The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-09-11
The Hardness II ths Law.


light Of experience Shall we never
be able to throw off from our moral,
social, religious and political codes,
such encnmberances as weigh US down
TO The earth. when we have but to look
about US TO see change in the endless
progression, OF all the works Of nature ?
Shall we always refer to the past, for
laws to govern the present, and rever
the opinions of Galen in preference
to those Of equally sound heads. that
have condemned his opinions, into the
burning focus Of a thousand others
quite az celebrated 7 What has Puff.
endorf and Vatel to do, with u simple
question Of right and wrong, as il Is
presented to this age? Nothing
As much as the Anti-dileuvians have
to rise UP with the dust Of ages on
their heads and point out to us tho path
of rectitude.
What il modern law E! How is il
allied to justice ! Il il not we'll under.
stood by all who dabble in courts, that
there is no relationship existing be-
tween them Go ask the heirs Of any
estate---Go ask the Administrators, the
curators, aud the executors.--Go in
yoke the ghosts Of Astor, Gerard, and
old John McDcnough, what is the
use Of the law, when man lives; and
where is its efficacy when he dies, to-
secure to posterity the immaculate aud
immortal will This illustrations trio
with tears in their eyes could answer
the questions correctly. What is the
lava complex machines great sea
Of old books and antiqusted opinions
in which one ounce Of truth is cast,
and then grappled after for century.
What is justice |! II is the stable
foundation upon which all communi.
ties should be built, and should be the
basis Of all human actiou---lts princi-
pals are intuitive, it is the heritage
from heaven to man. There In no hu. I
man being that does not know what it
IL. and the,result ofall unbiased Judge
ment Is the same. Justice is the right !
Of every man, free and without cost. -
Yet we have but to look about US to
see, that all kinds Of privileges, are
bought at the common courts---which
are the mock auctions at which men
meet, to bid for the right to violate
every principle Of honesty and virtue.
The bandage has been torn off the eyes
Of the goddess who prefides over the
scales. aud the beam Of the balance
is kicked with impugnity.
The Hardness Of the law is proven.
bial---look at our own court docket,
and see the number Of cases that stain
its pages; where brother and sister
have been made deadly enemies. bysome
lawyer awakening in the mind Of an
heir, the propensity to steal something
under cover of the civil code that does
not rightly belong to him ? And
then tell us ifthe picture is overdrawn.
go listen to the golden maxims Of
Christ, from his ministers in the pul.
pit, and hear them teach the principal
Of do unto others and then walk
out into the Ssreets and see how the
congregation is endeavoaring to rob
one other, by the aid Of that ready ac-
complice 1.-THE Lawyer)-an the glo-
risns uncertainty Of the law---sec how
much noaeyit requires get man out
Of the clutches ofthe law, whom il once
lays good hold on him. and cite ten
thousand cases. that have been cases
as far back as memory takes you Il;
Look at the hungry Philistines when
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