The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-18
STARTING OUT.
Commencement Exercises of the
Law Department of the Univer-
sify of Louisiana.

| The commencement exercises OF the gradri-
ating class OF 1879. Law Department UNI
versity Of Louisiana were held Yesterday at
| GrunswaId Hall. In the presence Of large
numbers Of the friends Of the graduates, and
| the alumni Of the university.
| All the Justices. OF the Supreme Court OF
| the State and several OF the Judges OF the
| District Courts, as we'll as a number Of the
| most prominent gentlemen OF the bar were In
| attendance and occupied seats on the plat
| form. After an opening prayer by the Rev.
DIR. B. NJ. Palmer, the degree OF Bachelor OF
Laws was conferred on the graduating stu
| dents by the President OF the University,
Randell Hunt LII. D.
The names Of the gentlemen who received
the degree are: Messrs. Samuel Louis Gil
more, James Blrney Guthrie, Thomas Sam
bofa Jones, Branch Knox Miller, Joseph Au-
gustas Reid.
The address on the part Of the alumni was
delivered by Mr.. Charles Louaue, LII. D., and
| was as follows:
RI Lad.es and Gengeynen-U Unknown except by
His attributes, invisible, controlling and guild
Ing waves and pillows. the lightning which
moves with inealeulabIe rapidly across the
to culver at each Of ~ Iond sss 9ur hearts
| breathe. the earth We tread upon. the moon,
the sun, the stars, the universe with It's eircun.
each point Of this vast and boundIsss SPACE a.
following the details OF life. Of movs1nent. of
yoliti2n Of each OF The millions Of creatures In
habftinR ths myFiads OF planets: knowing the
past, the present ard the future tha creator IN ~
all things from nothing: the source 81 ali truth.
Of all justice. Of eli power; having had no be- be-
Arvis tine al-p
Ia sublimisy ali the human mind can s gsp DE-
Use Of great and powerful; such Is God, our
Born In pain, living In suffering. at first
pound 70 the earth Ike mass Of matter. per
exertions, and only step By step: bora In com
Dlete Ignorance; learning with tedious efforts !;
attacked and usuaIly controlled by all sorts Of
forced TO nOnrisR the body constantly. COM
PEELED TO seek rest In sleep ons-h half OF the time
snd finally terminating miserable existence
The difference which exists between God and
man i5 appalling.
The same difference Is also found to exist be-
tween the laws created ~ God for the guidance
OF men and the laws enacted by men for the
The laws Of Got. are contained In the Ten
Commandments. These laws represent the
truth. They have been In existence from The
day whom they were given TO Moses by God
airaseIf, on Mount Sinai. and hare continued In
without change or amendment, they are er.-
acaed In clear and explicit language and can
Every tau and e earhs
erestsst faeiliss, fhey cover all possible con
hssnsies aad pst rrd 1nsg sa are r me s sane
complete code Of morals 4 At followed Artistry
our laws would bseoma useless ana obsolete.
sbaassnd avs q a,g mea ID, are e5nrsIaed ia
hundreds Of closely printed pages. they ars
eohfihuo1siy changed. aEnea4sd and Repealed
what Iittle truth they con ain is 80 com pleteIy
they are necessarily Of short duration A Ifs
time hardly saffiess to acquire q knowIedge Of
these laws. 20 aeh less TO mae ter them. The Law
pres anes every man to know the Law. bat this
presumption Is Violently opposed to the trHsfa
it has continued Ia existence for the sole reas On
that wi; hoat it tH So laws could not be enforced
II the ignoranee Of the Law could bs IIsadsd in
exsennasion Of an offsnse. or 10 extingaish-
ment OF an obligation that defense would be
Of the adverse. party to prove the faslty Of the
plea. Enacted and enforced on such STAINED
Dresumf O. BOW can our laws but cause
eiaheiag sketch Of the. laws Of Louisiana
VIII anSr ra fair sample Of the laws 81 msn:
me Ffs ~ were the first TO furnish as with
toms Of Paris and the ordinances 81 fha F5snab
kin9dom. IN 1859 Count OEeiily took poses saa
Sion son E, 9a Fsa og vst a Fl s q
proclamation changing the form Of govern
ment, ab9iishing the authority Of the French
a srs eng tsa9atusins tosS Of skan which
ii Fuero Juzgo. the Book OF the Judges. pub.
lishsd about the year sss By the Gothic Kings of
Slatn, and rep8bfshed In Madrid Ia fs9g.
III Fusro de los hidaigos the book Of the iltua.
trioasi compilation containing the grants
made ~ the King. OF certain local customs, 10
thems elves In assisting to drive away the Moors
The con fist arising from these particular Gus
TOMS and the general rules contained In the |
repeal Of the conflicting laws caused the enact
msnt OF another book containing more laws /
and Of course increasing the confusion; this |
I'll Fuero Fiejo,9 the book of the old mean |
inR-a book containing the ancient customs /
shd nsaRes OF the Spanish nation. the In /
creasfDg eonfuson was then sought TO be- rene
died By another code of laws Intended to have |
more force fnan the PREVIOUS ones. This BOOK |
was called III Fu5ro Real. the royal book; ali 4
Judges were directed to render sbsir Decisions /
seeordtng 70 the laws contained In this book.
Psreeiying the lecassit7 Of haying but one /
and we'll digested form. This compilation ia /
<9 ~ a e The lP 's.tL ,,..u
ishsd. II contained all he laws enaceed since 4
his Partidas. The RecoDiiafion de las Indias il
ssDersts compilation, CONTAINING the laws
lies. - e"0 oo'o-
From 17ss to 1903 Louisiana remained under
transferred to Frsaes. During tbs twenty t
lays France owned this state. she allowed ms
avs OF Spain TO remain intact
- France sold Louisiana TO the United States
By special enactment OF Congress The rfeEg Of
nakfng changes in the Spanish law Was left
With the people.
In 1907 the Legislature Of the Territory of Or
cans. considering that the laws In force were
written IL foreign language and contaiBed In
,ooKs dfmeult TO procure. ordered digest of
hose laws 10 be MADE in tho English and French
anRuagss. This work WAS intrusted to Msssrs.
dorea1 Lfslet and Henry Carleton, two Of the
most eminent lawyers of tnat period and the
'esult Of their labor is to-day found ir every
aWysr's office under the title OF Moreau h
carleton 3 Partfdas.
Abont this time there was sent to Louisiana
rom France 9, pr1et OF their Civil Code, now
.noWn as the Code Napoleon this pro5st VAS in
be main adopted by US; hence il is that our
Jivll Code and the Code Napoleon contain
many articles Identical With each other Our
lrst Civil Code vas adopted and became law In
1903 1t remained In force until 1926 when q new
ode. differently arranged. was adopted. The
nde q 1915 was In turn replaced BY that OF 1870.
Win each yearly session oil the Legislature new
avs were enacted, and the articles OF the Civil
one one bT one. amended or repealed. until
frr54 Hr1Sr rraF