New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-18
A HOST OF NEW LAWYERS.
A HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TwO GRADUATED.
TwENrY-rHIRD COMMENCEMENT OF THE COLUMBIA
COLLEGE LAW sCHooI-CHAUNCEY NJ. DEPh"
MI I1.rpr Annprss 10 LIE CLASS.

dcoree If nacbeor ~ nj the Academy Of Music last
night The stage adorned Win HOW'LL"
around the platform was 70" " o,o,,o
| ing plants At the back OF the Stage
| were two pillows OF white flowers, on "nion ny
| peared in red the following words " Inc
| twenty.tbird annual commencement OF the Counoia
College Law School" Seated on the stage besides ITO
lessor Theodore W. Dwight, the Warden OF tne La"
School who presided. were Professors Johh f. Dioi
George Chase John W. Burgess, John Ordronaux' ana
cha Row DIR MORGAN the Rev Dr. c. r. Dufe, the chap
lain OF the college, Judge Arnoux Dwight H. Olmstead'
Albert Matthews and Herbert b. Turner. AS the ochcs
ira PLAYED a selection from aida" the members OF the
class marched down the aisle and took their seats
ADDRESS BY CHAUNCEY NJ. DEPEw
Prayer WAS offered by DR.. Dule, and after the ave
Maria" had been played an address was uehseiou :!
Chauncey NJ. Depew, which received with frequent
| annlause The main parts of his address were as
| follows:
This ia the most interesting period OF your lives be
hind is the preparation before, the preparation anu
application OF the you have and those you VIII ac
quire The world is a generous adversary sooner Ut
later yields its prizes OF independence ana honor 70
those who merit them You will never think you KNOW 80
much you tonight and your future VIII De depend
upon how far you appreciate the lac. tna you t NO
only found road and how to travel IT. All about US
twelve when they received their diplomas Business
men may lucky stroke Of fortune, preachers may
| buy borrow sermons quacks may win riches py
patent medicine but the lawyer rely on no one Dui
himself The early years before practice comes are run
|
ness and hopelessness But there yet was man
who deserved success. and doggedly ana persstet p
| yet" said Dsraeli, he sank into his seat
amid the jeers and laughter OF the House Oh
Commons The despised jew rising to be inc cohnahuer
and oracle Of the Oldest and prOudest OF arstOcrac h
Prime Minister OF tine most enlightened ana powerful Vi
| con lighting the way from exeruon TO triumph Inc
of the wealthy have built and stored great
libraries and he opportunities for learning are all about
AS the law controls all the relations OF ne, fesu
laes international disputes ana settles nG and I mr.
he
suits, from the lmitless range Oi inquiry anu AO"
| edge no weapon comes amiss
All great lawyers been remarkable for the extent
and versatility OF their requirements Inc WOrks OF
Bacon and BrOugham, Taiiourds delghtIul NE .,
Charles Lamb Chief-Justice Marsnalls " Washington
and Wrt's Patrick Henry" the contributions OF hent
and Story are marvellous monuments OF lhproNtuoPPVI
tunes outside the Jaw, strengthening ana gIaelhs l's
profession aud practice President GARFIELD mace o ~ "a
rule. when never dcylaed, 10 read ten INES Oh
the classics anu three pages III some DOCK OF soma worth
every day, and he was the best informed ana most &c
comphshed public man tins generation Burke Field
ing Cowper and Gray failed al the law anu earned I'M
American Journalism and etI'rs owe their best contri
buttons purest fame to the early discovery ana rec
| tincatOn VI tEis mistake by Bryant, LOnIeHO" anu
| Irving.
THE FIRST ELEMENT OF GOOD LAWYER.
Integrity not of character but to opinions and
duty is the first of good lawyer. The property
OF "A client which into his possession can neither
be borrowed nor loaned sacred trust to be i'll
stanly aud scIupulously accounted for. Because oil
axjty TO this principle without dishonesty in intent or
result have seen many "a brilliant and promising career
stopped, many conscientious lOdder ny his ndci
ty ana quick paynents wins bOth honor and income and
he ONES tue custodian OF large interests and ates.
