Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-05-21
/ Lafayette,s Generosity.

Unfortunately, too many great men,
fanong those Chased rs statesmen, de.
serve the .censure, which q Goldsmith
passed on Burke :.,.... g q ...'..s
Who, born for tho universe, narrowed his mind,
And % party ssys mp what was meant for mankind.
nj Lafayette was not of this class. MOI
Was he guilty, Of the other ethical blum.
der, which not . few good and great men
commit, of being; so enerossed with prin-
ciples as to- be Indifferent to persons. He
was not only patriot and lover Of free
institutions, but generous friend and q
sympathizing benefactor.' 5@'1s'''' ,s''1'',
= Matthew Carey, the father of the po-
iGch economist, who recently died in
Philadelphia, was obliged to leave Ire
land, on account Of . political pamphlet,
whose sentiments were considered trea-
sonable. He took refuge in France,
where he set up type for Dr.. Franklin,
who had q small printing Office neal
Paris. There he made the acquaintance
ofHLafayette. The Marquis became
much interested in the young Irish
patriot, i. = ~ - Il =. ~ = !; =
Some years after Carey came to the
United States,e He was living in Phila-
delphia, struggling to: establish 3 news
paper, when Lafayette visited that city.
The Marquis sent for him, inquired into
his prospects and promised to recon-
mend him to his friends. Mo-
- The next morning the struggling Jour-
nalist was surprised to receive q letter
from the Marquis, containing four $1OO
notes, but not word in reference to the
Enclosure. y -. --.....s ., :....-. Il. =,
It was : noble act, worthy of the no.
BILE man who had spent large part of q
princely fortune in the cause ST Amer
lean liberty. He could not only risk his
life for q nation, but he could aid poor
young man to make living. = .-s,r A..
Several years after, when the young
Irishman had become well of, he sent q
valuable present to the Marquis. When,
in 1924, he again visited this country.
broken in fortune, Mr.. Carey sent him
500. The French gentleman, who did
not like to be repaid gift, was with diff
ficulty persuaded to accept the money.
~: = The Lawyers Who Are Poor. 80
A good deal has been said, and said
with severity, about the number and ra-
pacity of lawyers, but there is another
side to the matter, which q correspondent
Of the New York Times presents. After
referring to the "soft snaps" of young
gentlemen, sons of wealthy parents, who
enter the profession more for pastime
than for any thing else, the correspondent
makes this statement, and gives some
sound advice: i~:'
"The privations and straits of hun
dreds of members Of the legal profession
in this city would hardly be credited il
told in detail. Yet, in spite of this, and
Of the supply greatly exceeding the de-
mand, the burning desire to Join the
ranks of the profession is so great as to
be called fanatcal. The truth is that
only one-ffth of the 5000 lawyers of the
city earn q livelihood and do something
better than exist. The rest are half the
time doing nothing, dunned by their
landlords, tailors, shoemakers and every
class of tradesmen. Like Cain, every
body's hand is against them. I am not
giving too high q color to facts, and it
would afford me no little happiness to
know that I have been the means of dis
couraging at least few out of the many
who are contemplating q choice of the
legal profession. Keep away, gentlemen,
if you have any respect for yourselves.
Ambition and fame aside, you must be
prepared to suffer greatly in body and
mind, and to have frequent recourse to
shifts which you would gladly avoid but
that the wolf is at the door,: I advise
parents and guardians to despise agri-
culture and the mechanical pursuits NO
longer. There, at least, their children
can earn q decent livelihood, and be re-
spected and honored just as much as
nay, more than-the half-starved shys-