The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-07-22

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aCourt House, Hon Edwin g. Readr
leut called the Bar Association of
e.H Carolina To order. Owing to mfr
- Judge Hcade requested Mr. Jos. b.
<aHr.sr to preside, which he did with
toned grace.
matter for regret that there was
r ial.r attendance at this meeting.
#ar. aerc not over u dozen lawyers pres
/ a...al1 I'VE outside of I;alcl9n There
t to- have been two hundred. Itte
8i holding the Association i'll RAJ
a u this hot month Of July was not
.3br to a large meeting. Some Of the
members suggested that the next session
it to be held at the sea coast or in the
mountains, So that business could be CON
.aed with pleasure Others thought that
II ought o be held in Raleigh during the
1~-lon of the legislature
Hon alfred NJ Scales was elected Pres
leut f6f'the ensuing year. The following
] eare elected Vice Presidents: Messrs C.
Z drslndy, Fred Phillips, Jacob Battle,
f. Purnell y. ". Graham, E. T. Boy
s8 " y. Guthrie, W. J. Montgomery,
H IS Barber, y. G. Avery, ". NJ. Shpp
aad Iheo. f. Davidson T. NJ. Argo was
1 reelected Secretary and W. }. Peelc Treas
urer Judge Walter Clark offered rcso-
atsou which, after slight amendment,
/ ai- adopted, Us follows:
RESOLVED, That it is the Sense Of this
Association that q constitutional amend
aeut should be submitted by the next leg
stature to the people, providing for an in
crease Of the Judges Of the Supreme
Court Of the state to a number not less
ta five and providing that all of sald
I oagrt shall not be elected at any one eiec-
t0a
The following Executive Committee was
appointed for the ensuing year; Messrs.
4 NJ scales, y. ). Mcrrmon, K. II. Bat
L tIe Walter Clark, II. G.. Connor, Swift
Il Galloway and w \. Guthrie.
0u motion of T. II. Sutton, ESD, of
Fayetteville, Il committee was appointed
H ~ gcmorIaIilc the legislature to allow IL
court ~tcuographer to each judicial district.
lhe CHAIR app int ed u committee to draft
i resolutions expressive of regrets at the
H #.a1h oi Phll. Holland .jr., Of Fayetteville,
member of the Association.
| Judge Rcudr's Address.
.le annual address of the retiring Pres
| ue.f. Judge lteade, was then read. We
Il 40ya it 10 our readers in full
/ hc law Of this Association makes it the
duty of the President, at the close of his
/ 1rGu OF office, to deliver an address; in
Il u,rformancc Of that duty, | now rise be
l3r. YOU
The object of any association like this,
is to give to every member, including the
weakest, the aud of the collective wisdom
If all, including the strongest. And its
#-mblicS are the occasions where this
sy-ct is best accomplished There the ex-
peuence and the wisdom of the best, are
-ayeu for the benefit Gf all; and there too
tire best influence is cXcrted on every
member: and there the character of the
association is best eXemplitied before the
public.
After the Gospel ministry ry-God's law
Eet-, that deservedly stands first before
| the world the legal profession stands next
in u.iaence. How needful is it, therefore,
chat this profession should organize for
rs own health and strength, and for the
best Influence on the public Just as the
rrougth of cham is that of the weakest
auE 50 4 whole class is affected by the
worst member
There ought to be some way by which
th" profession can show to the world what
| IS the standard of excellence which II re
coguizes, and by which it is willing to be
adged and to which it requires its mem
oer- to conform.
- too it ought To he, that the profes
SION, whose occupation it is to aid in the
] government of the world, and without
which it seems the world cannot be gov
erutd, ought not to coutine itself to the
separate and individual eXertions of its
| members for private ends; but it should
/ 1ANt It's CtDIltCjlNt NISuDn Ill utNlSlu0 ana
eommending the best plans and measures
for the public good.
The latter are Inanifcstly and avowedly
The objects of this association, in which |
PRAY God it may have abundant success
OF the lawyers come the judges. 1t was
not 50 at first. Originally governments
We're patriarchal; and then tribal; and
then they changed and grew from one
form To another according to circumstan-
ecs. The Bible, which aside from its di
| FluLtE Is the WiSeSt and most wOnS SerouS
book in the world, informs us, that Of
israel, after it was rescued from Egyptian
bondage and became a nation, Moses was
tile only Judge. And he sat to Judge the
people from morning until evening.
Bat the labor was found to be too heavy
for him. And he was advised to provide
Lot out OF the lawyers, for there were
hone, but out of all the people, able men,
aeh feared God men of truth, hating
cgEet0usncss. " After their selection,
Moses charged them, saying:
Hear the causes between your brethren,
amid gdge rghteously between every man
and hs brother and the stranger that IS
E.tb hgm. We shall not respect persons
p ad -ment, but ye shall hear the small
as well as the great; We shall not be afraid
e- Ele face of man; for the judgment is
tod =, and the cause that is too hard for
you BRING ii to me, and | will hear it..
That is a graphic description of the char
aeter Of Judge his office and duties.
AZ that time the administration of JUS
Ice was prompt and summary: and prob
ABLY none the worse for that 1t was made
convenient to the people The judge sat
II tine gate, or in the street; and was treat
ed with the greatest respect and venera-
ton. He is graphically described by Job,
Who was himself Judge. He said, ''when
vent through the city to the gate; when
prepared my seat in the street; the young
Arn saw me and hid themselves; the aged
al9-e aad stood up; the princes rcfrained
from talking and laid their hand Oh their
mouth he mobiles held their peace and
1er tongues cIeaved to the roof of their
4oath when the ear heard me, then ii
be@oed me- and the eye saw NE, then It
gave witness to me. was eyes to the
blha. and feet was | to the lame | was
'ather to the poor, and the cause which
-hAe| not | searched out. And | brake
he jaws Of the wicked, and plucked the
spol out Of his teeth"
WITH some allowance for the difference
2sl"een semi barbarous people, as the
Jews Of that day were, and this highly
Hdzed age, that is still good delinea-
''ii ol the dignity, bearing and office of a
.45e and the Veneration in which he is
@tlt 10 IUdpp we'll rp0uirpS tho pyarciSe