The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-06-25

: to the New York bar recently made long re
: port TO the general term of the supreme court
recommending that in future tie examination
OF candidates for admission 10 practise as eoun
; seiors be OF the most thorough character, anG
that none hereafter be admitted who have no
, the learning and ability and the extensive lie
gal knowledge requisite to fit them for reflect
ing credit on the legal profession. Il is some
what remarkable, thinks the Express. that 6
majority OF the examiners who make the report
j should recommend a large batch of applicants
for admission, while they evidently are ofopin-
ion that some of the candidates do not possess
the requisite qualifications. Indeed, one Of the
examiners adds to his concurrence in the re-
port that he lis satisfied by the examination
that the requisite qualifications OF learning and
ability are possessed BY some Off the candidates,
but not by all OF them This is evidently the
torerunncr of movement TO stop the increase
OF lawyers, by the imposition OF a sort Of PRO
trctiye tariff which will exclude all who do
not serve regular, apprenticeship and go
through prolonged course ofroutine study
This is objected to BY the Express, as being
unjust, as well as in contravention of the spirit
Of the constitution of 1916, by imposing new
rules now after the profession has been flooded
with incapables, aud which would give mo-
nopoly to those already admitted and shut out
those who cannot afford to go through an ex
tensive apprenticeship. The constitution Of
New York provides that s.any male citizen of
the age of twenty-one years, of good moral
character, and who possesses the requisite quail
iications Of learning and ability, shall be emit
tied TO admission to practice in all the courts of
this State - L is the duty of the examiners
and Of the courts TO which candidates apply for
admission, to ascertain that the requisite quail |
lfcations OF learning and ability are possessed
by the applicants, but they have no right to
say how or where the learning shall be attain /
ed. Any attempt, therefore, to revive, as the
report would seem to suggest, the old system
whiss required several years study and knowl-
edge Of practice acquired BY regular cTerkship
during the same period, to entite person to
practice as an attorney at law, and an actual
practice OF three years before be could be ad-
nitted as a counselor, would of course meet
with strong opposition, although it would tend
greatly TO elevate the bar. The Sun in its re-
lew of the report, says:
There is no good reason why the practice
# law should in any respect be a monopoly !
ny more than any other business requiring ;
earning and ability for its efficient conduct |
With equal proprI@ty might we fix certain :
e6nite qualification and course of preparation ]
Or candidates for legislative Offices The true {
emocratic principle is to leave every path of l
onor and pretefment open 10 all on equal :
srms, creating no monopolies which wealth
r influence may seize, but allowing free scope t
nd energy to excel in the race ofcompetiton'
We are not disposed to cavil with the Suns q
1eory, bu. surely a good education. deep study =.
nd ability are most commemorate things in an - g
storney or d Judge. o
Our democratic co:emporary Of the Norfolk =
Va. News deserves TO be sent post-haste to c
,e nearest water-cure establishment A few a
ays ago he essaEed an elaborate leader on the Il
on. Stephen 4. Douglas, and broke out in the !, u
flowing strain: r.
AS the heights Of Chimborazo towering high Ii
Dove the surrounding scenery inspire the b. h.
slider with a reverence for tic majesty of God n
among men DO the mental and moral attri- 81
t:es OF one rising UNNECESSARILY preemineDt a:
3oTe others teach Us true sense OF the males it
OF man. Both ore their paternity TO the a,
me divine architect. The mighty mountain pl
physically grand. The position Of the man
morally sublime. By a violent CONFUSION Of OF
sture, ChImborazo rose for some wise purpose q,
daIned by nature God, and amid the storms til
Id troubles and trcFaIIs OF politics tie gigan- sc
genius OF Stephen J. Douglas was also sum lr
oned from obscuritF to play prominent part ife
the great drama OF human existence Once zi
unknown artisan he is now numbered with
e nobles., and abIest, and truest of the wise lii
en- Of the #orld...'' - til
That is decidedly stepping from The sublime CO
the ridiculous. We admit thatsenator Dou- Pc
as is man Of ability, andthat many Of our ~
mocratc friends in this region believe him 10 s.,
great man. averitable young giant Of I'M
mocracy; bu. We think the Norfolk News 4
pijing On the agony little too strong u
lie editor is entirely TOO liberal with his .soft =
ap;" and stands in need Of spare diet and lw
Id waller baths. - #sti
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AAsoEc.-The Picayune states that La m
rfaite Union, (ofNew Orleans, is the Oldest re.
asonie lodge in Louisiana, and Polar Star the cie
H. The Iormer was established in. 1898, r,9
tanning its constitution from the grand lodge -
South Carolina, and was installed in 1894. on
der the ancient rte Of York. In I7e4 ap- S,
cation was semitic the Gran! Orient of France IN
constitutions for the establishment Of Polar Pc
If lodge. The troubles Of the revolution, .
viewer, had caused the Grand Orient to sus- ina
ID. Application was then made'to La Sin cal
lie lodge OF Aarseilles, which granted pro are
ional constitutions in 1876; and Polar Star ca G,
ge was installed under them in 1895. The
aud Orient, having resumed is sittings in vi
5. transmitted 10 Polar Star LODGE tie fo,- err