Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1899-04-26

wasdearer than life itself Defend their
graves as they defended your cradle.
Notice also that our illustrious friend
was great in reasonable and genial dis
sent. or the l.O42 opinions he rendered
none was more potent or memorable
than those rendered while he was i'm
small minority and sometimes in n mi
nority Of one. 4 learned and distin-
guishcd lawyer OF this country said he
would rather he the author OF Judge
Fields dissenting opinions than to be
the author OF the constitution OF the
United States. The tendency is 10 70
with the multitude, TO think what 9th
crs think, 20 say and do what others do.
Sometimes the majority are wrong.
and IL requires heroes 20 take the mega
tive, but 20 do that logically and i'm
good humor requires some elements OF
make up not often found in judicial dis
seutcrs or, indeed, in any class Of men.
The Declaration of American indie
pcndcncc was a dissenting opinion.
The Free Church of Scotland. under
Chalmers and his compeers was dis
scnting movement. The Bible itself.
Old Testament and New Testament. is
protest against the theories that
would have destroyed the world. and is
a dissenting rs well as n Divinclv in
spircd book. The DccalogtIc on Sinai
repeated ten times Thou shalt not"
For ages TO come will be quoted from
law books I'm courtrooms Justice Fields
magnificent dissenting opinions.
Notice that our assembled friend had
such n character as assault and peril
alone can develop. He had not come TO
the soft cushions Of the supreme court
bench stepping on cloth of gold and sa-
iuted all along the line by handicap
ping OF applause. Country pcrsonages
do not rock their babies in satin-lined
cradle or afterward send them ont into
the world with enough in their hand -
purchase place and power Pastors
salaries in the early part OF this cen
fury hardly ever reached 500 q wear.
Economies that sometimes cut into the
bone characterized many Of the homes
OF the New England clcrgymcn. The
young lawyer of whom we speak to-
day arrived i'll San Francisco in 1919
with only ten dollars in his pocket.
Nllliamstown college was only intro
ductory to a postgraduate course which
our iliustrious friend took while admin
istering justice and hating rufIianisn
amid the mining camps of California.
Oh, those "forty-niners," as they were
called, through what privations.
through what narrow escapes. amid
what exposures they moved! Admins
tering and executing law among out
laws never has been an easy undertake
ing. Among mountaineers, many of
whom had no regard for human life:
and where the snap of pistol and bang
OF gun were not unusual responses. re-
quired courage of the highest metal.
Behind dry goods box, surrounded
by tallow candles, Judge Field began
his Judicial career. What exciting
scenes he passed through. An internal
| machine was handed to him, and in
side the lid OF the box was pasted his
| decision in the Pueblo case. the dccis-
ion that had baked unprincipled specu-
! lators. Ten years ago his life would
| have passed out had not an officer
of the law shot down his assailant. n
took long training of hardship and
abuse and INSTRUMENTATION and threat
of violence and flash of assassin's knife
TO ut him for the high place where he
could defy legislatures and congresses
and presidents and the world when he
knew he was right. Hardship is the
grlndstone that sharpens intellectual
Faculties and the sword with which IN
strike effectively for God and ones
country.
Notice also how much our friend did
Tor the honor of the judiciary. What
nonentOus scenes have been Witnessed