Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-01-29

may be submitted can be considered
and such mutual act and counsel ex.
tended as will best enlighten those in
search of knowledge.
The old may have their sage dignity
and accumulations of wisdom aroused
by some claim, arising from an over
ruled case, in which some youth full
member still imagines he can see the
abiding place of perfect reason, and I'M
Willingly stands by the exploded doc
trine, and the young will doubtless find
wisdom and direction in the grave dis
QUESTIONS and subtle distinctions drawn
by the old, who are generally noted
for their undoubted ability to point out
the precise position of the needless eye
and its size when it was declared to be
as possible for the camels of Israel to
make their towpath through it, as that
an other event should happen,
and who will unhesitatlnglya assure you
that their view is sound and amply Sus-
tanned both on principle and authority.
L. is earnestly to be hoped that ten
dency of the organization viii be to in
duce the young to forego, promising
themselves, day by day that on to-mor-
| WV Will
in sober earnest, and that they may
at once refrain from indulging the fatal
delusion that they may not find life too
far spent to retrieve the error, their
own disposition and energy gone for
ever, and find themselves late in life
bitterly struggling to attain even the
first round in the progressive ladder of
professional preferment.
l indulge the hope that it will induce
them to cast aside their comic Black
stones and struggle at once with the
stern realities of the subject. Bid adieu
to Gram on Facts" and Famous Cases
in Circumstancial Evidence" occurring
once in an age, and contain the abnor-
malties of all experience, and take hold
nolp, of that which will prepare and
qualify them for active and useful lives.
When all this is done we may still eX-
pect to find plenty OF the ludicrous,
comic, and Illustrations of Buzfuz pro-
ceeding to claim attention and give zest
to our labor. Recognizing the difficult
ty of giving voluntary counsel, which
can be regarded safe under different
circumstances, L am pursuaded that
enough has been submitted ON this part
of the subject.
To speak at any length of the Bar of
Holmes county would be, to me, en-
barrassing, because see about me some
who have been members of it before |
became L member of any community;
men who have long since forgotten their
early struggles, and whose sympathies
with the young have, perhaps, been
long since Obliterated by continued sue
cess-by them "reminiscences have and
will be given. Difficulties recalled and
triumphs recounted. | recognize, also,
about me contemporaries of every age.
Cromwell said to Lecley: "P..int me as
| am, leave not the scars nor the wrink-
les" but my easel is unsteady and my
brush refuses to trace the delicate shades
when l remember that Biography
should not be written or spoken in the
known presence of It's subject, lest
through partlality, the scars or wrinkles
be omitted, or the canvass uniustly
marred by the jealousies and disappoint-
ments of daily contact.
1t is great pleasure to me to believe
that less professional jealousy is in
dulged here than at any bar of my ac-
quaintance, of this, each one of us,
should feel a just pride. and labor to
cultivate the continuation of it as the
highest social and professional duty.
Austerity and offensive conduct in the
trial of law suit has never yet won a
friend or earned triumph; while
courteous conduct and considerate
regard for the rights and feelings of
Others has ofttimes strewn the highway
OF life with the choicest fragrance and
is continually influencing our inter-
course, and spreading the silken woof
of partial memory over the recollec-
tions of former associations. But
must pause-while these reflections are
crowding upon mel see a shadow
stealthily approaching me; as it GENES
4 dark cloud, with here and there a sill
very fringe appears. In life 1 seem to
see the moving forms. Now IN the
gloom of this shadow they appear. 1
hear this temple of justice vocal with
their impassionate eloquence. l listen
again and hear no voice. They stood
like wall of solid flame between the
and the persuer, the prosecu-
ted and prosecutor. look and behold
they have fallen. They are exhausting
the logic of special pleading but now
they are not heard all have Joined the
''innumerab,e caravan" and are moving
oil in the ceaseless procession. They
are dead.
The memories of some of these is yet
green. Over others the cloud has pass
ed, and with the utmost tax of memory
others can scarcely be recalled. 1t is
our hallowed privilege to think of our
gifted brethern who have gone; recount
their virtues for our advantage and
silently recall their errors to be benc-
flied by avoiding them. Their names
will appear upon your records. Invite
that their histories may
also be there. Preserve in this way, l
pray you, page from the uncertainty
of time, not subject to error and total
forgetfulness.
G,o aa,.t C.,o- fayyn OF