The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-09
SATURDAY. JULY .. 1895.
srX,Ton HoAR's ADDRESS.

Hon. George f'risDle hu@l'
states Senator from Massachusetts is
ono If the most scholarly and accom-
r,,shed men that now adorn our pubic
I,,o IN America. While the fires Of our
civil war burned and while their enperS
were smouldering I'm angry heat ms par
,lsanry upon his side of that great CON
test kept him wholly out Of sympathy
with the people of the South, and ne
said many bitter things OF us that
ranked and blinded us TO what the Iea'
and foundation qualities of the man are
nut as time wore on, and the bitterness
of our strife grew less. Mr.. Hears anti
,a,nies moderated, and ne has paid 10
our people. from his seat in the senate
some of the loftiest tributes their char
acter has ever received. And now comes
his address at Old Point 10 our Bar AS
sociatlon. which IS
"Gem OF purest ray serene
that puts Mr. Hoar into entire accord
with us. and brings what is best OF Mas
sacbusetts again into that cordial union
with what is best Of Virginia, that work
e8 so powerfully for the independence OF
the United States during the dark days
OF the Revolution.
There is a great deal in Mr.. Hoar
solemn but inspiring address that Appeals
most powSIuny TO the thoughttul man
Who longs TO see the world ruled by
,,9ht reason and by justice. And noth-
,ng in II was more timely than his re-
hinder 90 Virginia lawyers that II Is
their duty to teach the people to suDmlt
IA the laws with unquestioning obedience
oDd look for correction OF what they
tb,nlk unfair in them to orderly changes
instead of TO high-hsnded violations oil
,bem II has been well said that the
0rst law OF Heaven IS order, ana inc
Scriptures furnish no lesson TO man th"'
il more impressive than that or the
tower of Babel. where each man spoke
his own tongue and none could kno"
what the other proposed There can De
but one justification for violation OF law
and that is where whole tection OF
oeo,le resolve 10 rise in revolution ana
throw Off a rule that has become too
oppressive TO be endured. But unless
what amounts to the whole people de-
clare for this course. the Inconvenience
Of the law must be endured, and amend
.a,, NJ n must be sought in the proce-
dure for orderly change. Lord chatham
once said. Confidence is plant oil SO"
arowth--a truth than which 1one can be
more important and, in speaking OF tha'
rest and repose which is absolutely es-
Genital TO solid development, Mr.. Hoar
did well to paraphrase Lord chatham
mot by saying our lawyers should teach
the people that everything when is
nermanent Is OF the slow CROWN Our
institutions must be allowed to exDohate
holding on to what is good in them and
casting Of by natural processes what
H. worthless and bad
We were particularly grained by MI
Hoar's tribute 10 the Supreme Court OF
tho United States. That tribunal has not
a4ways followed that rigid line which
We would like to see it pursue but there
Is nothing perfect that is human. and
this court, as an institution. comes as
mar 90 perfection as anything in govern
ment can be. There has never been
suspioion cast upon its integrity, and
whenever it has wandered out OF the
heaten path. the most that could be al
legged against It was undue devotion by
particular members OF It TO some theory
that had It's numerous advocates, al
though the common sense of the country
finally renowned A. II Is the balance
wheel in our Gorernment-the governor
OF the engine-and It's solemn judgments
and DEGREES give the people a period OF
rest and ropose where conflicting ideas
can be compared and ultimate Judgment
arrived at without the disturbance OF
passion or partisan zeal.
We are glad that Mr.. Hoar so polntedly
endorsed the decision OF the Supreme
Court IN the income tax case. and that he
said no one could read the history OF
the period when the Constitution was
adopted without seeing that there was not
a state in the Union that would have
accepted tho Constitution II II had
nnderstod Congress was given authority
by It TO levy such tax. And the reason
- evident. though the public at large has