The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-11-11


i tatiye ofibe Young bar, and to eypiate hi
h mllice agains, ali. The court adlourne
for dinner 1t met again, after an hour
! recess.
! b. this time the public interest, and es
j peciaIly that Of the bar, grew very great
! There was rush to the privileged seats
} aud the sheriff had to command order-lh
] shutlling Of feet and the pressure Of tn
! crowd forward was so great.
! took my seat within the bar, looked
3 around with an ahectation OF indifference
sobclying the perturbation WITHIN, that tbs
} same power Of acting OH the stage Wouie
], have mae my fortudne on that theatre.
j Kasm rose--took glass oil water: bis
lband trembled little could see that
took pinch Of snuff, and led off in voice
slow and measured, but slightly--very
sliph,ly-tremnous By a strong effor'
he had recovered his composare. The
bar was surprised at bis calmness. They
all knew il was affected but they wonder
ed tha, he could affect it. Nobody was de
ceiyed by il. We felt assured sit was the
torrents smooihness ere il dash below =
thought he would come down OH me in a
tempest, and Aa,tered myself it would soon
be over. But malice is cunning. lie had
na idea of letting me off so easily.
lie commenced by saying that he had
peen some years in the practice. ne
would not say he was an old man; thai
would be in bad taste, perhaps. Inc
oung gentleman who had just closed hl'
remarkable speech, harangne, poetic effa
siyn, or rgmarole. or whatever it might be
! called, If. indeed, any nnme could be safely
] given to this motley mixture OF ncongru
oas sIang--the young gentleman evldeh'iA
!. did not think he was an old man, tor he
tcoHlA hardly have been guilty. OF such raah
Iudecency as to have treated age With shct
lisrespec,- would no, say with snel
lnsItlerable mpertnence and vet 81 am,
he continued, sol age enough 10 fecoiieci
;. If had charged my memory with so neon
siderable an event. the day Of ms bIrih
land then | was in full practice In this
courthouse. confess though, gentlemen
), an old enough to remember the period
! when you,h's first appearance at the bal
. was not signalzed BY inperllnence TO-
! wards his seniors: and when public opin
lion did not think hatulent bombast and tior
] id trash. picked out Of fifth rate romances
and mandy panby rhymes, redeemed by
ltbe upssart sauciness ofa raw popnlay, 10
wards The experienced members OF the Pro
fession he dsgraced Aud yet, TO some
. extent, this ran,ng youth may be right;
am no, old in that sense which disables mi
e from defending myself here, BY words, q
I els1wicre. If need be, by blows; and tha
this onng gentleman shall right well kno"
{ 5eforo have done with him. You wi
bear 10 mind. gentlemen, that wha; say
Il il seif.defence- -that did not begin
this auarrel-ihat il was forced on me
- and that ar bound by no restraints O
q courtesy, or oi respect, or Of k'ndness.--
q Let him charge to the account oil Ms o"t
Il rashnes8 and rudeness, whatever he re
i eeives in return therefor.
4 .Let me retort on this youth that he IL
!, worthy advocate D, bis butcher CLIENT
E He fights with the dirty weapons Of Ill
| barbarous trade. aud brings into his specci
lhe reekng odour Of his clients slaughter
house.
. .Perhaps something Of This congenIaIlt.
!; CONNIE nded him to the notice OF his worth.
I client. aad to this, his first retainer: an'
no wonder, for when he heard his Vehe
ment roaring, we might have supposed nj
j client had brought his most unruy bull
! calf into court 10 defend him, had not th'
: m tier of the roaring soon convinced u
, The animal was more remarkable Tor th'
leppth of his ears, Than even the power
J his lungs. Perhaps the young gentleman
:. mas taken his retainer, and contracted 10
9 bu,cheriug my client on the same terms
e his client contracts in his line--that IS, OF
] the shares. Blu, think, gentlemen, b
r will find the contract more dirty thar
e profitable job. Or, perhaps, 1t might no
5 be unchartabe to suggest that his client
n who seems TO be pretty well up to the busl
! ness of fsaring other peoples bacon, ma,
. have desired, as tar as possible, to save nj
{ own: and therefore, turning from member
, of The bar who would have charged hln
: for their services according 10 their value
;'took this occasion Of getting Oft some OF HI
1 stale wares; for, has not Shakespeare san
II tue gtutltIl!dH Will Sii'H a'o '" 49,
e Shakespeare, too, while ct his reputail4
!; survives his burbarous muuthing oi N
q puel's words )-he knew an attorney wh
= wonld defend a cause for a starved hen, "
u eg Of mutton tly blown. ltrnst, however
whatever was the contract, that tho ger
, leman will make his equally worthy CT
. ant stand up 10 il; for should like that o
{ one occasion it nigh, be said the excelen
, butcher ,oas made TO pay for his stoine.
= II find it difficult, gentlemen, to fep
$. to any part of the young mans effort, es
ccpt his argument, which is the smal'es
e par, in compass, and, next to his patho:
1t the most amusing. His figures Of speec
J are some of them quite good, and hsv
been SO considered By the best Judges 70
d the last thousand Years. ] must comics;
ID that MS to these, tind no other fault tha
a thn, they were badly applied and rdlct
n Iously pronounced: aud this further tau'
e that they have become SO commonplace b
RI constant use, that, unless some new vamE
5 ing or felicity of application be given then
they tire nearly as much as his origin,
" matter--ridclich, that matter which BEN
i more ridiculous than we have ever hear
t. before, carries internal evidence Of lis b.
j. ing his own Indeed, it was never hard