Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-10-23

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law student Of six months stan5;ns
ought not to commit. It is your dnte
to know the facts and law of yonr COY
better than he eau possibly do H.
merit consists in fully apprecistinn
your exposition of your case. tt hss
does this and you are right Won We e
your case. If he does this and WI WI
are wrong he is able to satisfV ~ ~
perhaps and at any rate the str;otJu
impartial, wherein your error lies w,
ought never to come to the hear;uu.
not even of motion without prev;o-Ss
examination, and in most instances
brief of the points Of fact and law -
lied on. This does not necessitato
lengthy argument. 1t requires onIn
Drlef IL the proper sense of the ter,,,
And let me add, the better you undar
stand your case the shorter your NJ.
Will be, The most cheering thonaIt
to me in the task which lies hafo.a
me, is the hope that by the aid Of tto
older brethren of the Bar nnani o
able by judicious conduc. and encou ue
agement to contribute to the buiiJ;.
up of a Bar worthy of the Cane Eaas5
District and worthy to wear thu W., car
ties Of those who have preceded thn "n
l am proud to say that at this dan T.
still merits its ancient and hopoyeS
renown. In few years the yonna
nen who are listening to me mrst
take the places of those who are ncw
the leaders. They must be the ore.t
lawyers of their section in their dav
and generation. Let them aim to
qualify themselves for their high cali.
ing. 1t will give me great pleasure to
aid them in their task Let no man
fear to approach me with perfect con.
fdence for whatever may have bee,
in the past, I pledge myself for the
honor of my station, for the love OF nv
profession to bury it here, never again
as hope to be resurrected. It has
ever been the pride and boast of on,
profession, that more united, liberal
and harmonious body of men in which
are embraced Judges as well as law
yers, has never been known. We speak
of those who legitimately belong to
the Bar, and who are attached to the
law as a science aud not as trade
who, in short, form as it We're, the
foresnic family. When it IS consid-
cred how many lawyers there are, that
they represent different and opposite
interests, that they are educated in
peraments, different breeding, and diff
fereHt passions, il is truly remarkable.
if not wonderful, that their relations
should be so amicable. and we NAV
say, cordial. This is, perhaps, more
than can be SAID truly of any other.
equally extensive body of scientific or
literary men. Their departments well
as their talents aud bearing form a part
e r /,
they are professionally opposed to
legal brother-the next day they are
| engaged with him. They consult to-
| ter into an honorable professional
competition or opposition. It is al
most impossible TO continue long in a
state OF actual personal hostility to
each other. Their clients and their
business necessarily bring them into
amicabie relations and in addition to
| all this, the true interests of the entire
| bar are adverse to feuds and resent
nlents. There is often great keenness
! aud excitement in debate and some
times severity ofremark, but from mu-
tual liability of counsel thus to be be-
trayed into temporary passion, they
are taught mutual forbearance and for
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charge, the jury give their verdict, the
battie as lost and won, and the irrita-
| ton Of counsel is passed and forgot
ten. This is as it should be. The
profession could not otherwise exist.
We are aware Of the vulgar error
which supposes that excitement and
animation OF al argument and zeal on
the part Of opposing interests indicate
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nits no one to be master of his
temper but himself. If he does, a
| shrewd adversary familiar with his
failing constantly throws him into con-
fusion, and finally his intellects are
only restored to their harmony and
equilibrium to witness the wreck
which his folly or frenzy may have
made. An irascible lawyer not only
IS stunned by the profession, but quar-
rels at times with his best clients, and,
according TO Tie marine figure, having
neglected lis chart, his compass and
his helm he lies stranded on lee
shore. Il IS Z conviction Of the truth
Of tins doctrine that has largely con-
II. huted 10 that decorum and atfability
hy which the bar is generally charac-
ter.zed. /. IS to their profit and credit,
and their comfort ct the same time.
And it makes them what We trust they
NAV always 1emain-the example and
pride Of the community. The result
Of this professional! harmony Is the
great est mutual confidence. They rely
upon each others word as an infalllbIe
bGnd-Is between themselves they
| rarely require any writing as al assur-
ancc. They neither doubt nor are
doubted. This, among other lofty
principles OF the profession, has Sc
cured them mere, and everywhere,
position which neither envy nor cal
umDy can ever destroy or impair.
| There IS another matter 10 be
advertcd 10, ard that i the
ben efts arising from their daily
congregatipg Or assembling at Court.
Cheerfuiy greeting one another, cot
d0ience upon losses, or congratula-
tions upon forensic victories, the young
| cheered and stimulated by the example
| OF the old, the old aided and assisted
aud reverenced by the young, mutual
| dependence upon, and kindness toward
each other. In those remarks l have
| not pretended to give utterancc to my
own ideas, nor in my own language as
[ probably told you in TIE start that
| / had selected both idea ard e2Ples-
| sion whenever I could find anything
better expressed than couldpen lnyseh
Then let the quotation marks be en-
tered at the first sentence and contln-
! ued to the close. The only merit 1
| claim is fer grouping together the
ideas Of different writers and thereby
recalling to the profession what was
once thought necessary to be repeated
to them and what feared the reap
sing after Tie late struggle might rem
Der necessary to be repeated AGAIN.
they are TT least wholesome thoughts
and viii Go to treasure. May all go
on prospering, and may the sp6s'ess'
retrospect Of well-spent life 1mrar'
cheerfuiness TO the aged. May the
bright vista OF foreshadOWed success
open upon tie youthful, while hope
bedecks their brows with the cholces'
garlaEt}s Of professional honDrs.
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Among the articles on exhibition al
the Fair VAS the military chest be,
longing 10 Lord Corvallis, captureu
81, half