Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1850-02-08
CHAPTER VI.--TIlE ADMISSION.

'Pcor est bcllo timor ipse bclli.'-[Sen.
Ii Is not indeed either the creation or the blight
of hope-it is not the disappointment or the
satisfaction of debasng seltishness that rem
dcrs the most deep-rooted of the social passions
so consuming and SO regal in its sway.
When fathomed Only by selfshness it sinks to
the level of brutality and purchases its gratiica-
ton at the hazard OF crime and ruin In this
Development it is not modified or restrained by
a gimmering OF our moral or rational being
But seen In their just limits the sentiments, re-
fined and Chastened by intellectual and moral
culture, softened and tempered by the truly
trained heart; become an unerring guide to sub
lunary felicity.
There is not doubt, nevertheless, that the
blasting or the sitting of those tender propens-
ties often tears Il fearful blank in the soul, and,
it may be, induce all those various notifications
of existence that nave become Odious at first love,
exclusive devoi)n etc. vet all the Odum which
is attached to those so-called haucnatons of
humanity has arisen from the application of like
terms to every degree of unguided passion and
sordid guilt. In its truth it displays nothing that
is not noble and invites to nothing which is not
tainted by a glimmoring of dishonor. A faithful
and convincing evidence of the general supervis-
ion of divinity over every sentiment and every
hon ST passion OF the human heart
But let US hasten to the conclusion of our sto-
~. The preceding DEPRESSION was suggested
from an intiIna:ion which previously dropped
from onr goose-quil; that JOY cleaned even in
the uncertainty OF the attachment of Edgar and
Viola.
With an enlightened philosophy, il were an
easy thing to believe. But they were separated
and both extremely happy-Niola with her coun-
tenance wrcathed i'll smiles, visited her old friends
whom it was her purpose 10 see, and returned
the next morning, flooded with the light OF hope
revivifed. Edgar found his suspended faculties
in sta'e of composure and quiet, and ere tie
night of his trial come he could fix his mind long
and steadily upon the most intricate titles of the
law. This temporary dominion of himself Ed
gar felt contained his only chance of success.
In the evening the foreman of the committee
touched him on the arm and announced the read
mess of the committee to receive any candidates
for admission. Edgar followed him TO their sess-
ion room, his knees knocking together at every
step. His embarrassment, naturally painfully
acute, was much increased by observing on his
committee one whom he suspected to be the COM
panon of the stagejourney.
The examination commenced with dignity
and conducte with incredible decorum was ex-
tended far into the evening Edgar with lit
tie more selfconceit might, perhaps, have alter
ed himself that, although his ditfidence made
him stammer out his answers with some inaccu-
racy, vet he was about TO bring the blush of
shame upon the Bar he was endeavoring TO en-
ter He was the more encouraged, indeed, in
this thought, by the fact that his answers fire.
quently led his examiners into abstract Discus
sions, thus evincing their appreciation of bis ex-
plantations rather than disposition TO crowd and
overwhelm him with questions.
| The junior member of the committee at last
| proposed that each member should PROFOUND the
| young candidate one question and then dismiss
him. Edgar saw by the general smile on the
phizes Of bis Euristhei that be must be prepared
| to meet a metaphor or two, by happy retort il
possible. The first significantly asked what
| the distance might be between the report of the
/ committee and an oyster-supper. Edgar smil-
| ingly replied that it must depend upon the re-
port itself that il might b. the same a. that be-
| tween the Court House and an eaung-room. a
good-natured laugh followed, and the second pro-
/ pounded the following:
| "What should the attorney first do on the ap-
plicston of his client. give counsel or secure hls
retaineri"
Edgar was silent and the laugh was the NOR
enjoyed as it was entirely at his expense, and he
felt that he was almost free. The Attorney 81
the huge rcd whiskers drew his capacions mouth
into an insi rnigcant grin and fee!ingly inquired
'.Caa you tel me with certainty, from ezperi
encc or otherwise what generally Is the temper