New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-16
MEMORIAL TO RUFUS CHOATE.
. srAr1IE UNVEILED IN BOSTON COURT
HOUSE
,p.r,oy DELIVERED BY JOSEPH H. CHoATE-
MAYOR QUINCY ACCEPTS THE GIFT
FOR THE

.-,ox DELIVERED RY JOSEPH H. CHoATE--
MAYOR QUINCY ACCEPTS THE GIFT
FOR THE CITY.
1910, Oct ia statue of Rufus Choate was
pv IN the new courthouse here to-day. The
o,ses wore attended by large and distin-
go comnanv Of judges. lawyers, bishops, coll
- Drofessors and other prominent men or Mas
ochusetts and other states
20" q o'clock Lewis g. Dabney, president of the
mar Association Of Boston, opened the eereno-
pc 18th a short Introductory address, after whleh
me- ,,r n HYDE unveiled the statue and pre-
De- I, 10 the city of Boston. Mayor Quincy ac-
800 the gift in behalf Of the city, and delivered
~ statue into the keeping OF the Justices Oh 'le
snnron,e Court Chief Justice Field OF the supreme
81 accented the statue in behalf of the supreme
Cour, Justices ~ ,.,,, II
Go of New-York, nephew OF Rufus Choate'
He spoke in part as follows: ,.os
sae,n II very great honor to have been lnNite ne,
BY the suffolk Bar @ 10 ih sd PH as one
" The most brilliant ornaments OF thS -AliV Ne
o. 'V an lis annals Of two centuries. Bearing ms
pa and lineage and owing to him, as DO, NOR
han 10 any other man or neh-o ms H, ha nd
,nsniratiou TO his sympathy ana help!ls ens;C,
insspbsvnT success has attended my own profession
vi 1eforts could not refuse the Invitation 10 S0ine
herT I'D for centuries TO come and convey to me
Generations who knew him not some ,oea T co.
bbzsonze nor marble can do him justice MOI REM M
brandt himself could TeprGGGGg b 1e law upon his
deathbed he was an action me , ,iil uFe ~
e., Gould never really represent him as ne was,
OF am authorized at the outset to express lor une
surviving fGreP me Of rc Mg GsO donor Of this statue
~ heir honored father, ana their comple,e app ia,
and the court to accept Il as pupnc tIeasuI1 an" ~
90 give II permanent home al the very sd'ea VI
" FANNIE of Justice at whose shrine ne WoI-
shipped They desire also to express Pnnme'E tso on
this occasion their admiration q me sG'Ve H Frn5
nj fQi
sSd feature Of the living man as he a9ides IN thoir
ne emT The ely fy 2 6 Bq sha sE ffr In tas
aSdng a central figure 20 that group OF great ora
to whom It's elder f7fH Ter 9ffe M5nn sumner
and snd applause If her people In death they share
;be honors OF her Pantheon
cHoATEs RENOwN UNDYING.
:, &c forty years since he strobe these ancient
ree,s with his majestic STEP forty years since the
-,aryelous music of his voice was heard nv the
living ear: snd those Of us who, as students ana
voufhfi, disciples followed his footsteps, ana us
tened IN his eloquence and almost worshipped MS
,rAsenoe whose ideal and idol he was. are already
many years older than he lived TO he but there
must he few stin living. and present here TO-
dav who were in the admirng crowds that hung
with rapture on his lps-in the courts OF JusuC9e
On iba densely packed assembly in the senate IN
~ Co,1s,itutional Convention in Faneun Hall
2onsecrated 10 freedom-and VINO can sun sun !erai i
among LIES most cherished MEMORIES inc Io!le55
Of that rnatchless voice, that pad face illumnated
win rare intelligence. the flashing glance OF nls
oark owe and the light OF his bewtching smile
But in a decade TWO more these lingering WI, WIZ.
nesscs Of his glory and his triumrhs VIII I. na h
bu name and statue enshrined n o, lame a55
Hamilton and Webster. with Pinkney ana Nirt
whose words and thoughts ne loyed 10 sluu! anu ~
master Many noted orator mS any ,esrs after
me grave closed over him. but I venture TO Pc
eve thai the paT 81 Pbe nsope Of Massachusets
~ rent The memory Of no other man alive and
seen so Sbgai So ' Ma13 Of S his Ut
terances have become proNerolaI, ana me ma ~
gsous pictures OF his imsginaton are me con,
sant themes Of reminsf,e1nce wnerever America"
His sRen cons,an, study Of tho best thoughts Of
me Great minds of ne race his al-persuasive elo-
ouence h.s tenninS and radiant imagination. WHIT
Ing his hearers along with il. and sometimes over
lighting NJ me most ARID SuDJects WIN tle XIV"
crv and his riavful wit always bursting forth
with Irresistible impulse, have been me supJcC "I
vi.h The vain EFFORT 10 describe and crystalline the
fascinating and magical charm or ms speech anu
his influence.
HIS FAME AS a LAWYER.
Bu, the occasion and the place remind me that
here to-day have chiefly TO do with him a.
the LAWYER and the advocate and all that shall
presume very briefly to suggest is what this statue
will mean to the coming generation Of lawyers
and citizens.
And first and far above his splendid talents ana
his triumphant oquence would place me chhaI
lutelv from all the temptations of sordid and
mercenary things aspiring d4ilI 10 WIZ W. Va
Of low repute simple as chilq; ana tsnne ef
and sympathetic as woman, Lile1 sV itoi H.
and this mans character surpassed even MS eN-
allied intellect and, controlling an MS RIeatt en-
life I know OF no greater tribute ever Paiq t 10 d
successful aWyer than mat Whlcn ne IeceIrSu tUi
n a
xsk and ,onTefsa tion in his account of the effort
thai was made TO induce Mr. Choate to give up his
active ard exhausting practice ana 10 tahe lhe
made Vacant hv the death Of Justice Story, an
effort Of which The Chief Justice as menDer oi
the corporation of Harvard. was the pTinclP4l
a. the leader Of the bar in every depar,hehn1
Se 05 winch would accrue 10 the school
from The profound legal learning Wcr ~ g.
was considered quite Indispensable mat ne shouId
reside I'm Camhri lse on account OF m, ItI'enCe
which his genial manners. his haoltuad PiItSShte
end no force )f his character would be likely 10
exert the young men df@"il I'm
part Of the United States 10 listen 10 MS ii'S"u0
What richer tribute could there be to personal
and professional worth than such words from sucn
1s? He was the iii man 10 mould the haIact t7
Of the youth. not Of the city or the Siate 0nyi ou
notice 10 ali who seek to enter here, that the HIst
requisite Of all true renown IN our nope PR for
sion-renown not for day or He ohiy' out loi
generauonss Character.
SERVICES TO Ills COUNTRY.
In conclusion let me speak Of his PATRIOTISM .
have always believed that Mr. Webster, more than
any other on nm was entitled 10 the credit or
thar grand and universal outburst Of devotion VITA
which the people of the North sprans to arms IN
defence Of the Constitution and the Union many
years after his death when the first shot at Fort
Sumter ike a fire bell in the night reused them
from their slumber and convinced them that the
reaf ci+ adj Of fboir
He rno,l5ad he+,er oven than he knew. Ii was his
great brain that designed. his flaming heart that
forged. his sublime eloQuence that welded Inc
kgord which WIS al last. WHOM he was DUST 70