The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-11-26


ia thrul and exemplary of the men of his
calling
And you, young gentlemen, who prepare
or the profession of the law will have no
bier ,heater to act in, than any who have
gone before you in the United States. Out
Of the terrible revolution which now convulse
every part of our unhappy land, will arise
questions of constitutional and statute law.
ofpersonal liberty, Of private right, of pro-
perty, of life, grander, more numerous,
Infinite in variety and more perpleAing'
than heretofore in any age or country. 1t
Just now ,'amid arms law, are silent, in
your day, at least, should free goTernment
happily in any form ,u,vre among US arm'
viii. asain y,eId to the Ioga, and laws re gn
suprem,. With diligence, therefore, fixed
faith and una.terable purpose, prepare your
selves for the destiny which lies betre you,
to the end that in the next generation yoH
may he among the number Of those who up
OH the Bench and at the Bar, shall restore
sud bear alult to higher reno%n the already
| ilustrlous standard Of british and Ameri'
can forensic learning and eloquence. Cow
ardice and scrvil,ty before executive over
we're the disgrace Of che Ens lsh Bar AMI
Bench in the days OF the $ udrtS; aud these,
Threatening now the honor and the indie
pendence Vi the American Judiciary are q.
lnong the most alarming portcntS Of the
times But remember that while along with
he grca, Ham, den, The name OF the honest
I survive III h ,nor, tht time serving and un-
Just Jud les Who sat With han, and yielded to
political expeIency, and military necessi-
"" have perished from history, OF are re.
membered only to be execratcd.
Your courage, your fortitude, your man
hood, will also some day bc Severel y tried.
| Dub luen IeuleIhuCI NuTTdi!i hHOSc ld1hS
brightens just al the memory Of the venal
placemen and barristerS around Mm rOts,
with each revolving year, AMI who, when
menaceI IN court by file of soldiers clat.
tering th:ir muskets as h. addressed the
jury in defense OF one charged with treason
exclaimed in manly defiance:
"You mayassaSsinate, but you can not
intimidate me" Read, too the speeches,
and admire and initiate the heroic Erskiue,
the greatest OF Ens lish barrsiters, who, u
gainst the whole power OF the Executive in
time Of both foreign war and rebellion,
maintained for years the rights and liberties
OF Englishmen, with unlaunled intrepidity
Prepare yourselves, by continual study oil
The characters and noble emulation of the
example of these and other great and good,
men of the past for Ike scenes in your own
day. Nerve your hearts now for the strug.
gle.
But, young gentlemen, while | have thus
addressed you as stud 'nts preparing your
selves for the or.lnarj business and profess
sions Of hfe, well khOw that at any time
many CT you would be, AMI in times Of such
tremendous import as just now are upon US,
in our own country, all of you are profound
sly interested iu politics Probably you give
to them more your thoughts than to any
of your collegiate or professional studies.-
know, too, that many you even now, look
eagerly forward to the time when you will
pass from your professions into political
life. That is the goal of your ambitious
ongings Your hearts arc liked upoh It.
Ills AL nonUrab,", holy ln)t, IA, a am
b.Dpn Mt TO be "Xtla, ,Ulaa" !, ~tt"be .es1-
a.ed lie IS .aIse ;catnrr @hJ %Odit teli
the lnsenou., virtaouS, and puOIic Sprt'ed
youth Of the country, that the political ser
wee Of the country is lit only for the vulgar,
the IMPURE, the corrupt.
And now allow me 10 add, that thou h
you may be parrots and yet not statesmen,
tn great statesman il always patriot
His 10 te of country is us well q principle as
an emotion. Duty enters largely into it,
hence it is stable enduring 1t is not senss-
tional--cerlain,y not mere feeling of
gratitude; least OF all, in the meaning of that
word as defined b. DR.. johnson: "a lively
sense of favors yet to be received" he
loves his country both wisely and we'll