Hampden Sydney College - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Hampden Sydney, VA)

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lYhen voune' Cook one of lirown's men was In he tried, his hrother-in I D 7 9 law, Governor lVilIard, of Indiana, employed and sent' the llon. Ilaniel NV. thus Voorhees to Uharles Town to defend him. The eloquence, power, and pa' . of that' disting,5uished lawyer's defence is l'Olllt'lIlll0l't'tl to-day hy those who had the good fortune to hear it. lietween him and Mr. llnnter there was a hattle of giants. The readers of this artic-Ie will now he pleased to have me retire and give mlace to the testimony of Mr. Yoorln-es eoneerning Mr. liuntei . I . and the eourt which tried Iirown. 'l'he remainder of this article shall 1-onsist of fluotations froin a letter which Mr. Voorhees wrote to Mr. llnntc-r's daughter when he heard of the death of her fatlier. This letter is dated l'nited States Senate, January T, lSS!l : . . . . It is now thirty years since I tirst met your father in the prime of his manlm 1 and the glory of his strength. Ile appeared for the State of Virginia. iu Norm-inher. ISSI, against, invaders of her soil and institutions nmler .lolm lirown. I was ealled to the defmn-e t 11 of one of the misguided visionary. Init generous. hrare and warm-hearted followers of that fa i expedition hy the ties of friendship whieh houml me to his ulosest, kindred. 'l'lu-re for the first time I met your father in Jmlge l'arker's eonrt .... This eourt itself was a model of judicial devorum, dignity and fairness. If justly represented hy the pen of the historian. it -' 5 o'-rv eon- will pass into history as the most temperate and eonservative jndieial tlihuuil yi reueal when all the surrounding eireumstzznees are eonsidered. With perfeet ealmuess. for-hear ing patient-e, and undisturbed adherence to the law. as known aml deeided throug,ghout genera tions. that eourt arises upon my memory with lIlt'l'l'Zlhl'Il and increasing vlaim to the respeet and veneration of the .'xlll0l'lL'2Ill people und of the world. Nothing' was yielded to outside excitement, or popular frenzy. When .lohn llrown asked for the delay of days in whivh to seeure eonnsel more in sympathy with him than those who had heen assigned to his defemw hy the eourt. his request was granted with quiet. judicial dignity. 'I'liroug.5liout all this great historic- st-one your father was a grand. consulting, conenrring: anal, to a great extent, a guiding spirit ..,. Ile did it in the spirit of a Uhristian g10lltll'lllil7l witliout a single tone of malerolenve or ot' exasperated resentment. I ret-all him as he appeared to me at that time. as,one of the lmest. types of ahlc. humane. eloquent, generous pnhlie men I haveerer known .... With all my knowledge of Virginia and her distinguished eitizeus, I would say, in all good eonseienee. that your father impressed me as one of the foremost l have known in point of intelleetual ahilitv hoth native and aequireml, and eertainlr sec-ond to no one in nge Virginia or any other State in the l'nion, in his high and maggnanimons hearing in the dist-ha' of duty. . . . l saw him a few times after the war. ami he was always the same-a gentleman ot eommanding intellect. hroad and generous sympathy. lofty. I-hivalrons instincts. lil'IV. .XIINICII Ulufmi' Iloi'KlNS. D. D. Uharles 'l'own. W. Va., l eln'uary IZ, 1908. 28 od 1

