Wisconsin herald, and Grant County advertiser. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1844-1845, 1845-04-19

o. either hand, and put itup. These men
lie knew would thrive"
Lord Brooke says Of the profession,
thot
" Because their ends being merely avaHce,
They wind their wits to such nmble strain
As helps 10 blind the judge and give him eyes"
Beaumont and Fletcher, in the "Wo-
man pleased" describes justice as usu-
ally administered in our courts OF law,
to be "a cheese monger," who with
her bandagc and her scales
Weights nothing to the world tu, mites and
Md a xlain stink"
The venerable Dome, aptly chacac-
tcrizes spruce young lawyer as
" an impudenee and tongue"
A few are the cities and villages Of
our land who cannot boast of their DO.
mimic Picklock, as drawn by the pen
Gil Of old Ben
b" Here is Dominic Pickloek,
My man of law, soiicils nll ny causes,
Follows my business, makes and compounds my
quaues,
between my tenants and me sows all my strifes;
And Ieaps them too; troubles the country Tor me
And yexes any neighbor Iha' piensa."
II such be the general character OF
the profession, and who 80 bold as to
gansay it then ought the petition TO
be granted, and " allm to be admit
ted to the bars" for an evil dillused,
may be rendered inoeuous, as dllu-
ted poison may be valuable medicine.
II, rs many have supposed, and with
obvious plausibility, that the " Latter
day." hath drawn upon the earth, and
men "shall set uLdcr their own vino,
and their own fg-trccs," why not cv.-
ry man become his own lawyer, plead
his own cases, obtain Justice for his own
self and save his own fees"
Yom committee would further sub
init whether the present system OF eX-
clusion, be no, violation OF that con-
stitutional provision which inhibits ANY
man or set Of men from the enjoyment
Of exclusive or separate privileges
const. AIT. LIST, sec. 3.
Under this view of the subject, your
committee rejoice that they arc able to
recommend the utter dissolution OF
the monopoly OF lawyershlP. And to
carry out their purposes, to submit the
accompanying bill, and advise its pas
sage rs every way worthy cfthis trans
condcntal state Of legal perfection and
notoricty.
Instead oft complex aud often III
diculous forms for breaches OF promise
to marry. the committee would adopt
the following. which may be ioundSm
page l. of their bill:
"A. Il. complains Of ID. T.. for NOT
marrying her according to his agrees
mcnt. and claims damage to the am
cunt of $500; offers to take iudgniehr
for $500 rather than liugalc.'
This form may be easily varied to
suit the case. Ii c;rcumstahHaf de-
tail be preferred, the whole story may
DC told in few words. 70
Thus, in cases Of assault and battery
"X.Y. complains OF Z. * for kicking
him "whcrc he lvcd,"--didn,t ika
it-tore his trowscrs-bruised his skin
wounded his honor, and exposed his
shame. y. y. Demands $500 for his
honor. 81, for his trowscrsyand 25cts
for the plaster: rathsr than litigase'
will take 81 cents for the whole
YOUR committee arc so convinced OF
the ihsticc, propriety. economy, safety
and popularity OF the above system,
that they unhesitaiing'y advise the
passage Of tho bill. and ask 10 be dis
charged from the farther consideration
ofihe subject.
w. NORMAN Mac LEoD. chairman.
"lf you can't stand before the truth
Aou must falln As the man said when