The semi-weekly miner., 1882-05-27
AN M0QUBNT rR,p,,
LAWYERS Il
Ohanoey N. Depew's A.
ths Graduating u.s. y
Columbia Law scnoo1

,1nI;, Heroic ,saerifices. =: grand ach;.,,
nt'''''''''c ';.t'ltlit!c>, the lrt'v'ntAh lr'.'n
s,:'tts'i'en H. The Cabinet, Of fT'':hiL,t.
the Stliate. u advM;.,,> "'a'"..
are the incentive, /" hiyh '.. .he h,.,"'
solid pr'grtss, We a,,. ..,i ,i'ea"t ;,s
all the age. in the ,on.,' e hi, =
time" and the a,,.,,n,,i:,,,'"~' ,~' fits =.
la'st are our 'nl"ri'a".~. IL, E,, "''aIi,Lt
profession "r pursuit has l..,,; ; .n""ie
e'npIar@ "h't IL history liz. ,e....'tditt tts
teachers have been / .,r f,,,. ~. law. Il
n'isrule aI''i t!ra,,mv, nu i" ' , 'iafr
form the i''tshdati"ii> o.: COY, r,i i"'"h /,
tie palladium q! right. I.u ..4t'liaM
and you summon. Gmi's ,.h'"''' The nV
tiers OF civilization a',i ,r " "rn, IIll.>
MT Per'cics. but S"Ion aud NJ. H.. II va.
that matte l">"'''ir''".ian ,n,w'a;e m s'a'a;e
pr"grt>s; IL VA, not i:'r :,.i,,nx" "t ant
twelve ;al'its, which ,,i,d,. D' 'ult.
mistress "l /: e wh',c word. !, '."e '' lit
the de-. e,at Of the Mu> /, ia L"n,. Was lq
discovery III The l,ai.,,c,, w,.;,, :" i.
served Europe; it ~.> mt N. X" ~. IT.
ts'n4ueror, but the coInnr,n h., .''haA
evolved out Of lna,>. rvn,'.; s '.N
dcslMti<In constitutional ,r'"" ,r,..'' AND
ct'm, Coke, i1:arkst"nc. Man,G.I':'; it,
ran,. Br' usl'un., E.:>kin. M'' M' ''t
Hamilton, JAY, Ll>iny .,,,n. ''',!aa ,!a
STORY: w sbster, an" I.un'Irtds Of ~ Ma
who. cy the law and ,Ar",..L ,h. h"''rh M
have done more TOR lu,3!e and s >., 'aS,
than II tile warriors Uf the wori.i i'ac
Ml ~ to welcome you 70 Their % ,',, at
snip. " 'e'"s:
In the sack of the Italian citv o<.
alfi, u copy "f the la dect@ WI: ~ ~ An
ert'tt. the study Of the civil law s''e,s. s,''
up all over Europe, and its a,lm;Si;'a,l ;Si'al,
tiOn passed from the hands of ths h!a' "'I
sia>tics to- It's trained rruIes,or. s'*> i,
vcnge. the council Of the c.u .vh h.4, ~
Anlalfi decrced that u, LAWYER c,.I: %Ia
ter ti'e kinguOnI Oi heaven. r." R'.a' :.
lawyers have rcsluittetl this au.t%.,s 's
by largely converting the nation. ,4 ".a'
the hell Of arnls to the heaven # "s wv.
tratiOn. Few Of the l..rol,s vt R.."a .'"'
me(le could read and their sword y
were their marx hut the lawvrr.; j."
prOvd up'n their demands by yn,i,,a.
upon the great charter those saxon IT,
critics for the individual. elnf..li.d !.
that noble sentiment Of the last will -
King Alfred, that lit was just, the Ens.
lish 81" uld forever remain N fnx
their own thoughts" 1t WAS the cr,r.
and not the COluniOns which u,nyin, -
Queen Elizabeth that there were limit.
to the royal pertx tive, and wsrnM
Charles l. that taxation without rru,.
sentatiOn might cost him his l.,d
When submission and servility x.r
threatening Eng ish institutions. !, ".
Chief Justice Coke who ste,.tlietl vsv.
ing patriotism with the grand sentiment
''that power which is above law i nx
At for the king to ask nor the p.pp!r b
yield.' English statesmen had :ilsrse
teed the protection Of slavery in lk
West Indies, and the property
aud prosperity Of thousands xvu
dependent ul'0n the pledge. The mir
of the government, the Interests d
trade were all enlisted in its supInr.
But when Lord Mansfield said "A
slave cannot breathe the air Of Ene
land," then was human slavery dooad
all over the world. 1t was as law yp
dent that Cromwell learned those pin
ciples which carried hi to pledge :ar
tune ard life to the motto THAT rsikr
ance "a tyrants is obedience to God."
The American Revolution was not I
sentiment but principle. 1t Wa n@
only an Outburst Of patriotism hut
for the maintenance Of Isv
We remember now only the heroes q
the battlefield, but it was lawyers
war. In this DeTOcqueville recognisd
its greatest claims to stability and el
pansi0n. The profession has cOntibut
ed seventeen Of the twenty-one Prn&
dents Of the United States aud voas<
Cabinets and councils. Alexander Han
ilton 80 settled the law of libel and lk
liberty Of the press, that his brief "
came part Of the constitution OF S'a,o
and the law Of England. and yet hede
vised the financial system which 'sf
ried through the Revolutionary WI;
Salmon P. Chase died Chief Just'et.a:
the United States, and yet It wy ~ o.
scheme Of credit which sustained u
nation In its great Contest. The Otse"
and the Electoral Comm,
lion. with the lawyers stribun:l ~
weapons, peacefully settled questt'e..
cDntrUver>y and eovn.
mental succession, which In all 'os;
lines were ecided by the was1~
battle or bloody civil strife.
VIE>'NA, May 8.-M. Ritch1e, ea"s