Senator Benjamin H Hill of Georgia; his life, speeches and writings . s with the Indians and Mexicans, William Pinckney Hill settledin Texas, selecting the law as his profession. He rose to great eminence asa lawyer and was easily the leader of the Texas bar. I have heard myfather state that if the Southern Confederacy had established a supremecourt, that Mr. Davis would have selected his brother as the first chiefjustice. Many political honors were offered to him but he declined themall, preferring to devote himself to his profession. My father thought himthe most gifted member of the family,
Senator Benjamin H Hill of Georgia; his life, speeches and writings . s with the Indians and Mexicans, William Pinckney Hill settledin Texas, selecting the law as his profession. He rose to great eminence asa lawyer and was easily the leader of the Texas bar. I have heard myfather state that if the Southern Confederacy had established a supremecourt, that Mr. Davis would have selected his brother as the first chiefjustice. Many political honors were offered to him but he declined themall, preferring to devote himself to his profession. My father thought himthe most gifted member of the family, and was very proud of him. In1869, the year the writer graduated from the University of Georgia, thisuncle came to Athens on a visit to his brother. He impressed me as a manof vast information, great culture, and was a most brilliant and fascinatingconversationalist. He was not, however, the equal of his younger brother inoriginality, depth and strength of thought. The late Jeremiah Black, oneof the greatest of American lawyers, said that William Pinckney Hill was. - I—I w o X! o H
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