Selected Correspondance of Abraham Lincoln 1850 Resolutions On The Death Of Judge Nathaniel Pope
by Abraham Lincoln
Circuit and District Court of the U. S. in and for the State and District
of Illinois. Monday, June 3, 1850.
On the opening of the Court this morning, the Hon. A. Lincoln, a member
of the Bar of this Court, suggested the death of the Hon. Nathaniel Pope,
late a judge of this Court, since the adjournment of the last term;
whereupon, in token of respect for the memory of the deceased, it is
ordered that the Court do now adjourn until to-morrow morning at ten
o'clock.
The Hon. Stephen T. Logan, the Hon. Norman H. Purple, the Hon. David L.
Gregg, the Hon. A. Lincoln, and George W. Meeker, Esq., were appointed a
Committee to prepare resolutions.
Whereupon, the Hon. Stephen T. Logan, in behalf of the Committee,
presented the following preamble and resolutions:
Whereas The Hon. Nathaniel Pope, District Judge of the United States
Court for the District of Illinois, having departed this life during the
last vacation of said Court, and the members of the Bar of said Court,
entertaining the highest veneration for his memory, a profound respect for
his ability, great experience, and learning as a judge, and cherishing
for his many virtues, public and private, his earnest simplicity of
character and unostentatious deportment, both in his public and private
relations, the most lively and affectionate recollections, have
Resolved, That, as a manifestation of their deep sense of the loss which
has been sustained in his death, they will wear the usual badge of
mourning during the residue of the term.
Resolved, That the Chairman communicate to the family of the deceased a
copy of these proceedings, with an assurance of our sincere condolence on
account of their heavy bereavement.
Resolved, That the Hon. A. Williams, District Attorney of this Court, be
requested in behalf of the meeting to present these proceedings to the
Circuit Court, and respectfully to ask that they may be entered on the
records.
