The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-05-05

think, to say and do what others do. Some
times the majority are wrong, and it
but to do that logically and In good
humor requires some elements OF make up
not often found In judicial dissesters or,
indeed, In any class of men, There ars 50
many people In the wofid opposed to e~sry-
thing and Who display their opposition In
rancorous and obnoxious ways that Judge
Field was needed to make the negative re.
spected and genial and right. Mtnorities
under God save the world and save the
church. An unthinklng and precipitate
he role "no." The. mRiorlties are not al.
,iares a.:
Numbers are no mark that men will right
be found;
4 few were saved In Noah's ark to many
millions drowned.
The Declaration OF American Indepsnd-
"ncs was u dissenting optnion. Tho Free
Church OF Scotland, under Chalmers md
rs co onpeers, was u dissenting movement.
The b. bln itself, Old Testament aud New
Testament, Is u protest against tho the
orirs that would have destroyed the
world nnd is u dissenting as we'll
as II divineIy inspired book The deca.
logme on Sinai repeated ten times Thou
shalt not" Eorages to come will be quoted
from lawbook5 In court rooms Justice
Finla's mrgnlItReut dissenting opinions.
Notice that cur assembled friend had such
develop. lie had not como to tho soft
cushions OF thu Sup upremc Court b.uch step
riDg on Goth OF gold and saluted all along
The line by handclapping OF applause.
country parsonnges do not rock their
babies in satin lined cradle or Rfterward
sen,i them out into the world with enough
In their hands to purchase place aud
power. Pastors salaries In the early part
of this century hardly ever reached $70J a
year. Economics that 8 Imetimes cut into
ntAR a. IN upf rfz ,fNRt tha
~ the New England clergymsn. Tho young
lawyer OF whom we speak to-day arrived
in San Francisco In 1S49 with only $40
in his pocket. Williamstown College was
course VIII ial our illustrious friend took
while admtmseefakg justice and halting
runianism amid the mining camps OF Calf
'ornia. Oh, those "forty-niuers," rs they
were called, through what \privatiops.
through what narrow escapes, anil what
exposures they movedl Administering
and ecuting law among outlaws never
hns been an easy undertaking. Among
monntaineers, many OF whom had no re-
gard FOR human lie and where theSsnap Of
pistol and bang OF gun were not unusual
responses, required courage OF the highest
metal.
Behind dry goods box surmountetH by
tailow candles Judge Field began his judi-
ciai career. What exciting scenes >he
passed through! An Internal machine was
handed to him, and inside the lid Of tho,
box was pasted his decision I'm the Pueblo
case, the decision that had baked unprn-
eipled spectators. Ten years ago his Lille
would have passed out had not an officer
or the law shot down his nssnilant. 1t took
a long training OF hardship and abuse and
misiIterpretation md threat OF violence
and fash OF nssassin's knife to tit him for the
hi<h place where he could defy legislatures
and conSresses and presidents aud the
word waen he knew he was right. Hard
ship IS the grindstone that sharpens intel-
lectual faculties, and the swords with
which to st-ike effectively for God and
ones country.
Notice also now much our friend did for
tous scenes have been witnessed In our
United States Supreme Court, on the
bench and before the bench, whether, far
back. 1t held It's sessions In the upper room
OF the Exchange ut New York, or after
ward for ten years In the City Hall ut
philadelphia, or l6tcr in the cellar OF
yonder capitol, che place where for many
years tho Congressional Library was kept,
sepulcher where books were buried alive,
the hCie called by John Randolph "the cave
OF Trophonius!
How suggestive the invitation which
William Writ, tho great Virginian, wrote
his friend inviting him 20 yonder Supreme
Courtroom: Tomorrow week will come
on the great steamboat question from New
York. Emmett and Oakley on one sids,
Webster and myself on the other. Como
down and hear II. Emme.t's whole soul
IS in the case, and he will stretch all his
powers. Oakley Ia said to bs one of the
finest loglcians OF the age, as much a
Phocion rs Emmett is II Themist ocles, and
Webster is us ambitious rs CRsa:. He will
not be outdone by any man IL 1t is within
tho compass OF his power to avoid It. Come
to Washington. 1t will be n combat worth
witnessing" The Supreme Court has stood
so high In England and the United States
that the Vices OF n few who have occupied
that important place have not been able to
disgrace 1t, neither the corruption of
Francis Bacon, nor the cruelty OF Sir
George Mackenzie, nor the Sabbath desecru-
ton Of Lord Castlereagh.
TO that highest OF all tribunals Abraham
Lincoln called our friend, but he lived long
enough to honor tho Supreme Court more
than 1t had ever honored him. For more
than thirty-four years lie sat In the pros
ence OF this nation and OF all nations u
model judge. Feariessness, Integrity, de-
votion to principle. characterized him. No
nribe ever touched his hand. No profune
word ever scalded his tongue. No blemish
OF wrong ever marred his character. Fully
qualified was he to have his name assocla-
ted In the history OF this country with the
greatest OF the judiciary.
TO have dono we'll. all that such q pro-
fession could ask OF him, and to va made
that profession still more honorable by his
brilliant and sublime life, Is enough for ma
tionnl and international, terrestrial and
celestial congratulation. Aud then to OK
pire beautifully, while the prayers OF his
church were being offered at his bedside,
tho door OF heaven opening for his en-
trance rs the door.of earth opened for his
departure, the sob Of the earthly farewell
caught MP into raptures that never die.
Yes, ho lived and died I'm the fuith OF the
old fashioned Christian religion.
Young man, want to tell you that JUS
tice Field believed In the Bblo from lid to
do. .tsn
history, much OF 1t the history OF events
that neither God nor man approves. Our
friend drank the wine OF the holy saera-
ment and ate the bread Of which "lf q man
eat he shall never munger" Ho was theup
aud down, out and out friend of the church
OF Christ. II there had heen anything IL
logical In our religion, he would have
scOuteb IL. for lie Wns q loniclnn LIZ There