The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-04-24

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dignation / might have felt, had Il moi
been lost in, other, and. may ! say, u
more generous emotions. know that
when the excitement. the great respon.
sibility which has pressed upon hin
here today when some reflection shall
summon those events before him-hia
generosity, bis ehiyalry, will bring to
him the injustice he has done to me
STEPPED in affection and which his gen
erous nature will teach him to regret. "
Who can :. describe the scene during
the: delivery; Of this beautiful. this
matchless 4eraration? It sutfused many
eyes with giittering drops of sympathy;
it created emotions Of admiration. It
touched the hearts of Marshall and his
associates. on the. BENCH: it gained a
generous response from the bar and the
brilliant audience; it placed another
laurel wreath on the brow Of the exiled
lawyer. +
Mr.. Piinkney, whose eyes were riveted
on Emmett during this address, gave
evidence that his generous nature had
not been appealed to in vain, arose and
rendered an apology at once generous,
chivalrous and beautiful. .:..........-
Il cannot" he said, "allow this OPP
portunity to pass without doing justice
to my honored and distinguished oppo-
nent. The manner in which he has re-
piled to my hasty and now deeply re-
GREETED language reproaches me for it's
,, forbearance, urbanity and nobility, and
it could not fail to hasten the repentance
which reflection alone would have pro-
duced, and which I am happy now OH SO
public an occasion to ayow. I thereL
fore offer him a gratuitous, heartfelt
cheerful atonement; cheerful and heart7
felt because it puts me right with my
self, and because it is not rendered to
ignorance and presumption, but to the
highest worth, intellect. moral erudi+
tion, enhanced by such eloquence as few
may hope to equal; to an interesting
stranger whom adversely and aff1iction
have struck severely to the heart; to an
exile whom any country might be proud
to receive, and every man Of generosity
be ashamed to Offend
AS Pinkney closed, he stepped for
wardss extended his hand to Emmett, who
grasped it with a warmth that was d
ready response to his deep emotions,
and a murmur of applause from the au7
dience broke the impressive silence of
the scene.
But among all in the great audience
there was n6he 50 deeply affected as Mr.
Webster. Re rh2d welcomed Emmett to
the Boston Barry it was on his motion
that Emmett Was admitted to practice in
the United sease2 Supreme Court, and d
warm, generous Friendship existed be-
tween themoaHtil death closed that long
and delightful relation. By singular
dispensatioh oftprovidence, on Oct. 10,
1927, while Nmhet was engaged In that
important 'easebin the United States
Circuit OourtLsThe Sailors Snug Har-
;bor'- by a Stroke of paralysis he was
Frustrated at the feet Of Webster in the
courtroom. Tic Webster tenderly raised
him from the :Hser, with tho hope that
it: was onl3 SUPPLEMENTARY attack Of
vertigo. But the summons from tie
great Ruler of: earth and heaven had
come, and Thomas Adds Emmett was
soon numbered with the dead. -
By another mysterious Intervention of
providence, Mr.. Pinkney, while engaged
in the argument Of a case in the United
States Supreme Court, the opponent of
Mr.. Webster, was stricken with a sud
den and fatal illness which soon termi-:
mated in death. How singular that the
lives Of these illustrious lawyers should
close under circumstances that render
truth stranger:than felton, -'-'.
The decision of the court, contained
in the opinion of Marshall, to which we
have referred. and concurred in by all
judges except Story, who wrote an ex,
ceedingly able dissenting opinion, was
one of Thomas Adds Emmet's greatest
triumphs at the bar.