The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-08-21
He PASSES ANI Az.
Associate Justice Strong Follows
the Late Justice Jackson.
A LIFE OF HONOR And USEFULNESS.
He Filled Different yo itI,ns In Life -
q Statesman, Jur;sr and - Chris
tIan, In Wheel; lie VIII
BE Greatly Missed.

q Statesman, n Jur:sr and - Chris
tIan, In Wheel: lie VIII
BE Greatly Missed.
WasurNaroN, D. c.. Aug. 2o.-Asso-
ciate Justice Strong (rc:ired) OF the
, Supreme Court Of the United States,
died at Lake Minnewaska, y. Y, yes
terday. The direct cause Of his dea III
was paralysis, but ne has been much
ailing for severa! years.
William Strong, son Of the Rev.
Lighthouse Strong. was born in Som
ers, Tolland county. Conn, May 9th,
1908. he was educated at the Plain
field Academy and Yale College, gradu-
atiug at the age Of twenty years.
After brief career as school teacher
he returned 70 New Ncven and gradu-
sted from the law schooi of Yale. Re-
moving thence to Philadelphia, be was
admitted to the bar 10 1852. The
young lawyer chose Reading. Pa, for
his home, and entered uIon the practice
Of his profession. In 1871. having taken
an active interest, he was elected TO
represent the district in congress and
served two terms. He then returned
To the practice of his profession, and in
1857 was elected a judge Of the supreme
court of the.state of Pennsylvania for a
term Of fifteen years On October 1st,
1858, he resigned that position and re-
sumed his practice ut the bar.
Apo uted by General Grant.
While a member OF the supreme court
OF the state, the deceased justice won
reputation Tor judicial learning that
extended far beyond its limits and
when, in 1870. President Grant trans
pitted his name with that Of the late
Justice Bradley to the senate for con-
| frmation as associate justices OF the
supreme court Of the United States,
there was q very general feeling,
among the members Of his profession.
On the fifteenth Of January, 1872, Mr..
Justice Strong announced the decision
! OF the court affirming the constitution
ality of the legal tender acts, and JUS
tice Bradley concurred in lengthy
opinion.
But the legal tender question was
not the only one Of Importance grow
ing out Of the war in the settlement OF
which Mr.. Justice Strong took prom
inent part
The Part in National Adjudication
The constitutional amendments In
tended to crystalize and preserve the
results Of the war, and the congression-
al legislation necessary to give these
constitutional provisions force and e:-
feet were before the court. In Hige-
low VS.. Forest, Mr.. Justice Strong pre-
pared the decision announcing that un-
der the confscation act Of July 18th.
1862, decree and sale only esta blished
confscation during the life OF the one
for whose offense the land was con-
demued and sold. In Tennessee VS..
Davis, he delivered the opinion of the
court establishing the principle that
the judicial power OF the United States
embraced alike civil and criminal cases
arising under the constitution and laws
Of the United States, and that their re-
movsl from state to federal court
was no invasion of state domain or
power. In Virginia VS.. Dives he also
prepared an opinion Of the court hold.
ing that The effect OF the constitution
which authorized the enactment OF the
statutes for the removal into the fed
eral court OF civil suits or prosecutions
against any person who was denied OF
could not force in state courts any
| rights secured to him by any law pro-
.viding for the equal rights Of citizens
Of the United States, was to place the
colored race, in respect of civil rights
upon level with the whites. In ex-
psrte Virginia Judge Strong announced
the decision Of the court that whoever
BY virtue Of public position under
state government deprived another Of
life, liberty or property, without due
process Of law, or denied or took away
the equal protection Of the Laws. vio-
lated the constitutional inhabition:
that his act as such officer was the act
Of the state; that power was given to
congress TO enforce its provisions by ap-
propriete legislation and that such leg
islation must act, not upon the abb
stract thing called the state, but upon
the persons who are agents Of the
state.
Prominent In Religious ClroieA.
Justice Strong was designated by the
electoral commission act Of 1877 as one
Of the judicial members OF the famous
lri-partite tribunal which passed upon
the contested presidential election OF
1915. In 1880, Dir. Justice Strong, hav-
ing reached the age at which. under
constitution, retirement from the bench
after ten years Of service thereon is
permitted, retired, and had since then
made his home in this city. Justice
Strong was a prominent resident OF
Washington, taking al active interest
in benevolent and religious projects.
lie was ruling elder in the church
of the Covenant, and leading officer
In the American Bible Society and in
American Tract Society. usually pre-
aiding over their annual gatherings.
When General Booth, commsnder-in-
.h;af ~ Tho Salvation Army visited