Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-11-12

Where wisdom and science its value displays.
Where wisdom and science its value displays.
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From ssA collection Of Scarce ant VaS~ao5e
Tract" by e. somers printed in i746.
THE CHARACTER Of AN HONEST
LAWYER.
An honest lawyer, is the ine-guaru
of Our fortunes the best collateral Sc
curitv for an estate. A trusty pilot to
steer one through the dangerous land
oft times inevitably Ocean or Nonten-
<t;on. true prizes Of Justice, that mel.
ebar sacrifices TO fraud nor covetous-
ness and in this out-does those OF
bioher function, thai he can make peo-
MIA honest. that are sermon-Proof He
!. an infalliable anatomiss, of Meune and
Txum. that will presently search
eanss to the quick, and find out the
neccant humour, the little lurking
cheat, though mask'd in never so fair
pretences. One that practices law. SO
as not to forget the gospel but always
wears conscience as we'll IS a gown
he weighs the cause more THAI the gold.
an3 if that will no. bear the touch, IN
oenerons scorn puts back the fee.---
Though 1e knows all the criticisms OF
his faculty, and the nice SnaPPeraoo's
of practice, yet ne never uses them, M
less in defensive way to countsrmlne
the plots of knavery, for he affects not
the devehsh skill of out-batfng right
nor aims at the shameful glory OF MAX
;op . bad Cause good, but with equal
cootsmut hates the wolves study, and
the dogs eloquence. and dlsdalns 70
~no,v rrsat by crimes, or build himself
? fortune on the spoil of the oppressed,
M the ruins of the widows and orphans.
Vt. ba. more reverence for his proles-
a;on than to debauch 1T to unrighteous
nurposes, and mad rather be dumb than
suffer his tongue to pimp for injustice,
.or,club his parts to bolster up oiaeat
with the legerdemain of law-craft
Hs is not fac'd like Janus, TO take
retaining fee from the plaintiff, and at
terwards a back handed bride from the
Defendant, nor so doubletongu'd, that
one nay purchase his pleading, and the
other at the same or larger price, his
silence. But when he undertakes
business, he espouses itln eacnest, ana
does not follow cause but manages 1t.
A notifying letter from the adversa-
ries potent friend, a noble treat, or the
remora Of lusty present to his wife,
have no influence to make him siacken
his proceedings, for he is so Jealous tor
his clients interest, that you may soon
er divorce the Sun from the ecllPtlck,
than warp him from bis integrity, yet
stili is his patron only asqIe dd Ards,
(as far as JUST for if once he finds the
business smell rank, St. Mark 8 Trea-
surer the Mines OF Potosi, are too
small fee to engage him one step fur
sher.
As his profession is honorable SO his
adncation has been liberal and ingeni.
Gus, far different from that of some jilt-
ing pestyfoggers and purse-milking law
drivers, whose breeding, like cue.
kow,s. is in the nest of another trade,
where they learn wrangling and kna.
very enough in their own cause tospoll
those of o her men, and with sweetened
ingredients of mechanic fraud com.
pound themselves tho simple enough)
fit INSTRUMENT. for villiany. But his
greener years were seasoned with lite.
nature, and can give better proofs OF
his university learning, than his reck-
oning up the colleges, and boastlng his
name in the Buttery book. He under
stands logic, the method of right reas-
ening and rhetoric. the art OF Persua-
sion, is wells in history, (the tree
school of prudence) and no stranger to
the ethics and politics If the antients !;
he isskilled in other languages, besides
Declaration Latin, add Norman Glib.
bsrish he reads Plato and Tuily, be.
fore he saw either Littieton or the Sta
tate Book, and ounded in the prinei-
pies of nature, and customs of nations.
came [lotis aaGRi5Gsl to the study of
our common municipal laws which he
teasd to DO usss!tcrmns arnoruss opus,