cruel contests of the troublous times and contentions which convulsed his State, much that was unkind came to the surface; but in the calmer years of retrospect, happily "death holds a flag of truce over its own; under that flag friend and foe sit peacefully together—passions stilled, benevolence restored, wrongs repaired, and justice done." As time passes, bitterness and acrimony are forgotten. Blessed be the kindly feeling! And as the past is viewed through the mellowing atmosphere of time, old friendships are renewed, and the grateful seed of charity and forbearance bring forth a fruitage whose harvests blossom for all eternity.
Among the precious legacies left by the past our dead friend prized the letters written him by the martyr President Lincoln. They embodied the thoughts of that most imperial brain penned during "the great evolution of history—that creative act, so to speak, which still exercises an influence over the destinies of mankind." The great ruler regarded him with warm feeling, commended his moderation and wise use of power, and gratefully acknowledged his devotion to country, liberty, and law. Well may his heart have been animated with just pride as he read the lines, as he often did, traced by the hand that lifted up humanity and made the flag the honest emblem of a free and happy nation.
The life of Judge Hahn has closed. It is a tribute to the genius of our institutions that the child of another clime came to our shores and his worth so recognized to call him to the highest places in the gift of his people, for they were his people and he was theirs. He sought to build anew the broken fortunes of the section where his lot was cast. In all positions of responsibility and trust he exercised their powers wisely and well, with an eye single to the prosperity and advancement of the nation and those whom he served.
The useful life is over. With him the world's sun has gone down in the shadow of death, but to emerge in the full light of God's eternal day. Farewell, true patriot and friend of freedom. Thy days on earth have been lor the benefit of others more than lor thine own,
