The daily gazette., 1883-06-27

| upon our shores are being landed from
Ireland hundreds of families, men, women /,
a. d children under governmental System
OF deportation, not paupers or criminals,
but turned out Of doors because they are
miserable, unhappy and discontented with
| government that made and kept them go;
but II Is h submissive and not a voluntary
emigration: and arguments we once heard
| from British authority denying the right of
/ salt expatriatlOn would read somewhat
| oddly In the light Of to-day. +t
IL was Milton who wrote tth ~
There are Nations that like bad school
masters ohastise their scholars, because they
nave not skill TO teach them. ,sfA
In ireland we see an impoverished
peasantFy sought to be placated and paclfled
| byth passage Of land acts absolutely de-
struetive of the vested rights Of ownership,
apd impairlug or wholly prohibiting free
dom of contract between landlord aud
tenant. Aud by such means 1t Is sought to
relieve the misery aud poverty of the mant
at the cost Of the uncompensated depriva-
ton Of the property of the few.ly
Simultaneously 3 hand Of iron is placed
upop an entire population, rigidly enfoFe-
ing the harshest penal laws, whilst the most
cherished safeguards of personal liberty
whose inviolability was once the proud boast
OF the English law, are either sup rseded
or obliterated, aud reign of terror is lhJ
| augurAted as an alleged necessity TO sppre-
hend and convict criminals and secure thu
personal safety of officials; a condition of
| affairs miscalled peace, and m IRE distress:
ing than open war to the Inhabitants IS ~
IL half the energy had been bestowed at
the proper time to reform unwise and up1
just laws, and redress actual and now ad-
mitttd grievances, that -is now exhibite In
| stiding diseontents aud Furnishing crimes,
perhaps the task Of British rulers 10 Ireland
would be less difficult, and they would have
been spared the recourse to Instru ments
| aud methods that combine discredit with
| auecess, and eAve stains behind aiitI
| The sayiug of great Irshman seems to
have been forgotten, ) - - 1tfe y.
All is disputed when everything is enforo ed.
But from whatever source the lesson Is
| derived, 1t still remains, that The only en-
during victories are those OF reason and
justice under the forms of law. .
Who overcotnes
by force, hath overcome but half his foe,
and the impressive words that came to us
from the tomb at Mount Vernon should be
ever needed by American ears: I VI
"Let there be no change by usurpation;
for though this In one instance may be the
/ instrument of good, 1t Is the customary
Weapon by which free governments are de
etroyed, The precedent rnustalways ver-
balance in permanent eYfl. any partial or
transient benefit which the use at any time
Yield" ~" y
4 have stated that the ifanctions of one
| independent branch of our government, Cthe
| judicial, are conaded wholly to members of
the legal profession; but experience has
shown how largely the other two branches
are also recruited from the same source.
More than one-half of the Presidents OF the
United States, and q very large majority OF
the legislature have been meHbers of the
| bar; aud this in' . representative govern
| ment attests the influence of the profess
sion, and indicates the weight Of their re-
sponsibilities in thu domain Of politics.
| But the responsibilities of the legal pro-
fesSon extend much further, and even more
profoundly affect the popular tone and char
| acter.
Lawyers constitute especially the cohhden-
tial class of society. In the complexity Of
the affairs Of a civilized community, sim
pItctty Of Law and regulation becomes I'm
possible, and more and more the protection
and conveyance Of property, and the end
less variety of CONTRACT and consideration,
require the guidance aud supervision Ofthe
carefully educated end reliable. legal coun-
| aellor, and the magnitudeI difficulty and
dellcacy of affairs submitted to his judg-
tment Increase daily. 30 1900
l. Absolute good faith, strict personal
Il
quaintance, with affairs, all combined With
kuoWfedge of Law, are necessary for those
who become niemb bers OF the legal prOfes-
sion, and those who expect to stand In its
front rank and reap its best rewards must
dulyfeeognize and appreciate its responsi-
bilities and duties. oH Hls4
Trust and confidence must be Teposed
somewhere by all men in those seasons Of
] distTess and doubt incident to humanity,
/ nd from uThi hone
exempt. The merchant and man of bust
meas, bewildsFed apd endangered by the
lfuctaaEiong .NEttade, or the defalcations OF
Ennis forbanek~ of Mis- oaFrespOnqents; who sees
his credit shaking In the wind, and the dark
shadow of financial ruin impending, must
i have soJhe cool and clearrheaded counsellor
on whom he can rely for guidance and pro
lection in his rights OF property and reputa
ltiol; who will keep his feet straight In the
Iipatbs OF legal rfctitude and safety.
In short, ~ there Is not a contract imagi
nable in human affairs INTO which, wher
brought before 1t, the law Of tho laRd doe'
not RlsrO 8,OtW enter and become part, ana
which cannot be changed even by the con
seat of the parties, and the ignorance o
which excuses no one; the omnipresent ncet
for . knowledge Of the law is obvious, ant
from the members Of but one profeseton cal
such knowledge be reliably obtained.
j
men, rejoicing In mother wit and common
sense, (Which greatly yalne. and admire,
who, shaking their heads oyer some sucl
declaration. As / have just made to you
would say that every man can be his owl
lawyer, and who provide themselves witt
handy books, bearing such titles, Digests o
: Decisions, and Books Of Legal Forms, AM
who, thus armed, proclaim sturdy inde
! pendence and hne contempt for She Ehol
: bar. and other Of "them literary fellows"
They may be right, but l am more I'm
: pressed with the sagscity of grey-heade
! member of the le al profession, who, on on
, Of those prandial aud possibly conviviA oc
casions, which happily and not too frequent
v ly mitigate the rigoFs and sridity Of profes
|. slonal life, was called upon by bis bPethre
8 to give tAeinlR 5ozst.a and grayeIy announced
a "The best ,fFtead Of stAe. legal profession"
i then patlstng uutH interest and wonder weT
I. \ aroused to disaoVerw ho that estimabie mem
/. / ber of society could be, ded-"the ma
= who tlra3Va hjk own wiilf'l
NJ This disabiiity to perform such servic
Q | for one IA seIfis not confined to laymen, q
4 iamay ,bd learned from tina. unsuccessfl
II attempte receFdedj of Lord st. Leol
/ ords, Who SiefG wilfe drawn b
n himself, by which his testament9ry inter
o tions were wholly defeatedrss1t was o stfll
4 ing ilIustratlon of the. truth of a roug
= pEoyerb, ,3Ehat -Itthe man who Is his ow
q lawyer has fool for a tlfent.n a.5T=y
a But such con ddeptIsLS communication
i necessarily made By all clssses and occupt
y ttons fnaen to their legal counsellors, giN
a. to the latter an influence ia the directio
!. land control of society, which should eyer