Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-04-20
pea.n Of Daniel ". voorhees,.

In referring TO the uedLn III HooH"6
ton, on Saturday April 10, of ex Sen
ator Daniel Wolsey VOORHEES,, "The Tall
Sycamore of the Wabash" the Washing
ton Star pertinently remarks that he was
famous as lawyer aud legislator and
one of the brightest of the galaxy of bril-
liant men that have made the history of
the last generation" He had been in I'll
health a long time, but for some time and
until three days preceding his death he
worked on aud dictated matter for lee
lures to be delivered in the South, begin
ming in June. He was born in 1927
He began the practice of law in 1851, and
was engaged in celebrated and sensation
nj cases in sixteen States. From 1852 to
1858 he practiced in the same circuit and
counties with Abraham Lincoln and 9th
er noted men of that period. He engage
ed in a wide range OF litigation before
Jefferson Davis, then circuit judge in
Illinois. The speech made by Mr.. Voor-
hees in Charles Town in 1859 in defense
of John E. Cook, one of John Browns
iOllOmtIS, HISt gave
ton. His speech to the jury was pub
lished at home and abroad and attracted
wide attention. He came here at the in
stance of Gov. Willard, of Indiana, a
brother in law OF Cook, aud Judge Nc
Donald, afterwards, like Mr.. VOORHEES, =
United States Senator and conspicuous
for Presidential nomination, was associa-
ted with him. The great speech of Mr..
Voorhees, was an impromptu, of-hand
deliverance, aud the printed report OF il
was written out by Mr.. Voorhees, imme
diately after its delivery. II has been
published in every language of the civil
lied world. Mr.. Lamar, the late justice
of the Supreme Court, who was scholar
and a man of letters. pronounced the
speech the superior of anything he had
ever heard or read. He was member
of the House of Representatives five or
six terms, and Senator nineteen years
and three months. He was the promoter
of the new Library building-the most
magnificent in the world. He was n
Democrat In his political life Mr..
Voorhees, was aggressive, but always
frank, and his peculiar hold on the Dem
ocracy of his own state was largely the
result of that power which he possessed
of retaining the friendship of the men
with whom he was associated.
Senator Voorhees, had gentle and po-
etic nature. During the latter part of
his life, when his health was failing, his
principal delights were found in the
gentler sides of nature and in u certain
poetic philosophising. 1t was his fire.
quent habit to drive through the parks in
early spring and to look for the first ap
pearance of the robins. He regarded
the robin redbreast as one of the most
| beautiful of birds and associated with
peaceful home life. His favorite drive
was through the Smithsonian and Agri-
cultural grounds, where few of these
birds dwell, having escaped the ravages
of the English sparrow. Whenever he
Jaw the red breast of the robin as it hop
| ped along the ground he would have the
driver stop and would sit for n few min
utes watching the bird in its sport or its
feeding,
The funeral services were held at ST.
Johns Episcopal Church shortly after
noon on Monday. The members of the
Senate were present in body. The re-
mains were taken TO Indiana.