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From: "Fran Warren" <>
Subject: [AR-OLD-NEWS] March 21, 1876 Van Buren Press
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 08:57:55 -0800

Van Buren Press
Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas

March 21, 1876

While arguing a case before the United States Supreme Court in Washington a
few days ago, says the Chicago Legal News, Albert Pike made a clever reply
to an objection of Attorney General Pierrepont. The Attorney General had
questioned the evidence of one of Mr. Pike's witnesses on the ground of the
extreme age of the man- 73 years- and presumptive failure of his faculties.
"Well, your Honors," said Mr. Pike, "I don't altogether like that myself,
for I am now 66 years old, and in a little while I shall be 70, and even 73
and I am somewhat sensitive about old men with no memories. I see no the
bench before me one justice hearing this case who is 69 years old, and
another who is 72 and I would like to ask with what force the Attorney
General's argument strikes them that a man has no memory at their ages?" Mr.
Peirrepoint yielded the point. The client for whom Mr. Pike was arguing was
Ex-Governor Rector, of Arkansas, with whom he had once fought a duel.

The New York Sun, from which the above is copied, is in error in regard to
Governor Rector being the man who fought the duel with General Pike. It was
Hon. John S. Roane.

Fran Alverson Warren
e-mail:
501-369-2703
http://www.crawfordcountyarkansas.net/

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