New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-01-30

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am quite willing TO leave the record to show
whether @ unwilling to accord simple %rh, 1'oo 10
am really quite sorry that you are able to
deny the remark imputed To you, that you thOugt ~
90 disgrace To your family 10 have such clent as eh.
II seemed natural and creditabe, that without any
personal knowledge Of you, aud having II almost uIeot
ready credenee Others have Thought it and said II and
am sure yon will live to regret That you oi thSr's
and say it I'm season to save your own ana yon i"'
reputation.
You demand facts sustain my opinions You in7tI,.
apparently that shall go 10 New York, overhaul ~
records al the courts for the last four or nve ycas UT
ont the eases In which your father has bteh
examine into their special character ana hao5y, ai
seek to sustain, from this record, inc J6 Tb
Rcp,i5icaa has uttered in this matter NoT u, be-
lieve such Investigation wol' I',y a., nd Il" not
feel called uon 10 make 1t. In these modern daysol
such nusances' as lightning anu rtod a ciioU NJ and
Thought and conhensing life, we are Obliged 10 take goo
many things ut second hand or for granted how t
Was Irnuih In America last summon, though ws hot
here TO witness It, and have not seen the mtolousI,'
tables II you shonld deny th3t there has Se adnn
i-traton NJ the New York City Government duihg th
ia.t few year4 or that political aud pcrsonal favor ana
monav a. well have po.onrd the administration OF jus
lice IN your city should be ut loss o1han. ior te
hodv beeycs them true aud there IL moro or less OF
evidence got in the records OF the papers, u III
the coniunctiO and comparison Of otherwise uneApn
allie circumstances Suppose. again. the manager OF the
BLACK Crook protests that our correspondent mas
Iilcird him by declaring that TO be indecent and i'm
moral exhibition calculated 10 degrade the morals 81 inc
community, aud assures me- hfs lhit u IS ftPr'
ton OF high dramatic art intended ana calculated 10
elevate the OF secondly reproduction III ma
ture what the old masters Yalny uhueTtooh upon ch
yass, and certain to minister rehheineht III Wol,
and thirdly that any way It wore, as II as bad n
the exhibitions 10y his rivals, Lyons! thompson anu NJ,
Fisk. Now must |. 10 sustain myself atte'l lhe rtSu7
OF pr,ons ocular experience Ut these several exhD,
tlonsl Must | give measurements OF Inc snp,Ihcal
areas Of show at the different placeSi NUS
invent moral gauge. and prove by the rising ana all-
Ing OF the moral temperature of New York as these ex
hintons are ON or OF the stage that the nor' U"''
which has been charged il trnef obviously nor. ~,
Here, again, Is the old of disputed ana YET n'ettira
question OF The responsibility OF the COUNSEL Ior NJ iITr
or his cause You contend, as understand NOT only lor
the right, but accept rho duty, OF every lawyer 10
assume. without discrimination anu "Ithout Ic-
spoushility, any cause or any client t mat may
client every advantage in the courts that your anilly
and ingenuity and the possibilities and opportunities OF
the law can he made TO gain cannot aecePt rs. no
not believe the profession, either IN theory OF prac
u rule accept it, lawyer has his rights az lawyer,
and his duties. also, as lawyer Ihey may ana oteh
criminal whom ne believes guilty, or me clEI cause
to that cauSr ,hnt "hacf'r 1nu59trnS 80
The may lc in the c1So should nc known anu ahO"cd
but trst I'm accepting This position, and next IN us
public on which 1t may ariaEn' drpme'
sian even Won will he Wiling TO admit And if
yon admit IT, you let in my whole ease The journalist
n and pniiic mei@to do i boldly ana fearrssy hut he
has an equal responsibility TO public opinion Tor the
manner the spirit, and the motive with which he does
tnls' anu W ~. ~ r',lc' Which he naV DISPLAY in
Snn, IN ,,rrmipn the manner in which discharge my
rights aud dutios a. Journalist nave il5ht anu
4. my duty u journalist, ia Grraign ana discuss tne
manner I'm which you ana your father meet your nights
and discharge your duties IA lawyers.
