Sliarswooil.] 518 [December 4. 



Many deserving properties were centered in the eminent person, 

 to whom it is tlie object of this resolution to offer a public tribute 

 of respect and gratitude: i)roperties which justify the feeling 

 imiversally entertained for him as the pride and boast of his 

 countr3nnen. When this and much more shall be done by them, 

 tlie nation and posterity will continue to be immeasurably his 

 debtors. I submit the resolution as a cheerful acknowledgment 

 of the debt sxe owe, and as the pledge of an effort to repay it in 

 the emulation of his virtues." 



It is a very high testimonial to the estimation in which ^\\\ 

 Ingersoll was held as a lawyer and a man, that so many young 

 men Avere placed under his direction by their own choice or that 

 of their parents or guardians, to be trained for the bar. I have 

 a list taken from his Diary, commencing in 1826, of forty-five 

 names : some eight or ten preceded that period. His course 

 toward them Avas marked by great fidelity as well as kindness. 

 He not oidy prescribed their course of reading, and examined 

 them at short stated intervals as to their progress, and under- 

 standing of the subject — but took care by employing them in 

 the jireparation of pleadings and other legal papers — in making 

 searches in the offices, and occasionally attending before magis- 

 trates and arbitrators, that they should be initiated in the prac- 

 tice of their profession. He was always ready to resolve their 

 doubts, or to explain what thej^ could not understand in the 

 course of their studies. He followed them after their admission 

 to the bar, with advice and encouragement, associating them with 

 him in the trial of causes, and manifesting in ever^^ way a deep 

 interest in their success. Man^' of them have done honor to his 

 instructions by eminence in their profession, and have concurred 

 in cherishing and expressing on all suitable occasions, their con- 

 fidence, respect, and affection for him. To me it is a source of 

 pride and gratification, that having been one of his students, and 

 honored as I believe with his friendship and regard after leaving 

 his office, I am permitted the privilege, on an occasion like this, 

 to record my sense of the obligation under which he placed me, 

 and to testify my reverence and gratitude. An qtncquam nobis 

 tali sit munere mojus ? 



Mr. Ingersoll's character at the bar was that of a polished ad- 

 vocate. No man more thoroughly identified himself with the 

 cause of his client, and threw his whole soul into it. Indeed, his 



