Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-09-15
lend OF BERNARD j. SAGE,
LIFE FRIEND AND COUNSEL OF
PRESIDENT JEFFERSON DAVIS

Wis, filed a motion to quash the indict-
ment. The judges differed, and the case
was certified up to the states supreme
tribunal, where it was finally extinguish-
ed by the amnesty proclamation or Presl-
dent Johnson.
In his preface to his book,
Mr.. cage Said
in conclusion:
at is to be hoped that the American
people will speedily come again to know
and feel that they are, in form and life
and action, an association of republics,
and to recognize their duties Of preserving
their sacred heritage and trust OF liberty
against Capitalization. The fundamental
laws which the states have severally and
federaly established seem once more to be
in accord with the tones of the old bell
which proclaimed liberty throughout the
land All patriotic hearts and hopes are
in harmony, and our only political dis
cords are the usurpations and excuses
of those ephemeral creatures who ny for
a measured while with impaired strength
in the sunshine of popular favor-crea-
lures who as subjects of and chosen ser
wants of the commonwealth are sworn to
keep within those written limits which
they daily transcend"
Mr.. Sage was the author of other books
on constitutional law, but they were not
of such great import as his standard
work, 1.-The Republic of Republics"
For few years after the close Of the
civil war Mr.. Sage lived in Washington.
He frequently came to New Orleans, and
was engaged in several important civil
causes before the supreme court or the
state. Thirteen years ago he removed
definitely to New Orleans, and divided his
time between the practice of law and
the care of a sugar plantation in La
fourche parish. He met with reverses and
losses, and lost control of his landed es-
tates, and for the past six or seven years
he was failing both in fortune and in
health
His declining days were spent in aim
less wandering, and when he met one OF
the men who had known him in his prime,
then the fountains of memory would
open, and the old man would talk for
hours about the stirring events in which
he was one of the principal figures.
Mr.. Sage never married. He died IN
the sd year if his age. And thus has
passed away
A Unique, a Pathetic Figure.
and the manner and the circumstance of
his death was that of many a heroic and
grand figure whereof history tells us. He
was almost like Belisarius, save that he
did not sing while guiding his feeble steps
along the public thorOughfares, but his
venerable, remarkable presence attested
more eloquently than words the convic-
ton that back of all that feebleness and
apparent decrepitude therein dwelt mind
that once must have flashed with the bril-
liancy of genius, and an intellect that
would have been deemed worthy Of any of
the wise men of antiquity or Of the learn
ed men of our own epoch.
The aged and weary traveller is now at
rest. He has crossed over to the farther
shore, and who knows but that his soul
is now continuing with the shades OF
departed celebrities and heroes who have
accorded him unanimous welcome TO the
shores Of the blessed, and have received
his chastened spirit as one of their chosen
band.
Mr.. Sage's body will be taken TO Thib-
odaux, and will be buried in the family
tomb Of Mr.. Frank Nichols.