The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-25

great minds. Iowa 10 yss in her infansy.-
cne nas NOT had the time 70 produce such
ninds - Adams and Webster yet she viii
70 time, probably, produce grsatsr. w hsv,
sne oasis--ths sixtsenth section and he A.,
nundrsd thousand acre grant, together viii
the state University fund, will be amply adj,
20 meet the necessities Of the case. And y
70 tho men, reason thus: III from TIA old
PuritAnic stock, even the bleak mountain,
and sterile vsllies Of New Enelsnd can be pro-
duced such progeny asis here before me to.
night, what may No not expect after q while
when, - has been remarked, You shall hay.
"spread youselves3" With the same blood
to work upon, and superior facilities for de-
| veloping its oxcellepcies, we may reasonably
expect greater display Of muscle and mind
than that In any other place aud at any other
| time.
I The DAUGHTERS or NEw ENGLAND The bes,
specimens we can present tho ladies present with
Us. this evening
MIR. X. +. Patterson was called on to re-
spond to this toast, but excused himself with
| offering the following sentiment:
The Daughters OF the West, who have
| caught the New England principles May
they transmit them unimpaired to their pos
terity.
The iEAcHkas OF NEW EkaLA Nd. They are
found in every part Of our Unon, and their merits
are appreciated wherever they are found MAY they
ever maintain the dignity Of their profession and re-
eeive that appreciation from generous public which
VIII induce them to spend their lives in their noble
calling
The BENCH AND Bar or New ExeLAnp- Ones
The guardians OF our infant liberty now and ever
faithful to the great principles OF constitutional Free
eYamUie N md NAL ts
their American brethren.
To this toast HEsRY STRONG, Esq, re-
sponded, ~ follows:
My gensalogy 10 like that Of some OF nv
friends who have addressed you, was born
" just across the linc," rather across the
ocean. My father having, like many other
OF New kngland's sons, desire for Office
and = love of foreign travel, was obliged
70 sacrifice my patriotic scruples ~ to my ma.
tivity, and consent to be born abroad. He
WIS wont to alarm me when Was child by
telling me ! never could be President, =
cause Of alarm which, -, IN years, have
approached that high position, has become
small by degrees and beautifully less. | feel
some smbsrr assment in responding TO the
toast just read, although BY the sentiment
contained, there is called up to mind long
w ANcW Iukl0h UV4t ctOQuQub 0UQ
distinguished sons, whose public services
and patriotic labors have redounded to the
good Of their country, and have rendered
thsir own names illustrious. l need hardly
observe that there IL no avocation OF human
industry which opens wider Held OF public
usefulness, or a6ords betscr opportunity OF
doing good to the State than the law. 10 oil
ages Of the world the great majority OF leg
islators and statesmen have been taken from
the ranks Of this profession. The celebrity
which Lycnrgus gaveto Sparta, which Solon |
and Socrates and Periclcs and Demosthenes |
gave TO Greece, and which Numa and the |
Gracchi and Cicero gave TO Rome, our Pinck-
neys, our Marshalls, our java, and |
our Jedersons and our Henrys, have given |
to our own beloved country. Although their
hrst motto is conservatism, yet in the van of
reformation have ever been found the iurist
and the advocate. In ell history We behold
them standing upon the watch towers Of free.
dom, deralding the FIRST approach OF danger
to tho people, OF aggression upon their
rights. To them in an especiGl manner seems
to have been committed the social economy
OF the race. Sir, the Goddess OF Liberty and
the blind Goddess Of Justice have ever zone
hand in hand. In our own brief history AZ
q nation, We see the truth Of these state.
ments amply sustained, and nowhere more
than 10 New England; for in Jurisprudence,
as in everything else, New England has ever
stood 6rst among her equals. In our old
John Adams we behold the Demosthenes OF
America, standipg up before tho modern Are.
opagus, hurting - bolta of his burning
eioquence aeninstSA4 English George, no
less tyrant than Macedonian Philip. In
our noble Webster ~; kAye greater than .
Roman Cicero. Planted upon the Coussi.u.
ton OF his Country, and covering with CON-
fusion and dismay the Catalines Of secession,
whose impious hands would dismember this
glorious confederacy, and tear asunder that
THRICE glorious old banner, which like pr o.
tscting angel had lowered over the bloody
heids OF the Revolution, and in the din Of /
battle and under the very ribs Of death had
beckoned our fathers on to victory. SIR,
there Is no eulogy too high to pronounce
upon the Statesmen Of New England, upon
the lawyers Of the Revolution. Their his. |
tory has become our lliad, and their achieve /
ments In she forum and on the field We cher. /
ish as our proadest legacy. lii fitting, sir. /
upon an occasion ike the present, that we
should glve expression to the feelings Of ad.
miration, aye, OF enthusiasm with which we.
the children Of New England fathers, should
look upon the character and the exploits Of
our ancestors. But not only have the law.
yers OK New England ever stood prominent
among the statesmen Of their time, but a.
your sentiment intimates, they have ever
been to their American brethren nm example
OF learning, industry and integrity. There
Is no department of legal science which has
not been illustrated and illuminated by New
England mind. The decisions Of the courts
Of justice hold tho highest place in our juri-
diclal literature. Her Danes and her S,o-
rvs, living or dead, will alwAys speak in our
halls Of justice. II we tarn TO the text
books Of the law, We find sAat : largo pro.
portion Of our best standard wosks smsnate
from New England. In the front rank OF
American lawyers stands Chief Justice Sto-
~, whose various works constitute no mean
library upon commercial and constitutional
law, and are alike credit TO their author and
IN honor TO his country, known and read
wherever the common law or the English
tongue are known or spoken. A citizen Of
The same State Was the distinguished Green.
leaf, whose treatise on the law Of Evidence
has become indispensable to tho profession,
both here and in England. We have Par
sons on Contracts, Gould on Pleadings, I'LL
lard on Real Property, Redfeld on Rail-
ways, and SCORES Of others, equally able and
works, and all from New England
men. Sir, .of the Bractons and I.ttleton's.
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