, 1859-09-22

ADDRESS or HoN, DAVID DunIEY F1Ern

The Collegiate Department Of the Chicago
| University has gone happily aud successfully
iato The occupancy Of its noble ediGce ut Cot.
tasc Grovc, having commenced its fall term
the present week with six.y-Gvc students. Al,
ready the pressure upou tic Trustees for an in
crease Of space and room in their structure is
heavy, and the friends Of this splendid educa-
tional enterprise will be forced as early as pos
sible to push 10 completion tho proposed pile o,
buildings dedicated to such uses.:
The Law School Of the University is in con-
ditiou equally promising. Frcm the outset Of
this branch Of the enterprise it has received the
warm and earnest support Of gentlemen emf,
nent at the bar and bench iu this city, md their
cxertiona have developed the project until it
stants inaugurated most auspicious1y by the
| Interesting exercises Of last evening.
Ths Chicago Law School goes into operation
to-day, in the enrolment of the students at 10
4. H., ut the Coumerciai College Rooms Of
Bryant, Bell L Stratton, in Larmon Block, Of
| which institution Judge D. Y. Bell worthil5 tiIs
| the chair Of Commercial Law in the Law School.
The principal professor is Henry Booth, Esq
gentleman Of wide rcpute and emineuce as a
lawyer and law instructor. Judge J. u vii
son and Judge Goodrich, both Of the Superior
Court. are also in the Faculty Of Professors
Notwithstanding the inc'emency Of last eve.
ming, Metropolitan Hall WAS well filed By an
audience drawn together rs well as richly repaid
by the Opening Address BY Hon. Dayid Dudley
Field of New: York, which our readers will thank
l fnr -an{fn1 apt,ro tt;r ;esua
Hon. Judge Drummond, President Of Board
of Couuselorz, presided last evening. We no,
ticcd also upon The platform Judges Wilson,
Higgins and Goodrich, Of the Superior Court
Hon. Judge Brcese Of the Supreme Court ol
this State, Judge scates, Judge Dickey, Judge
Bell, Hon. Thomas uoyne, Rev. Dr. Burroughs
President of the Chicago University, and otlt 3,
distinguished gentlemen, friends Of and asso
ciated with this new enterprise.
The students Of the University came up from
Cottage Groyc in horsc-car chartered for tht
purpose, and entered the uall in body. Tht
following is the
Adjrfss Of Uon. Darid D1dley F;itld On III
thinning Of tie Law Se1ooI9ftke Unirtrsay q
Chicago, Sgt. 81, 1859.
1ir. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN: Twenty
years ago there was depending in the Suprenl.
Court Of tile United States suit respecting the
ownership Of tract Of Iaud Oh the southwest
cru shore Of Lake Michigan. The parties in in
States on one side, aud m 1ndian tEader OIL Il {
other. The controversy attracted great ntten
tion. 1t was debated with carnestness nne
ability, but the law wus with the government
and lLc judgment Of the court confirmed it.
claim. TAeseupon tile lands came into market
aud the city oi Chicago now covers them will
| railroad stations. warehouses nnd dwellings
That tide which feels no cLb, tha. stream
people, which noEes with the sun. westward
aud which, drst heard in Inur1nurs On tue east
ern horizon, rises higher anu louder, till i
swclls like the ocean, has passcd over this shore
aud is now breaking aud dAshing thousart
miles further west 1Icrc and around this trac
Of prairie, for which the Indian trader coutendct
with .1he government Less than q quarter Of
century ago. tue ttreuu las left a pupulous nut
opu!rnt cisy, riya!1ug in aasuiticcucc tue old
est seats Of government and commerce.
It seems but a graceful recognition Of th
benefits which Chicago received from tha
righteous judgment that she should now. in TIL
tutlness of her prosperity. found school devot
| I'd 10 legal science. Thut, however, is the icas
of The rrasons for the establishment ofthis Ins,i
tution. The magnitude aud Importance Of III
science, the consequent necessity for its h1Shes
culture, the usefulness Of . school above al
| DluEF u1tANS u &uE Alk0AitVH VI N11iGA
| 60, its commerce aud Influence, and therefor
It's fitness as tie place Of such school, are al
| but 80 many reasons Tor its establishment
Yours Is the chief city Of u great aud Anurisl
ing State. 1t hus q position dominant orer a
the West
In the Mississippi Valley, this marvellous re
s5on Of abundance, there nre few radiatin
points, and this is one Of them. Wlaseye
light is hero kindled, shines through townkhi
and vilEugc from the Aleghnnies to the Rock
I Mountains. This is not onlY q mart Of con
.ncrce, hut workshop Of the mind. You sen
your thips over these lakes cren to the 0ute
sea; you dispatch in different directions dali
. and nightly trains Of heavily laeen cars bl
you eau send abroad richer things than these
;'le products Of your mind aud the influence
your example.
