DELAWARE COUNTY. ■387 fitTie system of eletjting the judiciary can he safely relied upon^ in times of great political excitement. To Judge Parker, personally, a release from the cares and labors of the Bench, and an opportunity of resuming for a .time, his professional pursuits, can bring no regrets. He will gladly avail liimself of the repose it affords him, after so many years of severe intellectual and physical toil, — ^a repose that will only give additional energy to the strength and vigor ■of middle age. On his retirement from the bench, the following correspon- dence took place between the subject of this memoir and the Albany bar. As a man and a citizen. Judge Parker has won the esteem and respect of all who know him. His temper is singularly equa- hle and amiable^ his heart kind and capacious, his disposi- tion frank, manly and generous. His person is dignified, his «ountenan-ce beaming with a smile, jand his manners, polished in the best society, are easy, bland and courteous. Shortly after Judge Parker had retired from the bench, he received a communication from a large number of the most distinguished meml)ers of the bar, of the city of Albany, who, to use their own expression, " entertaining a high regard for the ability, courtesy, and impartiality evinced by you, in the dis- (Charge of your late judicial duties, are desirous of offering you, .on your retirement from the bench, some e:^press.ion of their respect and appreciation. They therefore earnestly request, that you permit your bust to be sculptuTcd, and when completed, deposited in the law department of the State Library,'^ In his reply, acceding to so flattering an expression of esteem, Judge Parker says: The term of my judicial service, has been one of great interest in the jurisprudence of the State, It has covered the period of transition from an old to a new iSj-stem of praatice, a new organization of the courts, and the
