The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-07-27

lot the IttfIn<e Of catching tufIr yotess
they will kick as vigorously as The Iowa
farmer who objected 10 beng taxed 20
support an ostrich farm, or ~ drain a
swamp on skunk Creek for the culture
Iof rice. w. II. FisHBACk.
London Letter.
Especial corn,ra correspondsnss.i
LoNDo~, June 8. 1888.
Tint upon the eve OF the twentieth an
'niyersary Of 6 Gettysburg, The fiercest and
most cvcntlul battle fought during The
Civil War. complimentary
banquet. IN no way connected with that
wnr. should be given III London 10 one
'of the most distinguished champions oi
thc sIost cause" IL q slriking ILLUSTRATION
of the yicissitudcs of II e. Whsn 4 IL
borne In mind that Mr.. Benjamin landed
'at Liverpool At the end OF 1868. IN the
iifty-fourth year or his ngc, with scanty
.,lneans. and with the natural and newt
liable exhaustion aud depression that the
Tour fieny wears through which he had
l;ust pazsed could not fail 70 produce
One shall have the less difficulty IN un'
''derrsanding why ne wsk the recipient on
Saturday Of the most fiattering compii'
ment ever bestowed upon successful
IIbarrieter. .Of whom bnt of Mr.. Ben.
.ljamin.~ asked the Attorney General
'|''could IL be said that he had attained
she leadership Of the Bar In two sucl
AZ Great Britain and the United
Estates - On the other side n The At
-lIantic Mr.. Benjamin has divided will
1.-THE late NJ. Rcverdy johnson the enor'
-lniour retaining fee Of one hundred thous
sand dollars. for repairing 10 Califcrni'
ito argue and win ''cause celebre' con
e'ncctcd with the New Aimaden Quick
i|silver Mines. With such recollection
lin his mind, hard indeed must II have
4 lIheen for him TO come 70 England al iffy
rffvc years Of age, with the expectation O
-|lckimg his place among Juniors thirty
Rlyears younger than himself. and Of slow
ey eating his way % the Bar IN thei'
rrompany. IN Mr.. Benjamin's case ther'
e'was much when he came 10 England Z
xmsks II more than probable that insnpera
fble difficulties would intcrpcse 10 preven
nfavor from being shown him as regard
! easy and rapid admission 10 the Englisl
Ii,Bar. 10 begin with. he was identified
s'with . losing and hopeIessly ruinet
!, cause. and in this country. which Of 81
4 -,oihers--with, perhaps, the exception
,.thc United States--moet worships sur
dicess, the vanQuished, like Tie absent
l,might be thought always in the wrong
e eSecond!y. Il cannot be denied that th
..exasperated and infiamcd feeling 4
(which the American Civil War gave ris
thad extended with undiminishcd inten
esity 10 this side OF the Atlantic, an
I,|there was scarcely less disposition her
rIshan IN the United States to make th
'-lway or the discounted transgrcseo
l-Ihard. Scarcely, however, bad Mr.. Ben
|jamin's voice become familiar IN IN
claw courts OF this country before th
,-|most generous sympathy was extende
r|to him, not only from the Bench, bu
I also from barristers of all ages, many .
-|whom were well aware that the new
ecomer's success would infaIlibly depriv
!. fhcm or some Of their business and ~
!. ldound TO their disadvantage. The jea
Iousics Of other professions have passc
,linto proverb, and Il Is therefore 70
,-ihopcd that The words Of Sir Henr
4. ..James, 80 honorable not only 70 the
speaker. but also 10 the learned fraternit
of which he was the spokcsman, shoul
Z be read and remembered wherever q
'sEnglish tongue il spoken. ssrhey .
''ekncw.n said the Attorney General "ho'
I mr. Benjamin came among them IN
made his fame, and none Of them ba
ever found any cause ~ regret that !
's.lhad taken his place in their foremo
franks. lie knocked AZ their doors, IN
'''lthcy were opened wide, and the lcade
ship he 90 easily won was grudged hi
''eelby no man. They were proud Of \
\ success. for even III its rivalry tho AZ
= I0f England was ever generous 70 tho
who won success BY merit What maj
4 ner or reception awaited him here ms
4 hest be learned from Mr.. Benjamin
.a1owu words when, IN voice broken VII
! lemotion, he proclaimed the impossibilil
: Iof ever forgetting the many warm grasI
Iof the hand and the kindncss "whis
'y|for the last few years had, perhaps, b
'y|come TO him almost as the breath
v-llifc., III 4 higher degree thar any 9th
or calling The Dar II cnrich'
'nlwith stories and incidents which inve
sneuch books as "Twiss's Lifo Of To-
s,Eldon,~ "Phillips's Rccollections Of Cu
o-lran,' sParker's "reminiscences Of Rnt
hlChoate,' and "Warren's Miscellanic'
. :Iwith extraordinary charm. AZ sor
o-|future day biographcr competent
sO'thc task will find no richer theme th
ge|Mr. Benjamin's eventful career Will
as'ford nor will II be forgotten that I
on|most earnest words heard from his i
an|hayc testified 70 "the warm and hear
ID WELCOME extended % him BY thc Bar
isEngland.'