The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-01-07

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tary. tho he always lnwardly enters
demurrer to the exclusive greatness as
sumed He sometimes makes special
appearance with becoming siowness in
the pew Of the town chapel but nearly
always saves his point by mental special
plea to the jurisdiction OF the court
or 70 the equity and good conscience
of the remedy proposed Being always
overruled. he takes mis- dismissal, con-
tributes TO pay the costs, and while he
may recover. ne never looks like any
thing afterwards
Politically, the country lawyer is the
balance wheel OF national movement; vast
Of number and near the peoplehe interpets
with equal impartiality the rantlnes Of
the demagogue and the deliveries Of the
statesmen, knows and ie moved by the
wants and necessities Of tho individual
more than by the desire OF the ambitious
leader. BY his popularity and confidence
he prevents the pcrversion OF the pri-
maries, and by bis Integrity ourbs the
corruption Of the convention, studies the
whole gamut OF human experience and
philosophers upon the traditions of an
ciei / writ. liberty and equality Of tho m
dividual. the safety Of the community.
and the happlnes OF the people; and thus
when occasion comes 70 make the man
it finds him ready made and a Marshall
a Webster. n Lincoln, or n Day rises with
unexpected pr0wess to ride the whirl-
wind and direc. the storm" and leavos
the tiny specialist to tread his wen won
pnth and tend the pltfall with which he
lines its way. our country lawyer may
be looser Of thought ana more general Of
expression, for his practice does not tend
TO cultivate technical accuracy. but his
thought is freezer, his ideas grauder
his feeling nobler than he that pursaes
the intricacies Of the abstruse TO hnl
the latent defects Of an untried course
Just as the hemsman on the high seas
directs with freezer helm than the pilot
threading the shoals along the shore
Great principles are not numbered with
certaintlea of technical distinction, and
the mind freed from narrow application
to desired purposes sees the grand ad-
justment 10 a comprehensive scheme. and
above tho pickering clash OF fractional
frenzy or petty purpose, he. Moses like.
Views tho Egyptian expanse OF slavery,
and with his own mind "a the burning
bush he leads the chosen from distress
ing toll; his people"
Whose course Is run,
From lands of snow to lands OF sun"
One day the unkempt urchin that comes
| occasionally TO "sweep out" and get n
| needed quarter finds an unused office
at the country lawyers. The smoky
fringe that hangs about the ceiling looks
dead and lonesome. The scattered files
| upon the old desk are covered with an
even dust that tells OF days OF neglect,
and a few boomer spiders have gath
cred them carefully together with silk
en- cord. up home" the boy in sorrow
for a moment a man, finds the friend sat
isfying the last execution OF the nigh
| sheriff, and in the docket entry drawn
for this occasion he leaves his executor
without bond TO make equitable distri-
button OF the ungathered proceeds OF q
life Of honored toll. And when the an
| tique safe Is opened we find the wills of
the communities old, awaiting can for
use, and the yellow bundles OF outlawed
| derance in favor of generosity Of nat
uro even beyond expectation.
Thus passeth I'm review one OF the points
In the life of tho country lawyer who
a local monument OF learning
|
American life; Who unhred by
a consuming persona ambition stands
| fearless Tor the greatest good to the
greatest number; who evolved the great
principles Of taxation and representation
| individual liberty Of speech and equality
OF right. 1t was his race that gave us
the constitution, grand and generous be-
yond the vista OF tho specialist, 80 fun
ana free that no oppression is in the con
temptation Of its terms and no wrong
cloaked Ia its flowing folds; and by his
race viii our dusky brethren Of the South
and East be guided in the fun exercise
OF the liberties and curbed in the too free
exercise OF their licenses. What the press
has done to arouse public agitation the
country lawyer has been toward shaping
It into permanence Of policy.
And whether he be called from his cob
web den 70 offices of opulehce. TO coun-
ellis Of state, TO International commissions
Of peace. or TO lead on fields OF carnage
FOR cause, ne grasps with his broad view
the immediate and tho ultimate and with
gis genius weaves events together. the
woof in the warp OF time, the woven
historical tapestry that curtains tho ad-
miring world.