The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1872-12-11

case there, and was SURPRISED to II
see that my friend Thombn was Gu
nearly out Of practice In theE Equity m
court. Younger lawyerA had ct,
monopolized the business. There il
is time for all things, we an told ca
in the Bible, and after being the r
Bar for more than half cenAry, n,
it is time for a lawyer to quit ps. W
iness, and prepare for his app(r. II
ance at the other Bar, where thke th
| is no appeal for him or his ellen. a
The trst time ever saw wv b,
lace Thomson, was the spring att Q,
my admission to the Bar, at SpaA b,
tanbnrg. He was defending Delhi OF
Land for stealing feathers. Thsth
court was sitting in the old jail,sr
and Judge James was presiding. y
The old Court House had been
torn down, and the present build
ing was being erected. l reached
Spartanburg late Monday morning,
in company with my old friend,
Benjamin Saxon. We went im.
. mediately to the Court House, or
iail, where the court was sitting,
and as stepped in, Mr.. Thomson
| was in the midst of his argument.
Iwas greatly amused at his speech,
4 the character of tho case, and the
appearance OF the court and its
Surroundings. l had read, in
:: Blackstone, of"Piepouder Courts"
IL the lowest courts mentioned by
the learned commentator, as exist.
ing in England, and l was remind
% ed of this humble court. But bus
incss was not despatched go quick
NJ ly. Blackstone says, if l reinem,
!, Der corrett!r, The court was 80 call
ed, because It despatched business
he as quick as one could shake dust
. from his feet. Della was Iconvic
ted of petty larceny, by jury OF
y her peers, and Mr.. Thomson took
r, an appeal. The law then, was the
Court OF Appeals would hear nt
or. criminal case unless the defendant
- was present in court at the argu
ment of the appeal. Della hae
to 90 70 Columbia, and she walked
all the way, about a hundred miles
The next fall, Mr.. Thomson, moved
by the hardship of his client, in
troduced bill to dispense witt
The necessity of tile defendant be
ing present in the Appeal Court
except in cases of capital felonie'
ne During our political excitement
ng Mr.. Thomson. was, in the beglr
ed ming, inclined to be a Union mar
but the popular current in favor
nd Modification and disunion, set !
ife too strong for him to resist it.
lis have frequently thought that l.
ew was like the converted Jews
ems Spain, mentioned by Barrow,
Irs, his interesting book OH Spain. l.
rse said the inquisition had converte
in them outwardly, but at heart tb'
of we're still Jews, and secretly ke
the up their ancient mode OF worsll
ber Mr.. Thomson sailed under the M
'ep LITIGATION flag, but he long ente
up tanned a tender feeling for t
few Stars and Stripes. In 1881 al
'sed 1852, when the whole State W
and going, as Judge Evans said,
ach Secession by default, we started
able Southern Patriot at Greenville,
He Union paper. Mr.. Thomson
hos auired OF me when we met at Sp
,gh' tanburg court that spring, if h
'ery copy of the Patriot with me
ever He took it and read it throus
the and eagerly sought for the sub
3 in. ouent numbers. Judge Dawk
for was a subscriber, and i'll this "
and Thomson had access to the pa
without incnrring the odium OF
Ma ING a subscriber and patron
edu- snch heresies. That summer
have met my friend Thomson at a re
fact, mental muster in Greenville,
who he proposed to introduce me
lima, Judge Farmer, and said =" he
had one of our Sort" / replied th
lnil should be very glad to see Earn
is as for he was an old acqnaintanc
e to mine. That fall, Governor n
for ming aud Thomson were in con
mid ny will, parcel of five eater
prac- Columbia, who were cnrslng
I'd A Southern Patriot in very sti
mson terms, and some one OF the cor
erent ny appealed to Thomson for
'erior opinion, as to the character OF
8 the paper. The Governor saw
nging he was in a tight place, ant
met, crsed himself by saying tina
, very cid not take the paper, and '
lar he very little about it. When
nts u, ernor Manning told me this,
YER peated what Thomson bad ga
court the regimental muster, and
points anxiety at all times to see the
But triot. This was too good a
him, for me to keep, and told
,al. / auently in Thomson's presene
a case As a member Of the Legisla
III oya nf IN, .oann took a very a