The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-30
IN DENMARK'S HONOR.
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character. and he knew no plain from
which to battle in this world save the
plain OF honesty and truth. Show him
the path OF honesty and truth, and he
would follow it without fear or faltering.
No selfish motive could deter him from
his duty, no dream of pleasure keep him
from its performance. True to his friends,
uncompromising only when fraud or cur
ruption stood in his way, he was kind
to all who came within his influence, and
he sought by every means TO make his
way through life a benson and bene-
diction to all men.
Fortunate was the man who was his
friend, for he bound them to him with
the strongest ties. and was ever ready
to aid them with his sympathy, his
work and his means.
''In the death of Mr.. Denmark this bar
has met with distinct loss, and it is
but fitting that we should make this
record of the virtues which ennobled the
private life. and fidelity which charac-
terized the professional labors of our
friend.
1--WE therefore. ask that the court will
have this memorial spread upon its min
utes and that it will cause certified
copy hereof to be sent TO the family of
our friend
The reading of the resolutions was fol-
lowed by number of short speeches Re
marks were made by Mr.. w. G. Charlton,
Mr.. F. G. duBignon, Mr.. Pope Barrow, Mr..
j. r. Saussy, Col. A. r. Lawton ana Mr..
w. L. Gignilliat. They were tender and
appropriate, all of them, and they dealt
with the man and his life as he would
have had his friends speak of him, with
fltlenY1aa nr axa
he had done in life spoke for itself, and it
was to traits of his personal and profess
sional character to which the speakers at
the meeting of the bar principally ad-
dressed their attention.
There was an especially graceful tribute
from Mr.. duBignon. who had studied law
With Mr.. Denmark in the office of Hart
ridge & Chisholm. from which have been
graduated in the past so many of the
leaders of the Savannah bar. In conclu-
sion. Mr.. duBignon said:
Were / to speak of the traits which
most distinguished him 1 would mention
as chief among them truth, honor, in
tegrity. loyalty, and fidelity. l have Of
ten reflected upon the high and exalted
office of the true counsellor in every
community. and I have often thought
that within the circle Of my acquaintance
no man so nearly approached the ideal
counsellor as Brantley A. Denmark He
merited and possessed not only the full
and measured confidence of those who
sought his counsel, but he enjoyed the
entire respect of those against whom it
was given. Short in years as was his
life the world is better because he lived
in it, and our own profession noble and
enrolling as 1t is, is elevated by the
fact that he was lawyer. The review
of such a career as his can only bring
satisfaction at Its achievements and only
regret at its close. The contemplation of
it, too, along the serious duties of his
lawyer-like life is full of Inspiration and
incentive force, and though 1t rise not
as high as the dizzy pinnacles which
ambition loves to rear, it rests like fra
grant islands in a sea whose ripple Is
unceasing melody. Dear, departed friend,
1 lay this brief and humble tribute on
thy bier; peace to your ashes and green
forever be your memory
Judge Norwood said he did not feel that
he could add anything to the beautiful
and appropriate tributes that had already
been paid the memory of his dead friend.
but that on a future occasion he hoped
partially to pay the debt he owed TO their
friendship by giving expression to his es-
innate Of Mr.. Denmark as a lawyer and
a man.
In directing that the resolutions OF the
committee be spread upon the minutes of
the court. Judge F'alligant called atten-
ton to the fact that one of the modest
attributes of Mr. Denmark's character, his
rigid and unbending devotion to duty, had
contributed to and served largely to
bring about his death. He had fallen a
victim TO duty. Judge Falligant, in bring
ing to an eloquent conclusion a tribute
that stressed this mournful fact in the
life and death of his friend, quoted these
lines of Lord Byron:
so the struck eagle. stretched upon the
plain,
No more through rolling clouds to soar
again,
viewd his own feather on the fatal dart,
And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his
heart.
Keen we're his pangs, but keener far to
feel
He nursed the pinion that impelrd the
STEEL"
Let the memorial resolutions" said
Judge Falligant. be spread upon the
minutes of the court and copy sent,
under the courts seal, to the family of
our friend"