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to respect, and that enactments in violation of such principles were void. He adhered firmly to the doctrine of local self-government. While he was attached to the Constitution of the United States and acknowledged its supremacy, he was a Staterights man in the best sense of the word, and jealous of any interference of the Fed eral government, its congress or its courts. Indeed he was equally zealous in asserting the rights of the State against the general government, the rights of the municipality against the State, and the individual against them all. In every conflict between a su perior 'and an inferior power his sympa thies instinctively went out to the weaker side. His manner upon the bench was the per fection of judicial courtesy. He was a pa tient and attentive listener, deferential even to the youngest members of the bar, delib erate in his judgments, but inflexible in his opinions. Beneath his placid face and gra cious demeanor lay an iron will, a resolution that knew no variableness or shadow of turning. But it is not alone as a jurist that Judge Campbell was known to the people of his State. He was both a student and a teacher He was a discriminating reader of the polite literature of the day. He was versed in the law of Continental Europe and particularly in that of France. He was more familiar with the pioneer life of the Northwest and with the early history of the State of Michigan than any man within its borders. Some of the fruits of his re searches he gathered in book form, under the modest title of the " Outlines of the Political History of Michigan." He wrote with extraordinary ease, and graceful emana tions from his pen occasionally found their way to the public prints. He was one of the

founders of the Law School of the Univer sity, and for twenty-five years lectured to its students upon Equity, Criminal Law, and Federal Jurisprudence. His lectures were replete with learning and beauty of style; while his kindly face and benignant smile won their way to the hearts of his hearers. His private life was a model of purity; in short he was a gentleman in every sense of the word, — dignified in bearing, refined in language, genial and happy in disposition, faithful to his church, generous to charity, devoted to his family and friends, and punc tual in the discharge of his pecuniary obli gations. No untoward action ever marred the harmony of his character; no coarse or unseemly expression ever escaped his lips. His walk and conversation were known and observed of all men, and to no one was ever more applicable the familiar line of Horace : "Integer vitae, scelerisque purus." When not engaged in court or in the prepa ration of opinions, his life was largely devoted to literary pursuits. He was attached to his home, and seemed to take but little interest in ordinary social entertainments. He rarely left the State even for a summer vacation. He was delightfully entertaining and instruc tive in conversation, but appeared rather to shun than seek for opportunities of social intercourse. His death seemed rather like the comple tion than the extinguishment of a noble life. A domestic bereavement in the loss of his wife had preyed upon his vitality as well as his spirits. He had aged perceptibly during the last year, and when the final summons came it found him seated peacefully in his chair, already prepared for the last great change which sooner or later comes to us all.