The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-08-15

statue of limitation and twenty years
possessions he took the position that
Digelow'n title Was better than the Indian
title, for he was here before the Indians
That it was better than title from the
State, fdf the State bought from th G
Indians. That the land vas his BY right
of discovery in 1886, and as the heir and
sole survivor of De Soto that it was his
by squatter sovereignty, when he was
found sitting upon the rock by the big
spring in 1886, aud lastly it was hia by
actual possession for thirty. i've years, and
all these rights and muniments Of title
had been clearly and fully established
by the witness who stands before you
uuimpeached." He gained his case and
Bigelow still lives, and has recently taken
q contract to furnish the Anniaton furna.
ces with iron ore.
Judge Underwood was gifted man,
great man, a good man, and the most nat
ural lawyer I ever knew. If there had
been nd laA he Gould Gave made il and
expended it, and he would have made it
right. It was no strain upon his judicial
mind-no deep study, no midnight lamps.
He never reversed his decisions, but an.
nounced them at once from the bench.
fhe greatest strain Upon his patience and
his courtesy was to be constrained to
listen to an argument upon the law OF
the case and to the tedious reading from
authorities and precedents. He was self
conscious that he needed no instruction,
but he was not vain of his perceptions.
His sympathies we're always with The
right side and he could not help his
leanings that wsy. "Justlce is represent
ed as blindfolded," said he, "but that is
a NEUROLOGICAL mistake. She is always
peeping With one eye under the handker.
chief; and she ought to. She ought to
see enough to know whether it is a
woman against man or an oppressor
against the oppressed" On one occasion
he was employed in a civil suit against a
woman. She vas present in the court.
room, and was fair to look upon, and Col.
Dabney; who was her lawyer, had closed
an admirable speech In her favor. Judge
Underwood arose and complimented him
and then said: "But, gentlemen, he had
a client-a presence-an inspiration that
could not fail to make him eloquent.
The fear and the chivalry that constrain.
ed him will restrain me, will do the
best can under my surroundings. How
happy would I be to keep my cause and
exchange my client"
Judge Underwood Vas an old time
lawyer, and had no respect for the modern
tricks of the trade. Sometimes I think
said be, "that Cis Morris was right when
be said, the law is kind Of thing fixed
up by lawyers to scare passel of idiots,
and Macklin was right when he said
the law is hocus pocus that smiles in
your face while it picks your pocket"
Well, the awful majesty of the law does
impress and subdue the poor and the ig.
norant, but has no terrors of the rich and
vicious. Just let the sheriff summons an
humble countryman as a juror or wit.
ness, and he will drop everything and
come running. I have known them to
start before day and come afoot several
miles, and bring their dinner in theii
pocket, and they would bid farewell tc
their family like it was doubtful whether
they would ever return. They are coed
citizens these humble people. The rich
and smart ones can get excused, but the
poor have few friends.
BILL, ARP,