. Ben Hardin; his times and contemporaries, with selections from his speeches. and en-joyed an extensive , more than any of his asso-ciates, suffered from the par-tisan heat of the period byassaults on his private charac-ter. So violent were thesethat he professed to fear as-sassination. John Trimblewas born December 4, was a brother of RobertTrimble, who died while a justice of the Supreme Court of the UnitedStates, and of whom Judge Story said: Men might differ withrespect to the rank of other lawyers, but all admitted that no onewas superior to Robert Trimble in talents,
. Ben Hardin; his times and contemporaries, with selections from his speeches. and en-joyed an extensive , more than any of his asso-ciates, suffered from the par-tisan heat of the period byassaults on his private charac-ter. So violent were thesethat he professed to fear as-sassination. John Trimblewas born December 4, was a brother of RobertTrimble, who died while a justice of the Supreme Court of the UnitedStates, and of whom Judge Story said: Men might differ withrespect to the rank of other lawyers, but all admitted that no onewas superior to Robert Trimble in talents, in learning, in aciiteness,in sagacity. But the relationship existing between these brotherswas of blood only, not of genius. The educational advantages ofJohn, in early life, were inferior to those enjoyed by his distinguishedbrother. When nineteen, he was secretary of Robert Evans, gov-ernor of Indiana Territory. After this, he studied law with thatrenowned preceptor, George Nicholas, of Lexington. He practicedlaw at Paris from 1807 to 1816. He was then appointed Circuit. William Taylor Barry. 138 BEN HARDIN. judge, Upon which he removed to Cynthiana. His abihty was ques-tioned by some while he was acting as Appellate judge. This mayhave resulted from partisan rancor, or because (as Collins says) onlythose who knew him intimately suspected the general variety of hisknowledge and his severely-critical judgment. Davidges sole claimto distinction seems to have been his appointment to the vacancycaused by Pattons death. These men did not measure in abilitywith the bench of the old court. The danger of such a compar-ison seems to have been overlooked by the Relief governor. TheLegislature also committed another serious mistake to the party detri-ment. The majority chose their leader, John Rowan, United StatesSenator. They thus not only lost the benefit of his personal leader-ship, a loss that was irreparable, but his influence was diminished bythe charge that ambition had been his
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