The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-06

AZ tho witching hour Of q summers
night SO subliihely described ia the
famous lines
"'Tis midnight, and the sitting sun
Is slowly rising in the West,
The rapid rivers slowly run,
The frog is in his downy nest,
M hSp hsG" from bppSsh bspDhss e fSS%vgh"
When sitting on q bench beneath n
front yard, while the dewy mir is
heavy with the od6r of the flowors,
and tho warmth is tempered with a
gchtle zephyr whispering through the
trees; When tho drowsy song Of tho
katydid is heard in the fer away, and
tho wakeft,l scream Of tho s's&eeter" is
audible in tho near at hand; when the
moonlight shimmered through tho
leaves breaks upon YOU both in q
delicious half light, when sho looks up
to You with startled you-can-ask-
papa expression in her amethyst eyes,
and you are morally certain big red
ant Is crawling up your leg, while
with arm around her waist you gently
"Press her yielding form to thine"
| Then gentlemen, and only then, can
you fully appreciate tho Power of tho
Press.
The next toast was THE Bar--tlfo
safeguard Of tho innocent, the terror
of the guilty; we hope that the profess
sion will always be represented at our
meetings"
Responded to by Mr.. II. A. Gaillard,
who said:
Mr.. President and Gentlemen: It Is
refreshing to find so familiar title
among the august personages around
this festive board. l am called upon
to respond III behalf of the "bar".
Now there is in this phrase a supicious
ambiguity, but assume that the par
sentcd by thc-cquivalent expression
legal profession. OF this bar, may
say at random-for have no prepared
specch-that it is Oil element in the
social organization of all civilized
States, and has place in the economy
Of all communities, except China, Tur-
key, Africa and that small fraction of
the old Feastervillc Club, that in the
last campaign united with tho Green
back party. 1t must be confessed that
its reputation in the community is de-
cidedly mixed, varying from that at
taching to q most exalted and honora-
ble profession to that expressed by
these familiar anecdotes: "rhe bar is
composed of a set Of learned gentle
men, who are exceedingly active il,
rcscuing your property from your
opponents to keep it themsclvcs"; and
by this-"Lawycrs are worry much nd
dicted to contingent Iecs, which often
suit this situation-if they lose the
case they get nothing, and if they win
it, the Gle gets nothingto
But, Mr.. President, ! have said thai
the profession of law is factor in ali
civilized society, and so it must be OF
necessity. Wherever civil and consti.
tutiohal liberty exists in ali enduring
form, it must rest upon the supremacy
Of the law; and wherever human sc.
ton is controlled regulated by law
there must be those whose function II
it to learn, expoumd and teach tho law
and to apply it to the transactions OF
life. But this, again, it too serious
If were called upon, Mr.. President
to exercise my legal requirements in
this club, would invoke the powers
of the law in arrai2ning the, whole
clnb for serious intraction OF your
organic law, from the President down
including the IMPOSING potcntates-the
Grand Maharjah of Madagascar, the
: Grand Tycoon, the Grand Mogul and
all; and would bring to justice tho
Prosecuting Attorney himself, who
guilty himself, has failed to detect anc
, punish these offenders. 1 have wit
messed much that recalls these lines
taken at random from an old collection
"Ifle gentle pressure and the thrilling
| touch,
The least glance, better understood than
Which still say all and neer can say to,
much"
: But this is really too exciting, and
must dcsist, for see you arc restivt
, under these tender thoughts.
In conclusion, let me tell this com
forting anecdote, in which the lega
rights of lovers arc defined. 1t was {
which though proceeding from q true
Jurisdiction, would still have been pro
nounced good law by your Crane
Chancellor, when he sat upon th'
wool sack:
An Illinois parent, entering paflor
occupied by his daughter and he
young man, was foroibly elected b,
tho latter. Flo brought suit agains
, the young man, and the justice rulet
as follows. 81 have heard both sides
Courtng Is public necessity ant
must not be interrupted. A parent
under the laws of Illinois, must no
J enter the parlor when courtilig is afoot
, The action is dismissed and tho plain
, tiff must pay the COSTS"
The next toast was "fhe Married
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