James D. Hague 



With all his devotion to foreign 

 interests, he was a most patriotic citi- 

 zen, thoroughly American in spirit 

 and purpose and a firm believer in 

 the high vocation and destiny of the 

 American people among the nations 

 of the earth. He labored persistently 

 to accomplish some desired measures 

 of reform, notably in the Jury laws, 

 of which, it is said, that certain legis- 

 lative amendments, made in several 

 States, have been largely due to his 

 efforts. He was an active though 

 not a leading member of the cele- 

 brated Vigilance Committee in San 

 Francisco (1856) and liked to tell in 

 later years of his participation in that 

 public service. 



One object of his constant atten- 

 tion at home was the Golden Gate 

 Park, between the city and the sea, 

 or, more particularly, the aviary there, 

 which was created and maintained by 

 the Park commissioners mainly by 

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