The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-04-29

How suggestive The Invitation which
William Wirt. The great Nirgiuiau.
wrote his friend inviting him to wonder
suprrme COURTROOM; Tomorrow a
week will cou~ on the great steam
bna, question from New York. Emmett
and Oakley on one side. Webster aud
1vseif on The other. Come down and
hear H. Emmeit's whole soul is in the
casr. and be viii s,re,ch al his powers.
Oakley Is said 10 be one Of the finest
logicians Of the age. as much a ihocion
as Emmett j. a Themis,Ocles. aRd Web
ster is as ambitious as Caesar. He will
not be outdone BY any man ifiti is with
in the compass Of his power TO avoid
H. Come To Washington. IL will be a
combat worth witnessing The su-
preme has stood 50 high in Eng
land and the United States that the
VICES OF a few who have occupied that
important plaee have not been able to
disgrace il. neither the corruption OF
Francis Racon. moi the cruelty % Sir
George Mackenzie. nor the sabbath
dissertation OF Lord Castlereagh.
To that highest OF al tribunals Abra-
ham Lincoln called our friend. hut he
lived long enough 10 honor the supreme
court more than II had ever honored
him. For more than "a years he sat In
the presence OF this nation and OF all
nations a model judge. Fearlsssness,
integrity. devotion TO principle. eharas-
terized him. No bribe ever touched his
hand. No prOfane word ever scalded
his tongue. No blemish OF wrong ever
mArred his character. Fully qualified
was he TO have his name associated In
the history Of this country with the
greatest Of the judiciary.
As at 70 o'clock day by day on yonder
hill the gavel falls in the supreme court
room. and II is announced that the chief
justice OF the United States and the as
sociate justices are about I enter. ana
all eounselors at the bar and all spec
tators rise 10 greet them, and the officer
with the words: '0yez, oyer, oyezl"
announces hat all Is now ready for .
hearing and exclaims: God save the
United States Of America" so ! wish we
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United States Of America" God ave
Great Britain" God save the nations."
All, how the law honors and sancihes
everything It TOUGHEST Natural law.
Civil law. Social law. Commercial law.
Common law. Moral law. Ecclesiastical
law. International law. oh. the dig
nity, the impressiyeness, the power of
law! Il is the only thing before which
Jehovah bows, but lie bows before
that, although the law Is of His
making. The law. BY II worlds swing.
By il the fate OF centuries Is decided.
BY IL ell the affairs of time and all the
cycles of eternity will be governed.
We cannot soar so high, or sink SO deep.
or reach ont SO far, or live SO long as 10
escaps II. IL is the throne on which the
Almighty sits. To ~ipterpret law. what
a professionl What a responsibility
What an execration when the Judge b.
1 a Lord Jeifreps! What a beuediction II
he be a Chancellor Kent!
Have Won ever realized how mucb God