The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-04-30

heard of and unthought of among
the tribunals of the earth, q court
without a docket. without record
without writ: of unknown ana IN
tried powers, and of undetermined
jurisdiction. there would be developed
in the space of a single century
court of which the ancient world
could present no model and the mod
ern boast no parallel: a court whose
DEGREES. woven like threads OF gold IN
to the priceless and imperishable fab
ric of our constitutional jurispru-
dence. would bind in the bonds OF
love. liberty and law the members OF
our great republic
Closing his scholarly paper Mr.. Da-
Wis thus sums up the work of these
two great Constitutional lawyers:
"There is a close and striking paral-
lei between the lives of Moore and
Iredell. Their way through life was
ever upward. Together they trod with
equal step the lofty paths of fame,
and attaining the highest offices in
the State in the line of their profcs-
sion. at last reached the NEST exalted
station which the aspiring lawyer can
hope to touch. Both were Judges and
Attorney Generals of the State, and
both were Justices of the Supreme
Court OF the United States.
''When lredell resigned the office
of Attorney General. Moore succeeded
him and later on was appointed to
the seat upon the Supreme bench OF
the United States. made vacant by
his death North Carolina in ggratpt.:'
and affectionate remembrance Of her
two sons. named one of her coGHtics
Moore and another Iredell. Federal
lists i'm politics. and alike in thought
upon the great issues of the Gay, at
tracted to each other by the same
high and noble traits of mind and
character which both possessed ~ IA
eminent degree, they became warm
friends in their acquaintance and Sd
remained during life. AT the bar they
ever disdained the small arts of the
pettifogger, and upon the bench
blind-folded they ever held the scales
of justice with an even hand, treating
with equal impartiality the rich and
the poor. the guilty and the iiinocert.
MAY the example of their useful
lives, their spotless integrity ami tbeir
distinguished services inspire coming
generations to emulate them. and fol-
low in the lofty paths thcs walked
through life.
And history shall cherish them
Among those choicest spirits Mo,
holding their conscien;r5 UNI
mixed with blame,
Have been in all conjuncturcs true 10
themselves,
Their country and their God.
Replying on behalf of the Court, Chief
Justice Faircloth said
This Court accepts the portraits of
Judges Iredell and Moore, and tenders
its thanks to the donors The lives and
character of these judges have been so
well portrayed by Mr.. Davis that the.
Court will not attempt to add anything
thereto. They not only rendered service
to their own State, but their services are
recorded in judicial records Of the SUI
preme Court of the United States, and
will remain Il monument to their credit
through the coming ages. We appreciate
and commend the laudable work OF
Society of Sons of the Revolution, which
has presented these portraits. We re-
ceive them with pleasure, and the clerk
of this court will cause them to be sus-
pended i'll an appropriate place III TINS
hall"
Mr.. Davis review Of the lives OF
these two great men and the tlnes' IN
which they lived, is "a valuable contri-
button to the history of the State. 1T
will be published in full by ;hc So
ciety.-for which it was delivered Al
together a most ornate aud scho'arl,
address: brilliant and discr.t,il,a:-
ing estimate OF the two men. it is vel
~ :., IN h.. in n
ncnt form.
The pictures were yesterday after
noon hung on the west wall OF the
court room. Just back of the judges
seats, one on either side OF The full
length portrait of Judge RUlfia.
Among those present at the presen-
tation were DIR. p. +. Hines, Prof. ID.
Ii. Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Charles f.. John
son. Prof. f. ". Skies, DR.. Walter ~.
Montgomery, ,Jr., Col A. q. Holiday,
Mr.. A. b. Andrews, .Ir., Capt. S. A..
Ashe, Mr.. and Mrs. James. lredell
johnson. Mrs. II. Il. Haywood, Miss
Mcdaniel. Miss Nass, Mr.. NJ. o. Sher-
rill, Mr.. II. II. Battle, Major and Mrs.
Charles l.. Davis, Miss Marion Hay
wood, Col. Carrie \. Woodruff, Mrs.
; w. NJ. Ship, Miss Mary Shiro, Col.
Thomas >. iNenan. MI. I, II Nc pane;
Mr. Marshall Delaney Haywood,
Hon. James +. Shepherd, Hon. j. b.
I,atchelor, Mr.. S. Browne Shepherd
! DR.. ID. II. Abbott, Judge Spier Whita-
ker. Mr.. w. G. Douglass AM other.
Maj Davis is a member o. the Penn
sylvania Society of the Sons of the
Revolution, and Col. Woodruff is a
member of the New York Society, but
the latter has made application to
have his membership transferred to
the North Carolina Society, as he eN-
poets to make his nome in Raleigh
after retiring from the army. Sl;,i.
Davis will also make his horne pcrma-
nentl.y in this State, probably in .\she-
Vile.
The membership of the North Caro-
lima Society is represented in Cuba,
i'm Porto Rico. and in the Philippine
Islands. One of its members was also
a resident of Australia, but has since
returned to this country.
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