Evening journal., 1900-08-04
EULOGIEN FOR
MIR. VANDEGRET
Tributes Paid by Members
Of New Castle Bar
Benjamin AieldS' and Howell :. Eng
lands Expressions Of Regret
at His Death

Ia the course OF his remarks before
the meeting OF the New Castle County
Bar Association which was assembled
yesterday to take action ON the death
OF Lewis c. vandegrift. Howell s. Eng
land said:
'Mr. President. a bolt has fallen
among US from clear sky and strlek-
en- down that one who. OF us all, waa
the most vigorous. Yesterday he was
here, active. alert, striving in every
way to maintain the integrity the
health Of the institutions Of his native
state. OF whose honor he was 50 jeal-
Gus. OF whose history he was so proud;
laying up store for that growing, little
family OF which we was so fond. To-
day he Is no more.
Mr.. Vandegrift was not born into
the world with place made for him he
made his place. His heritage was not
one Of landed estates, nor of material
fortune. IL was an iron constitution.
an indomitable will, and a power OF
concentration seldom equaled His ca
pacity for work was wonderful His
success was great It Is no mean thing.
at As years Of age. TO be the leader OF
the bar Of Delaware-the easy peer OF
those great men who. in the past, have
made that bar illustrious.
Mr.. Vandegrift was cast in n large
mold, physically and intellectually He
was made of such metal as Delaware
has always delighted TO use in the
making OF her senators at Washington
OF such Delawareans has the United
States government made secretaries OF
state, and ambassadors to foreign
courts whose influence for good upon
| the progress Of all Anglo-Saxon peo.
pies has been profound. Viewing him
in the prime OF his manhood with all
his splendid faculties awake. It was i'm
possible for us to set a limit TO his
! achievements-to mark the bounds be
lyond which he could not 20. Thl
( greatest things that earth can offer I,
her most gifted children, seemed al
most within his grasp
''Ihe magnitude of the loss OF such Z
man to our commonwealth, and TO the
nation, no one can calculate. The mag.
nitude OF his loss 70 us, individually, We
cannot put in words.
Il first knew him when, In ths
Spring OF 1890, ] registered as a stu.
dent Of law with the firm Of Bradford
q Nandegrift. / learned to know hin
intimately and the better I knew hin
the greater was my respect for nj.
character; the deeper my love for tn,
man. It was impossible for him to b,
unmanly he would sooner have los
his right hand than to be guilty of de
ceit, honest, straightforward: doing hii
duty as he saw It regardless OF conse
quence; intolerant of hypocrisy. Of CD
preston, ofwrong-doing. An injurydont
to another cut him to the quick. / shal
never forget the occasion when abou
year ago some had conspired TO rol
a young man Of that in which alone ,
man may glory. his good name: ant
how here in this very room the voic,
Of Mr.. Nandegrift rang out in thai
young mans vindication until the poor
miserable things who made the accusa
tion covered and shrank and huns
their craven heads. And now tha
voice shall fill this hall no more. tha
great heart beats no morel
And what a great, warm heart wal
his; how loyal he was In friendship
OF all the friends with whom NV M
has been surrounded he was the truest
the most unselfsh the sincerest frien,
ever knew. He was more than
friend to me.he was a brother; an eide
brother to whom 1 could 60 in ever
emergency for counsel for guidance
4 for direction, for assistance, and L
whom I never went in vain.
Mr. President, a sapling grew unde
the protection Of a majestic oak, eve
ambitiously, measuring its possibilitie
by the attainments of the larger tree
! when suddenly. in an instant oak la.
} shattered on the ground; and still th
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