The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-03-15
LAWYERS AND LAWS
Columbus iioien,ttn

\ writer in a recent number of the San lraneiseo Ar,t5 KeHsy denounees, and with some show of reason, our system of tAws. or. rather our system of admins terins them. Yet. perhaps, the writer .,low9 his zeal 10 run away with his dis efetlon n the mattef. and. Tn quoting from some irreverent wretch who s,ig- mulsed lawyers as pad liars takes s,. CT zoo decided grounds. There is no sts4n nat the practice and adminfstra- 0an ai .he law are not up h very high mo;a. standard, but, perhaps. no, infe- iiai ,e auy other learned profession in heHes.y and ability. Indeed the differ en e. ., | venture, IS in favor of the law i.tera ts class. lawyers are rather bet- ter .aaa any other class of professional men eaef rascals. considering the op- aortaf.ty fot rtseali,y aIe to be iolad Tn .ae ids. .h.r ir almost ar.y other tf2de af Ca4.ng. Whether oI nal ii be ,nm a know ieG sc and fear of the almost certain eeul, ei wrong doing Il is hard to sly.
 Mu oi inc Ill will sAosn towards law yers. .,s evidenced by such terms as paid ..af. allses from men, criminals and wrong -,ioe,s generally, whom ,he lawyers lave 3ecn the lnst,ume nis of bringing to 1astlE ?. Nobody eger heard the Crlminal accuse inc man who defended him of any ethef shan the highes, and purest mo- aves and. while the public denounces, n the strongest terms, ,he defender of rime, and Inc profession to which he be- .onss. ,hey tail 10 see that he. who worked so hard for the conviction at the
 rm.n4i was also a member oi the same Pte'ess.ou. Nil. A who ,ies "a heat neiShbu' E. ou, oi his iAm. denonuCes 5 atwYer as l scoundrel for preventing tac tfaa | while E dlmns A's attorney -ut tae profession that hts saved hts property. l. makes all the difference iii inc world who owns the gored oN
 The assertion that no dishanes, man an ever become great lawyer, Is a sale ane. admitting the exceptions ,h |, go ,o prove the rule. There is no class oimen whose actions arc % carefully sctutln led: none uDDn whom so many sharp eyes arc constantly hNed, and none who bear the scrutiny better. Among all the men whom you know, when you have d busi- ness ' ansaction involving large inter- ests. to whom do you go: To a lawyer Not beCaa,e he knows more about the business than you do not merely that tnu may get the bcncili ot his legal knosledse and the proper formula tor .ae transaction. out because, with other -e,sons you have the utmost confidence n the man. and iull faith that he will sIve you the full bench, of his knowledge on the subject.
 ihere IS no profession that carrles Tn iis bosom so many family secrets. and guards them so ke ellously. la this city there Is hardly day passes. in the office ot any respectable lawyer. that there IS not private consultation some famli, trouble disclosed, and advice asked con ce'nlng Ii. some closet opened and the grlnning skeleton exposed. And these paid liars, with these powerful levers n their hands. shut down their lips and hold the secret safe. How often rcme- lies are given can never be known.
 When Sydney Smith said " Lord Elden and the chancery court sa, heavily on mankind, he might have added. and dealt out justice better than ii had ever been dealt out before The law has d. ways been in advance of the age. and when not intertered with by religion, has. Al least. generally speaking. approNi- mated lus;lce From the tables of stone 10 the novels and pandects. from the novels and pandeots to the magma charta. from the magma chatta 10 the frs; and second constitutions ofthe nited States and sc OF down 10 the psesen, time. the great end m view has been the greates, good Ia the largest number te be carried inio effect m the specifics; manner pos sible
 ne man who wants h.S case decided m | few days and iaments over the good old days when justice could be had speedily, gro~ls because the leather in ms shoes does no, last so long, now that It Is chemically tanned in a few days. IS when II took year to Ian 1t. He who complains at the number of cases required to be consulted before the rendition of a judgment at the many intricate ques- tons 10 be examined; at the weighing and balancing, picking and searching through hundreds of reports for cases in- volving situations similar to the one a, hand at the days, perhaps months, re- quifed for the proper presentation of the case and arrival at conclusion, wi,hou, pfe)uoice 10 either party, must not forget that there are no two blades of grass, no 100 eggs, no two hairs that are exactly anke, much less two cases involving. throughout, exactly similar situations.
 Humanity owes a debt of gratitude to the men who shu, themselves up with their books and patiently search out and apply the great principles of justice tha, underiie all human transactions. For, be assured, this delving in the dusty garrets of legal knowledge, through the vaults and cellars of the bank O legal opinions