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 434 Church, had been extremely active in bring reputation for integrity, for faithful and care ing about the adoption of the Constitution, ful reasoning, and for firmness in maintaining and had taken part in the convention, advo his conclusions. He lived for twelve years cating there a permanent judiciary, free ex after his retirement. Hon. Morrison R. ercise of the elective franchise, the rights of Waite, late Chief-Justice of the United States the minority, and the separation of Church Supreme Court, was his son. and State, At his graduation from Yale in William L. Storrs, Chief-Justice from 1857 1803 he was known as a good student of until his death in 1861, graduated from Yale belles-lettres. His work as a historical and in 18 14, was several times in the State Leg

political writer, as a islature and two terms lawyer and as a judge, in Congress. His ju was marked by the dicial service, like most thorough re Judge Waite's, was a search and prepara long one, twenty-one tion and by unusual years in all. He has literary excellence. already been noticed His opinions are in the quotation in spoken of by Hollister, which he and Judge the historian, as among Williams are com the most lucid and pared. It was said learned in American that his judicial ability law writings. was not so evident in Henry Matson the earlier years of Waite, his successor, his service, but seemed served but three years to be developed by as Chief-Justice, reach experience. His por ing the constitutional trait has already ap peared in this journal limit of age in 1857, but had been a mem among those of the ber of the court for former professors of twenty years, making the Yale Law School. his whole term of | Even longer than service one of the the service of either ELISHA CARPENTER. longest in the history Judge Waite or Judge of the court. He Storrs was that of graduated at Yale in 1809, and studied Joel Hinman. Appointed to the court when with Hon. Matthew Griswold and Gov. yet a young man, he remained a member Roger Griswold. He was a native and life twenty-eight years, until his death in 1870. long resident of Lynn, with the exception of He was Chief-Justice for the last nine years a year or two in early life, and frequently of his service. The bar still remember him represented that town in the Legislature. with the liveliest interest, — a survival of the feeling with which he was regarded while In politics he had been a Federalist, and ad hered faithfully to the principles of that upon the bench. His appointment to the party. The embarrassments caused by the court was a surprise to himself as well as to war of 18 12 and the consequent litigation, every one else. The late Alfred S. Blackin which Judge Waite was actively engaged, man, a prominent lawyer of New Haven, and he were intimate friends, and often roomed started him in his long and successful pro fessional career. As a judge he had a high together when upon the circuit. In 1842