The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1855-05-23
COMMUNICATION.
[For The Ledger.l
DIR. . EDITOR

For some time had been
hearing allusion frequently made to COM
munication over the signature of"Lnncastcr," :"
touching matters pertaining to our court,
and its officers. II was my fortune for the
trst time on YESTERDAY, to lay my hand on
the paper, containing the communication in
question. And am forced to say, was
utterly astonishcd, that cny man having the
ability to work his way into respectable
newspaper, could. so far disregard even the
scmblance OF truth, rs TO charge the
Lancaster bar, with "downright profanity"
-horrid and revolving blasphcmy," and the
occasional use of low and disgusting vulgar.
ity, and "this in the presence Of ladies. of de-
cent and highly respectable ladies'. who are
compelled by The pressure of business to BE-
present" And all this when these THINGS
are altogether mncdlleti for, and the stron.
po'nts OF the case, and the cause Of the client
would not suffer by their omission" | re-
peat, was utterly astonished, and found one
'rresIstable conclusion fastening itself on NV
mind. viz: That the man who had perpetra.
ted this wanton outrage, would be unwilling
to hold himself RESPONSIBLE in every sense of
that term. But when | recolected that I
had been "G locker on in Venice" for some
time: when remembered that had heard
more than once, the same sort Of slangw hun.
gering against lawyers, doctors, classical
education, and all those pretensions that cd
ucation lays claim to,--I found myself rap
idly approaching anoih, conclusion, (but
made forced halt before I arrived exactly
at the poiniO viz: That Lancaster" might
DC slangwhanging mouth piece, and that
mouth-picces never breasted responsibility.
when they could conveniently dodge n.
1t is not my intention to critically exam.
ine,"nd hold up the different incongruit,es liz
erary and otherwise, that might, perhaps, be
found IN ter's"eommi,nicaiion NV
sole OBJECT being in my weak or feeble way
to defend the Lancaster bar generally, but
more especially the worthy man who stands
at its head, from what conceive TO lie, a
wanton and "uneHlled for" outrage. -The
pressure Of business" has compelled me to
be present. part Of almost every court, In
Lancaster Court House, for the last tweIye
or fifteea years, and iiaSe never heard tie
downright profanity" 'horrid and revolving
blAsPhcmi s." and low and disgusting vuI-
garty OF which Lancaster" so loudly talks,
md am an old "tctolerr am not deaf, and
hav, been blessed with pretty fair power Of
observation, and memory that keeps ave:y
legible record of the past.
II has been my good fortune, my profit
and my happiness, to sit down, -oiientimes,
in the last twenty years, by the side Of the
Lancaster bar, and many pleasant and en-
tertaining hour, have spent in their soeie-
ty. During the whole Of which time, I have
held the relationship of friend, to the worthy
man, at whom Rumor asserts (upon what
grounds l cannot Comparatively the puny
shaft Of Lancaster" hss boon mainly direct
ed. "ris true il fell harmlessly at that mans
feet, he needed 1t not. A coat Of N, il. the
reward Of thirty years o. public life, charac.
terized by integrity TO all. selEssacrihcing Fl.
delity to his client under All circumstance,
and that Utopian propriety Of feondaet,in the
presence Of every good and decent, so pecu-
liarly his own-had made bln invulnerable
to every arrow Of the Kind.
To say the Lancaster bar, ms a body, but
more especially. that my friend would use
downright profanity" shorrid and revolving
blaspbemy," or low and disgusting vulgnri-
ty, in the presence Of ladies', of decent and
highly respectable ladies', when his fidelity
to his client, or his oath taken IN the pres.
ence of Deity. had not made II his painful
duty, is TO assert, that to be so,--whicb il
absolutely not 50. How of,en have heard
this man dilate on .he Husbands duty to his
wife, the fathers duty to his daughter, the
brothers duty to his sister, Of mans duty to
every respectable woman. and rs he would
speak my bosom has been filled with the
enobliug and the elesatingsand ] hhye return
ed home kinder, purer, and better man.
How often have spoken Of this in by
gone years, and declared I'll bis opinions and
feelings in regard to decent woman to he
truly Utopian, and only regretted that they
could not become general, In this, our day,
--and could only find foothold and be gen.
ersily resolved and adopted rs phacipies Of
action. 10 purer and better age. speak
adyisedly. years Of association and obserya.
sa'ion, have made me to know the things Of
which speak.
"lAncaster weald deny to the IAsosstes
bar the title Of gentlemen. Now, &c storline
integrity, 4 siawaverna fidelity. through ali
the tryipR yiscisitudes Of life. Il ssined and
elevstsd regard Tor female ehassSter, N Be.
nsvoisnee that always stretches forth lis
||'haad 10 saPpoSt The nnfostuosis and talss