Telegram-herald., 1889-07-06

"tftA7s kt4t a. s'ttt. @sss'N tttitztrt4tsta
advanced, saa hsn4i&N sAferassee
fAl'ened lBfo sdpHi thraaea tne
st'tsSste 81 fiSAt Wsta Nfoitgs law
fsssfled, Jurisprudence tssssk foriH, aOd
dss.a telnfss> Ia wlslCh "a e1sfoloe rEht
aiad ds.Alse assd punisb arene lAw.
from o4y t-lae y hssn the dssAlogtle RAs
deslNetrd "a Aa>ts. sSniptuf.d ga
iaifists of stone. has baen fhe iglle IT
human tonduet, lts iaol.er aaasiniSlfa-
ton Has ts'ta tAe hafbngtf ul 8,sAoe
and the earnest uf prosperity kat
wherever . has hen dtnta uI ~ ul4cfa-
ton suspended sssclAi Industrial and
ppl.taCai Neii-tselng haxe 4ssart.s.A
and anafehs has followed su a. assist al
ti4e WTeck.
=; i said that on tae Scandinavian
coast la the Aortn Sea There la er.at
eaag called the n4tistron. IA winch
the waters, passing round and round a
constantly narrowing circut. finally
disappear 3n a vortex al the center. AID
that whatever l. attracted WITHIN its
influence is after bCing thus sNanp
round and round. hnallN swallowed uo
and lost 90 slghi Anarchs ls a mae
strom drawing 10 Itself tile weak a.li
unsteady, the carrieSs. the rcek les a 81.
carrying them around aud around "a
lis faithful coUgfs, unul they..are drawn
down ln is terrible vortex "a rlse 10
more Oat Ia tins same ses of the
north there flows from the American
tropics phenomenal stream, steady
and strong ia It's course, the waters 0f
which are pure and hot, and which
constantly thus howing onward and
outward, serve 10 quicken aad warm
the ocean, preserving It's Waters from
4 a..
It's current % the north latitude the
prod ucts OF the tropical zone from
whence II fioNs. law lS gaslf stream
nowing out through the sea OF human
lty during the ages, warming and pun
tying the moral atmosphere and bear
ing upon lis bosom the best product of
land 10 land and age % age The pro-
per administration of the Law ls the ex-
ecullon of JusiIoe, and the cause of
justice Is The cause OF both God and
man, and such administration takes 40
thought of yesterday or~ttomorr0M;
makes no query as 10 riches OF poverty,
turns neither to the right hand nor the
left, having seized the plow handle casts
never "A glance backward, stands ina
mobile though the heavens may
threaten to fail, holds steady though,
the earth may sway and trsmble be-
meath, IL In the moral world a Glib
raltar, around which the tempests If
pubic opinion may sweep and whistle
and shrek, or against which the high
tossing blllOws of public prejudice and
anger may dash with fury and fall back
impotent for harm.
There should be some place in a
great municipality where all classes Of
citizens may meet upon equal terms
with equal rights. Such an one IS
being provided here. The poor man
wall have the same right 10 walk ihe
corridors, frequent the offices and at
tend upon the courts that may be
claimed by the rich and the powerful.
He may expect herein the same cour-
tesy, the same opportunity to have his
rights defined and enforced. and his
wrongs remedlcd, though elsewhere
little heed may be paid 10 him, and
there may Toe none of the earth's sur
face he can call bis own. This building
may therefore be dcnOmlnatcd citadel
of equal rights. Within the walls 10 be
erected here viii be of record the poor
mans evidence of vested right to his
humble home, and u may be upon a
page opposite 10 the record of
the title decd 10 mIllonairc'e
palace. Here shall come the orphan
and the widow for that guidance and
protection in their affairs which the
husband and the father can no longer
give. Here Ia the receipt of customs
will come all people 10 render unto
Caesar his due. and TO the halls 10 be
herein provided viii come 10 the bar Of
the law old and young, guilty and in
nOccnt, righteous and unrighteous, 10
be Judged after the manner and Gus
tom of our people. Here fine-spun
sophistrics viii be woven IN invisible
nets To catch the unwaTy, 10 shield the
guilty and oppress the innocent, and
here the voice of pathetic eloquence
Will be lifted mp for lts cause. Against
those VINO Will herein slt az arbiters
popular opinion, not always well
founded. Will press sircnuously, and
temporary cxpedlency bc urged as a
sufficient warrant for the setting aside
of wctl-founded rules and wIsc prece-
dents. New theories .and pseudo re-
forms Will be here urged by hair
braincd acalots, and the wisdom ac-
cumulated from the experience of ages
be denounced az relics OF barlarism.
"HeTc, then. We are asseniS ed IN the
very heart oi this second city @. Nichl-
gan, on behalf OF the ciizcJ : Of the
second county 10 tins conmt nwcaith.
10 bld God-spoed 60 the work of rearing
lts seat oi justice. May honesty and
iIdchiy 60 Their trust mark every move
ment of the public servants 10 whose
care IL has been iutruAcd. May It's
every outline bespcak symmetry and
grace. May il IN every detail give cyl-
dencc OF sohdiiy and enduring strength.
May It become a comfort, pleasure and
pride ~ the people Of Kent county aud
their government officers. Nav the
hghtnBgs ic aVcIied from j. MAY the
storm and the tempest leave Il un-
scathed; and as daily thc tides ~ life
90 chbing and flowing beside IT, may 4
stand OUT an honoTed landmark in tho
progressive way of the great county
winch rears II, useful. beautiful. an
object of Just pfide. the home of law
and order, the seat Of good and honest
government"