National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-03


with the Constitution in interfering with these
corporations. From 1922 to the present time Con-
gress has remained quiet, and for Congress to
rage upon tine American people.
Josiah T. Settle, Of Miss, was next introduced,
and delivered an GRAFTON, taking for his SUBJECT
citlZenship-State and national
REMARKS OF Mr.. SETTLE.
He said there were two kinds Of citizenship
State and national. Congress should make uni
form rules governing citizenship.
He gave the opinions Of VIM. Writ regarding
this subject. In 1862 the same questions that
were propounded to VIM. Writ in 1871 were pro-
pounded to Abraham Lincoln, who gave dif-
ferent answer to this important question. Some
people claimed that colored people, although born
In this country, were not capable Of becoming clt
zens. He referred to the opinion of Chief Justice
fancy, and compared the present time with the
changed by these amendments in the course OF
humanity. They determined who were and who
were not citizens Of the United States and States
in which they resided The difference between
state and national citizenship was very great.
The States, in adopting these amendments, have
the colored man q child of the State. He advised
the neWly-mnde citizens TO bear the honor with
grace and march onward in progress.
LEGAL REMEDIES.
R.. P. Brooks, Of Virginia, next delivered an
GRAFTON entitled Legal Remedies" He said,
wherever law and government existed It was
maintained BY force, and without It personal
security could not exist. The law was the only
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made the guardian Of religion in supporting the
doctrine Of the Church. It IVES true 1t did not
make them any better Christians, but gave them
to understand that there was redress from wrong.
Equity follows the law and cOrrects nearly all the
evils In men. 1t secures the greatest freedom in
the lawful pursuit Of man.
CONVERTING OF DEGREES.
Prof John NJ. Lang ston presented the following
gentlemen with diplomas, comforting on them the
degree Of Bachelor Of Arts: john E. BlaRhelm,
Va; Robert p. Brooke, A. B., Va; Henry B. Fry,
A. B., Pa; Friend H. Gregory, N. J.; William q.
seott' PA: Jc Siam IT. settIe a. MISE! IsaiaS
Tenn.
follows:
ADDRESS OF PROF. LANGsToN.
GENTLEMEN: may very properly congratulate
you upon the thoroughness and success with
which you have pursued the study Of the law, as
students OF our university: You have IN your ex-
seientiousness, shown yourselves fitted by your
attainments to undertake the responsible duties
Of attorneys and counselors at law,
As you stand at the entrance-Hay Of your pro-
fession, you should call to mind and duly consider
the conditions Of professional success. ImRy men,
tion three things which are Indispensable in my
at the bar. refer to these In their natural order
a. we'll in the order Of their Importance to you
You must cultivate enthusiastic and persistent
Enthusissm is said to signify, according to its
derivation, God with US. It IL In this sense use
1t. Believing in the existence Of God, His tender
and all-embracing Providence, let the assurance
that He directs your steps encourage and sustain
you in your professional life, In the practice Of
the law you will soon discover that you are to Gull
tivste no new artificial conscience or reason,
adapted specially to your new relations and du-
ciples, in whose presence fslsehOod and wrong,
fearing and trembling, hide themselves, prove
here sseyeryWhsre, the sustaining and propelling
force Of the soul. Especially should the lawyer,
whose business II Is 70 minister at the altar OF
justice, fear the Great Judge its source and foun.
tain, and in His name and BY His assistance, meet
and discharge his duties.
Devotion Is used sometimes to mean ardent
love, strong affection for some object. use It
as meaning even more than this-as meaning
earnest, afeotionate and uninterrupted, change
less conservation Of your being, powers and &C
Qu1rements TO your profession. You are now to
be lawyers; to cultivate with your whole mind its
affections and faculties, the dignihed and e.
noblinR things Of the law; the arduous, some
times fruitless, always difficult and responsible
ajn snceass por sn nama ha ITPe ~
such devotion. Such devotion is Indispensable to
that study, constant and perseVering; that labor
earnest and assiduous; that sacrifice Of pleasure,
qualification and ease essential to that success to
which you may wisely aspire, and which those
whose names illustrate the annals Of your pro
Next to devotion, and inseparabIy connected
Herewith, is the prompt, dillgent and wise per
Torrance Of
PROFESSIONAL DUTY;
and this Is as indispensable to success as devotion
self The experience Of the bar fully attests
this statement; and your OWL experience AFTER q
very brief period Of practice will justify It. In
deed, promptness, diligence and skill in the man.
secure for you remuneratiVe employment.
