New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-13
LEAeuE OF THE-.-LAWYERs.

LEAGUE o. THE---LAW1ERs.
And He said, Woe unto also ye lawyers!
for We lade men with burdens grievous TO
DO borne, and ye yourselves touch not the
burdens with one OF your hngers.-A1Se
RI, As.
The ylaAAers q Louisiana Sepfesens she
production ana the consumption q Nifty
o, forty millions annually end upon Shei1
propesty teses . heavy busdeh Of sahtn.
Tho properly 6olders 0ee6aAS sad
mechanics Of New Orleans stand u q
similat relation 20 the State as produces
and bearers q he burdens oftaxatoA
From aeithef q hese Slasses has she
White League choseA dts candidates so1
Congress. TheiS eligibility 70 Office mas
been as completely ignored as if 'hey had
been improperly elevated - suffrage by .
constitutional amendment What class OF
society has takeA the management o. It's
political affairsr Il is the lawyers, against
whom the denunciatio. adopted as text
was BY divine pfescieacs ieveled nearly
two thousand years ago
Why should il not be sol For eea-
turies The lawyers have subsisteA on ehe
strife Of society. Il i their ooissios and
maintenance 10 make trouble and prevent
adjustment Where shere IS one Of the
profession vho. like Ganalie. gives good
advice without charge, there are Gen who
rather delight 70 see suits soultiply and
Family. until they are in che condition
ana present the sesults Of Jssndycs and
Jarndyce:
The LAWYERS have twisted IL int such /.
state a bewilderment that she original
merits Of the case have long disappeared
from Tho Gace Of She earth. Equity sends
questions 60 law. Law sends questions
back ~ equity. Law finds il can't do
this. Equity finds it can't do that. Neither
can so1uch - say it can't do anything
without this collector instructing amt shls
counsel appearing for 4, and that solicitor
instpucting and chat counsel appearing sos
y, and 90 on through the whole alphabet,
like the History OF the Apple Pie. And thus
everything goee on constantly, beginning
ever and owes again and nothing ever ends.
But there is one end to all lawsuits. There
il one point az which the attorneys abandon
them. That poiat is periodCs full stop.
s'This has been pr0tracted cause. This
has been q complex cause" You afo fur
ther to select ''thas On the numerous dill.
culties, contingencies, mastery fictions and
forms Of procedure in this great cause,
there has been expended study. aoility.
slsquence, knowledge. intellect high II,
eolloos ESo~ smAnv VAara fha-R-y WOULD
say she-ary would say the flower Of the
b. ana ths-a-l would presume to add
the 0arured autumnal fruits of the wool
sack, have been lavished % Jarndyce and
Jasndyce. If the public hsve the benefit,
and is the country have che adornment of
this ereas Grasp, i must be paid tor in
money or 0oney's worth, sir"
DE understand" asked bewildefeo
sutton and plaintiff in the cause. "do I'M
derstanA that the whole estate 10 found to
have been absorbed in costs y
client Sbelievs so"-and that thus ths
suiS lapses and melts away Probably,
returned Lawyer KenSe. "Psobably.' said
Lawyer Vho!eA
Louisiana politics is just such ease.
and ID has fallen into hands that will
never allow its adjustment until that Pc
ROD SO sapidly approaching. when the
whole subjeN Of controversy will have
been absorbed IN COSTS when Messrs.
Kengea aud vhoies win throwup their briefs.
pack their voluminous notes in their Ca
pacious green bags and dismiss their
ruined clients. The political affaiss OF
louisiana have passed into chancery.
The lawyers saven around and gnsw the
sopes Of her credit and advise the eva
sion Of her laws
Take tho secens nominat'ons Tor Con.
gress. Sir aktsrneys learned in the law.
and in cunning the tank Of the Law ase TO
go to Washington. Have the planters .
representative? OF the much suffering prop
erty holders! o. the merchants pe1shing
Of The dry rot and snildev Of commerce
which has fallen upon this eity1 Not one
Of them. But these classes have not
sense enough 20 represent sheis own in.
tefests. They appeas BY attorney. And
our AnanclesS can they do nothing for
our embarrassed credit? Can not they safe.
" be lntusted with the official custody Of
the public money! By no means. An at
torney Is summoned from the in:esios for
that purpose
Ws had . Committee Of Seventy. eho-
sen from the business men Of the city.
whose duties were believed t. Be che
restoration Of integrity and economy in
tho administration Of public affairs The
nechants and bankers who have inaugue
rated this movement and Ghe eminent
Anahciess Sho subscribed theis own and
corporate funds to carry cut its objects,
have disappeared whs stands sow
''vhess Moses STOOD" Lawyes Mari is
now ehairmap Of che Committee Of Sew.
enty- the same attorney ~hd. on behalf
OF the Wamosh and McEnery Casioo,
has hafassed Congress tos two sessions
We can hot suppose he had acted 50 IN.
professionally as to have done 80 without
o fee.
II ma, b added that tie White League
press seems to be conducted By the ssme
profession. We aots the special pleading
and familiarity In the stages Of c.inisal
process which professional editors aFe not
supposed = possess Vssefef 70 various
articles Oh the Liability Of the STATE TO, the
Chsttneoga bonds, ths defense OF the
Grant parish prisonera on technical
grounds, ana the Law Learning Indignantly
sxpeaded ON the violation Of property
Fights inyolvsdin the seizure Of puniticns