The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-11-04

ber 2, TO secure hin impuniiy by wha
is'cdlled a Court Of Justice, which i'm
punity, Of course, is violation Number 8
brought on by The wrongful use of bis
money, and The prostitution Of my facul
ties: '' '''.@.'" 30 a'e.' ..'
"This Rhove al Ito thine own self he true,
And il must follow, MS the day, the night.
Thou canst not then be false to any man."
4 can never read, nor even think oI
lord Brougham's opinion abvu, the duty
Of an advocate, TO his client, without
recoil and shuddering. It's not merely
unworthy of Chris.ianiiy und civilization
it is unworthy Of heathenism. ..g D..
Gan advocate," says he, "by the sacred
duty which he owes his client, knows in
the discharge of tha, office, but one per-
son in the world, that client, and none
other. To save that client by all expe.
dent means, TO protect that client al
all hazards and costs TO all others, and
among others, to himself, is the highest
and most uuqueslioned of his duties; and
he must not regard the alarm, the suffer,
ing, the torment, the destruction which
he may bring upon any other. Nay,
separating even the duties of patriot
from those Of an advocate. and casting
them, If need be, TO the wind, he must
60 on reckless Of the consequences, II
his fate ii should unhappily be, to involve
his country in confusion for his clients
prolection."" .aaI ZIP. .a' aaru"7
Now, in the first place, is it not SO
plain, that burowing, blind mole might
perceive ii, that when an advocate avows
such doctrines 10 begin with, no man
will be simpleion enough 10 heed word
that he says! Every man knows that
there is no more truth in him than there
is pety in the machine Of an East Indian
priest which grinds ou, prayers by the
turning Of crank. Then again wha,
greater check TO wrong-doing could there
be, than that overy wrong>doer should
know that he cou'd find no brother
wrong-docr to defend him? Suppose
rogue, or cheat, or villain Of any dye,
should 60 the rounds, of oil the Inns Of
Court, or to every lawyers Office in
Boston or New York, and on exposing
the foul demerits of his case, should see
every advocate turn away from him in
indignation and disgusi; would i, not be
a ten fold heavier sentence than any fine
or Imprisonment any court could inAict
upon him? Does not The hope Of being
successfully dsfended encourage multi-
tudes to cfsnde If so, then, 10 borrow
the language Of the profession ITSELF lie
not the profession IN accessory before
the faci,--a partiteps criminis, in the
commission of all such crimes? The
successful defence Of criminals, whom
the defenders have known to bo such,
aud who have afterwards been proved 10
be such before the whole world, has
done much 10 bring the administration Of
justice into disrepute. All chicanery no,
only Injuries the reputation Of the chica>'
ner, but WHAT'S Thousand times worse,
il iniutes his own faculties, so that he
can no longer defend innocence or de-
nounce guilt, as ne otherwise could have
done. aa''fa,ft '-. .|..g -s q
Perhaps ought to make qualifying
remark: Every intelligen, man, in nine
hundred and ninety>nine cases in every
thousand, is his own fawyer, and needs
no adviser. In uineiy.nine' of the next
hundred cases, an intelligent counsellor
knows what the law is, and, SO far as his
client is concerned, can stop litigation.
in fohy-nine Of the next fifty cases, the
highes! court has no doubt about the
law, and its decisions are unanimous. A
small residium remains about which the
courts disagree. In many civil suits also,
il is Of great importance to have an es-
,ablished and unilorm rule, but of no
apparent consequence which way it is
Sol multitudes Of cases,
from the different representations which
hostile clients, make 10 their respective
counsel, each one may undertake the
case believing himself on the right side;
md, when not convinced in the course ol
he trial tha, he is on the wrong side, he
nay conscientiously leave the decision
o the court and Jury. And SO, in Grim
nal cases,ie an advocate has reason TO
suppose that his client has committed an
,ffeuce, but7a different one frem that OF
which be is accused, he may perhaps
,how the fact 10 be so; this being, how.