, 1874-09-13

fcationB, and have undergone long, assiduous
and laborious training II he be be oompeten
his deb,l: will bo greeted with applause, hls PR
| fession1l career witnessed with admrnuop, an
| his 1ira1 exit crowned with honor aud glory;
incompetent, Lis appearance WILL be receive
| with disdaill, lis uctlous viewed with disgust
| and his departure accompanied with infarny an
disgrace. lie il supposed TO be tho monitor q
mans conduct, the protector of mems rights
and tho aycuscr Of nlau'a wrongs. He NUS
necessarily be learned, wise, r;rruous, humane
just, and yeEsed in the laws Of God end tn
Laws Of the land This is the beau ideal Of
lawyer; but. alas! how few are there
in reality coluyared with thosa who atfec
and how many policemen are lawyers! It il real
| ly sad to behold this uoblo profession, even il
this great City of Chicago. degraded By such I
number OF uncouth, iilterete, auu dishonest
| scalaxags as call themselves lawyers, but who's
only qualifications are ignorance aud kuayery
IL the law really what it III termed by the Illus
trious Burke. s. tho pride Of tho human intel
lcct, the collected reason Of ages. combining tht
principles Of original justice NTH the infinite va
| riety Of human concerns? Ono woald be il
; clined to doubt it, Judging from the conduct o
many OF it's Tpta-les bore, and believe it to bt
rather tho curse Of tho human intellect the col
lcctcd ylco of ages, combining the principles OF
bin with tito n1inite arts a,l Wiles of the devil,
| Docs the word lawyer embrace IN its siGnihcn-
| tlpl what a learned authoc ascrbes to it: "Ihe
richness aud so]idlty Of learning. the rrofuudlry
| of wisdom: tho purity OF morals, the sound
! ness Of integrity, tho ornaments OF literature.
I tlla atniablcncss of urbunlty, the graccs ct
/ moderty, and Eenorplly tho DECORATIONS md
] ameuities Of lifo"? Verify, taking rs standard
! large proportion Of those who figure in onr
| Police aud Justices Courts onc would BIZ led to
believe quito the reverse.
What blockheads Coke. Hardwicko. Black
stone, Mansfield and Halle mus. hayebeen, who,
| after spending good portion Of their lives i'll
tho study OF classics. found it necessary to
devote two or six years Mt law before they
could be admitted to tho Bar; while nova
| days. 4 man scarcely abla to wr.te his
own nanc, much less ono sentence OF the
Engllsl language gFammaticatly, after short
term on the cousta Dulary or police force, il a
full l-todSed lawyer p1d driyin. smashing buei-
ness What transccudent and gigantic lntelecss
must these latter-tlay lawyers POSSESS. wEo can,
IL less than 4 month, acquire thorough knowl-
edgo OF the classlcs and na8tor the who!e sci
euco Of tho law But this IL not possible. The
Law IL now, as ever. the same grand, sublime.
noble, aud difficult science, and nouo but the
learned can enter tho depths Of its wisdom. In
other countries, a lawyer il highly respected and
esteemed BY his fellow-mcn, and tho name is q
passport to the hest society, because his charac-
ter and education make OF him gentleman
but here, iu Chicago, Il lawyer Is at discount IN
public estimation, aud the namo il frequently
cmpioYed As q synonym for fraud, trlckcfy,
roguerv, End corruption, because Of the ignor-
alce and base Practices OF the shyster.
jcs.;c Justice i'll courts Of inferior es we'll :s
superior jurisdiction, and tho first lawyers OF
tho land lnbor as proudly in the former the
lattar, because none but lawyers and gentlemen
eau practice in either; bat not 30 here. The
upper courts are doomed BY tho learned Of the
profession alone worthy OF their judicial aspira-
tions and forensic talents because, in our petty
courts. Judges nlny bo Ignorant Of the first
principles Of Ian, aud unpublished ',oars, aud
tho attorneys l)e set OF iiliserlte bunEleru and
pot-hou5e politicians,
In addition to tho many incompetent PERSONS
who have been admitted 10 the BAR there are {.
number who have no Gncenses whatever. ]
know OF no laT to prevent individuals Of this
latter class from practcing in Justices Courts, il
people engage them with full knowledge OF
their calling; but certainly they a1,1cna-
bic to punishment il, under tho false prctenso Of
being attorneys, they exact feos from ANYBODY
ignorant Of tlcir true characters. It may bo
thought that these persons condnc their opera
tons to tue Justices Courts but such il not tue
case they may bo seen in the Superior or CIR
cult Courts figuring in appeal suits, md ereu in
divorce suits. They may be easily recognized
from their un5cntlcraanly bearing, gl.te7ing
bTeaSt-plns, and fancy 1eWelry, purchased with
their ill-gottcn gains. or left with them, as
pledges for fees. by va5abouds aud prostitutes,
Of whom they arc the recognized champions. I
venture to say that, upon al examination OF the
roll of attorneys. it will be asccrtalned that at
least one-third OF those practic1ng lnw i'll Chi.
caGo arc unlicensed. No doubt tho Bar As
sociation has already taken this matter into con-
sideratiou, md appreciates the necessity OF 4 |
vigorous enforcement of tho law agains. per-
Sous exercising without license the Office Of at-
tor1ley in courts of record. which law has hl:h-
erto remained dead letter in tho statute-booA |
It is of paramount importance that the men,
bcrs OF tue Bar should be competent and good !
men, on account of their public and fitsucary |
character. and the power for good o: evil they |
may WELD in society.
At proscEt, tue profession offers no induce |
nent to young men OF education ard refinement,
because the business OF these Justices Courts ls |
largely monopolized by Il crowd OF luocanuscs. |
whose only knowledge OF law is that derived |
from their experience as professional j11rors or
s9 ropcre-in 10 nIl-sterism. What prospect of |
success is there foc tho younS practitioner IN
his competition with such characters in these
courts, where he must necessarily look for his
livelihood during tho first years OF his profess
5ional career ? How could no stoon to tue base.
yet successful means Of thelr ac-
luiring patronage? How painful to him tho
seccesttv OF meeting them on an equal footing! |
How CALLING to hun their familiarity! How dis
,asteful to him their low cunning and petty arti-
ices
It is high tine that something should be done
o rid the profession OF the many i1n,ostors that
,ring it into public ritlieule and cone!npt. Jus
ice kaufnann has tnkeu step In tic right di-
ection, and his confrercs would do we'll to fol-
ow lis example by giving duo warning to Ill |
whom it may concern that. from anu after GER
ain date, none but licensed attorneys shall DO !
'llowed to make profession OF law IN their
onrts. They should cause the arrest OF any
nd all persons violating this rule, for receiving
money under false pretenaca. aul have them
|eals with according to law. They should fine |
very one Of these wretchcs for yagrancy, as
hey have no horest means Of support, but rob
lie substance of tho widow and tho bread of tic
oor. This would tend to purify the adminigtra-
ion of Justice, and restore confidence III theso
ourts- Tho dignity OF the legal profession nnd
!.e interests Of society peronlptorily demand tho
1tluctiou Of these human vampires. A Fiat
ustitie, ruat cuelum-" J. 4 KoSAYSE.
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