Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-08

| his impesined client. He Is thinking Of
| the great principle he Is struggling TO re-
| establish IN Jurisprudence. He is think
ing OF an honorable success in a eener-
Gus controversy. He Is shrinking of his
country. lie is thinking OF his duty.
| The speaker next sketched the duties
| OF the lawyer. and quoted many cases
to inustrats the purity and sincerity OF
| our judiciary Concluding. he said:
| IN submitting what have had to say to
| the consderate Judgment Of the Bar Of
| Virginia, have spoken freely and plaisly
! as Is due 10 my own scIf-respect and as
becoming one speaking TO such an audi
! cnce 1 have spoken in behalf of a
| tribunal whose constitutional judgments
upon the greatest questions with which IL
has ever had to deal have overthrow,
baf'ied, and brought TO naught the policy
in regard TO the great matter Of re-
construction, Of the party 10 which /
myself belong and the school of politics
In which have been trained and which
/ suppose. was also that OF a majority
Of the American people. / submit. 1
believe that the example OF such submis-
sion IS better and promises more for the
continued life of the republic than any
party success. or than the prevalence Of
any special policy. The life and the
glory Of this country are to depend not
on armies or navies, not on wealth, not
on victory, not on empire. not on COM
merce, not on numbers but upon the
sentiments which govern the individual
citizen-above all, on the sentiment which
It IL the function OF our profession to in
culcate-that of obedience TO law. The
one most sublime thing in the universe,
except its Creator, is that Of a great and
free people governing itself by a law
higher than its own desire. In that SUBJ
line pathway IL was the function Of Vir-
ginia TO be the leader in the early days.
That leadership may still be hers. What
ever may be the Influences that deter
mine the future OF a great State the
strongest of all is its own history. The
Nirginian youth, bred t. &c contempla-
ton Of her mighty past. and to form him
self upon the great models she has fur
nished in every generation can secure
for himself and for her a power over
the future of the republic to which her
own past alone can furnish parallel.
What Virginia helped win for US what
Virginia helped build for us, let Virginia
defend fc% us, let Virginia preserve for
us. And the leader OF three millions shall
be the lea.er of a hundred millions.
a0TE or THANKS.
On motion of MajoS Charles S. String
fellow. a rising Wte of thanks was ten
dered Senator Hoar for his address, which
the former characterized as broad,
catholic, and patriotic"
After this pleasant incident member
of the Committee on Nominations an
nounco. the election Of b. d. Peachie,
Esq. of Williamsburg, as a member of
the association.
A resolution providing for an appropria-
ton of 800 to the John Randolph Tucker
Memorial Hall was referred TO the Ex-
ecutive Committee, with instructions TO
report at the next meeting Of the asso-
citation.
The following standing committees were
announced:
Admissions-R. d. Doyle, Norfolk; r.
b. Davis, Petersburg; S. l.. Farrar. Ame-
liza: Thomas d. Christian, Lynchburg; j.
Samuel McCue, Charlottesville; w. o.
SHELTON, Richmond; W. j. Nelms, New
port News; Isaac Diggs, West Point; f.
w. Sims, Louisa; Gardner l.. Boothe
Alexandria; =. i. Stickley, Woodstock;
John B. Ransom. Staunton; w. NJ Pierce,
Christiansburg; r. r. Henry, Tazewell;
s. " Fulkerson, Bristol; r. T. Irvine
Big Stone Gap; William Eubank, Bedford
City.
McRae, Petersburg; Willis b. Smith
Richmond; w. A. Glasgow, Jr., Roanoke;
NJ. p. Burks, Bedford City; II. d. Flood
Appomattox.
Judiciary-J. C. Parker, Franklin; L. L.
Lewis, Richmond; Clagget B. Jones,
Bruineton; e. w. Saunders, Rocky
Mount; f. NJ. Fulton, Wise.
Grievances-N. G.. Manson, Lynchburg;
John T. Harris. Jr, Harrisonburg: b. T.
Gunter. Jr., Accomac; j. r. Johnson
Christiansburg; John B. Moon, Char
lottesville.
Legal Education and Admission to the
Bar-James L. Anderson. Richmond; a..
r. Long. Lynchburg; j. b. Donovan. Ma
thews; John l.. Jeffries, Culpeper; John
w. Stevenson, rm Springs
Library and Legal Literature-Robert
M. Hughes. Norfolk; Micajah Woods,
Charlottesville; Charles a. Graves; Will
liam Gordon Robertson, Roanoke; John
Stewart Bryan. Richmond.
international Arbitration-Thomas d..
RansorSg Stanton; J. Aston Caben,
RichmoMl; w D. Dabney, University Of
virginia; D. Gardiner Tyler, Sturgeon
Point Marshall Mccormick, Berryville;
r.. b. Tunstall, Norfolk James p. Harri-
son. Danvile; George X. Anderson, Cliff
ton Forge; r. Walton Moore. Fairfax.
The banquet. which took place at night.
and which serted as a fitting finale for
the meeting Of the association, was
brilliant. well-arranged affair which
showed the attorneys at their best. Az
ter an elaborate feast, the speech-making
followed, and several toasis were happily
responded 10.