Another important, essential condition of sue.
cess in your profession lie the cultivation Of profes
soDal integrity. With legal education, thor
ough and sound-with technical and professional
learning, clear and Well-dehned, the client repos-
ing confidence In your skill, trustUorthiness and
interests Of property, life and freedom, you may
not safely oetray or deceive BY discovering either
want Of reetitude or . want Of ability. Want
Of ability sometimes may be excused want oil
good faith and candor, never. Professional recti-
tude is always admirable, producing q happy In
tuepce favorable to It's possessor upon associates
at the bar, Judges jurors the ordinary officers Of
the court, witnesses and spectators; and to this
consideration young lawyers can Ill afford to be
Here 1 commend to you the Wo.ds Of Judge
Sherwood, used by him In q lecture on legal
education, when speaking OF the estimate Of the
and as therefore, Sccspted By the Community.
/ "The community know that they (ths Iawyersl
are better qualified to Judge of mans legal at
tainments, that they have the best opportunity Of
Judging, and that they are slow In forming q
judgment. The good opinion and confidence Of
kings name on the field of battle, Is tower Of
strength 1t is the title Of legitimacy. The am
bition to please the people, 70 captlvate jurors
pertness, fippaney and impudenee-things which
often raSs current for talent and ability vita the
mass, but the ambition to please the bar can
never mislead him. Their good graces are only
to be gained by real learning, by the strictest In
tegrity and honor, by Courteous demeanor, and
by attention, accuracy and punctuAlity in the
AS touching the considerations already pre-
sented there can be no difference Of opinion. They
csptance upon the Simplest PrssehtStiOn. Your
success, depending largely upon your intellectual
development, learning and skill, depends even In
cultivation Of the moral qualities Of your char.
acter.
THE PRIEST OF INDIAN,
in describing to Moses the qualities Of character
which those ought to possess who were called TO
assist in igSgns the people Of III Israel used s6ess
able men, such as fear God, men Of truth, hating
covetousness." If judges should be able, IL they
should fear God, If they should be men Of truth,
hating coyetousness since the natural course OF
our advancement is from the bar to the bench,
these qualities are TO be found first In the lawyer
and then in resplendence and beauty in the Judge.
In the cultivation Of these qualities of character
we make and secure that good name which is
rather to be chosen than great riches that loving
favor which is better than silver or gold.
Your instructors have In you tie largest conn.,
dence; they feel assured that your future, even
more than your past life, will demonstrate the
correctness of their estimate Of your character,
and that their confidence has not been misplaced.
AS you go to the stern duties Of your calling,
advance Win reasonable selErenAnee anu cour-
age. 1t is even more than private calling; 1t is
largely and in an important sense public one.
Like all persons entering upon this calling, you
will have the eyes Of the people upon you; you
will hnd yourselves upon trial under their sight
and scrutiny, Failure, therefore, In yeur calling
is to be dreaded. Success is to be estimated
most highly, for It is indeed here most to be de-
sired. 1t Is Of all things to you most valuable.
Of course, as you leave us you can carry with
you our deepest sympathy, our most anxious So
licitude. Your success shall prove to US q source
Of 10Y and gratitude; the thought even OF failure
to any one Of you would cause the deepest pain OF
our hearts. We look along your future with
success browning your efforts. We part with you
with the feeling Of the mother who sends her son,
the darling Of her heart to the field Of STRIFE not
to be wounded, mangled and killed, but through
struggle, It may be danger, to win victory and
fame. You go forth, then, with our benedietion;
and our prophecy, we trust, to be realized July,
that your professional life, If marked by laoors,
arduous, perplexing and trying, shall be crowned
at last with peace and happiness.