The daily gazette., 1883-06-27
LAWYERS
.ooesssEp BY SENATOR BAY
AO0AR AID YEsTeRpAY'
WORDS OF WISDOM AND ADVICE.
,rsx, Of MIR. BAyard's Address on ''The
responsibilities Of the Legal FroAsssAon
in Republic" .cf -g1,r
tsnocinl. to the easetts. ]


nNy,II ivaIa College were held In Centre Church
o. .s,i iIS aS.ernoon, the principle feature being
w" address BY Senator Bayard, Of Della
~ On "The Responsibility of the Legal
paotsssion pa in Republic" Senator Bayard
L,o',eC,d D, received with warm demonstrations OF
'selcome, and spoke as follows:
o,n1,men of the LGp Class: From your
masters and mine, lessons In the science OF
YOUR profession have been received, 70 Wnicn
yyUS ,holf not attempt addition; but, comply
quo" ''si,h the request Of the Law Faculty OF
,hI. ,b velerable College, l will ask your
s,,ionce sni whilst, as to younger members Of
ihs legal fraternity, give utterance TO few
,aasctions upon the responsibilities of that
nrofcsslon, high indeed under any form Of
ggorernmeLt, but which, under our Consti
,ntnnal framework of society, assume q
nacnliar and special dignity and Importance.
Among the useful acts OF the Congress
was The collection and republication, few
wears ago, of all the original charters from
,be crown of Great Britain TO its several
American Colonies, and also the subsequent
stote papers, Declarations and Bills OF
Rights and constitutions adopted by thoee
colonies as they emerged into Free
and independent states, claiming "fuli
noyer to levy war, contract alliances, estab-
Iisb commerce, aud to do all other acts aud
things which Independent States may OF
rIpbt lo" which claim, under the provt-
depce of Almighty God, they were enabled,
after A long season of toll and danger, sacri-
fre and suffering, TO make good and main
taiu;-apd the blessings honor and RESPONSE
blites of which have been communi ated
Ia MS, in the direct line of succession, and
which it is our sacred duty to transmit un
impaired TO our posterity.
These charters and constitutions form the
most essential and authentic sources Of
1 knowledge, historic and professional, for
| the student of American law; and their re-
examination is timely at period Of our
history when SO lamentable want OF
A knowledge of the real origin aud structure
4 Of our complex political mechanism, so often
Is displayed, by those who assume to
control it and to put into operation its
n powers, regardless OF constitutional limItA-
tions, or the indis ,rction and unwisdom OF
mis'aking the domain of morals for the
domain OF legislation, 70 the confusion Of
the jurisdi ton of both.
From perusal # these charters,-the
Petitions, Declarations OF Rights, 0rdin-
ances, and the constitutions, which
accompanied or followed them-will he de.
the roots of our national character were
imbedded, aud which to-day nourish the
growth and strength of our people.
In these state papers will be heard the
echoes Of the demands for civil and religious
liberty, rolling down the centuries; the re-
iteration, the repetition of the principles Of
liberty, varying their form to suit trans-A;- >
lantic txigences of freemen, but never los
lug the pth and substance OF their Origlu
and meaning.
For Magma Chqrtd was not the outburst
and hot breath OF an hour, or even the work
oil one defiant and ValOrous generation. II
was rampant OF defence against unlawful
nVasions Oi the rights Of property and per
sonal liberty, not built in q day, or for q
day: but the slow and sure growth of liberty
itself 1t WAS in fact the reafirmation OF
ancient Saxon charters, somewhat effaced,
out never forgotten or aban ioDed, aud upon
which new demands had engraited them
selves as bitten as the grapple between Ty-
fanny and Freedom was renewed.
History tells us that not orce, nor twice
but thrly-seven times Wis the great charter
confirmed in the igns Of various KinRs
from John to Henry vi.
10 have produced IT," says Mcintosh
10 have preserved it, to have matured It
constitutes the immortal claim Of England
upon the esteem of mankind. Her Baconl
ana Shakespeares, her Millions and Newtons
VII WIN all the truth they have revealed, and
al lhe generous virtues they have inspired
are OF inlerier value, whom compared with
.he sub)eeton of men and their rulers tx
Ihe prln 1pes Of Justice; II, indeed, It b,
no more true, that these mighty spirit
could not have been formed except undel
equal laws, no reused to full activity with
ou' the influence of that spirit which th,
fathers"
Nor were the threats or censure of eccle
saatlcal ssst power able 10 suppress in the heart
a, lue clergy the fires of liber and free
uo'h OF conscience. Protestant historian
amaru ,ns, 10 Cardinal Stephen DE- Langton, af
@rNarus Archbishop of Canterbury, tn
sl1aI -I praise aud glory of being the indl
Iusl' 'ni' 10 whom, says Greasy, 1--WE are IN, r
inueoted Than to any other, for the obtain
.ng ol the Great Charter" and Hallan
u!IS MN the most illustrious example c
%'suom and patriotism that the history G
eue cnarter supplies" "Who, though he wa
o oms Oh the Pope's Cardinals, was no mer
1Lu.ssary OF an Italian priest, bat a true
ho EngllI hman, to whom his country
J,.. ,io"pf ahd his country's freedom were mo:
ts% ~', au1 one whom no threats of eitne
Sn,aps Spotai or ecclesiastical superiors coul
Iiyi IT, from he path of duty"
o,io "' carry charters Of the American Co
,ba ,b'e, anu The declarations promulgated
de, V.sahLzatlon OF local governments VI
mnor u'n, are valuable 10 that they discloE
tha t" ,a,'. VI I" the objects and purposes, and G
smS I.'u y, civilization and law in this countr
"''u ltlt, DOreuVnr Of ha ,f,,k,
,ai "Vfoi traditions which accompanied thel
cbar1 'ne,r new homes in America, and q
"Iytshed still by their descendants.
s,n., III these various contributions
oTmy otTTtay and simple manhood; these echo
vsra,, Ja, ougle notes of Liberty, sounded
Of as i"as sources, that the genuine streng
tboatNal scli-goyernment over this broi
basis. f@i 3eHoh mus ips Ut
hl ,o should not only be proud and graf
ir",i 'ol :, me reasons ghy our fOrefatherB car
,oo ," europe to America; that they we
sci, nsu spirited, too conscientious al
nnvaespeetiug nnvrne to bear the yoke of arbitrAI
sH% %r,-Out that to taste the sweets Of cil
nv saS ,eilSlous liberty they tempted dang'
p9yas,. auu by land, and preferred to "a
Si,S.ss ahI distress 10 . sayage-haunt
snLgithess, to inglorious ease and unman
tn" Tiassion iasin In their European hom
rr.,nii iViduality OF those traditions and 9
tbSir ral habits, and their peculiar value
cania ,n' especial inheritors, ought surely to b,
rati", VI general cougTatulation and adI
ns,ha, rather than OF that narrow, unsy
tS"etle tSs' ,l aud sectional spirit Of detracti
ana 700 often has dishgured our hist0ri
svua r poiitcal discussions, and severed
'mPaIhles OF our countPynlep.
ely and c0nsclenTionsness, courage &
tion ti.shness, II. integrity aud industry, ele
all HH ~. VI mind aud purity of heart, heroisn
trL 's storms, however and wherever mani
wbohstitute the glory Of humanity, 8
tbar 1fer and whenever In this land Of o
V nave been NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. BY