The Late Chief Justice Roger B. Taney. 37 



lived to the great age of eighty : seven, discharging the 

 duties of his office with all fidelity. He lived in charity 

 and good will towards men, and died at last without a stain 

 upon his personal character. He saw the light before the 

 battle of Saratoga had been fought, and, well stricken in 

 years, he heard also the thunders of Gettysburgh. 



