Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-07-03

viii be Glasses CT men VINO Will alIect
at any rate TO doSrisc the legal profess
sion. l Know lot how it is in other
countries, but have had long and wide
acquaintance with men of that profess
sion. l have found them i'll all my par
ishes. | tarried i'll enc of their Offices
for three years, where there came real
estate lawyers, insurance lawyers, Grim
inal lawyers, maine lawyers, and
have yet to find class of men more gen
ial or more straightforward. There are
in that occupation, as i'll all our occu-
pations, men utterly obnoxious to God
and man, but if l were on trial for my
integrity CT my life and wanted even
handed justice administered to HE l
would rather have my case submitted
to Il jury of IL lawyers than to jury
Of ~ clcrgymen. The legal profession,
l believe, has less violence of prejudice
than is to be found in the sacred call
ing.
Earthly Resources.
There is, however, no man who has
more temptations or grayer responsible
ties than the barrister, and he who at
tempts to discharge the duties of his
position with only earthly resources Is
making very great mistake. Witness
the scores Of men who have i'll that pro-
fession made eternal shipwreck. Wit
ness the men who, with the law Of the
land under their arm, have violated cv-
cry statute OF the eternal God. Witness
the men who have argued placidly be-
fore earthly tribunals, who shall shiver
in dismay before the Judge OF quick and
dead Witness Lord Thurlow announce
ing his loyalty to earthly government
in the sentence, eff | forget my earthly
sovereign, may God forget me!'' and
yet stopping to unaccountable meanness-
es. Witness Lord Coke, the learned aud
the reckless. Witness Sir George Mac
Kcnzie, the cxecrated of all Scotch Cow
enantcrs, so that until this day, i'll Gray
Friars' churchyard, Edinburgh, tho
children whistle through the bars OF
the tomb, crying:
Bloody Mackenzie, come cut if you daur.
Lift thc snccl; and draw the bar
No other profession more needs the
grace Of God to deliver them III their
temptations, 10 comfort them in their
trials, TO sustain them in the discharge
of their duty. While I would have yen
bring the merchant to Christ, ard while
I would have you bring the farmer to
Christ, and while I would have goa
bring the mechanic to Christ, I address
you now in the words of Paul to Titus,
"Bring Zenas the lawyer" BY so much
as his duties are delicate and great, by
so much does he need Christian stimu-
lus and safeguard. We all become eli
ents. lido not suppose there is man 80
years of age who has been in active
life who has not been afflicted with
lawsuit. Your name is assaulted, and
yop must have legal protection. Your
boundary line is invaded, and the courts
must re-establish it. Your patent is in
fringed upon, and you must make the
offending manufacturer pay the penalty.
Your treasures arc taken, and the thief
must be apprehendcd. You want to
make your will, and you do not want
to follow the example of those who, for
the sake of saving 500 from an attor-
ney, impcril $3.50, coo and keep the gen.
Grafton following fer 20 years quarrel
ing about the estate until it Is all eZ-
haustcd You arc struck at by an as
sassin, and you must invoke for him the
penitentiary All classes of persons in
course Of time become clients, and there
fore they are all interested in the moral
ity and the Christian integrity of the
legal profession. ''Brirg Zenas the
lawyer. y
= lad Cause.
But how is an attorney to decide as
to what arc the principles by which he
should conduct himself i'll regard to his
clients? On one extreme Lord Broug
ham will appear, saying: "The inno-
cence or guilt of your client is nothing
to you. You are to save your client re-
eardless Of the torment, Tic suffering,
the destruction of all others. You are
to know bat one man i'll the world
your client. You are to save him though
you should bring your country into con-
fusion. AT all hazards you must save
your client. SO says Lord BrouSham,
but no right minded lawyer could
adopt that sentiment.
On tie other extreme Cicero will
come to you and shy, you must never
plead the cause Of Il lad man, forget
full of the fact that the greatest villain
on earth ought to have fair trial and
that an attorney cannot be judge and adj
yocate at tie same time. 1t was grand
when Lord Ers;inc sacrificed his attor-
ney goneralship FOR tie sake of defend
ing Thomas Paine il his publication of
his book called The Rights Of Man, "
while at the same time lie, the advo-
cate, abhorTed Thomas Paine's irrell-
gious sentiments. Between these two op-
posite theories Of what is right what
Shall the attorney Go? God alone can
direct him To that ohancery he must
be appellant, ard lie will get an answer
in an hour Blessed is that attorney be-
tween whose office and the throne Of
God there is perpetual, reverential ard
praycrful communication! That attor-
ney will never make 81 irreparable
mistake. True to the habits of your
profession. you say, "Cite MS some au-
thority OIL the subject" Well, 1 quote
to you the decision of the supreme court
of heaven, If Any lack wi=dcm, LET
him ask Of Gcd, who givcth to ali men
literally and upbraide!h net, and it
shall be given him. y
What L scene is the oifice Of a busy
attorney III addition to Tie E:cn vino
come to you frcin right r.ctiTts. tad
zen will cone &c you. They viii offcr
you large fee fer counsel in tie wlong
direction. They want to know FROM you
how they can escape from solemn mar
ital Obligation They come TO you want
ing to know how they can fail advan-
tageously for themselves. They come to
you wanting to know how they con
make the insurance company pay for
destroyed house which they burned
down with their own hands or they
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