, 1864-03-12
Gan. q. r Butler.

He INV OIucc WHlCu HC eutcteu Us stu
dent was that of gentleman who spent
most Of his time in Boston, and from whom
he received not one word of guidance or
instruction nor felt the need Of ono. lie
read law with all his might, and began al
most Immediately to practice little in the
police courts Of Lowell, conducting suits
brought by the factory girls against the
mill corporations, and defending petty
criminal cases; glad enough to earn an oc-
casional two dollar fec. The presiding JUS
tice Glanced to be a really learned lawyer
and able man, and thus this small practice
was valuable aid to the student. Small
indeed were his gains, and sore his need.
One six months Of his two years probation
he taught public school in Lowell, in Or
der to procure decent clothing, and he
taught it well, say his old pupils. What
with his school, his law studies, and his oc-
casional practice, he worked eighteen hours
in the twenty-four.
Ills audacity and quickness stood him in
good stead at this period. One of his first
cases being called in court, he said in his
usual way: Z" Let notice be givcn!'
"ln what paper!" asked the aged clerk
of tho rourt n s.ronro,s Wh;o
In tic To,,.U IJ~s.,;.s. :" mas .I,o 50
,lv. tbs Io,nsU IJrs.,;.". Lo;,a J"aIso,,
paner never mentioned in n I"ScIl c"nr,
pf wbose more er;stencc eSw ,boro nrosont
would confess n knowIeJ,o
The LoWeH fdrertiser! 2" said the clerk,
with disdainful nonchalance, al don't
know such paper"
NO, ;,tsyrun, tho nroccoJ;n@. oS ~. norr, !.
far n vnn be,;u 10 tell mo- wha, v vnu Jon,;
Lnow ,hsro T;Il ho ma .;mo e'r anv,L;",.
olSo " " '''' "
lie was olvavs nromn, with n rotor, of
this Lind 8" n, io,or d,v wSon bo wos a.,
cross.on,st;on;pg n Titness n nat Tho mos,
! rcsnectFnl manner and Tho court ;n,.rnos. '
inc ren;nded him ,ba, Tho w;,ross was
nrI,,s.sor ,i in Harvard T',,o"o | hn ;~s,"",,' "
renl;cJ 81 am "warc Of !, ,onr h"n"..
vd hnn. ono "f ,Lo'n tbo ,,Ios J", " |
m, ~ y '.' .''V o .'
hls Pontlcs were no., IN rcailty, an 4o-
st.clc 70 nls suTcess .a az 'ns par ,mough MS
ir'cn!s ieareu 'ncy wouiu De' lhere are
."o s'acs ~ oe.ery sun Inu as people 70
70 Jaw 70 wln' Iney are not nheiy 70 overlook
an advocate, who, besides the ordinary mo-
tiyes of excrtiop, has the stimulus Of polit.
ical and social antagonism. He won his
way ranidly IN n lucrative nractic. and
with sufficient rapidity to an important
lc,d;ny and c,nsnicuons nr,c,;cc Uo mas
ieIu"S anu Conspicuous Practice' nc was
oolu, a'i'Sen', Nenen'en.' ineNnaus.ipie
oPpcncn'' ne acceP.ec tiie 'heory OF MS
concciyiny il TO be his duty to save or serve
his client with not the slightest regard to
the moral aspect Of the matter in dispute.
:, That is the concern Of the law-makcr and
the court; the advocates business, in his
opinion, is simply and solely to serve his
client interest. And il there should be
lawyers at all, that is, beyond question, the
correct theory of the vocation.
In some important particulars, Gen. But
ler surpassed all his cotcmp mporaries of the
New England bar. His memory was such
that he could retain the whole Of the testi-
mony Of the longest trial without taking
note. His power of labor seemed unlim-
tied. In fertility Of expedcnt and in the
lightning quickness Of his devices to snatch