The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-27

Simple, but Were Attended by Prom
lneu: and Distinguished Citizens and
Oficia2s.-Tablet Unveiled to the
Memory of Wilson and His Wife.
Appreciation of the Patriots Life
and Work Shown in Addresses by
Judge Parker and Andrew Carnegie.
Philadelphia, November 22.-In the
presence Of a distinguished company
which included a member Of President
ROOsevelts cabinet, justices of the
United States supreme court, the gov
ernOr Of PENNSYLVANIA, and other citi-
zens, the body Of James Wilson, one
OF the great fighters in the American
revolution, which lay in ii North Caro-
lima grave for 1913 years, was today
placed - the side of that of his wife
in the vUiiaI ground OF historic Christ
church. he ceremonies attending the
Teinte- nleEt were simple bat impressive
and were conducted according - the
rites of the Protestant Episcopal
church.
The body of the great patriot Was
diSinteTIed from Us grave at EdenLCn,
n. G., Tuesday and Wua Con,eyo1 10
this city IN ,He G%unDOdt dubuque"
which arrived mere today before noon.
Prior IL the services at Christ church
the remains lay in state in the de-
claration III independence nall
where thousands OF persons filed past
the bier. The DJdy was Escorted uol
independence hall to CnlIst church Dy
a troop of Philadelphia cavalry and
Justices Fuller, Day, Holmes ana
White, of the United states suII1lne
court, OF which tribunal Wilson was
one OI the first members, acted as hon
OraIy pail bearess. On the way to The
church the procession passed the SrdVc
Of Benjamin Franklin, where 1t halted
and stood in silence Tor Il moment. The
exercises at the church were Conducted
by tne 1T. Rev. Alexander Mckay
Smith. bishop COAdJutOr OF the dI~-oSe
OF Pennsylvania, assisted by the Rev.
r.. IIeUcr Barnes, rector CT Christ
church. Tributes 10 the patriot were
3elivJ.au D! oamuel Dickson, Chair
man C-.Or, Oh InC .t-N ASSOCIATION 81
P~hiIaQeighia. 10. the bar of Penn3yl-
vania; Governor ~PennypacAer, Iuf the
rc0nlc Of Pennsylvania; Judge Alton
b. Parker. for the American Bar ACsO-
cation; Andrew Carnegie, as lord rec
tor of st. Andrews University, for
Scotch-Americans, Wilson having been
a native of Scotland; DR.. S. Weil
Mitchell, for American Iiterature'
Justice White, for the supreme court
of the United States; Attorney Genera
Moody, for the president, the tribute
of the American people, and Attorney
General Hampton L.. Carson, of Penn
s~ylvania, who delivered the GRAFTON.
The committal services took place
in the church yard, which was follow
ed by the unwilling of a tablet to the
memory of Wilson and his wife.
Following is a synopsis of the ad,
dresses by Judge Alton B. Parker anC
DR.. S. Weir Mitchell:
ADDRESS OF HON. ALTON B. PAR
KER, OF NEW YORK.
LAS president of the American Bal
Association, l I'M here to pay tribute
on it's behalf and my own to the char
acter. achievements and memory Of the
man who laid =: cornerstone C con
s%titutional Interpretation in this c0un'
try upon deeD and solid fCund"tiOns
As the result OF his lab0rs and Ihos
OF John Marshall and Joseph Story
and their associates and successors
there has been perfected a system 0
i~urisprudence. which is the most orig
inal. as it promises to be the most i'm
nosinc monument Of our national ideas
and institutions.
when the members of the supreme
court Of the United States met in 49,
all the judicial conditions were chaotic
The links of precedent had been broker
by revolution, popular opposition 70
central court was general, the fellnt
against appointive judges and life ten
ure was strong. and the jealousy of leg
~islative and executive departments VA
keen and deep-seated. All these ele
ments and forces were so distinctly Cr
posed to the new experiment that II
task of welding the almost Infinite va
riety of simple colonial tribunals IN
nrocedure into centralized and harmon
ious system of Jurisprudence must nav
seemed to them almost lmpossl0.
They might we'll have asked: ga
these dry bones live?'
"In its letter to congress, suomlttin
the result of its labors, the constltl
tional convention. through It's pres
dent, George Washington. had empni
sized what was then the dominate
factor-'the consolidation Of our Cnic
in which is involced u prosperit
felicity, safety, perhaps or national e,
istence.' James Wilson. one of II
leaders of the convention, who BEGAN
an associate justice, personified th
sentiment.
During the first nine years of Il
courts existence, onl n strictly Gil
stitutional case came before it. II
decision was written by this ma
whose prescience in foreseeing the I
suit of a controversy between the fe'