The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-04-24

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good humdr requires solne dement's d
make up not often found In judicial dis
senters or. Indeed, In any class Of men
posed to everything and who display theil
opposition In rancorous and obno1ioul
ways that ., ,jydge Field wss needed te
make the negative respected and ssnial
and right. Minor4ties under God tavs the
| world and save the church. An unthink
ing and precipitate YES" may be stopped
BY righteous and heroic mo" The ma
jorities 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 to many mil.
lions drowned.
The Declaration Of American Independ.
ence was dissenting opinion. The Free
Church Of Scotland, under Chalmers and
his compeers was dissenting movement.
The Bible itself, Old Testament and New
Testament, is protest against the the
ories that would have destroyed the world
and Is dissenting as we'll a. divinely
inspired book. The Deoalogue on Sinai
repeated ten times "Thou shalt not" For
ages to come will DO quoted from law
books In oourtrooins Justice Fields mag-
nifloent dissenting opinions.
Tempersa By Hardship.,
Notice that our asoende6 fr,aud had e,,cb
n choraoter as assauit ana ner,I alone can
develon "a had not conne 10. tie s Uae
cushions of the supreme oourt bench sten-
ping on olotb Of gold and ssIuted All along
the lima ~ handcIsnninO of anri.nse
Country rarsonaoes IA not rock their
babes IN satin lined cradle mr. afferward
send then, oa,t into tbe world WITH enouoh
in their hand 10 ui,robase nIace and nower
Pastors salaries in the early nart ~ tbis
century hardly ever reached ROO a veor
Economies that sometimes c,1t into the
bone characterized manv AZ the homes Of
the New England cleruymen. The yonno
lawvar M whom wa sncak tndav arriyei in
San Esirxsec,, II 1s4e WITH only IA in his
uooket, Wi3Nafnstoxvn colleoe was onIv
introlnotorv to =, uo.Aorsdnsta comrss
which our ii,ustyious friend tool while adj.
ministering iustice and hating ruffianism
amid the mining camps OF California
Oh, those aforty ninersn a. thew were
called, through what privatiOns, through
what narrow escapes, amid what exposures
they moved! Administering and exeCut-
Ing law among outlaws never has been an
easy Undertaking. Among mountaineers,
many ct wh9M had no regard for human
lie, and WHERE tho snap OF pistol and bang
OF gun were not unusual responses, re-
quired courage OF the highest metal.
Behind dry goods box, surmounted by
taiiow candles, Judge Field began his ju-
diclal career What exciting scenes no
passed through! An Internal machine
was handed to him, and inside tho lid Of
the box was pasted his decision in the
Pueblo case, the decision that had baked
unprincipled Spectators. Ten years ago
his life would have passed out had not an
officer of the law shot down his assailant.
1t took long training Of hardship and
abuse and misinterpretation and threat Of
violence and fash Of assassin's knife to 1T
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 grindstone that sharpens
intellectual faculties and the swords with
which to strike effectively for God and
one's country.
WHY MANY Fail.
rhe re. .pr frat ,ifo 70 On ,n,a,,r 10 fou-
nra IL because thew ID NOT have onnos,t;on
enough and trials enouvb on hecn,,se thew
ignominiousiv liz down r. Iva rim ovar ~
tbom instoad u ,s;ns, tho,,, for claws ~ ~
which ~ nut their e foot and ', 'nnv . a.
Tbose Iborn ,s,th n oniJ Snow ~ thni.
,oortbs,, AZ ~ 70 +ai,n t,,a,. Lat ,saS;
cine ont If n ps,vter mus Have ,rnna
haa,.t IN ii denart,narts .. ,,a,, 10 ,n ,v
ohstaciosI trhar, ;s NJ h,o,n,, ~ ~. ..o.ny
Ivithn,t the,,n Tba ,,n.,bs sior;,,., o,,d
oro,yI,n. oro,,,d abo,,t t,a shod ~
eo,,r+ron,, IN Morasv;,,. Ca h.S 90
,,onoh ~ a. .,,th a. ,c,s,a,a ' ,n .,N %
mani no Morr ronIins AZ a,a.t WI
i,a,,s.o'r,, an,,a,a I.n.,s.nt Ssa".,.,i.,
iouoions oo,,rorre + Ill ~ .,sr - NJ
ti,, iINisbo,s Jet,orno -, how 'haIse,,s 80 H.
DuLa ~ astnny 5.isfh;nr. aro othar,,tso
otder.s, IN haara,, ,han th., az. A. ,'rs
h,ro u ' '''' -N ''
Nooice aiso now much our iriend aid Tor
.ne honor ol Sne !uuiclary. What mo"eh-
S SJ sce n nave Deeh Witnessed IN our
oni'eo otaees supreme cour.' Oh the eencn
= anu uelore ei'e oenen, whether iar pack IL
neiu Ns Sessions ~ 1he upper room u tne
eAoiiahse ~ view 1ork Ut M.erwaru ior
.eh yeai =. ~ 'ho olty lill .. fhiiaaeipn"
., ia'er IA sie ceiial OF yohuer oaptoi, inc
laace wmele sior many years fhs Songres-
: N iola.y was kepo' a sepuicner where
1oohS were ourieu awe Slie hoie oaliea ny
s .'e"a,, nI W'aa .ne ohve VI iropho-
. .n Mnas nisn'y men s'ooo Delore
. oa uas piessaiss in Immortal eIoquenGe
On la9selons u ha''oiiai import M
NUM- n isnluoip1i anu tieAnhuer 1aihlitol,
S1l1 m anu 'ereniiun Masoh anu
r;stible Ruins Cboata and ceorne Wood
and Charles O'Conor and James #.
Brady and Francis B. Cutting and men
now living Just as powerful
How suggestive the inyitbt;op which
William Writ. the great Viroipian. wrote
his friend inviting him to wonder sl,pr, ma
,ourt room; Tomorrow a week will come
Dn the great steamboat question from
New York Emmett and Oakley on ono
-
'ide, Webster and myself on the other.
Come down and hear 1t. Emmett's whole
soul Is in the case, and he will stretch all
MS powers. Oakley is said to be one Of
he finest logicians Of the age, as much
Phocion as Emmett ia a Themistocles,
md Webster Is AS ambitious as Cesar, He
will not he outdone by any man II it is
within the compass of his power to avoid
Il. Come to Washington. 1t will be a
om bat worth witnessing" The supreme