The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-05-26
The Feeble Minded in p New Rele.

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The protesting lawyers feel SO sore at the
severe and deservedu reprimand they have
received from the Supreme Court that they
seem to have lost what little legal Wisdom /
they ever did possess. intellectually unable !
to contend with the Court, and made doubly
weak by the evident falsity of their positions,
they are conscious of THEM impotence. This
Consciousness, while it makes them fear and
respect the Court impels them to seek some
reverse that their feeble powers may, as they
think, enable them toobtain. Their recent
.chastisement is .stilltoo fresh in their minds
to allow them to adopt any bold, outspoken
course, and all their plans are now conceived
in fear and trembling: They are now covert
ly discussing an attack upon the STANDARD.
This, action upon theirjpart is, not all to
be wondered at. The STANDARD. has so un-
mercifully exposed their unworthy and nm
professional conduct that they are willing
to run the risk ofagain making themselves
ridiculous by being cuffed around like a
parcel of naughty children, Their present
plan is to raise the cry that the STANDARD
has shown contempt to the Court Ludic-
'rous as our readers will deem the
announcement. it is literally true. Truly
it seems as if what legal sense they once were
eredited'with has been driven out of them
| by their late troubles. The idea TINT the
STANDARD, which has from first to astsus-
tanned the action Of the Court, should now
endeavor to bring it into contempt, or inter
fere with the course of justice, is silly beyond
expression, and is too absurd to need refuta
ton. In order to relieve the bdisoreiered
minds of these poor lawyers, however, we
will inform them that SO, far from being dis
pleased with the action of the Court we
think it has done ,eractly right. ! The, last
action of the protesting lawyers has con-
WINGED us that the Court knows them better
than we do, and that even our estimate of
the want of ability and keenness was too
flattering.. We are now willing to let them
depart, not WISER perhaps. but certainly
4 much sadder. We wish these gentlemen the
best possible fortune that can bcfsll them
/ obscurity. Should they, however, as we
understand they intend, renew their attacks
upon the Court they will fine. the STANDARD
as in the present case, ready to give its
influence in favor of the Court, and to ex-
pose all legal hucksters who are willing to
dishonor their profession and stultify them
selves by underwriting to- bring into con
tempt the judiciary of their State. Let the
protesting lawyers withdraw from the at
tempt to enact the rofe of virtuous indigna-
ton as speedily as they can, for they will
only make themselves still more ridiculous
and that is entirely needless. 1t is seldom
that men can acquire the ,reputationro oil
simplctons in the short time that they have
done, and they should rest satisfied with the
ridiculous fame they have just achieved
That they who have Just been reprimanded
for contempt should now affect such a ten
der soicitnde for the reputation of the Court
| is ludicrous in the extreme. Their sheep
4 skins fail to conceal their asses ears. f .rl