The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-30
10. GUILDS FUNNY SPEECH.
THE JUDGES "REMINISCENCES On
THE NASHTILIE BIR
a Characteristic Talk By Noted IIomespur
Judge something thnt VIII pieuss In.
Legal fraternity aud Iitorcst Everybodv

On the afternoon OF the 2ld instant thero
a ulraslnt tncrius ~ tho mrfnbn r.. NJ iso
Nashville bar. 'Ihev had come tor,tner in the
law library room " the Bar Associ ition TO ,ke
part in the presentation ana rccenton Of
! Drury'a fine portrait Of Judge 10. Guild tna
| Ncstor OF the Nashville bar.
Chancellor Cooper called the association 10
order ~ snort speech in which tn Jld ie yrs
| spoken ~ as "Our old war horse Of the law
who has tried more cases, aud gre ,tcr variety;
VINO betbre no went uUun the bench. acuuit nd
more criminals, and since then, divorced mnrs
unhapny couples than any other person in Zen.
| The portrait was presented by Con. Bate and
| Judge Guild res ondcd $ follows:
| GENTLEMEN or THE BAR or NASHVILLE iNp
| or THs Ban ASSOCIATION: am like the old
Baptist preacher wac was unurepared. lie
! opened his mouth and trusted IN God to NIL IT,
| ILaughter.l | feel greatly honored upon thi,
| occasion. Looking back upon my past Hfe
thing in the great battle ~ life that Is worthy "
| the honor conferred uuon me. ! attribute II TO
| your kindness. To your generosity, and to tho
| happy relations existing brtween as from our
| first acquaintance. 1t would be a great pleasure
| to me w. when we took hack at the distnguish.d
bar that Tennessee has ever been hunofed WITH
! could see upon these walls the nor Its Of IN,
amented. Felix Gfndy, Of Eohraim u Foster
HAYNES, OF John Bell. aud that great galaxy Of
talent bat has never oeen eXeelled At any bar In
| those VI our worthy brothers that have gone
down 70 the grave, and revive IN our recolloe-
| place al the bar long, long ago.
MISSING PORTRAITS
It isa great misfortune, say, that we have
| hot tue portraits Of such men. Gcutlemen OF
the bar, while YOU are no better Ut heart than
other men for all men have the slumbcring and
| latent fires OF pttriotism Ia Their bosOms you
ARE greater, as the history Of the world shows
| In consequence OF your training. in consequence
| OF tho ciOquence that hrs aroused the he ri u
every pcorlc who have lived on the face " He
elrth. There never was n revolution, there never
WIS lick struck for liberty. for the cutting
down of the prerosative OF kinglv power the
oppression Of the people, but the members Of
the bar were leaders In tho great work. lol he
long to "A noue avOc ition you have the example
Of those great men running down the tide u
time to emulate, tn admire. II was Cicero's
great Dire that burned on the forum and in the
Senate NJ Rome; II WAS his fire that drove the
traitor Cataline from Rome. and the Infamous
Claudius II was the sacred fire Of DemOsthenei
that aroused Athens " was the eluquence OF
Philip that nervel Leondas and his three hun-
deed followers at Thermppylp for the saliva.
ton OF their country; 1t LAWYER
when the Apostles hcclme alarmed aud
dsUersed IN the garden and deserted the blessed
Mes iah. tn stood frmI his heart swelling
with indignation at the treatment of CHRIST %
| Calvary amid the Roman bavonets. ana III u
took down our saviour. dressed him IN linen and
| emb aimed him IN the sepucnre " WIS the law
yers of England that roseup gtinst the tyranny
OF the fudofs, the stewards and the Lane tstors,
| and aroused the English To arms; u was
shrewsbury and Lord Billngbroke who pnt
| william and Mary on the throne in 1858. When
| George the Ibird sought 10 nupre4s Tho COLONIES
Of Americl James OTIS rose up AMI made al
great speech against the hiDl 81 assessMents.
old John Adams caught the fire of Ous. bel
| ball was let IN motion In Mas cLusttts md
brought out tho celebrated speech Of Ptirl'Bl
Henry, the grenf natural orator, ~ the NirgiuD,
| iA'uat " bhl-t 7'7s
An Effective SPEAKER.
