Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-11-28

esropg willed, diligentlman may choose to uu
deftake. What 10 most vented is judicl0u
economy Of time, and wise division of II Il
the multiplicity Of employmeuta; 60 that bu
one thing shall be done o. time % rpsl
"A majority OF you, young gentlemen, or
preparing yourselves for professional pursuits
Whoever would become Christian clergy man
let him preach the evangely of Bethlehem
Let him ooD6ue himself to hls legitimate du
ties, and aspire TO bs the most faithful ant
exemplary Of the men Of his calling.
Whoever would practice surgery and medi
cine, let his ambition be TO reach as nearly az
possible, or 10 excel, the requirements aud tklll
Of the great men who, 10 ancient and modern
times, have been the ornaments Of that pro
feesion. The aoouM eygaaum OF medicine re
mains to be written, and be who is TO write Il
has not 90 yet appeared. Why should be moi
be an American3 Why not adorn the Univsr-
city Of Michigan7 :st
Il And you, young gentlemen, who prepare fol-
the profession Of the Law, will have nobel
theater to act 10 than any who have gone be-
fore you In the United States. Out of the ter
Rble revolution which now convulses every
part OF our unhappy land will arise Questions
OF constitutional and statute law, of personal
liberty, of private right, Of property, of life,
grander, more numerous, more Infinite 10 va
rieiy, and more perplexing than heteIoftfe 10
any age tr country. II just now, "amId arms,
laws are SILENT" In our day, at least. should
free government happily 10 any form survive
among rs, arms will again yield to the toga,
and laws reign eupremeI With diligence.
therefore, fixed filth, and upalterable purpoas,
prepare yourself fpr the destiny which lies be-
fore you, to the end that 10 the nexs eoerstion
you may be among the number of those who,
upon the Bench and o, the Bar, shall resto q
aud bear sloft to higher renoWn the already H.
iussrious standard OF British and American
forensic learning aud eloquence. c. wardics
and servility before executive power we're
the disgrace of the Euglish Bar ard Bench IN
the days Of the Stuarts; and these, thr nipe
now the honor and the Independence of the
American judiciary, are among the most alarm
log portents Of the times Bat remember that
while along with the great Hampden the name
Of the honest and fearless Croke, and Of bis
noble wife, still survive in honor, ,he time
serving and unjust Judges who sstwith him,
and yielded TO political expediency and [" mil
itary necessity" have perlshed from history, OF
are remembered only to be execrated, The
blessed memory Of Lord Hale is still fragrant
while the name Of the bloody Jefffies, who
escaped death on the ecaffJld only By diving
miserably In felon's cell, is the opprobium Of
the English bench. Algernon Sydney died az
q convicted traitor; but 10 little while h!s ex.
ecuticn MAS adjudged Judicial murder; and DOS
terity, for six gener stions has held him in rev
erence as q pairiot. Finch, King Jsmes the
Second's Attorney General, procured the con-
victlon and death of the pure and vlrtuous
Lord Russell as conspirs,or against the gov.
eminent; but eight years aiterWard, when he
would have relieved himselfn Parliament from
the odinm OF the act, the indignsnt clamor of
the whole House forced him, 10 shame and on
fusion, to resume his seat; and Russell still
lives 10 England and America as martyr to
liberty. yi.a. ...... % .l. ~ -
Your courage, your fottiuds. your manhood
Will also some day be severely tried. Bnt then
remember Cnrran, whofe fame brightens Just as
the memory Of the venal plsoemen and barris-
ters around him rote, with each revolving year,
and who when menaced 10 court by Ale of
soldiers clattering their muskets as be address,
ed the jury In defense Of one charged with
tfeison, exclaimed 10 manly defisnce !. 5s" Y on
may assaseinate, but You cannot intlmidate
me Read, too, the speeches, and admire and
Initiate tue heroic ErskiDe, the greatest Of Eag
lsh barristtrs, who sgan,t the whole power OF
the Executive 10 time of both foreign war and
reDe'lion, maintained Tor years the rights aud
liberties OF Eoglishmen with undaunted intre-
pdity. Prepare yourselves, BY continual study
OF the ch ,rioters and noble emulation Of tbe
example OF theser nd other great and good men
Of the pist for like seems in your own day. -
Nerve your hearts now for the struggle. Bat,
remember the ability, however eminent, and
intellectual discipline, however exact, are not
enough. without pure morals, corrsct habits
a1d liked integrity, you cannot endure the trial
Be virtuous. Be pious. use the word In no
narrow, sectarian, CT theological sense; bat In
that which Virgil means when be calls Eaeas
"p'as"-a piety which belongs to no one ieot,
nor CLINE, nor time, nor country, bnt which
everywhere and at all times, renders TO g God
and self and man whatever Is dee, and dee, Is
In the very spirit of the Sermon on, the Mount
But, young gen lemen, while have thus ui-
dressed you as etudenta preparing yourselves
for the ordinary business and professions OF lie
well Know that ct any time many Of you won d
DO, ana 10 nmes OF suoh tremendous impor, az
Just now are upon Us In our own country, all Of
you are profoundly intersted in politics, Prob
aoiy you give 70 them more OF your thoughts
than to any Of your collegiate or professional
studies. know, too, that msuy Of yon aysn
now, look eagerly for ward 10 the time wh4p Won
will pass from your professions into political
life. That is the goal Of your ambitious lon ..
ings. Your hearts are fixed upon 1t. His an
honorable, q holy ambition; an ambition not 10
be extinguished, but to be regulated. He Ia a
false tescher who would tell the ingenious. yir.
tuous and public spirited youth Of Che country.
that the political service Of the country il A.
only for tie vulgar, the impure, the corrupt.
As there are hypocrites In tbs pulpit empirics
In medicines, pettIfoggers az the bar, and pre-
tenders everywhere, so there are demsgo oa ues
In political life. Bat there 10 ss well {
morality 90 philosophy, science Ia politics.
far above che circle of these reptiles. On.
happily the low standard of capacity ana
morals set up and denounced BY those who
deciue public lie, ard practically t ut too
often acknowledged BY politicians is an.
other OF the evil porleuts which im.
pend our country. Of the corrupiing itau-
ences OF svarice, at all times, Ireed not speak.
Bat more debasing and dangerous st,ll In sea
sons Of great public oommoiop, 10 the execrs-
BILE vice of fear. All these combined make M
that most leashsome Of all the objects Of re-.
proach and soon, "a scursey politician" He
has borne the same odious character 10 eyerv
country and age. Among the Greeks, he once
oourted popularity of place, by pciDtiug ont
the smugglers Of fgs, aud was cursed as both
spy and informer, aud thence gave name to
the whole class Of demagogues. 10 Rome, he
headed every petty popular tumult, and clam
ored fercely for o division Of lands and goods.
Curfan described him in his day, 10 felioitous
phrase, % zone who bouyant BY putr
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