Text of the Remarks by Judge Fulton.

The Bar association met in the city court room yesterday morning at 9:50' pursuant to adjournment, to receive the report of the committee appointed to draw up resolutions on the death of Col. G. W Hewitt, who died one week ago yesterday.
 The committee submitted the following resolutions, which were adopted
 On the l4th day of January 1894 be- gan the earthly course of our departed friend and brother, Goldsmith w. HeW- itt It ended on the 27th day of May, 1895. seH
 From beginning to close his life was passed in this, his native county except when, in response to the summons of du- ty or the call of his fellow citizens, he appeared for them in the forum, the capitol or on the field of battle. His man ner of life and conversation were well known to his fellow citizens, whose re- spect and confidence he had through life to a degree rarely enjoyed.
 For nearly forty years he was prom inent figure in Alabama. During all the changes of that time his devotion to her welfare and honor knew no limit or abatement, and his zeal for the good of her people no intermission.
 His services as legislator and as soldier were so many and so valuable that they neither require nor permit de- tail at this time. His honorable scars and halting gait and the benefits ot useful laws which he helped largely to enact, all of them in the interest of jus tice. honesty and the common welfare. are an indefeasible title to the gratitude and loving remembrance of those whom he served so long, so faithfully and so well.
 As lawyer he was true to his clients h alf in fhaf1 hnh He respected and upheld the majesty of the laws and the dignity of courts. His intercourse with his professional breth- ren won their faith and friendship, as is attested by the sorrow which they all feel at his being called from them. In practice so long and so varied as his, 1t was hardly possible for imperfect hu- man nature entirely to avoid offenses; but it can be said with perfect assurance that no one was or could be more chiy- alrous in proffering or more generous in accepting honorable amends in such mat ters than was our brother Hewitt.
 As a friend, he was true for every oc- casion and eXigency, without account of the cost to himself; as a private citizen, he was an example of civic virtue, and in all social relations he was one to be trusted and loved.
 This patriot and soldier, this lawyer, citizen and friend, has gone from our midst He has lived usefully and honor ably, and leaves a memory and name un- tarnished by fear or guile. His place among us cannot be soon or easily filled for he was called hence while his bow still abode in it's strength and when he might reasonably have looked forward to many years of future exertion and Service.
 His departure. lamented by us, and perhaps not expected so soon by him, is an admonition of the inevitable doom that awaits Us all; that we should so number our days as to apply our hearts unto that wisdom which is the principal thing, to the end that when the last mes Senger shall call for us whether it be at high noon or midnight. he shall find us ready alike for the life that is and for. that higher life which is to come.
 Your committee submit the following resolutions:
 l. Resolved That we, the bar of Jef- ferSon county, lament the death of Hon. Goldsmith w. Hewitt, one of our num- Der, which occurred at his residence, in the city of Birmingham, on Monday, May a. 1895.
 2 Resolved, That in his death this bar has lost one of it's most learned and honored members, the state of Alabama an eminent and patriotic citizen and statesman of tried fidelity and ability
 B. Resolved, That his life was one of distinguished public and private virtue and faithful service to his generation, and of generous manliness, worthy of 'honor and emulation by us all
 1. Resolved, That we sincerely condole with the friends and relatives of our late brother in their bereavement. and that as an evidence of our sympathy copy of these resolutions he sent to his fam fly:
 5 Resolved. That the chairman of this meeting be requested to present these resolutions, in person or by some mem- Der of this bar appointed by him, to the several courts of record held in Jeffer- son county and the supreme court of Alabama.
 A. O. LANE,
 Chairman.
 Hf1-i J. J. GARRETT,
 F. K. CAMPBELL,