The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1869-12-04

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n he ball sai oeuefal l.. 4 Walker.
~ presiding officer, sith 0sn. Jahn
y. rather. tiw President n the A..
.oeialion, On hls tight, and GENERAL
Edward A. O'Neal. bne " No vice
Presidents. on NJ. ieh Members
u the bar and of Ihe Jfcss at NJ
two long tables. one % either side.
loaded with delieaeie- bscomingls
arranged, With handsome pyramids
ofcme&i,ons IT intervals. and Aket
baskets Of cakes and nuts, and a
variety Of other temptations TO che
palate. Speeches were madc and
toasts were responded 10 by General
l.. +. Walker, Captain Vim Rich
arlson, Coptain Milton Holmes,
Captain Foster, VIM. Cooper, Il. u.
Lindsay, .ludgeR W. Walker, Gen.
Geo. s. Houston, and Others, One
Of TIE toasts, (the sth) was.
/ The fate ofthclawycr. lloworks
hard, livcs well, aud dies poor.
Ephraim II. Foster, Esqr., was
called, and responded with n just
ness Of sentiment and aptncss OF
illustration and eloquence of expires.
sion that evoked frequent manites-
tations of applause from his intelli-
gent audience. He said:
Who is the lawyer, the true law
yer, whose appropriate cpitaph is
pronounced in the sentiment propo.
sed? Bring him forth to view, il
all his proper lineamcnts and splen'
did attributes of head and hcurt, anc
he will stand out, from. the canvas
recognized by all as the perfect man
This impersonation of moral ex
; cellence, the true lawyer, subjec
{ though he may be, and is to th'
common frailties aud infrmities Q
poor human nature, is nevertheless
one of the precious metals. He
indeed refined geld, and as gold
better than silver, and as silver
81 better than brass, and brass bette
!, than clay, throughout the deseenc
ing gradations, he is in all respect
e, prc-emincnt.
The lowest class of the scri'
(which is of the aearth, earthE,s an
pcrsonated as the clay, | am glad
say, is scarcely known to us by a
tual observation. Dickens, wit
:, ;, his weird and wonderful genius,
"a his character of Uriah Keep, h
sterotyped and made forever odio
this particular class, this flung
IA "A growth and vile excrescuce upon
pure and honorable profession.
Next on the ascending scale cor
le' the men Of brass, the "soundil
49, brass and tinkling cymbals," m
er of large pretensious and self-asse
ted merits, who shine for day al
Y are soon tarnished- -who clamor I
!, sudden faime aid as suddenly d
away like the resOupding echoes
SC, thcirdNn voices. With us, the
:. , tod, are rare. g'sG yygvr
:, Then comes a class, lineompal
bly, beyond any o, thescr men
mind and purposeJb Jb,itscant of SOL
I'D cold, unimpas.ipncd and emotionl'
to. who, toll upon ,techpicalities. a
i who are content to evoke, from 9
VA Judged eases authority. for their !
,at sitions, without ascending to Il
nd great principles. These are N
i who like silver, shine with 2 co
>. fpalc lustrc, who iIluminatcs no pa
mo in history or song, and when
od vitwf4innit itexpifas, sink, forgott
~ beneath the great wave Of time.
~, Superior, infinitely superior
,ov these, and will forever shiness
Ere pure gold; those great spirits, 81
ain as ,MansfeldS sBSbughm, Bur
.od Erskine, our own Marshall, {
-. and Webster, and others of this
~ splendent host, giants of re,a
- I, . who mount into the upper Reas
so,f and feast among the gods.s ii
A. have monuments more durable t
: :. brass, more etfulgent' Than silve
= - Their fame is carved in the etc
!. ae gold and will glow and glitter :
: the earth shall melt with fervcnt
and the heavens shall pass a
ords with a great noise.
loor olives well, works hard,
he dies poor.s" Thes epropossittiiopn
lren. solved into their true prcdic
Tos- mean unselfshnes, fidclittyrand
in a csty Of purpose.
es Of ss@Livcs well.naIt would sea
true be correct to, say5thai the 900.
ing Of the lawyer consists In Ri