Discourse in Memory of the Life and Character of the Hon. Geo, E. Badger (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Discourse in Memory of the Life and Character of the Hon. Geo, E. BadgerMy acquaintance with Mr. Badger commenced in the latter part of the summer of eighteen hundred and twenty-five. He had already completed his service as a. Judge, which office he resigned at the close of the spring circuit of that year, had contested the palm of forensic eloquence and professional learning with Seawell and Gaston, with a wide increase of reputation, at the recent term of the Supreme Court, and was returned to the practice in Orange, where he had once resided, in generous competition with Murphey and Nash, Yancey and Mangum, Hawks, Haywood and others, Mr. Ruftin, hitherto the leader at this bur, having been appointed his successor on the bench of the Superior Court.He was then a little turned of thirty years of age. One half of the time since his majority had been passed upon the bench, yet his fame as a lawyer was fully established, and though he doubtless afterwards added vastly to his stores of erudition, in quickness of perception, readiness of comprehension, clear and forcible reasoning, elegant and imposing diction, in all that constitutes an orator and advocate, he had attained an eminence hardly surpassed at any period of his life. From that time, and before it I know not how long, till the day lie was stricken by the disease which terminated his life, in North Carolina, at least, his name was on every tongue. He was not only a marked, and distinguished, but an eminent man.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.