Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-11-16

by the members OF the bar Mt Cincin.
natl, ne Vas addressed by Judgo Este
and replied la the following GeIicilou,
manner:
lloN,RSD Sis-BsEruREx OF THE Ban:
1t has been my fortune ,iu ring The last
Eaif year, To appear before my fellow
citizens IN various States Of The Union
under circumstances such as never &C.
CURED before IN the whole course OF my
lille but among all these occasions,
there lns not been one for which / was
SO totally unprep ,red IA now. have
received complimentary addresses from
fellow citizens OF e cry class, character
denomination and party; but this is The
hrst Inns that have rcccIveJ a triLu:e
OF that Dature from my professional
brethren
have been member CT thai q. ofes-
sion upwards OF half ccntur, la
the early part Of my life, having ia
ther abroad. il was my fortune To- travel
much IN foreign countries still under
the Impression that | received from nv
mo her, that in this country cvcry man
should have some trade, which, from
The advice OF my parent, an my own
fnclin tii''n, chose, was the profession
"i the Law. Afer having completed
IN education in which, PERHAPS more
than aay other citizen of that time,
had advantages -and winch of course
brought with it the incumb.nt duty of
,aaniiesting by my life thai those extra
ordinary advantages or education secur
cd by my father, had not ,baen worth .
iessiy bestowed-on comiug into life at
ter such great advantages and having
the DUTY of selecting profession for
mysei!, chose that OF the Bar. clos
ed my education rs a LAWYER with one
o. the most eninent juriSts of the age
Theophiius Parsons Of NewburypSrt,
nj that time n practising LAWYER, but
subsequently Chief Justice Of the Com
monwealth uf Massachuset Under
his instruction and advice, closed nv
= education and com nenceI what | can
hardly call the practice OF tho law, IN
he city Of Boston.
Al that time, though can moi saw
that | was fricndless, yet my circum-
stances wore not independent. NV ia
tber was then in situation OF great res
possibility and notoriety, in the Cow
ernment of the United States. But he
had been long absent from his own
country, and still continued absent from
that part OF it to which he belonged, and
Of which ! was a native. went there.
fore as volunteer-an adventurer-to
Boston -as probably many Of you whom
j now SEQ before me, may consider your
selves as having come To Cincinnati =
was without support Of any kind.
may say | was u stranger in that city
though almost native OF the spot.
say can hardly call il practice because
for the space OF one year from that tine
il would be difficult for me 10 name any
practice which had 10 do. For tw,
years, indeed, | can recall nolhino ID
which | was engaged, that may be term
ed practice; though during the second
year there were some symptoms, thal
by that PerSeverlns patience Of which
yoi, sir, have spoken in such eloquent
trems, practice might come in time.
The third year | continued this pa
hence and perseverance,. aud having III,
tie to do, occupied my time in studying
those laws and institutions which have
Ance b,en called to administer. At the
end OF the third year, had obtained
some thing that might be called practice
The fourth year, found it s~eIlin Q
10 such an ex'ent, that | felt no longer
any concern as to my future destiny, as
member Of tn It profession. lSut in
the midst of the fourth year, by the will
Of the first President Of the u. States.
and with which the Senate was pleased
concur, was selected for a station.
tot, perhaps, Of more usefulness, but OF
greater consequence in the estimation of
mankind, and sent from home OH q mis-.
sion to foreign parts.
From that iime-the fourth wear af.
ter my admission to the bar OF my ma
tive state, and the fret year Of my adj
Inission TO the Supreme Court OF the
United Sta;es-I was deprived OF the ex
erclse Of any further industry or labor
at the bar, by this distinction, distinc.
ton for which a previous education at
the bar, if not an Indispensable qualif.
cation, was at least most useful appcn.
dage. From that time. my practice al
the bar has been little more than dur.
log the FIRST year.
! was absent in Europe on that mis-
sion, succeeded by others which Il was
the pleasure Of the first President 10
conhde TO me, for seven years. Return
ing then to my native country, again
commenced the practice OF my profcs-
sion in Boston But in the FIRST wear. |
was again selected 10 an Office which no
longer admitted Of my practising at the
bar From that lime, now upwards Of
forty years, ] have appeared at the bar
hut onca--and that svtfhtr ~ -, 49,