Nebraska palladium. [volume] (Bellevieu City, Neb.) 1854-1855, 1855-03-21

stance as follows
Gentlemen, We welcome YOU as officers
OF the court.
Il will be- our desire 20 cultivate The
most friendly understanding with The meme
bors Of the bar.
We shall expect 90 derive much assis
lance in the discharge Of our duties, from
your Industry and application la your pro-
rcssioual labor.
We shall hope that in any case in which
You may appear, you will be prepared TO
furnish The court with elaborate and well
livcsied briefs.
This will be due 20 your clients and the
court, not more than TO yourselves.
We wish 10 discourage q loose and
hap-hazlrd sort OF practice.
A lawyer who properly regards his
standing and character, viii be careful
how he desccnds 10 low ~pettilcggiug
tricks, or resort 10 scurrIllous language.
Both are deroga.ory 30 the character Of q
gentleman, and every lawyer ought 10
be. OF be is not a gentleman.
We hope TO see the members Of our ter
%rilorial bar, take a high stand for their
learning, their courtesy, aud their sense
Of honas.
His Honor, Associate Justice Harden.
hen delivered TO the members Of the bar,
the following address;
Gentlemen, we welcome YOU TO The bar
OF the Territory Of Nebraska.
We trust that in the discharge Of your
professional duties, you will on al or
c%asious, exhibit a cummcndable devotion
to the principles Of justice, truth, and
high-toued honor.
Justice is represented as a blind god
less, holding in her hand a pair Of scales
ol delicate cquipoise. Those who wor-
ship az her shrine, should have clean hands
aud hearts as pure as the uusuIIied snow
DRIFT.
You are, gentlemen, members Of a no
bic prcicssiuu-a profession ih5t we hope
each one @. You will cndeuyor to adorn-
a profession tlut adInires and cxalls the
Lawyer, who seeks by his department ia
elevate the standard Of moral honesty.
while 1t depresses IN tie scale Of being.
and cntcrtaius O. sovereign contempt for
The Pettiioggcr who is content TO grove.
iH the dust oil his own professional imbe.
cility, and 10 accomplish by Trick and STRAIT
agcm, The noble ends Of even handed JUS
lice.
You have a valiant, and a promising
theatre for your operations. You have %
career Of usefulness, and Of distinction
before you. Lay then, a permanent and
duIa0ie foundation. Build up for your
selves a reputation Of which your country
may be proud, and which future genera
lons may contemplate with a laudablc
spirit Of emulation.
The lawyer "must trim the midnight
taper He must be d%iiigcnt and pcrse-
yeTiug in his eSerlions, III he uspircs to
distinction in . profession, to acquire q
tolerablc proficiency in which, q learned
commentator has remarked, requires the
"iHcuJratioEss UigsHH aHH0rum.
II Is ",Ee conflict oil mind with mind
that develops truth There is no field
ol mental action, upon which the gladia-
uOu OF Intellect is more beautifully dis
played than az the bar. The combatan,s
la iihs contest must depend upon their
own resources. The eyes Of the world
are "Pon you. a Judge is presiding.
whose province AZ is 10 detect crrur-ad-
'efsaTIcs Are watching wih yigilant eye
To oSsoii weak points, and uxiuus clients
afe upon the iP-.oc Of excitement.
"Aspirug man, o! whittier will Won nv.
No friend, no shelter noR ls nIlh;
And onward rolls the storm.o
Gentlemen, tilis court will be prepared
al times during their official intercourse
with You, TO exercise towards You a gen
erous coutesy, and will contribute all in
their power 10 maintain the honor and dig
nifty OF the profession.
The laws Of this territory viii be rigig-
edly enforced-and il the good people will
aid the court in the administration of the
criminal law-lhis court, while il will al
ways feel disposed TO "teinper Justice with
mercy" must and will be d "~terror 10 evil
doors"
Neither wealth, nor position, will shield
an oiIender-and much will depend upon
the people, in tracing up crime, and bring
ing the criminal 10 he bar Of justice. The
sacred and inestimablc rights Of 'spersonal
libery, personal security, anil private
property can only be preserved, BIZ q
strictly honest and in%corrupiibie judiciary.
Genuemea, nc occupy a beautiful and
an interesting oountry-while it is sus-
eepilble OF beng made The garden spot Of
The West; let MS endeayor TO mould ils
future destiny, by cultiyatng virtue, pa
luoism and intelligence. Here the In
Ian warrior pursues the painting deer,
and the Ingenious castor, plies undislurb-
ed bis wonderful mechanism
"But ahi ere few short years shall roll
between,
How altered, and how changedtb the seeneo-
Magnificent cities wall spring up, as Il
were, By the wand Of The n-ecroiBancer.
and this fertile and extensive domain, once
under The dominion Of the untutored child
Of nature, will be Transformed INTO the
bowers Of taste and embcllished bg The
arts of civilized life. The rude hut. fab
ricaied By the poor savage, viii cruinBle
into dust, and his wild aud terrific veil.
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