Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-01-04
VIRGINIA ADVERTISE
An Incorrectly iSepOrted speech.

/. = Circuit Court published In Iii" Wash
lr.tor Republican, has been extensively copied
and commented upon. The gentleman alluded
70 made no such speech as tie one it was re.
p,r;cI he made, and the reporter dli gross To-
iu.tice TO, and rounded the feelings of one Of
,he best lawyers in his city, AMI has attempt
ed but vainly, to ridicue the State. Again,
wc repeat, 10 such speech as that published in
the Washington Republican was ever conceived
or delivered by any l1wyer in this city, and
only vivid Imagination could twist the one
tha, was really delivered 90 the occasion al
!ulcd to into the one that was published.
The following is from the Washington Capital:
Ia the case Of the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
road which recestly came up for hearing 10
tho u S. Circuit Court. before Chief Justice
Waite and JUICE Bond, youog gentleman to
the manner born indulged 10 that style OF ora
cory which. though SO forld 10 youth, time and
friction are apt to transform into chaste and
high order OF eloqueuce. The report of the case
furnishes the following eXtrac. from the young
LAWYERS remarks and the old lawyer $ criti
cSn:
Then may the immortal Washington, the
father of this country, and the one thing alto
gethcr lovely who slumbers meath the green
sward of Mount Vernon, on the banks OF the
Rap, rap, rap, comeS suddenly from the desk
of The honorable judges, and Chief Justice
Waite, with smile OF pure humor, interrupt
cd and said The gentleman must remember
that We are here TO listen to constitutional ar
gumcnt aud not for the purpose of having the
counsel appca! to the bones OF our fathers or
huild monuments with rhetoric
If his be tue it puts the chief justice in
gcry unaln able light; for young man begt-
n!ng his Career as lawyer IS an object deserV
iug t. G tcndercs consideration at he hands Of
the ueuch If tic Is absurd aud iuveuil4 his
older brother lawyers will pounce down on his
!uerlle periods like hawk on sprug chickens;
but criticism from the bench is both ceusure
and satire, from which there is no appeal, and
10 which there is no answer Ap unkiud and
impatient word from the bench may give last
ing check to youthful career, and not only
blast the hopes but crush out The ambition of
shc young mind. The Chief JUSTICE remark,
If he made it, was funny, but an authority from
which there is no appeal says that Judges
ought to be more learned than witty" that pa
ience aud gravity of bearing is an essential
part OF JUSTICE" that they should initiate
God, 10 whose seat they sit who rcprcsseth
the presumptuous and gveth grace to the
modest"
Since writing the above We learn that the
young mar" whose wrongs, through the mis-
representation OF the special correspondent on
the spot, awakened so much sympathy, is fair
fat and forty" like the historic widow; hat
he represented about ten Thousand Ut the fifty
millions Of bonds involved; tha, the remaining
lorty-uine milIion nine hundred and ninety
thousand were represented by such men as
McssrS Evarts Chipmao, Slows and McFar-
land, of New York; judges Robinson, CIump,
W. w. Gordon and Messrs. Steger, Jam,
.Alr, Jones and John Howard. of Virguia,
not one of whom took more and few as much
tune in their arguments as this gentleman.
whose oratory il seems resembled runaway
steam engine, SO we beg the pardon of the
Chief Justice, who it seems exhibited the
second qualification Of agood judge in mod
rating length, repetition aud impertiuency of
speech.
The New York World says: The papers re-
port an incident in the United States Circuit
Court, at Alexandria, not quite according to
the old style in that forum. Ia was 10 the
case Of the Chesapeake aud Ohio Railroad;
SUIT to pu, the company 10 bankruptcy and the
road in the hands of receiver. A young law
yer proposed to impress on the court that it
concerned the rights Of the State in great
public highway, and he sought to do it etfcc-
lively 10 style of eloqucnce. 1.-The great old
State" he said "the mother of States" etc,
aud then he proceeded, in good, logical Sc
quence for oratory, to refer to the memory Of
Washington. The report presents the refer
,nce aud the consequence thereof thus:
Then may the immortal Washington, tie
iather OF this country oud the one thing alto
Sether lovely, who slumbers meath the green
syard of Mount Vernon, on the banks of the
- Rap, rap, comes suddenly from the desk
Ia, k1, ,l,
Waite, with smile Of pure humor, interrupt.
ed and said: The gentleman must remember
that We are here to listen 10 constitutional ar
runent aud aot for the purpose of having the
counsel appeal to the bones of our fathers or
build monuments with rhetoric.
Now, as journalists charged in degree with
the morals and manners Of society, public and
lrv:tc, we take leave to enter our dissent to
thl> ruling" Forensic clcqncuce has been
cultivated in Virginia since the days Of Patrick
Henry. 1t is much esteemed there. Great
iawycrS-Pokucy, Writ, aud Wukham-were
used to set off learning and logic with rh t.
ORIG" monuments ofrhetoric, if Judge Waite
chooses. Even the great judges who did not
cultivate and practice 1t were very indulgent to
1t from he bar. 1t was impossible to exceed
the gracious attention of Marshall and Tauey
to the young orators. Pinkoey' eoqueuce was
Story. Taucy notes. with pleasant humor
the warmer style P.ukney's fervors gave to
Mar>halFs judgments Our advice to Judge
J" ate is to listen with kind attention and good
mannerS to the bar oratory in Virginia. Hcis
great Improvement, in solid judicial qualities,
on Bond, and We hope to hear 90 serious COM
plants Of him.
Advices from LIN. to the 18th ut state
that the huaI depression continues without any
prospect OF abatement The banks had cam-
r''d with the decree requiring them to have
III Their vaults specie 10 the amount of thirty
per cent. OF their circulation, but the Govern
meut failed to give them exchange on Europe,
as agreed upon. The interest ou the Peruvian
lor'ign DEBT Is uuproVided tor. The political
situation is uualtercd.