Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-06-21

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brain with a proud pulse beat to-
wards the unattainablc. viii, makes
men giants. 1t made Napoleon al
Emperor Of Kings; Bacon, the faith
omer Of nature; Byron. a tutor OF
passion, and the martyrs masters Of
death.
The tall elms are bat small trees
now. The lOftJ hills that stood Al
such grand distances, are now but
gentle waves of rolling upland The
fences that were so gigantic, are now
only simple palings; the gate that was
so cumbrOus, YOU might easily lift
from its hinges. The garrct, with
its lofty beams, its dark stains, and
its obscure corners, where the white
hats and coats hung ghost like-is
but g low loft, darkened by age,
hung over with cObwebs, dimlight-
ed with foul windows, it's glee, its
JOY, It's mystery all gone forever.
The old school master, is perhaps
dead. The gymnastic feats that
we're so extraordinary, the boy that
made a snapper of his dkerehief,
have all lost their greatness and
their dread. The tutor, is now the
father Of curly headed children.
The boy who had Travelled is no
longer an oracle. Your first fond
flame is the mother of ali the butch
er's children. And Laura, the ro-
mantle, dark-eyed Laura, who sigh
ed and wore blue ribbons, who talk
ed 80 tenderly OF broken hearts, the
reader OF Tennyson and Thadeus, of
Warsaw. She is now the plump,
thriving wife OF the-tOWn apOtheca-
~ ssfrg- s-iEeens nIiL-eEaaLy- -z4asl..zaiss-
at seven. the little pOrtico in FROM
Of the apOthecary's house. She
wears a sky-biue calico gown, and
dresses her hair Ia three little quirls
on each side of her head, each
once pierced through with q two
pronged hair pin. She don't read
TennysOn now. Il would take an
algebraic formula for ascertaining
unknown quantities, to determine
the mum Der of thousand receipts
there is in her favOrite book.
Standing as you do now upon the
boundary which divides youth from
manhood, the past seems bloated
with infancy. II is without bone or
sineW. 1t wont "bear the touches
of a mans hand" True, IL is not
long since the springtime of life
ended with you. But in the years
that have interviewed, you have
taken long strides upward The
little griefs and disappointed hopes
that throws their shadows around
your life, have made the passing
years seem long. But il is these
that ripen manhood. You feel now
that you are prepared 10 put on the
" method and measures of the
world" Having been graduated in
the profession of your choice, which
BY the law Of the COnfcrs up
on you the right 20 practice in its
courts-you feel that the goal Of
your ambition is almost attained,
and that you have only to put in
your sickle 70 reap the harvest of
your labOrs. 1 do not wish to dis
courage my young brothers, at this
time when every thing seems 50
bright and promising, out 1 should
be derilict in my duty, weFo l not
to warn you, that there are DAYS,
and weeks, and months, and even
years Of toll and labor yet in store
for you. That the path in your iIn-
mediate front, which looks so
smooth ana even TO you, is full of
snares and pitfalls. Confident as
yOu may be, in extent and accuracy
of your legal learning, you will soon
realize, that the chief value of the
instruction you have acquired here,
consists in having learned the art of
knowing how to study laws. That
the difficulty in learning the rules,
definitions and maXims of law, is
very slight compared with she
knowledge OF making practical ap-
plicatiOn of them. Broad and appa-
rently illimitable as the field of legal
sciences is, it is narrow and con-
tracted, compared with the innum-
cradle transactions of every day
life. Scarcely any two of which
arc preuisaiy identical They have
not inaptly bOen compared to the
leaves of the forest, myriads of
which seem to be alike, yet in some
minute particular, each one differs
from the other; those slight differ
ences, requiring the application of
diverse and often repugnant rules
OF law and procedure. This is the
reason we hear so onuch said by non
professional persons, about the un-
certainty of the law When in
truth, the uncertainty consists in
the want Of knowledge Of the facts
and their relations to each other. |
believe it was Montesquieu who
said, that law was the knowledge of
the relation of things. We all
know, that IN the sale of personal
property, the law implies a warran-
" of title, but not of soundness.
How often do we see the tradesman
anxious to effect sale, to a reluc-
tant customer; one goaded on by
his avarice, the other Jealous to
make a good bargain, until in the
collOquium, they approach the at
tenuated line which divides the
mere putting of his wares from a
special warranty of sOundness. The
vendor believing that he has exer-
cised a wary prudence; the pur-
chaser, confident that by his GOV in
difference he has seduced him
across the line, bargain is struck.
One or the other is mistaken, not
in the law of the case; but in the re-
lation of the facts. A suit is
brought, either upon the special war
ranty, or for = deceit in the sale.
After the trial, one man is sure to
leave the court thoroughly disgust
ed at the uncertainty of the law, or
the imbecility of his lawyer, and per-
hsps both.
Ii will he sometime vet. before
/ clients will come 10 you in large
| crowds 10 commit important causes
1 to your management. An Office
| with one room viii do very well for
| a year or two. Before you need q
consultation room, You will have cul-
I tivated the virtue of patience, until
/ Won feel monumental over il. AZ
Ter months, perhaps wears OF weary
I waiting, with persons arr-nd Won
rcaping the rewards or the prOfes-
! sion. possessing less capacity but
more audacity than yourself You
/ Will begin 70 think that the BOY
who translated ellit mORHIaeRtum
| pereRfHl0 GSOtS, che eat a monu-
ment of everlasting brass, hsd cs-
pecial reference to the pabulum re-
\ quired 10y young lawyers without
"cheek." Eventually, some kind
friend has cause, which he thinks
You can lose as well as any one else
aud desiring TO give yen sn oppor.
| tunity 70 show your ability as 8
lawyer, commits il 20 your manage.
meBt. You study il thoroughly
Prepare an elaborate brief. with all
the authorities carefully collated
After fortifyiBg yourself at al
points With PTecedents, which arC
directly in point, together with any
number OF cognate cases, you e
into the trial. confident of success
Il Is trne some OF your witnesses
wont prove quite as much Is yoJ
expected, and some on the othel
side, win prove a great deal more
The opposing lawyer viii vex you
by making impertinent objection
to your questions IN examing thl