Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-07-22
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THE FREscH LAwYER
IL, or should be, a mors entertaining speaker,
and the French magist5sie q better Judge
than Epglish or Americas, because ne does
not rely upon precedent, %, reasons OUT
each case by the fIed and unai'eraoie rules
of iustice and the eIemeutsry principles of
the law. De Tecgueyille's comment uBon
the American lawyer vas that OF surprise,
show often he quoted the opinion OF others,
how little he alludes to his own" Inc sur
prise would be greater now, when these Dor
rowed opinions, these old clothes Of dead
cases, amounting now to over 1000 Volumes,
have become the relissca of bench and bar;
and this surprise would ripen 10 ridicnie al
the spectacle OF a modern perip.tetic court
attempting, with the assistance only OF the
lawyers briefs, to ft these old clothes TO new
subjects, differing as cases do differ With
kaleidoscopic variation of fact; a spectacle as
Iudicrous as that of Fortuna putting the
noses of some of her subjects on the faces
of others. One, wearied with the vain
search for truth through all these digrsts
and cases, would gladly welcome q new
| T~heophilns to give all this rubbish to the
| orch; and permit Us 10 again become reason
ing creatures instead Of chronic c~sss-hunters
and case lawyers.
WE BEG 10 CONCLUDE
now with the practical applications OF some
lew of the lessons forced upon US by this
| view of one of the most ancient, the most en-
lightened and most illustrious orders of ad-
vocates. This is the higher purpose of this
paper TO which we alluded In the opening.
Tue fret and highest Lesson is union and or
ganiIation. From these we may hope all the
balance, for these will give the power for
their attainment. The individual influence
of the lawyer is felt in Church and State, IN
the marts of trade and the march Of growth,
but being individual Is not fully recognized
or accredited, DOR fully felt. The voice Of
the bar Is uow the pipinss of a single note,
not the mutte-ings of universal thunder. 1t
Is the rout step Of the army which breaks no
bridges. In this day of the aggregation OF
capital and the combustion of forces, the
cspital and forces Of the lawyer must be sg-
gregated, else they will fall far below their
former high estate. Already many evils
have crept into the State, and in every de-
psrtnent OF the origin stiop, the interpretation
and the adninist alton of the law, and
10 the morals and ethics of the bar,
The people have left to you the institu.
ton and organic stion BY The Legislature
Of proper courts for the cheap and speedy
administration Of justice, and yet the "lsw'c
delay" is still a by-word snd a reprosch.
The people have tired waiting for you &c
catch up with the times, and taken the ad-
ministration of justice in their own hands
and organized among themselves boards Of
arbitration for every chamber of commerce
and every guild of trade. Laws depreciatins
the labor, the dignity and the worth of the
judge have been passed, filling many benches
with Unlearned and Incompetent incumbenis
ADMISSION To THE BAR
has become so easy of attainment that il ID
not appreciated, and offers no guarantees fol
the privileges 1t pretends to bestow. Al
these aud many more evils should and car
be corrected by first organizing the whols
body of lawyers in one guild or corpora,
ton, first State and then NATIONAL and ther
proceed to enforce legislative legitmation
and thence to the regulation under statutes
of its own order, and the enforcement Of III
W ordinances. The more thorough educa
ton and training of the law student mus
also tax place. With the first century AMI
era of our republic have passed the condi
lions Of society and of American life which
permitted, at the bar, in the pulpit, and il
legislation, the uneducated, but strong, self
made men. The pioneer age is past, a new
era has dawned, and the man or 1swyeI
of simple, uneducated force must now Civ,
way to the profound jurist, the scholar ant
the publicist. From this time forward Their
muet De . EecOgnltlOu Oh q new Otuer .
things, . new state of society, a higher orde
Of st~atesmanship, and a deeper scholarship
} and that profession which does not recognize
these facts will soon find itself behind tn,
age, left, a landmark of time, and
i FIT SUBJECT FOR THE FINGER OF scoRN.
Let us, therefore, take these matters into con
alteration and vigorously proceed to the re
organization, the rehabilitation and the eleva
ton of our order. Aud these State anC
national bar associations must complete thi
work already begun by them. Ii is in ant
by them the labor must be done. Alread,
much has been accomplished since their or
ganizatiou, but much more remains to b
done. They should enlarge the scope O
their efforts to the endorsement of every
thing regulating the educatien, the admis
sions and the conduct Of members of the ba
: and pertaining to the administration of tn
! law. 1t is only BY this that the bar shall
l assert and maintain its proud supremsc
and be worthy the immortal encomium Q
: d'Agesssu, "that the order Of advocates is 8
! noble as virtue"