The Southern herald., 1896-12-11


Elected li-uasnantin 1851; vas ap-
a'iaisd aiiaisat q The Sixteenth
Mississippi IniasiFF. and elected
m - &c that regiment in 1861, BE-
lne d-frEsd fsr heuisuantcolansl
ig thar regiment s. tie Fsorganiza.
iian ia lS62. Went bsck ts Missis-
sippi and immsdiatrly entered the
service sgsin as captain Of calvary
wa eleeisd commander q STOCK.
dAls's Baial.ion u Calvary, and
commissioned as major q volua.
tseFs in 1868; was made lieutenant
colonel Of the F0nnh Mississippi
Cslvary in 1864. and vas severely
wounded al the battle Of Harris-
burg, July Il, 1854; was parolsd
Msy Il, 1855, after Continuous ser
vice from April 1851. After the
MAR closed be settled ia Summit,
PIKE county, Mississippi, and re-
sumed the practice Of law; was q
member ofths National Democratic
Convention of 1863; was prssidsn-
lial eleeior on the Democratic tick
eI in ls72, and again 10 1854; was
elected to the fiiisth, ffy 6rst and
hfty.seeond congresses, and re-
elected 10 the 6fty.third congress
as a Democrat.
Upon the resignation of Judge
Cooper, Judge Wold, under the
new code, again became chief JUS
tiee, be having been the longest
continuously q member Of the
court, as provided by Section ASH,
code Of 1892, which reads as col.
lows:
| "The judge Of the supreme court
who has been for the longest time
continuously a member of the
court shall be chief, and in case oI
his absence, the judge who has
been the next longest time con,in.
uolsly a member shall preside"
The bar Of Mississippi has al.
ways been a power in the state in
the promotion Of a lofty and heal.
thy public sentiment and IN shap.
ing its public policy, especially
in the maintenance Of a pure and
elevated standard for the judiciary
Up to the presen, epoch Missis.
sippi has enjoyed the high charse.
ter Of having a judiciary. mute
throughout the several states Of tn,
Union for its dignity, learning and
independence.
The selection Of the chancellor,
and judges was KEEP; aloof from or,
dinary party politics, and these
places not dispensed as the spoil,
Of or the booty Of any polilierl clan
or clique. Personal merit and
eminent fitness for the dist barge oI
the judicial functions were mad,
the sole test in election or app1int.
ment TO this department OF govern
nent.
A most lofty and enviabls char.
acter for any state 10 enjoy.
The censorship Of the bar wa;
impartial, stern and infexible in
its demand that no judicial posi-
tions should be unworthily be
slowed, and that honor, truth, pu
rity and elevation Of character anC
learning in the law that distin
guishts one above his fellows
should be the supreme and pxclu
sive tests of fitness FIR those VIII,
were to wear the spotless ermin
of the judiciary.
) Among the distinguished Judge
: who have shed honor and lusir
upon the state in high judicial pa
! sition in Mississippi are the name
Of William L. sharkey. Cotesworth
. Pinkney Smith, William Yerger
Alexander NJ. Clayton, Henry I
I Elicit, Alexander II. Handy, J. A
5 P. Campbell, II. H. Chalmer.
e James q George, Horatio F. Sin
+, rail-, j. N. Arnold, Thomas II
D Woods, A. II. Whitfield and T I
3 Copper.
How admirably these men dit
!. charged the difficult and dtlicat
Q d ries and grave responsibilities
k Judges of the court Of last resort
8 the state; how commanding the
e influence; how elevated their q,
3 cisions, and how worthily and wit
. what tpotless propriety did the
Q receive their titles to their p ace
. The judiciary in state, in a Il,
. publican form Of government, n
] matter whether elective or sppoil
i tive, is just as good or just as ba
j. "a the bar of the state choosa