The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-09-08

Ter, Atturnry-ticne|al of New York and the Late
CEurl, 8 Chauncy, the leader OF the Philairlp bar
and Chief Jnsiicc Marshall, and TentcrIrn, and Camp.
bell. AMI sir Thomas More, who died Tor the truth on
the scattuld, say in: " his arast cNrcutioncr, "rlnck
up courage. man and d" your duty my neck Is very
short he careful, therefore, and not strike awry.'
Anon. the ~lnightiest pleas that ever have been made
10y tongue Of bariistcr have been pleas In behalf Of
the Bible and Christianity-as wnrn Daniel Webster
stood in the supreme Court ut Washington, pleading
In tho famous GirarI will casr, dcnouncing amy at.
TEMPT to educate the people without civln. them o.,
the same time moral scntinr, hts as slow, ribaid and
vulgar deisIn and inldclity'; rs when Samuel l.
southland, OF New Jersey, the leader iof the forum in
his day. stood IN the platform IT Princeton CoI!cS"
commencement, advocating the literary eScellcncy OF
the Scriptures ms when Edmund Burke, In the fam
Gus trial Of Warren Hastings. no: only in behalf of the
English Government, but In behalf" Of elevated morals
closed his speech in The midst OF the most august
assemhlage ever gathered In Westminster Hall, 10y
saying: ~ impcach Warren Hastings IN the name Of
the iloase OF Commons, whose national character he
has diSh"norcd | ilnpcach him III the name OF the
people OF India, whose rights and liberties he has
subveitrd; imprHch HIM IN In" name OF human
nature, which he has di.:ruccd In the name o. both
Sexes. and Of every rank, aud If every station. and "i
every situation in the world, | %iinprach Marrrn Hast.
ings." Yet Notwithstanding all the pleas which that
profession has made In ."n"lt of God, and the church
and there has tho gospel, though the
generations camc down IA style Il pre-
judicc against it. so Ion. ago rs in the time Of Oliver
the parliament, house Us members and they were call
ed, sons of Zrrniala." The LEARNED DR.. johnson
wrote al eritaph Of one Of them in these words:
God works wonders now ard then,
Here lies u lawyer an honest man"
Two hundred years ago q treatise was issued with
and Lightning for Lawyers: \ pr"minet clergyman
Of the last century wrote in rrGat To that profession
these words There is 4 society OF men amongst ns
bred up from their youth IN the art OF l'r,Ntns, accord
iur rs they are paid, by words multiplied or lhr par
pose, that white Is black and black is white. For cX-
ample. il my uciehhor has n mind I" my COW, h. hires
a lawyer to prove ,hat. he ought T." have my COW nom
me. 1 must hire another lawyer to defend my Fright,
it being against oil rules Of law that n man should
speak for himself. In pleading they do not dwell upon
the merits Of the case, but upon circumstances foreign
thereto, For instance they 10 not take the shortest
nc,hod 10 know whnt ti,!c my adversary has to my
cow, but whether the cow be red or black, or her
horns long or short. o. the like. After that they ad.
journ the Case from time to time, and In twenty years
they come to On issue. This society, likewise. has Il
peculiar cant or jIrgon Of their own. In Which al!
their laws arc written, and these they take especial care
to multiply, whereby they have 50 conf"unded truth
and fm. ehood thati t will take twelve years to decide
whether the field left to me by my ancestors for six
generations belongs to me, or to Que three hundred
miles OF
say that these things show that there has been o
prejudice cowiug on down. against that lI,roircssioN
from generation To generation. | account for 1t on
the single fact that they compel men TO pay debts that
they don't want 10 pay, and that they arrai:n criminals
who want To escape the c0nseqr"ns oil their crime ;
and as long rs that is SO, and it always will be so, Just
80 Ion, will there he elias cs Of inca who will affect,
at any rate, to drspise the legal pref, ssion. l know
not how it was in other countries; bnt | have had
long and wide acquaintance with MEN Of that profess.
ion. | have found them in al Irariohcs-I tarrcd In
one OF tlcir offices three years, whore there came real
estate lawyers, insurance lawyers. criminal Jaw 'ers.
marine lawyers, and l have yet to find II class Of men
more genial or more straightforward. There are In
that occupation, men utterly obnoxious I" Col and
man ; but, If were On trial for my integrity or my
HE and wanted even. handed Justice administered
to me, would rather have my case submitted to u
Jury Of twelve lawyers than to q jury of twelve cler-
gymcn. The legal profession, | believe, have less Yio.
lence Of prejudice than is to be found in the sacred
calling.
THERE'S, however, norman who has more temptations
more trials, or graver Responsibilities than the harris.
ter, and he who att, 1np,s to discharge the duties OF
his position with only earthly resources is milking Il
very Sreat mistake. Witness tho scores OF men who
have been Your contemporaries making eternal ship
wreck. Witness the men who, with the law of the
land under their arm, have violated every statue Of
the eternal God. Witn,ss the men who have a'Curd
placidly b., fore earthly tribunals who shall shivcr In
iisrnay bcfure The judge Of the quick and the dead.
