The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-07-01
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AHIEh Ideal for Lawyers,
From s3suntOF Hals'' address 10 the f'l' LAE
What forces are at the command Of oul
young knight. The giant corporation
crosses States, crosses continents with it,
ways, Its Capitsl exceeds the valuation Of
great cities. 1t has its army Of able SER
wants. 1t can pnt its finger on this or thai
spot Of the earth's surface, upon this OF
that populous town or village and say to Il,
"You shall grow or you shall dwindls,
wealth, manufactures, trade shall visit or
abandon this spot at our will" Let II but
lay on unlawful foyer upon the poorest
widows ehed and the nearest lawyer can
call 10 her aid q power which will not
cease until, II need were, the whole force
Of the Government Ii exsrted, until the
army has spent its last man and the navy
fred It's last gun.
Some OF y0n are 10 assume the function
OF advocate, counselor, msgiStrRte, citizen,
in old and settled communities. Such y
life, worthily led, will he full Of honor and
dignity. Bat higher and more beneti'
cent service will be his who will carry the
teachings Of this place into the wilderness
and with them lay the foundations Of q
new state. Ihis task demands q COnse.
Grafton as to a priesthood. Be bnt reCoR'
nized by the people as the simple, sincere
servant Of the law, uttsring her voice and
speaking with her authority upon the
great things that concern the state, and q
Tree and educated people will not be back
ward to obey your Call.
The profession that will aspire to this
honor and this service must pay its price.
The lawyer must be known by tho people
RB the officer Of Justice, helping the court
to Judge tho Tact and the law, helping the
people to keep the paths Of JusliCs and
liberty, and not as "the Swiss who tells
the strength Il bis arm and the sharpness
OF his spear to this highest bidder" The
aCCuAed must DO defended and not pre-.
judged, The court must DO aided in
judgement by . collection a the argu.
ments ou each eide by trained officers SO.
IeCled by each party for himself, who act
for each eolsly in that service. But the
moral sense Of mankind has rejected Lord
Brougham's extravaRant and immoral
statement Of The duty OF the advocate.
Especially when great public interests are
at stake before legislative bodies, or dc.
pend on the peoples deCision, and wealth
aud power appeal to the lawyer to aid 10
accomplishing what Ia wrong, let 1t be IN.
derstood that every honest member OF the
profession has al original and perpetual
retainer OH the other side.
II you will walk these high paths you
must abandon the pursuit OF wealth 90 q
principal or considerable object OF life.
OF course, the lawyer must have his Quid,
dam honorarium lie must have bis ample
library. HG must provide for his wife and
something for old age, and start his chill.
dren in life with a good education and the
stimulant Of his own good example. That
is pretty much all, | hope to see our pro.
iession everywhere return TO Ito ancient
and healthy AbhOrrenGe Of contingent fees
and everything that savOrs Of speculation
in Justice. When you are once known to
the people, not as masters al the law, but
as traders and trAtiiCkers seeking your own
gain, the virtue has gone out OF you, Who
would strike from the rolls Of our illus.
tIiouS brotherhood tho men whom | have
mentioned, who lived and died poor and
left 10 their children names far better than
riches, and insert all the m%illtonaires whom
mankind have forGotlenP Or ever ths
great part Of tho list Of ChsnCelloTs and
chief Justices whose lives Lord Campbell
has written? Would you not rather inherit
or leave behind names worthy to be- 70.
msmbered Us among the founders Of the
Jurisprudence OF an American State than
fortune, ora park, or a hshpond, or a
palace, or a picture gallery, or a stud Of
rsCe.hOrses? II hes been we'll said, that II
IL the Baddest OF oil epitaphs, 1.-THE rich
man also died, and was buried" To other
a. SEPARATION has Yale trained her children.
nd republican t0rm1ndum, et ad daJiiendds
Fl Sdnandum pOpulum omnb, ew purge,
bat insttuIiO" To IashiOning the REPUBLIC,
TO establishing 1t In strength, and to max.
ing q a n people, tendeth every lnHtruC.
ton Of hers.