The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-18
all the honOrs or offices ever bestowed

all the honors or offices ever bestowed
Three years earlier this talented and
popular young lawyer had been given a
| group OF Georgia's older public men, by
| being made a presidential elector with
esX1[tov. wilson Lumpkin, ex-Gov. William
Schley, Herschel V. Johnson, Hugh A.
HARRISON, Thomas NJ. Foreman, william
L; Mitchell, Joseph L. Brown, Robert W
Flournoy and David j. Bailey, a bright
galaxy of great intellect.
the success of Judge Clark in the case
OF the Bank of Darien, probably led to his
Seleetlon as an associate of Gen. Thomas
Il. r. Cobb and Judge David Irwin in
codfying the laws of Georgia This was
followed by his going on the bench as
Judge OF the superior courts of the south
western circuit then reaching from Sum
yer 70 Decatur county, but since divided
and the Albany circuit formed. During
ms fourth and last year, owing to the
| failure of his health, he resigned in Octo-
| Der, 1866, and for ten years remained more
| or less of am invalid, with the chance of
| living against him for at least seven. of
: those years.
When. in January. 1876. the friends of
Judge Clark pressed his appointment as
Judge OF the city court of Atlanta, an i'm
portant and laborious position, Gov
smith hesttated to make the appointment
on account of Judge Clarl1's long cOntin-
ued feeble health, but 1T was understood
mat II he could not hold up under about
nine months judicial service a year, he
would promptly resign. And yet strange
as IT may seem, he held this judgeship
Term after term for twenty years, and only
When the shadows of death gathered dark
ABOUT him were the doors of his court
room closed because of his illness. Neither
ola age nor feeble constitution prevented
Juuse clark from making a record in this
last public service, so long and faithfully
ulscharged, that will ever endear his mem
Dry to all who practiced in his
court, or mad the pleasure of enjoying his
rare companionship in private life
Next 70 his service to the state in the
bahk OF Darien case, which he considered
ms nlghest honor, Judge Clark placed his
membership of the state democratic con-
Vention of 1857. made famous by the nom
lhatlon OF Joseph e. Brown for governor
A. TINS ilfne Judge Clark, had become &C
1--WE ana influential in political conyen-
tons, including the famous secession con
ventlon, etc, and his friends claim that
ne was the moving spirit that secured
GOV. Browns nomination over some of
Georglas older and ADLER public men II
seems seems that Judge Clark really began his
active political life with Gov. Brown in
the state Senate in 1S49, and he therefore
wei knew the sterling character of the
man e. ana ms eminent fitness for the high
er once or chief magistrate of the state
Up to this time Judge Clark had walked
ABREAST with the great intellects of Geor-
gla, but with the war came not only the
loss OF MS property and the failure of
his health, but severe family Affections
as We'll. Although always beloved and
G .stetilotd1, ana ranked as man of great
lhtellectuai culture and wonderfully Vers-
ed IN local historical and biographical lore
he spent the last thirty years of his long
and useful career removed from the ac-
tive cares and perpexities of political
life, bestowing all his time and talent on
the law, with occasional moments given
TO interesting newspaper articles dealing
with Georgia and events of the past
1t is not for me to attempt an elabor-
ate eulogy on his life and character. as
other and ADLER pens will be eager to do
TINS service Tor one so generally beloved
and esteemed. Next to nv LONG end
pleasant acquaintance with the late Judae
John Erskine, another gentle and win
isbed friendship for Judge Clark Witb
his decease has passed away a wonderf,ii
storehouse Of memories of the past of
in which they and he figured. But we
shall miss him most as the gentle. genie !
companion, one whose social traits i'm
charm of the ante-bellum manners ana
customs under which he was reared.
Sidney Herbart