The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-12

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to address all audience, however SMALL
said MIR. Dougherty, few days ago. Even
when / rise before a jury, | would feel
grateful if the floor would open and swallow
me. want to get away My lips are dry,
my hands tremble, and / feel myself turn
pale. The sound of my own voice is un-
familiar. After 1 get started lose myself
in my subject, this feeling gradually wears
away, and | soon forget these disGgreeabe
symptoms in my absorption in the work
before me-"
I'm your opinion, Mr.. Dougherty, what
is the best road to success at the barg"
"To become a thorough lawyer one must
love the law as a science and devote himself
almost entirely to it. Constant application
untiring. patience, common sense, aud
logical mind, are requisites. High charac-
ter is essential to permanent success in all
callings. There is a marked difference
between a profound lawyer, and a success
full advocate The first may be a student
the other must be man of the world
He must have knowledge of hum an nature,
as we'll as law Sergent Talfourd lays
great stress on tact. He should leave moth
ing to chance-should master his case in all
details His brief should be complete, with
a precedent for every point. He should
adapt himself to unforeseen contingencies.
Despite what English barristers say, he
should examine his own witnesses before
the trial and at the trial know when
to stop ross-examining the witnesses
against him. He should, for the
time, become absorbed in the cause
of his client. never forgetting, however,
that he owes duty to the court. These,
and fifty other qualities, which no one ad
vocate ever had, might lie mentioned. The
possession, ev n of few, will make sue
cessful triallawyer.n
And in politicsP
LAS to politics | can scarcely answer We
have but few statesmen"
"Our politics are too shifting With all
our advantages, how few there are in pub
lie life to-day deserving such designatlonl
1t is more than likely that six years hence
most of the men in congress will have re-
tired to private life, and new men, now
unknown, will fill their seats. Our worthy
President and most Of his cabinet were
unknown eight, some of them four years
ago. The people, intent on making money
take too little interest in politics before
nominations Tho public man who runs
counter to the politicians is soon exlled to
private life. The post of honor is the
private station"
"Of the great orators of your day, whom
do you consider the greatest and what are
your comparative impressions as to the
characteristics of their oratoryH
THE greatest orator | ever heard is for
gotten. ! doubt if his name will be found
in any book-he is only tradition. In
speaking he lacked all the physical graces
Of oratory. He had neither voice; striking
appearance, nor elegance of action. Yet
have never beard and never expect to hear
any one who had such mastery over jury
or an audience as George Washington Bar
ton. He alternately cOnvulsed with laugh
ter and melted to tears. He bad the quality
without which no one can be an orator, nor
great actor i'll the higher range Of the
drama, a quality that cannot be counter
feited-intensty. He was world-made
genius. His mind had been compared to
rag dipped In gum arabic and rolled
through library. He worked himself into
a sort OF intellectual frenzy, then leaped
forth into such gorg Gus imagery, thrilling
passages, tremen ious flights, tipped all
through with classic, historic and poetic
references, that he stands alone in my re-
menbrance. My young remembrance can
not parallel fellow"
And who is Mr.. Baritone
George w Barton was native of Ian
caster, Pa democrat, and by all odds
the greatest speaker of the state, lie was
appointed president judge of a criminal
court ia Philadelphia.