Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-09-06


 TBy permission s. s. Mcclure.
 when he spoke his utterances rang out with the clear ring of genuine gold on the counters of the understanding. His reasoning through logic, analogy and comparison was unerring and deadly His adyersaries always dreaded his orig inality of idea, condensation and force 5 of expression not less than they writhed # under the convincing effect of his sin gularly significant and apt stories. Woe be to the man who hugged to his bosom a secret error if Lincoln ever started in chase of it. Time and all the legerde- main of debate could hide the error in no crook or corner Of space in which he would not detect and expose it.
 An unfailing vein of hunor coursed through his being, and regardless of pro- fessional etiquette or the dignity and surroundings of the court it found a ready utterance. Here is a letter te one of his colleagues who lived in that part of Illinois known as Egypt"
 SPRINGFIELD, Ills, July 1, 1851. Andrew MeColum
 DEAR sIR-I have news from Ottawa that we VIA DuA bdt4dtlH autl foaIlEO county case. A the Dutch justice said when he married folks, Now were ish my hundert toilarsf" Yours truly, A. LINCOLN.
 in his first appearance before the SUI preIne court of Illinois he coolly gave his case away, telling the court that all the decisions favored his opponents side, and, although he had industriously read the authorities, he could find noth- Ing to sustain his own position. II dc not think, ' he says in letter addressed to Hardin Healing, Esq, there is the least use of doing anything more with the lawsuit. not enly dc not think you are sure to gain it, but I do think you are sure to lose it. Therefore the sooner IL ends the better. , How eonseling to an anxious client hopeful and confident o1 an early victory. T wish you would learn of E-." he writes ill a letter to ms friend, Joshua r. Speed, what he Wall take over and above a discharge for al the trouble we have been at to take hls business out of our hands and give IG to somebody else < You know 1 am net very petulant man, but de- clare am almost ont of patience with MT E-'s endless importantly It seems he not only writes all the letters he can himself, but he gets everybody else Ill Louisville and vicinity to be constantly writing about his claim. x am neither joking nor in . fret when 1 say we would thank him to transfer his business to some other lawyer without any compensation for what we have done ''
 MT Lineoln's professional standard was very high, and, although connected #lth every variety of litigation, even to 'he most desperate criminal cases, he was never guilty of the slightest vicla- 4oh ef professional ethics. He was in all respects clean lawyer, and his op- pohents never had occasion to complain 0 ms unfairness. His motives were never questioned, and his advice was uhRorlnly wholesome. The cause of his elient, however desperate, never prompt eo nm to do q wrong or advise one to oe done. The following letter, never be- lore published, is in point:
 n. PEKTN. Ills, May l2 1853. mr. Joshua R. Stanford:
 eiR-t hope the subject matter of this letter flii appear sufficient apology to you for the -iNersy Ia total strancer-take in addressing yoo' The persons here holding two lots under 5el'i . conveyance made by you as the attorney of sI'tnlei M Bailey now, nearly 22 years ago, are a, - great danger of losing the lots, and very perhaps all-is to depend on the testi- 1nohy you give as to whether you did or did i,ee account to Bailey for the proceeds received - sot en the sale of the lots. l therefore, as frs oi Hlelr counsel, beg of you to fully re- - -lesh your recollection by any means in your poner t~ before the time you may be called on ts ssselly. 1T persons should come about you and se sliow a disposition to prompt you on the sub ssS ~, II may not be more than prudent to re- ...sliDsf that It may be possible they design to +sl present 3ou and to ernbarrass the real Y, ,sess.i1eny you may ultimately give. It may @ ae siS months or | year before you are called on 1o testify. Yours truly # IfycorS.