The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-03-17

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
tu,lan was once addressing n jury.
when the Judge. Nho was thong lit to
he antaynniNir to his client. intinM
ted his dissent from the argument adj
vanccA ly a shake Of hi.' head. ~
see. gentlemen said Nn>lan, II st:
the motion of lis lold>lip'S head
Persons nnarqnain,cd with his lold-
ship would be u pit TO think this inn
piled difference OF opinion, hut he
assured. gentlemen, his Is not the
ease. When you Lino" his lordshi!'
as we'll as do, it will be unncccS
Sary to tell you that when he shakes
his head there really is nothing IN it.
On another occasion tNjlan Was
plradin" before Fi7@hhon, til" Irish
chanrrIlor with whom he was on term
of anything but friendship. The
chancellor, with the distinct purpose,
as it wou!d seem, Of Insulting The adj
vocate, y: Fought with him on to the
bcncl, Il large Newfoundland dog, to
which ne devoted Il great deal of hiA
attention. While Curran was address
sing Il very elaborate argument to
] him. At very matr:!al point IL
the speech the Judge turned quito
away, and seemed to br wholly en-
crossed with his dog. Cur'an ceas-
ed to speak. $50 on, go on, Mr..
Hnr,an,' sid The c''aI>cllor. SON,
! | beg Thousand p'l,|on>. my |nrds,'
! said the witty halri>trr, Il WAC real.
| ~ under the impression that your
|ordShipS were in consu!ta'ion:"
Ent prrllap S the most crushing re-
! joindcr ever Hung back in return fol
an insult frolh the bench was that
which this same advocate hurled at
Judge Robinson. Judge Robinson
is described as q man of sour an!
cynical disposition, who had been
raised to the bench $50, at least, it
was commonly hclievcd-simply be
cause he had written in favor OF the
government of his day a number of
pamphlets remarkable for nothing
but their survlle and rancorous sour
,ility. At il time when Curtan was
only Just rising into notice, and while
he was yet poor and struggling man,
this Judge vcntnrrd upon il snecrlnG
Joke, which small though it was, but
for CurrAu ready wit ana scathins
+ cloquencc, might have done him IT.
reparabic injury Speaking Of some
opinion of counsel on the opposite
side. Curran said he had consulted
, all his books, and could not find q
single case in which the principle in
DISPUTE was thus established. "That
may bc, Mr.. Curran," sn"erea tho
Judge "but suspect your law libra:
nv is rather limitcd.' Curran eyed
! the hcartlcss toady for moment,
, and then broke forth with this noble
!, relation ut is very true, my lord,
. that am poor, and this CIRCUMSTANCE
:. has cel tainly rather curta'cd my H.
y brary. My books are not numerous
- but they are select, and | hope have
~ been pcruScd withproper dispositions
l have prepared myself for this hiS'
% profession rather by the study OF |;
" few good books than by the compo
= sitions of great many bad ones, "
u am not ashamed Of my property, bn
y, | shoultl be ashamed of my wealth J
, could stoop to acquire 1t Ivy servil
', ity and corruption. If I li>c not t.
-, rank, | shall at least he honest ant
y should ever cease to be so, many III
!, example shows me that an i'll -acqn'r
~ ed elevation, by making me the more
y. conspicuous would only make me t''
:" more universally and notorlousI!
-, contcmptible."