Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-01-03
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AN APPEAL To LAWYERS,


Dear Brethren: Looking over my fee book the
other day. was wonder-slricEen 10 find that three
toilrths Of nv profits had sprung from what think
YOU? Why, from those delicious beverages which
the temperance folks would Danish from use.
Nearly all Inv tallest fees have been in cases
that grew ont OF liquor. Every writ for divorce,
or for separate maintenance, that | have crcf
been concerned in, half the actions of slanier,
nne-len!hs Of the Observation-Disclosures cases, and
our-iitihs of those most interesting and best paid
controversies, criminal prosecutions, have come
from that source. When those delicate Jars
arise, which the vulgar deem discoldS, between
man and wife, growing al lrnoih 10 such pitch
that nothing but Two pairs OF lawyers and Il
Chancellor can regulate them: ard when, out OF
these discords, each lawyer with wizard skill has
evoked harmony the most delightful 10 his cara
tune ol two four or five hundred dollars: 10 what
is it all owingl Uugraeful dog. il he doubts OF
ioigets il: he owes it all 10 DRINK The husband
would have pIod,lcd on through life, in>ipidly 10
wing his vile and doing his duties. (ot no
use 10 LAWYER clcli or shcriil.) bit for The
timely Intervention OF our friend. the bottle
This made him generous ID those who had no
Claims npon him, al the expense OF those who had
claims. Ti:S made him negligent, and dasiIin".
IN 4 .eni9maniv Way: delightful Ia his tavern
companions though now and then rough 10 his
wife: made him ccEirac; debts h. knew no, how;
leave his house and farm 10 get out OF order his
family 10 lie ill-supplicd, The wuman's heart 10
throb strangely and her check to grow thin and
pale. Executions would come. The scenes on
his midniehly return, would wax richer and
richer in inc 'dcnl--more and more Striking, a
wlnsicr would say-till she conld bear them nc
longer; andre were called n Then the fees
know an Attorney for the Common wealth.
who swcalS that he has been concerned in do
zen cases or more, OF wires asking surety Of Inc
peace against their husbands: and that in all 81
them save one, the wives declared on OATH thai
tie violence they had suffered was only when
their lords were in liquor. Now all these cases
were yrist iof mn mill.
Even the palmer, coiieciiag husincss-aciion'
Of dcbS, and upon accountS--wc o%e mostly |;
our ally, Mr. Barlrycurn. Gaming, usury, bad
bargains, i'll lhrn, misunderstanding about con
tracts, unperceivcd decays Of fortune, and many
other causes of difficulty leading 10 lawsuits
arise oul OF Ike cup OF kindness" When The
farmer lets his store account run on, unpaid, fol
50 many wears that The mcrchan, has 10 size, ter
To one (iftiat account j, moi chiefly for liquor TIC
farmer has large liquor account somewhere
else
The liquor sellers thcmselvcs-what inesl-
mablc customers Mcyare. 10 lawyers How vas
a proportion Of The bonds, notes and accounts
annually put in suit. come from The desks o
those noble patrons Of science and otari. pa.ron'
OF law and its kindred scienres.-ot dislilaiior
and lis affiliated arts. Phy>c, paupermaking, III,
ccin-inanuiac,ure, pri.on-b,lidin2, yallows-ra
king and all kinds Of penitrn,iary work no! {
mention transpor,-navigation and the exploring
Of new countries (Boiany Bay, &c, are few
of the arts that thrive BY means Of the liqnor scl
nat atx ,rnulI ~ n ~ n
wonld wish 10 spoil their busincssl Are We silly
children, to quarrel with our bread and butter?-
The loss of their direct custom wuuld lose mc
hundreds a year; and their indirect agency make:
more than hall my fortune.
Nar. as man Mills the COW and works the OK
while they live, and eats them when Dead Sc
the good that those noble patrons do us lawyers
in their fall, is well nigh equal 10 the good they
do MS while they stand For grea; New iurh
Judge. much quoted By the temperance men, says
That of The tavern keepers and retailers OF rten
spirits in that State, during the last forty years
more than two-thirls have become drunsaTds, and
reduced their families 10 poverty" Now, !, IS no
doub, 50 loo in Virginia: and in The transit OF a
large liquor dealer from wealth 10 poverty, is il
not exhiEaiing 10 think how many good Jobs f.
lawyers occur? He takes deeds otrust hee%%: he
deeds of trust, which lawyer mpfiniuitude is
DIlusS " eu'1', creditors SCTdll-
brought against him: thfSrily Of payment out
Bile with each other fhoe scene, even in descrip-
OF his ELECTS: &c The chink OF money in my purse.
ton; sonpfnperance men quote another Judge,
lie testimony, mark how will turn against
lhcm thank the gentlemen Gas We say at The
Bari for Introducing such authorities. Judge
Hale said (Sir Matthew that if all the murders,
thelts, and other crimes which he had
seen prosecuted in forty years, were divided into
tiye parts, fonr of those parts would be found
s.rongdrin And this is said to be true
here in Virginia.
Now, mr. answer TO this is, that as every crimi-
nal nearly, employs one more lawyers, The
more criminals there are Tie better ior rs. So much
for Sir Matthew.
We therefore, in every view Of our best inter-
ests are bound to give no conntenance TO hi,
Temperance Reformation" The total-absti-
ncncc principle on which it proceeds nowadays,
threatens our staunches, ally with cxtirpaton-
LIE, US not aid or abet The cold-water fanatics in
their crusade against the feast of reason and the
flow of SOUL Temperate drinking is the thing
for u.s. If We drink temporarily (being men aof
mark and likelihood') many others will insensi-
bly, glide into excess to the great increase Of our
harves,s. We shall also conciliate the liquor
vendors. And by haunting bar-rooms, or other