Otis was an argumentative man. md when hol
ceased 10 speak his hearers became dissat-uHd.
lie could strike cords of the heart ia a moved
his audience. r. wac different KIND ~ orat ~
from that Il Henry. Otis wasa beautiful iia,id
river. that ran along the lawns. kissng the grass.
es rs its waters passed along; bat Patrick Henry
was one OF those mountain streams wulch come
rushing roaring. fro hing. laundering down the
mountain-and he last Knock I'll tueu into a,
cooked hat every time. Loud, prolonged
and convulsive ughter.l
| And whenever hear a man CRYING out against
the profession OF the l!wyer reg ri him AZ
worse thnn nm gssucking dog. lRrugwed
iaughter.l HIS mouth Ought 20 be burned with
hos eggs. lLiughterl While don't contend
that law ers are better than other men, YET from
their opportunities. from tue whetung u their
intelletts. from their constant looking INTO TIE
history Of the state, study OF human II ture and
rubbing up against men, say That libcitY - IN
deoted To the lawyer IN every countr,. Tn ir
military nre burns slowly. bus zen the stirlt
Is touched IN with lightning, Won may expect
ths devil from the n; lianshtrrl
There was Alexander Hamilton, who probably
dad more toward carving the Constitution Into
effect than any other man. Ilis deeds m the
war for Independence tlared HIM high M the
niche Of fame. Few. II anv, rose higher and
when he irlI, II was ike the fan Of n towefinc
oak N the silence OF the woods. II shpck,dine
American heart. There was old John Adams,
Ion; le wa one of those lightning lnNters
Aud what about old Jlc<sOnf VS. MT tr a
LAWYER Old Andy Jackson hlaled ira W.U Wi'h
John Overt ~ McNauy, john II ward. ana
others Ihey were NE founders IT the law ia
/ Tennessee. ImIn'ain that there meyer " q
d greater military icit lin tnan Andrea Jac,s n.
wit me- WIS; he speecn Of Pdrlck Henry made
Jefferson what te WIS. WIFI an fln,uey nl
n1si o. on g.. ~ nr2i &, WGit O."
Is LcxingI ~ ana \ irtrilian stock mix d.
, 4 FAMoUs GALAXY.
: The members Of the bar have ever IN ni1lnod
the fame Ut their predecessors. Look VIVA
2 .laXv We had here IN lol1 ihrre wa+oli Je hin
, Nhite-idc, Felix GRANNY, Andrew HAYES, Drk.
ersUn, and Ephraim II. Fo-ter-he was Siul u
I n rsus. llaughterl lie was shoulder higher
IMAM any ut them-.is n gallant stfiitug pelroci
man. LOUD laughterl lways except OH
Jackson. ltproarlOus laughter Come alnng
down, and say We haven't deprecated ] say
gentlemen, that Won can 20 all over these thine'
and t,kc the lawyers rough nni tdmpe-uoW
, I'm rough and tumble man myself Irt.
terl-from the Jus lee Of a Police reuri 10 The
+. | supreme Court ~ Tennessee, ana main un
there Is not IA hettcr bar IN America tnan ths
! Nashville bar. Applause
j Now, there weie tnree or four speeches made
. before me yester ay. There was late, Nci
: baxter. Williams aud Allison. would s. t ~ a
these speeches would knucK the ttds ont 20 s-F
of the bar # these United states Loud au ~ Z
Q lou9ed ,u1hteLl Although. General Hlt-,
charged the law against Won on one pint. inthe
other chargedt for YOU. It pronuou- nttta -
and renewed laughterl / think W. are suvA
even Continued nnrhtcrl
Here MY friend the President NJ ms ns-.
10 cation, Henllenen, nave always tiur' !
Il hlm lie Is AT the head Of an institute 100 tui
the law h,raryl that ought to lie used i, -
men, VITO ought MT To lose sisht Of these 81 Il
{ these tools 10 uack their iniolI,ct.. 4 fun
u ought never to idiv while away his iin.. ls
Tius', 10y a" re cen w a saloon. suchlht d. u
,llu.t ~ Us ucifincht ana INJURY thodsa '
| IN awhile hr would take "A dram. llmmcu,c y
e por unity to brush away vile dissipation. o. =
tho proud eagle. pcrched upon the lpitie-t e. u
when the storm comes and tn Rim falls So h
| 2 Illie guF, 10 ms piuion T. Is rs dry al q
board lMogo Laughter ahd applau'e.l
REFERENCE.
would prefer thal this nj ture should re-
IA n IN h,Ts u T. J.. ne ii OF inc ,ocnti o.
+ natter I'm "a plM ID, hlunt-spuE'n man be Ii