But ia b. must Ills integrity be conspicuous
1t safe he never he brOed 10 Detray us
client ana that he VIII not nsapproprate the iunus ~
his hands For though holding larger trusts than al
other yOcatiOns complned and Without security 'he
record of the profession III lis nducary relations Is Oh
pied purity The vast enterprises Ol our unts,
the enormous profits OF business ana speculation, tuS
id accumulation OF gigantic fortunes the intensity Oh
industrial activities, the hlnitess expansion OF prOuuc
ton ana commerce, the palaces OF the wealthy rising on
every sde The adulaon to and power OF money are
The hope ana despair OF tue profession Inc sooner inc
young lawyer emancipates himsef from TINS absorbing
mama for fortune the better or ls use uhe9s anu i.ue'
While eXacting ull ana iar returns iOr MS skill unu nc
the superiority Of intellectual over material forces IN MS
unquestoned influence III society ana the state ana win
prudeuce aud rugalty III All income winch guarantees
his inde pendence competence for his old age ana an
estate Tor his family
INCENTIVES TO ENDEAvoR AND PROGRESS.
Heroic sacrifices grand achievements memorable bat
efeds the trumphs of statesmen i'll the Cabinet, OF
oratons in the Senate advocates in the FORUM the
incentives high endeavor and solid progress We are
the heirs all the ages in the foremost files of time,
and the Accommodations of al the our Inheritance
Ru no other pursuit mas behind II exemp
lars and history like the law It's teachers nave been
Inc foes anarchy misrule and tyranny and lis princ
niles form the foundations of government and the pal
i,dium Of rights. Call the roll and you summon Gods
'an ;, iu,sters of clyzaton and reform. 1t was not
Prcles bu s0On and his statutes tAat made possible
Grecan power and progress II was not her eSohs, but
her Twelve tables made Rome the mistress OF the
world II was defeat OF the Moslem hordes but
the discovery Of the pandects which preserved Europe
1t was the Norman conqueror; but the common law
that evolved out Of chaos, revolution and despctlsm
| freedom
field, BrOughanl, Erskine, CurIan MarHhaI Hamilton,
Law Livingstone, KEN, story, Webster and hundreds Of
others VINO by the law and through the law, have done
more Tor peoples States than all the warriors OF the
| world are here to welcome you 10 their fellowship.
ad IN ,9 Mas dscoye cd tue study OF the evil law
spang up al Europe aud It's administration passed
sors IA rea,n 80, me swVr conId enter tSe KINGDOM
of heaven But the lawyers nave requitcd this anaHema
w 'adSes of arltratou Few OF the barons nj Kun.
ia, nIiu adj le Were
MARKS but the lawyers Improved upon their demands by
grating upon the Great Charter those saxon Liberties
Tor the individual embodied in thai mob sentiment of
the last will OF King Alired that IL was just. the
| Eugsn SHOULD forever remain as free as their own
! tnonghs." II the courts and not the Commons
when convinced Queen Elizabeth That there were limits
to tue royal pcrosaIlVe ana warned aries l. at Tax
alton without representation might cost nm his head
trIy Of Engilsn institutions It was CniefJustice Coke
VINO steaded wavering patriotism with the grand sen
that power which Is above law Is MOI III IoI the
kim to ask the people TO yield" English statesmen
mad guaranteed protection OF slavery in the West
wire dependent upon the pledge The policy Of the Gov
ernmen the interests OF rade were al enlisted IN its
breathe the air OF En- anu then was human slavery
Cromwell learned those principles which carried him to
pledge and life TO the motto that resistance to
| Iyrani is obedience TO God"
| Inc American Revolution not a sentiment but
prluciple. ouly Outburst OF patriotism but
a struggle Tor tue MAINTENANCE Of law. We remember
now only heroes the battehelds but II was law
yers ours and always Ias been government con-
toled oy lawyers In tins De Iocquevlle recognized
ils greatest claims to STABILITY and expansion The pro-
has contributed seventeen OF the twenty one
reidents the United and voiced cabinets aud
councils. Alexander Hamilton 50 settled the law OF
bo and the liberty of the press, that his brief became
part of Constitution of states and the law OF Eng
| Land aud yet he devised the financial system whicn
| carried Though the Revolutionary war. Salmon y.
Chase died CnicfJustce OF tue United States and yeti
credit which sustained the Nation In IT'S
great lie Geneva arDltratOrs md the Electoral
Commission, with the lawyers tribunal ana weapons,
peacefully settled questions international controversy
and governments successOn which in all former times
decided by the wager oil battle or bloody civil
| slrlIe.
| THE QUESTION OF THE HOUR.
| The paramount question Of the present hour, is how
The conditions of to-day be adjusted TO the accepted
doctrines of the past Steam and electricity and the