University of Michigan Law School - Quad Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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look for from the Turk than from the Christian, and what would call for the aid of the sword in its promulgation, rather than the doctrine of peace and good will. lt is true that the crusade is not ristian faith, but it is wholly directed at those who profess the Ch none the less detestable for that reason, our protest is against the chain with which it is proposed to bind the conscience, and the manner in which we would impose, at the opening of the twentieth century, restrictions upon the liberty we made so broad and invited hare with us when we first laid the foundation of the the world to s national life. The simplicity of childhood Professor Campbell retained in great measure to the last. He loved to witness and enjoy the sports of children, his fireside was the point to attraction, and his most agreeable companions were those whom for nurture and support. He which he felt most the Heavenly Father had given him counted upon the coming of the holidays, Christmas was always ff Merrie Christmas to him, he loved as the year rolled around to elebration of the nation's birthday, for to him niiicance to all the world, but he cared nothing for the processions,. parades, etc., He' was always awake to .mat- ' ' dthou h ters of public interest, but as a patriot, not as a partisan, an g he had never studied the legal system of any other country as he studied the common law of England, he had a general knowledge of they' civil law that enabled' him to appreciate its merits and on of such features as we have very slowly but very usefully been appropriating from the wisdom of those to whom the world is indebted for it. participatein the c it had deep sig assist in an intelligent applicati Blessed be his memory. . THOMAS M. COOLEY.

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them, this wealth would come back to them manyfold. This W2lS the general belief, and the legislature voted the permission. It was useless while the craze lasted to point out that the proposed work of internal improvement concerned large sections of country rather than the municipalities, and that a precedent was being set to which there could be no limit but the legislative discretion, the people were calling for the privilege to vote and no scheme seemed to absurd to find advocates. In general the Courts sustained the votes. They found them not forbidden in terms bythe State Con- stitutions, and applying the general rule that whatever is not for- bidden is within the competency of popular power, they felt them- selves bound to uphold them. But justice Campbell held that there were principles which in the case of municipal corporations limited them within bounds whichthese votes very plainly trans- gressed, and that no express inhibition was needful to deprive them of constitutional power. It was enough that they did not belong to the general grant of powers belonging to local governments. Upon this principle he stood, and upon this he felt that he had a right to stand, whatever might be the holding elsewhere. t Allusion has been made above to the connection of Professor Campbell with the Episcopal Church, but it should be added that there was nothing about it that was in any degree of a narrow, sec- tarian nature, or that was calculated to raise question whether those to whom we owe the foundation of our political institutions were in error in laying broad and deep the basis of religious liberty. There was nothing of bigotry in his nature, and the appeal to which he responded was- that which the Master and the Savior makes directly to the hearts of men. Every week when the day arrived which the Christian world has set apart as sacred, he was accus- tomed to meet with those of like faith in some gathering place appropriated for the purpose and with becoming reverence bow in worship before this Mystery of the universe. But he was every- where the Christian, not the Sectarian, and neither in his public nor his private life did he recognize distinctions which had been formally and with emphasis rejected by our fathers when framing their charters of government. I deem myself justihed in placing' some stress upon this at a time when the country of Washington, Franklin and Jefferson is made missionary ground for the promul- gation of a bigotry that seems to resemble rather what we might I D

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