This school, like The University Of which
] forms a department, owes its cstablishtnel
chiefly to the liberatity and foresight Of cit'zet
of Chica.o. \ right noble thing Was IT. to foau
: and cndow them. Neither the possession of o
. Ace, even the most exalted, uor the fame
craftsmanship, however truly won, vi
ciyc more certain satisfaction hereafter III,
. he consciousness Of having bccn their founde
or benz factor. For are not the cultivation az
advancement Of learning, the diffusion Of
: among men, and the promotion Of a high
culture, more rational Objects Of ambition, ihs
= wealth or power! And however large ntaY
n city, however beautiful its streets, uud ho
ever great its traffic, there Is no crown whis
: it eau wear, so truly light and graccfu, as
j. sent Of learning, with ample means Of knos
Is edge, with doors open to NIL Who will rece1ve
;, where ali tho sciences arc culttyated aud all 1
arts can look fer assistance hut this is not i
l. occasion to discourse Of the value Of the s.
Y er1ces or arts in general We are to-day occ
pied with ono OF the sciences. And in d'scou1
= tng Of this must con6ne myself to partic
o lar yiew Of it, lest should weary you. The
+x31 san5r 4rh1 1Nf1 f1r1p
a properly be considered, in connection with .
establishment Of tllis school; Us for erasnp
it's relations to the public, to tho university II
to its own pupils, or tue most advisable coui
pt Of study; but shall only ask you to consit
r. with nj now the magnitude and Importance
!, LEGAL science: And. although oil knowledge |
T. value nnd all the arts their uses. yet, as the
ae are differences in value Is in use, hope
Of show yoa that Of all the sciences and all
arts, not one can bc named greater in msgnitu
- Or Importance than the science for which i
lie school, as permanent department of your u
|is vcrsity, is now founded-thc SCIENCE Of the Ii
17 Law il rule Of property and conduct z
:. scribed by the sovereign power Of State. 7
j. scieuce oil tho law embraces therefore ast
he rules recognized und enforced by the State,
all the property and Of all the conduct Of =
in all their relations, public and private. W.T.
u. ever there appears material capable ot app
~ nriation. whether II be solid earth Or flow
ug water; whether it TO the product Of the soil,
IT. the Workmanship Of mans hand, then coz
=. tue law, aud gives you the rula BY which J
-" 11py take it, use it, md transfer it. Where
Ae there is community, wherever there is \ IA
mt | II. wherever there il \ man, the Law rrescrl
~ the r;clits. the duties, the relntions. No
~ cace1cnt can b. entered into, no work unt
INC taken, no Journey made, hnt With the laEs
les view, No man walks abroad in the morni
-. or lies down to scer ut night, or takes his b
to the altar, oe1ays his child in the cradle,
under the law ss,roscction. This science th
1 fore is equal in duration with history, in exl
ent with Ill the nt.irs Of men.
~. But We can measure il best by tracing its
>1o cress. When u,rn dwell in tents and led a
toral life, their laws might doubtless have
-. compressed in few pages. They had
~ course, some part Of our law Of personal rig
les the Law Of succession. and Of boundaries
liv- tween the oecupiers Of adjoining pastures.
~: was tue condition Of tue race IN the prini
"os AGES, and is even get the condition Of 5
INK, n2rts cf it. The Lnplander in the North
cat Dedouio in the South, the Soma3ic tribes "
r;th roam over Central Asia, our american Ind
and the Southern Africans, arc in this cc
'nlo tiou The Bedouin encamps nron the cdr
npg tho sand, or along The declivities
odv the .uouuia rs, his tents, his Hocks
-, herbs. his Ecantr list of clothing
Tue utensils being bis only wealth.
tch, he has exhausted ono spot he remove
nds. uno'tcr, and it he is disturbed he flies tt
49,. desert Nevertheless le is not without
@n. male Of the law. lie recognizes in many Il
ared mora than the right OF the strongest
He personal relations 10 his wife. his children
:, bis ueiclbors nre subjects Of regulation
> - when he dies his ct[ects arc parted accordi
rule umong his Kindred.