Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-01-20
bly, Debut at The Bar.
By AN ALABAMA LAWYER.
(C6nczaded.)

u Let me retOrt. on thlS youth tna
he is a worthy advo cate Of bis butcf
er client. lie fights wi th the dirt
: weapons of bis barbarods trade, an
!, brings into his spdech the rec kin
odour of his eli ent's slaughter
house.
Perhaps something of this con
fgeniality commended him to the nc
lice of his worthy client,and to this
his first retainer; and no wonder, fo
when we heard his vehement roaring
we might have supposed his ellen
had brought his most unruly bull
calf into court to defend him, ha{
not the matter of the roaring SCOT
convinced us the animal was nort
remarkable for the length of his ears
than even the power Of his lungs
Perhaps the young gentleman has
taken his retainer, and contracted fol-
bdtchering my client on the SANG
terms as his client contracts in bis
line-thatis, on the shares. But |
think, gentlemen, he will find the
contract a more dirty than proGta-
HE job. Or, perhaps, it might not
be uiicharitable to suggest that his
client, who seems to be pretty well up
to the business Of saringothet People' 5
5aeo4, may have desired, as far as
possible, to save his own; and there
fore, turning from members of the
bar who would have charged him for
their services according to their Val
ue, took this occasion Of getting of
some of his stale wares; for, has not
bhakgB Beare said--( (the gentleman will
allow nle to quote Shakespeare, too,
while J let his reputation survives his
barbarP BUS mouthing of the poets
Yords)I + -ho "knew an attorney who
Would hefend a cause for a starved
hen, on leg of mutton ly-blown. !
trust, however, whatever was the
contraft, that the gentleman will
make 4is equally worthy client stand
up to it; for | should like that on
one oef efasiou it might be said the ex-
feilend butcher was made 10 Peg for
his smFae.
q find it difficult, gentlemen, to
reply o any part Of the young man S
effort, except his argument, which is !
tie smallest part i'll compass, and,
next TO pathos, tile most amusing.
His figures of speech are some of
them quite good, and have been SO
by the best judges for the
lust thousand years must con- |
Iass, that as to these, ! find no other !
fanlt than that they were badly APP |,
Piled and ridiculously pronounced; |
md this further fault, that they have
1ccome so commonplace by constant
use, that, unless somefnew yamping
9r felicity of application be given
them, they lire nearly a much as
lis original matter-uideLiat, that /
natter Which being more ridiculous
5han we have ever heard before, car
lies internal evidence of its being
lis own. Indeed, it was never hard
% tell when the gentleman recurred
o his own ideas. He is like q cat
Dird-tbe only intolerable discord
,he makes being her own notes
.nough she gets on we'll enough asf
ong as she copies and cobbles the
songs of other warblers.
"Bat, gentlemen, if this young
,rator's argument was amusing, what
hail say Of his pathos2 NVhnt
Ince ever equalled the fun Of it,
Phe play of The LIAR probably APP
,roaches nearest to it not only mi
he humor---bpt in the yera6iousH
bara eter Of the incidents from which
he humor comes. Such iace--sof
so whimpefing, as II the
hort period since he vas flogged AT
chool, (probaby IN retd drence to those
ggs falsely charged to the hound
'apny \ had neither obliterated the +
emem6lance of his uvenile aflic-
ion. nor the looks he bore when he
ndured it.
"There was something exquisite
a Lis pieture,of the woes, the vast
ng grief Of his discoilsolate ciienf h
utcher of HigginbotlIaln, mourning i
-as Rachel mourned for her chll
ren-for his character, beeaisse H +
,os nog Gentlemen, look at him!
yhy he weighs twelve stone now Il