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in her service; and his attachment to the liberties and independence of these United 

 States was inviolable. By the citizens of his county he was chosen to represent tliem 

 in the convention wliich formed the first constitution of this commonwealth, but it is 

 ■just to add, that instrument did not meet his entire approbation. As a member of the 

 Legislature, frequently elected, his talents were useful, his exertions and industry un- 

 remitted; and when, towards the close of the Revolutionary war, he was appointed to 

 represent this State in Congress, he carried with him into that body the same invaluable 

 qualities, the same firm and inflexible integrity. 



The law was his profession, and he practised with industry and success, seeking to 

 do justice, but abhorring iniquity and oppression; never greedy of gain, he was mod- 

 erate in receiving the honorable revk'ard of his professional services. He was a father 

 to those who confided in him, however poor or afllicted. He delighted to encourage 

 merit and virtue wherever he found them ; but he exposed, with severity, violence, 

 fraud and iniquity, whether clothed in rags or shrouded behind the mantle of wealth 

 or influence. To those who sought it, he gave honest and sound advice in questions 

 of law, according to the best of his skill and judgment. He discouraged law suits, and 

 scorned to foment litigation for the sake of gain. He may have frequently erred — 

 more frequently may have been deceived by statements imposed upon him by clients j 

 but he never, knowingly, recommended the prosecution of an unjust cause. 



When the judiciary department, under the present constitution of Pennsylvania, was 

 organized, he was appointed President of the district composed of the counties of 

 Cumberland, Miftlin, Huntingdon, Bedford and Franklin, in which office he continued 

 until, upon the resignation of Mr. Bradford, he was appointed a Judge of the Supreme 

 Court of Pennsylvania. The arduous duties of both those stations he performed with 

 skill and integrity. He spared not himself in sickness or in health — he shrunk from 

 no labor or fatigue. Although his constitution was wearing away, his high sense of 

 duty foreclosed from his view his approaching danger; or, though he beheld it, it ap- 

 peared to him trivial in comparison with what he considered the obligations of con- 

 science. He never tasted the bread of idleness ; nor would he have touched the 

 emoluments of office if unable to perform its duties. But he sunk under this too 

 zealous attention to rigid duty, at an age not greatly advanced ; and when, by a little 

 indulgence and self-denial (most surely justifiable), he might yet have been spared to 

 his afflicted family. 



The exprt--^sions of his features were apparently austere : his outward manners were 

 not marked w .ili grace or softness. In conversation, his sentiments were delivered 

 with blunt sincerity, and were sometimes supposed, by those who knew him, not to 

 designate the character of harshness — but his heart was replete with the finest qualities 

 which could adorn it — humane, lienevolent and just. — In his friendships ardent and 

 sincere, and his acts of friendship executed with peculiar delicacy and grace. In all 

 his dealings he was scrupulously exact, and there exists no man who can truly say he 

 has received from him an injury. Those who knew him well will not hesitate to ac- 

 knowledge the correctness of this brief eulogium on departed worth. 



To his family his loss is irreparable ; as a husband and a father, he was affectionate, 

 mild, indulgent. The happiness of his family was the great object of his life. Do- 

 mestic harmony reigned in his household. His mansion was the abode of hospitality ; 

 long, very long will his loss be mourned; the memory of his virtues will remain as 

 their sweetest consolation ; but the deep felt sorrows of his afllicted widow and chil- 

 dren cannot recall the husband, father, friend. 