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Hon. Andrew Hunter JS Jtl1't'1l1S wt-rv llnvitl mul Nts. Elixzllmvtll Vl,1'llfllt'1'01l .lllIll1l'l'. ,IIC .s min 1 ,.,llllf, 1 .2 was 53.1- l ww: l ' in lic-t'lu-lcgx' C' tl11ll V, Virgv' '-I Mau'-ll 22, 1811-1, xml W, . . , . . lmtvd at llill!llNll'1l'Sltl1l0'N' Full:-gv in 1822, 1ll1'l'1'XV1ll'Ll8 stlullc-tl law, kllltl lwgtlll its pralutiicv at ,ll1l1'1N'l',8 l1lt'1'l'.y, l'llt'l'1' l1l1ll'l'lt'tl Miss 'ltllizzllmotll Ellon Stulililolit-lcl in 18253 lllC'1l 1't'lll0Vl'Cl to flll2ll'l0S lllOW1l, XVl101'0 hc' livocl till his clvatll, NOVi'llllN'l' 22, 1888. llc' was 21 lallmurimis XVUl'lit'1' :tml at cliligl-1111 Sll1tll'llt of law, who lmrnt tho lllltllllpflll' milf, For lllkllly yt-airs ho was c-mllisvl for tho liillllllltwt' :mtl Ohio Ii:l,ili'm1tl. llc s01'vt-tl in the lc-gislzltltrv of Virginia: lmth ln-t'm'v :mtl :luring the 'Wm' of 1861-5. llv also 1't'ID1'0Sl'lll1'tl thx- uom1t1ivs uf Ho1'lwluy, Jotlc-rsmi :mtl Ulmlw with signal zllmility in thu Ummst'it'ut'imml Um1v0ut'itm of 18511. ln politics hm- was originally :1 Whig, :mtl was upon the 'l,i'4-simlm-11t.ial t'lt'Cl'Ul'2ll tic'lwt's mu '18-1--1 :intl 18481 but in 18450 110 n.dvoc:1t'c-cl the l'il't'Clil1l' riclggm-, or Stat:-s Rights, tiulwt. Tall, orvct, with cmnnlanrling porstm and 1'l0t11Il'1l17 lA0llQ11t', he was ai vmjv sti-img pulitiiczll spoziluw. llis limnc- was at l'lllt' hrick lltl1180, lmilt to his own taste- :mtl sz1t'ist'ncet'io11, sit'11z1ttc-tl mi an lwuutiful 1'1lllll011f't lllS1' 1-:lst of thci town, upon tht- liighwziy lc-ailing to 1'l1l1'l101',S li'v1'i',v. ln A186-1 his 1-nusin, Grin. Uzivitl llVl1lll'01', of tho llliitml S1'tl1'1'8 Army, 0l'tlt'1'Oll this hmisr- tu ln- lmm'nt. 'llhc house with all its Ctllll7011l'S, 1-xox-pt' at tvw pm't'1'ait's which wc-rv 1'OSl'l1Otl hy 21 frivml, was ceonsmm-tl. Sn Into ns 15105 tho 'tgpc-oiztl lnspm-ctm' cit'1l1'1'ill,i ut' 4 l'ho Nitlclle fMilit:11 v Dis- t'x'ic't,H who XVll'1l0S81'tl tho lmrning, NVl'H1'O Mr. vlll11lf01',S tl2l11Qll11'l' that thc- lllll'lI' ing of hm' f:l,tl101 s l101lS0 was Elll slut of Hpurv VUl'1tl1lllS1ll,H :mtl tlmt thv llllittm-fl Stntm-s gm'01'11ti1v11t ought to pay fm' it. lVll0ll Nr. 11111111-1' rc-lmilt l1is litmsv hc- lvft at nic-hw in mitsiclo of thc- t'rtmt wzlll into which, he tolcl tht- writvr, ho 11lliC1ltl!'tl putting tl nmrlmlm- slulm us ai l1lt'1l1Ul'l1ll,, to his l'11l'l1l1'SS amusing lmti ho flivfl withmltz u:11'l vi1ig out this purposo. Nr. ll1l1ll't'1',S wiflr-st funn' was won lay his prosou11t'imi of Julm 'lirmvu :mtl his ilSSUt'ltl1'1'S in 1859. At' tlmt' timv 2l1l0l'll1'l' Q01l1'lt'1ll2l11 was the prnsv- outing ut't'm'11r-y fm' tht- t'011111 VQ lllll Nr. llll11l'l'1' was unlployvtl, on lwllnlf of thu Stzltx-, hiv Gm'm'11m' Wisc- to assist in thx' pwmsc-cl1t'im1. 011 him 'fvll tho l?t'1lVlO81' i't-sptwiisilmilitlv :mtl work ut thnsv t'X'0lll'l:lll trizlls which mulvtl in thc- f-x4'c:1lt'im1 of sc-vc-11 nwn. llis vimliv:1t'im1 of tht- nmjvsty of lalw mul his p1'osr'011t'io1m of tho 1f1'l1lll1l11l!-I we-rv most vigorous. Yet: so Qft'1l1'1'H1lS was tht- siiriti of thc- H'tlHt'Clll'l01l that .luhn l'i1'mV11 lC'2ll'llt'tl to 1ltll1lll't' Mr. ll11lllAl'l' 7 anllml him into t'1'm-qllc-lit' 4-milf:-l't-iivvs, :mtl timilly, on the 1lltbl'1llllQ ot' his OXOCN' tion, stint for Nr. Qlllllitx-1' to writo his will. 27

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Dr. QYUIIN .ll,'l1'0 l'LEA.S'.-INYXS' .fl7'lx'lN.S'0N. Pwsliifflll QI' lhunpdcu--S'1ll'mr1' Collu,yu: 1857-1863, ami Captain 141' 7Wv llfzllrpilull-Sllilnqi' lfn,v.v.' From a 1I'u,u1n:rruuAvpn, .wmfu.mI' to lmru lwuu lllkifll Ill 1801. Hampclen-Sidney Boys in the Civil uWar Nl zu u ith nnneled Tuhnes of sadnc ss and iov, and often of llll1't11. The .L-pq.: Hmlipcleii-S1dney Boys, excluding our honored and revered Captain, Dr. J. M. P. Atkinson, who was the president of the college and also a dis- tinguished minister, was literally composed of boys. There was great grief on our arrival in Rielnnond ali ll report that the Governor of Virginia would not allow thc eoni mn if l o i i ' , li 'm me mustered in because the boys were too young. lVe sent El eoinnuitlee to the Governor 1'o plead our ouuse, and great were the Cll'lll0llSl'.l'2lll0llS of joy when the Governor consented to pass us into the ranks of C'onfedernle soldiers. lCX0ll'l'llll'lll was intense. These were our days of lmoyant youth and inurtial spirit. We knew nofliinfv' F' of The serious side of war. XVll2llUVl'l' others might Think, we feared onlv that Y the conflict might end before n e could gel' to the front. NVo were iinpslliienf 29 HAM.IJIJEN-SIDNEY boy ulxvuys recalls his experience of our Civil . ' D ' D' ' . f Qfaw n' K4 ' aa fx