Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1853-05-12

was a regular outo de te. | was to be
the representative of the young bar, and
to expiate his malice against all The
court adjourned for dinner. /, met
again after an hours recess.
BY this time the public interest, and
especially tina, Of the bar, grew very
great. There was a rush 10 the privil-
eyed seats, and the sheriff had 10 com.
mand order, the shutting of feet and the
pressure of the crowd forward was SO
great.
kasm rose-iook glass of water;
his hand irembled liitle-I could see
that; took pinch of snuff and led off in
voice slow an measured, but slightly
tremulons. BY strong effort he had
recovered his composurc.
He commenced by saying ,ha, he had
been some years i'll practice. lie would
no, say he was an old man; tila, would
be III bad taste, perhaps. The young
gentleman who has jus! closed his re.
markanle speech, harangue, poetic eiI'u-
sion, or rigam arule. or whatever it might
be called. ii, indeed, any name could be
safely given to his motley mixture of in
congruous slang-the young gentleman
evidently did not think he was an old
man, for he could hardly have been gull.
iy of such rank indecency as TO treat
age with such disresPoct--he would not
say with such insutferable imperiinence;
aud yet IL am" he continued, .uf age
enough 10 recollect, if | had charged nv
memory with an inconsiderable an even!
the day of his birth, and then | was in
full practice in the cour, house. con-
fess, though, gen,len en-, am old enough
TO remember the period when youth >
first appearance a; the bar was not signal
lied by imperiInence toward his seniors;
and when public opinion did not think
that tlatulent bombast and ilorid trash,
picked out Of the fifth rate romances and
namby namby rhymes, repeated by the
upstars sauciness Of a raw popinjay to-
ward the experienced members of the
profession he disgraced. And 10 some
extent this ranting youth may be right
am not old in ,ha, sense which disables
me from defending myself here or else
,chere, by words. il need be. by blows,
and that this young gentleman shall know
before am done with him. You will
bear in mind, gentlemen, tha, what say
is in elf-deience-;hat | did not begin
this quarrel--,ha, i. was forced on me;
and that am bound by no restraints oi
courtesy. respect or kindness. Let him
charge TO the account oil his own rash
ness and rudeness whatever he receives
in return therefor.
"Perhaps something of this congeni.
alisy commended him to tie notice OF
his worthy client, and to this, his frs
retainer; and no wonder, for when we
heard his vehement roaring, we migh
have supposed that his ellen. had brought
his most unruly bull cali into the court
to defend him, had no. the matter of the
roaring soon convinced US the animal
was more remarkable for The length OF
his ears. than even the power of his
lungs. Perhaps the young gentleman
haa taken his retainer, and contracted foI
butchering my client on the same terms
as hls client, contracts in his line-lhat
is on the shares. But | think, gentle.
men, he will find the contract more
dirty than profitable job. Or, perhaps,
il might not be uncharitable 10 sugges,
that his client. who seems TO be pretty
well up to the business of sauing Other
peoples bacon, may have desired. as fal
as possible, TO save his own; and, there
fore, turning from the members of The
bar who would have charged him for
their services according to their value,
took this occasion of getting of. some OF
his stale wares; for, has not Shakespeare
said the gentlemen will allow me to
quote Shakespeare too, while yet his rep.
usaiion survives has barbarous mouthine
of the poets words)--he knew an at.or.
ney .who would defend cause for a
starved hen, or leg of mutton ily
blown. ltrust. however. whatever was
the contract, the gentleman will make
his equally worthy client stand up to it;
for | should like that on one occasion il
might be said the excelen, butcher was
made TO pay for has swiae.
81 find it difficult, to reply to any par
of this young mans effort, except his
argument, which is the smallest part in
compass, and next TO his pathos, the
most amusing. His figures of speech
are some Of them quite good. and have
been so considered by the best Judges 70,
tho last thousand years. must confess
that as to these find no other fault than
that they were badly applied, and ridic,
uiously pronounced; and this further
fault. that they have become so common
place by constant use, that unless some
new vamping or felicity of application
be given them. they tire nearly as much
AS his origina. matter--videiicii, tha
matter which being more ridiculous than
we have ever heard before, carries inter
nal evidence Of It's being his own. In.
deed It was never hard TO tell when the
gentleman recurred 10 his own ideas
he Is like a cat-bird--,he only in,olera.
bic discord she makes being her own
notes, though she gets on we'll enough as
long as she copies and cobbles the songs
of other warblers.
"But. gentlemen, il this young ora.