Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-04-22

theirs waikiki, stafr. which You keep in
his memory. or The eye lasScs through
which your mother studied the Bible in
her old age - the Iame they bore. the
name which you inherited. Keep II
bright. charge you. Keep IL suggestive
Of something elevated in character Tram
pie not underfoOt that which to your Ia
Their and mother was dcarcr than life IT,
self Defend their graves as they defend
ed Your cradle. Family coat Of arms.
cscutchcons. cnsigns armorial. lion couch
ant. or lion dormant. or lion rampant. or
lion cumhatant, may attract attention, but
better than all hcraldic inscription Is "A
family name which means from generation
to generation faith in Gs d. self sacrifice.
duty performed. life We'll lived and IA
death happily died. and heaven glorious
~ won. That was the kind of name that
Justice Field augmented and adorned and
pcrpctuatcd--a name honorable at the
close of the eighteenth century. more hon
orcd now nj the close Of the nineteenth.
Great DisscBtcr.
Notice also that our iilusirious friend
was great In reasonable and genial dis
sent OF the i.oi2 opinions he rendered
none was more potent or memorable than
those rendered while he was in small mi.
norIty and sometimes in minority Of
one 4 learned and distinguished lawyer
Of this country said he would rather he
the author of Judge Fields dissenting
opinions than ia be the author Of the con.
stitution Of the United States The tend
ency j. TO 20 with the multitude, Ia think
what others think. To say and do what
Others do. Sometimes the majority are
wrong, and it requires hcroics 10 take the
negative. but To do that logically and in
good humor requires some elements oi
make up not often found i'm judicial dis
sentcrs or. indeed. in any class Of men.
There are 81 many people In the world OPP
posed to everything and who display their
opposition in rancorous and obnoxious
ways that Judge Field was needed to
make the negative respected and genial
and right Minorities under God save the
world and save the church An unthink
ing and prccipitate yes may be stopped
10y righteous and heroic mo. - The ma
ioritics are not always right. The old gos
pei hymn declares It,
Numbers are no mark that men will right b'
found:
A few were saved in Noah's ark 10 many mil
lions drowned.
The Declaration Of American Indcpcnd
encc was u dissenting opinion The Free
Church of Scotland. under Chalmers and
his compccrs was dissenting movement.
The Bible itself. Old Testament and New
Testament. j. u protest against the the
cries that would have destroyed the world
and Is dissenting a. well rs diyincly
inspired book The Dccaloguc on sinai
repeated ten times ''1huu shalt not - Fol-
ages Ia come will De quoted from law
books in courtroomS Justice Field : mag.
niilccnt dissenting opinions
Tempered ny HardshIpS.
Notice that our assembled friend had such
"a character "a assault and peril alone ear
develop lie had not come to the soft
cushions 81 the supreme court bench step
ping on cloth nf gold and sautcd all along
the line by handclapping ~ applause
Country parsonagcs do not rock their
babes in satin lined cradle or aftcrward
send them out into the world with enough
in their hand 10 purchase place and power
Pastors salaries in the early part Of this
century hardly ever reached 500 year
Economics that sometimes cut into the
bone characterized many of the homes al
the New England clcrgymcn The young
san Francisco in iSiawith only $40 i'm hi,
pocket. Nilliamstuwn college was only
Introductory To postgraduate cours,
which our illustrious friend took while ad
minisicrng justice and halting ruilianisn
amid the mining camps oi California
oh. those forty miners ~ They wcr,
called, through whit privaiions, through
what narrow escapes. amid what exposure,
..
ing law among outlaws never has been an
easy undertaking Among mountainccrS
many nf whom had no regard for human
life, aud where the snapni pistol and bang
Of gun were not unusual responses. NJ
quircd courage Of the highest metal
Behind dry gnods box Surmuunted bN
talluw candles Judge Field began his ju
dicial carver What exciting scenes h,
passed through, An internal machin,
was handed "a him, and inside the lid ol
the box was pasted his decision in III,
Pueblo ease, the decision that had bake,
unprinciplcd spcculaturs Ten years ag,
his life would have passed oui had not az
officer Of the law shot down his asslilant
II took long trimming of hardship anc
abuse and misintcrpriation and threat 81
violence and flash of as.assin's knife Ia III
him for the high placc whcrc he could def,
legislatures and congresses and president,
and the world when he knew he was right
Hardship Is the grinds;nne that sharpcn
intellectual faculties ard the swords Will
which Ia strike effectively for God ant
ones country
Why Many Fail.
The reason that life "a - many ism fail
urc l. because they do mot have upposii iol
enough and trials enough ar because the,
ignuminiuu>ly lie down Ia he run over h,
them instead uf using them for stairs ui
which Ia Put their fout and mount
Those "hurn with gold spoon In thci
mouths ARE apt To- take their last mcdi
cine ont If pewter mug Have BRAY,
heart I'm all departments. yc men Of man,
obstacles, There j. ma Drawn or charactc
without them. The runghs glaring AN,
growing around abnut the shed al
courtroom in MnrysVillc. Chi had n
much 10 do with Judge Fields develop
mcnt a. Mark Hopkins the great vii
Jamestown college president Opposition
develops courage like the ring uf Mar
tin Luther defiance when hc snid 10 tn
Duke If Saxony. Things arr uthcrwis
ordered IN heaven than they nrc ~ Augs
burg
Notice also how much our friend did a.
the honor of the Judiciary What mumcn
tpus scenes have bccn witnessed in on
United states supreme court, on the hcncl
snd before the bench. whether far back 1
held It's sessions In the upper room Of III
exchange at New York ar aftcrwarl "a
ten wears In the city hall az PHILADELPHIA
or later i'm the cellar Of yondcr capitol. tn
place where for many years the Congress
sional library was kept, a scpulchcr When
books were buried alive the hole called b,
John Randolph the Cave of Irupho
Mus" What mighty men stood hcfor
that har pleading in immortal rloquenc
ON questions uf national import Ed
mund Randolph and Alexander Hamilton
and pinkncy and Jeremiah Mason an,
Caleb Gushing and the weird and IRE
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