You summoned She shades OF webster and Choate to
overthrow my positions. whether, il they could answer
Your call TIM great for generous fees which one OF
ihcm had i'm the body or 1.-The grand passion" OF tho
other for unique client ana desperate caiS-"hereu
ieptatons than the experience of those great adyO
Gates ever permitted them TO dream Of-Wond lead he
inink utr,u your side of ths QUESTION with arr nndL.
y.
temptations of their professional career ana dschatged
It's nut ~ mai thny w"nld be usefu witnesses
Since they cannot come. however, suppose Wo suin
mon the living; and, turning aside from the New
York bar, where professional ryaries and tealOuses
may naturally be supposed TO hinder impartial JUDGMENT
upon those who 80 successful az yOurlet ana as
socatrs in securing the fat causes Of your dis
tngushed clients and in winning them in the courts
let ask the judgment OF the ennent representatives
tho profession ~ your fathers own LaHtc state upon
the questions We dispute Here are the Judge OF or
Supreme Court-plst and prr,eht-sOme OF theh ora
Beghhors Of your family ana all Oi the am sure per
Mr. Bartlett and herri. Gov clifford Who has had
an experience In public administration, and now ad-
sn,nr of e 0ur.tius involved IN ta0-c casee In which
your distinguished client. have impeTiled your fathers
and wrong In professional duty suppose We take, say,
the Judgment Of these grnemen il they will Justify you
in your and your practices il they VIII pro
nonce the opinions have expressed unsound immoral
aud unjust will at least agree tn be more modest in
publishing them hereafter.
Your growing rage leads you, it seems to me to
great cOnfoundng of the propriees NJ private life aud
the rights and duties OF professional public opinion
What Won would not 20 10 gentlemans house and say
To his face you utter before - and jury. What
should decline per-onally matter OF taste aud pro-
pry tO Ia nrigbOr or my friend, unless he eN
pressy invited il, have right. when II beconc. ny
duty to say journalist. through the paper that hap
pens Ice under my control This is 80 obvious, IL IL 50
universally the rule OF our modern HE, That need no
more than state 10 thus simply.
You seem To believe you have exhibited The utter flsy
and injustice of the essential statements OF our CORE
sp0nden Ii does not appear ia me you have done 1t at
all Let IA see exactly what they were and your answer
10 them a. Your father, he said, Il hardly old enough
TO be called veteran yet ( Is one of the ab!esi law
yers in NewIork," aud % has by far the largest pTac-
lice" No dispute here, believe at least DY you az
His receipts a. counsel for the Erie Railroad Company
alone understood 10 have exceeded 500 900 In single
year C"d"sfocri mimi YOU; that H. the current re-
port In Sew York You show clearly that this under
standing Is cxaggcraioi and that he has received
less money for hi' wees In behalf OF that Company a
lis managers than has been commonly supposed But
OF the understanding of generally Intelligent circles in
NewiOrk. think there j. good reason for believing
Any way there * no Islander in it, % His regular in
is enormous" You admit that II is s75O0; that may
small TO you, but it would be regarded "en0r
nous by most people 90 "ls connection with Fisk and
Gould secures him the favor of Barnard and the other ring
Judges" Ihatisa matter OF Judgment. OF opinion our
respondent brings no special fact To sustain II you offer
none to dsproye it. O. Though it has destroyed his
reputation as "a hgh-lOned lawyer with the public"
wong hIhH be { Substantially CORRECT o, "WSle the
Bar Away disked him for his righteousness and mean
ness That too, Is report Of the Bars opinion You
think both report and opinion wrong am the opin
ion is injustice to your father but must testify that
! 10 from intelligent sources frequent Judgment
OF his professional associates In New Yo-r Next
~ Strong Frec-TIade advoca;e,S aud Of often 'pre
| siding over the Reform Clu5' that he is au-
eo G OF the present code Of New York All pre- Pre
sumo undspued and certainly not disereditabc facts
Finally we are told that his reputation lawyer il
based upon his knowledge of legal technicaites" aud
evidence We are given the opinion Of Mr.. James r.
Brady that he was the king OF the pettoggers" This
little too sweeping il Is absurd Ia suppose that
fathers claim 10 ability aud leadership. docs not
rect ON higher qualities. But my observation OF his
prominence AS a pettifOgger IL confined simply TO the
present correspondence with him and YOURSELF aud udg
from this he Is not without decided capacity In that
line Of his profession and has qualities strong it
that they descend iby inheritance. You will see, from
this review OF the provoking paragraph OF the letter
that, though there several expressions in IL, the
publication Of which in the columns OF The Republican