The daily gazette., 1883-06-27


Of power With It's legitimate channels. 7
The displeasure OF many is harder to be
borne than Of one; the withdrawal of the
sympathy of associates and friends is al
most starvation of the hear t, and the man
or the class who will encounter and bear It,
| must. be encased in the armor Of high and
clear conTictions ofa great social duty.
History present no finer figure than the
first lay 'hancellor Of England, Sir Thomas
More, whose genius, learning, wit, magma
nimity, fortitude and benignity, all COM
biped 40 make him one of the most Illus
trious and best men who ever lived. He
/ was drawn from the study and the practice
Il Of his'professiob, most GlYillineiy, into the
personal councils and service OF an execrable
ltyraDti the darkness of whose crimes forms
striking background to the almost fault
legs character Of bis noble Chancellor. His
learning, abilities and finally life itself, were
all given with humility, simplicity and un7
wavering fidelity to the maintenance Of e.
government OF laws, and constitute for all
time an example Of private worth devoted
to public ends 10 ~ 1GIa ~
IA being, honorable to the earth from
which he sprung, and worthy of the heaven
to which be aspired." r.S a.-l
The influence Of such Q character can
never eeAeein the world, and, although in
1
for good ';rTsscit 0eeyltD pelaft drbpr savoyy---
moves on, irresistibly diffusing ITSELF With.
out noise OF proelamati0n, ipIthe hearts and
minds az hieh, And viii continue In ,fts
amelioration Of human nature until 1t IL
merged in the Divine source from which, It
was sent forth
IN their, day and generation, the legal pro-
\ fessioH of Amerfca are the 'fhheritors and
successors of the same duties for which in
i9mgte and ruder age Sir RhDmas More de-
voted his great faculties and laid down bis
life the maintenance of q government OF
laws; ;'aLd although civil liberty and law
can have have no single foe In q Repu Jtic,
so conspicuous as aSmonarch, TO whom on
occasions Of attempted usurpations defiance
must be rendered and resistance inaugurated
TO maintain those wholesome restraints upon
power which the law aud the principles Of
liberty imposes although there may be here
no "vaItus i'sstGntis tyrdnni," yet there
may be that more appalling and dreadful
\ danger "eididKiv drdof1 IrdUd tsbentittta 4"
and then comes the test of patriotism and
true, courage. and thepis the time for the
legal profession to recognize and assume
its peculiar responsi bility to assist in main
tanning a ag6vernment of1aws. nf ,sH
A tyrant is well defined to be ''one who
IsupvertsAthe law" and from single tyrant
appeal msy be taken 70 the majority, to
revolution, and that is an appeal tou force;
but how can an appeal be made sdccess-
fully against force to force itself For the
majority constitutes force, and $50 from the
tyranny of maj trity there lies no appeal,
l7unless 1t be from Philip drunk to Philip
sobefO ACOIo 3216i 1UO y
No oppression is so heavy and unsparing;
no tyranny So relentless aud excessive,
nothing more fatal TO liberty, than the un-
bridled, unchecked will of passionate and
lpopulat3 majority. Then 10 the hey-day lof
the Demagogue and the teacher of sedition;
land forth from their hiding places come the
foes or society, each armed with some un-
lawful weapon, TO wreak their revenges for
its Former pduishments aud restraints, to
wipe out old scores, feed fat their person al
tgrqdgee, and vhet the tusks of their p ls-
slons upon the tree of liberty and law. The
strain is then felt upon the institutions of
free government, and it will be found that
every extralegal remedy is delusive and
costly, and that true safety consists in hold
ing the Ship of State fast to the anchorage
of the law, and In strict adherence to the
principles of justice. andsfreedon.
i And TO what class Of its citizens, should a
government Of laws "a cenfdently look for
support In its season Of danger, as to those
who have adopted law as their profession,
and made the know edge of 4aW. the study
Of their lives and their means of living.
Gentlemen have adverted to some of
the dangers to our government of unchecked
majorities, let me say a word OF the natural
defences of American society.
We haYe the guiding force of the expert
enee and traditions .of many generations,
trained and educated in the school OF self
government, and practising the habits of
civil and religious freedom. We have 9
history filled with the noblest instruction In
The lives and characters of the men who
sought and gained under the sword their
independence and "peacs with honor" We
have the great heart of free people carry
ing their fate in their own hands and
4 proudly conscious of the fact, with public
intelligence instructed by self interest and
expanding and fortifying itself daily by the
establishment OF schools of sound learning,
and the wide dissemination of popular. edu-
cation. of all this our people are conscious
and are best approached from such q level
of consideration.
If we do not be- lieve In human nature
what can we believe in, and what instrumen-
talIty remains for US In our hopes to estab-
ish and maintain the control of law and
generous and heroic, and respect and love
best their best men, when they discover
them. Time servers, tricksters and sensa-
. tiopal demagogues hSyee for, season and
may yet again for afseAson wheedle and
beguile community of its approval; but
not long. r1frr 8
Our people do not like serEility to public
/ opinion, which Is as talse, unmanly and
| treacheroGs, as Thar OF any parasite ol
pauder to . King! The strength Of any re.
putation and its endurance are best secured
In the United States, by seeking the respect
, by enlisting and encouraging the best quail
ties eftAe manhQod 3of our people. Out
j / spoken titterances of sincere opinions will
{ be heard though in opposition, but there II
and ought to be intolerance of concealment
/. of real Judgments, and absolute unforgive
) ness to that worst OF all social offences "A lie
AsI close this address l become more
: | conscious of two faets, ,--the Yastness of tht
| | field, and the iucompietenessb of my CLEAN
8 ing. Nevertheless, ss my object was sug
gestion rather than instruction, If / shal
: have assisted to place with greater distinct
: ness before the minds of any of my fellow
a couutrymen, just embarking upon the prac
+: tice OF the law, clearer comprehension o
: the higher responsibilities and an apprecia
a tion of the social duties he has taken 4pol
3 himself by his choice of this profession, N,
n object will have been accomplished. Il
Our professional brotherhood is scattered
e everywhere In this broad land; naturally II
s greater numbers In the busy centres o
il trade and commerce, but also in the rudes
i and remDtest regions however scantily popu
Y lated; wherever there is need of peace AM
i order, there the student and practitioner 0
: law finds field for useful occupation. f
h The Intelligence of the country must
n organized TO oounteract the ignorance q