The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-01-11

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ciples may have fair trial in California.
From the n. Y Tribune
Lawyers Duties.
Duties Of Attorneys and Solicitors; by
Samuel Warner, Of The inner Temple,
Barrisfer. Hdper and Brothers, pub
fishers lS49.
These excellent Lectures before the Law
Society Of the United Kingdom ought to
form the textbook Of every student of Law,
and the advice to the Attorneys Of G. Britain
may well BIO repeated as an admonition to
the Lawyers Of this country. Without
any unwarranted reflections upon the body
of which the writer of this notice is a mem
Der, he will venture TO place before them
the following extracts as worthy Of being
perused and hung upin their Offices for dai-
ly perusal and constant observance.
To you will come painting revenge mer-
CHESS oupidity; heard-hearted avarice; ha-
ted, malice, and all uncharitabless. Into
your ear will be poured, from time 10 time,
their fierce whispering, against their unfor-
tunate fellowcreatures. To gain their ends,
to wound the feelings Of an opponent, and
secure often some petty advantage, per.
sons employing you will not scruple 10 Vi
olate the sacred confidence Of social inter-
course; and it will be sought TO. make you
sure, willing, and sharp instrument, in
their unholy hands, to crafty their evil pas.
sions; to Cypress and crush the unhappy
and helpless; to persue for instance, the
hasty utterer of SANDER, the unthinking
wrong door, with deadly perinacity, and
consequent cruelty to both parties, when
a timely, kind, judicious interposition would
have healed the skin-deep wound, and re-
stored peace and amity. VIII you do these
things, my lriend3 Will you consent thus
to demean yourselves, and degrade your Of
fee? Nay, but God forbid! Yon shall on
the contrary, throughout life, remember
from whose awful lips fell the words,
" Blessed are the peace makerso You
shall say on such occasions, with noble
firmness, 81 will not do what you de-
mand. disdain to be the instrument
Of your vindiciiveness, ofyour over-reach-
ing avarice. will not be the conduit pipe
of your sweltering venom and malignity.
/ will not, at your bidding plunge your deb
tor into prison, and his family into the poor
house. will not hurry into the Gazette
one struggling manfully but desperately
with misfortune, and whom you would
PROSTATE with shor-sighted fury. will
not do all this, when am satisfied that they
are unfortunate only, and you cruel, exac
ting. I( you want 10 crush and TO destroy,
90 elsewhere! will not abuse the law !;
/ will not plunge its sharp weapons into
their hearts nor prostitute law, in my person
by giving effect to your unjust and ,yrani-
cal wishes!'
In regard TO the sAbuse Of Technical
ties'' the learned author says:
In the mean time, however, need ask
you, any one of liberal and honorable feel
ing, is The taking Of such objections, except
in extreme cases of unconscientious, fraud
uen, and oppressive demands set up against
your client, likely tomake the law respect
cd, or despised lovely, or haleluli You
know as we'll as do, that it is calculated
to embitter professional intercourse to
make practitioners despise and detest each
other ITO cast scorn and contempt on the
very name OF gentleman, as assumed by
persons capable Of acting thus; 10 expose
the profession TO public ridicule and hatred +;
and libel the administration Of justice. ] say,
throw scorn and contempt on their assnalp-
ton Of the name Of gentleman !" for could
gentlemen act thus, treat each other thus,
thus trick and snap at each other, in their
private transactions and intercourse as men
Of the world, as members, and educated
members Of society; Does the question
bear asking Is conduct such as this con-
sistent with the OATH which has been taken
by those who resortto such practices Is
this I" truly and honestly demeaning them
selves in the practice Of attorney and soil
citor, to the best Of their knowledge and
ability ~ What! thus 70 defeat justice
to. prick and pierce herr to scandalize, TO
pillory the law ! 70 wrong and plumber your
opponent, or your own or opponents client;
] know you are proudly echoing my in
dignant questions; desiring 10 be gentlemen,
from the beginning to the end Of the chap
ter; every where, on all occasions in short.
gentlemen, not in name, in word only, but
in deed and in truth who can not conceive
the idea Of doing such things as these;
who will not encourage or tolerate them on
any account whatever; but, on the con-
trary, do every thing to discourage, scout
and expose those who are guilty Of such
conduct