Sec the sad fate Of Thomas Mm>hall and SERGEANT
Prentiss. the Brancre"s Of the world, their names
SYNONYMOUS for %cloqucncr and legal nclilicn. Vii.
ness Lord Thurlow announcing his loyalty TO earthly
government in the sentence, "lf | forget my cortliy
sovereign may God forget me- and yet stepping !"
learned and the reckless. Witness sir George McKrn-
zc. tho cxccratc1 Z + al South Cov"nanters, 50 that
until this day, in Cry Friars' Churclyard, Edinburgh,
the children whistle through the bars If the tuuib,
crying:
"Bloody Mckenzie, comc out If you dare;
Lii,thc sncck. aid draw the BAR
No other profession more needs the grace Of God
to deliver theiu in their temptations, to comfort them
10 thet .i"''; w. I'. "n",I y" h'. ~ -, Wv nIn1 .ha - "
chant to Christ. and while l would have y.u bring
the farmer to Christ, and while would have you
bring the m 'chahic t. CHRIST, | address you III lhS
words OF 1aul TO mus: brih. Hch">' iNe lh"y'r.
b. 50 much ~ his duties arc delicate and great, ly 80
nihch does he i'cru ehristiah s'ih'uIus M" SAFEGUARD.
We an nrconie c''trts. l. Wv mo' sui!1ee . a,tro 10
man MY years oLnS' WI: ~ otel .h Wv lN'
WIG HAS not oee" "d'cleu "itn EnHu't. iou' uane
Is assaulted and you must nave legal protection. lo9r
boundry line is Invaded ana the courts must re'csu'D-
lish it. Your patent is inlrinred upon ana yon must
make the offending manufacturer pay the PENALTY.
y our treasures are taken and the thief mast be mp.
pretended. You want t" make yonr will, and you 90
not want to follow the example "f those who inr tie
sake of saving gu rom an attorney, inprrll +oW,eOo'
and kept the generation following for twenty years.
I quarrcling about the estate. Till II Is oil exhausted
You are struck by an assassin, nn1 you must INVOKE
for him the Ienitenti"ry. All classes OF persons II
course of time become clients and, therefore, titf are
all INTEREST, d In the morality and Christian integrit;y
OF the LEGAL profession. "bring LcIas, inc lawyer.
But ho~ Is An attorney to decide as TO what are inc
principles by which he should conduct himself IN re-
gard to his clients: On orc extreme Lord B%rough"n
will alpc"r, saying: "Ihs innocence or guilt "i your
client is nothing /" you. You ore t" save your client
, regardless OF the torment, the suffering, the destruc-
= lluu vi Ill ulItTSt StC VI W kubN u bIO E'hN ~
;, the w%orld-your client. You are to sare him though
YOU Should bring your country into confusion. AT
all hazards You are TO save your client" SO says
Lurd BrouCharl. But no right minded lawyer
would adout that sentiment On the extreme Cicero
will come to you and Say "You must never plead
the cause Of "a bad man. ~forgettul Of the fact that the
greatest william un earth should have q fair trial, and
that an attorney cannot be Judge end advocate ht tho
Same time. 1t Was grand when Lord ErsEine sncrihc'
ed his attorney gel cralship Tor the sake 1i aeiehI;hg
, Thomas Paine IN the p;:blicalon OF his pook CARED
= IeIhs I,lsltZn 7 Man while nj n same tlIne lie. Inc
advocate, abhorrcd Thomas Palncs ftl,elous senu'
ments. Between these two opposite theories of what
Is right. what must the attorney do! God alone car
direct him.. To that chanccry Ee must be APPELLANT
and he will get IN answer in an hour. Blessed Is that
attorney between whose ONCE ana inc throne OF oo'
: there is PERPETUAL. reveten1"l ana prnye'm' run,mm
%nication. That attorney VIII never make an lirepara
I bic mistake. True to the habits OF yonr profession
: say ; Cite us some autnorl'y en- ING sMolreti W. -
= 1 quote !" you tie u.,ls'h Va !. ITp,e "t "f H,JJ
l heaven ~ an! i"oh sn'ln e ""i a"T W.,
i, VINO gwen 10 ai H,chIn'F1,!f ahn a n ~ '.
!, ann II sh"Il oe gwen MN. mt " :. H. u" n"n ,h,
Q OF the busy attorney In ha"iaoi 70 i " ~,
come 10 see you from LlSnt nnouau' 'h I"rn m no a.
COME 10 ynu' i"J WIN "ne' Io" - ~,
c"nhstlln tht wrong u'Fecton. in.S "rmo ,o i,a
from you!ho% they can escape rom s"ici,h i,i"' :"
h Obligation. They come I" you wahuhet 10 kno" ~
n they can iaii advantagcotsly lor themselves. lnr
come to you wanting to Know now thty Cal! Eiak
:. the insurance company pay Tor o destroyed nous
which they burned down with their own hahas. y
I they come TO yoh on the SIMPLE errhhd OF wanting |
escape their honest debts. Now, II Is no easy thin
t. advise q settlement, when by urging ntle"t'on ~
could strike o mine OF remuneration. Itls nota w,
easy thing to dampen TIE ardor OF an Unnamed contest
II ant, when you know, through q prolonsued a"'sn
Il you conld get whatever yOn asked. 1t Is no eas