The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-05-03

MySef on the 0tneE. lone oo"H ''hU
hear it. Emmotts whole soul IS IN
the case, and he will stretch all his
powers. Oakley is said to be one OF the
finest logicians Of the age, as much a
Pnociou as Emmett is a Themistocles,
and Webster is as ambitious as Caesar.
He will no, be ou;dcue by any man If
it is within the compass Of his power to
avoid it. Come 10 Washington. 1t
will be combat worth witnessing y
The supreme court has stood so Ligh in
England and the United States that the
the vices Of few who have occupied
that important place Rave not been
able to disgrace 1t, neither the corrup-
tiou Of Francis Bacon, nor the cruelty
of Sir George Mckenzie, nor the Sab
bath desecration 9f Lord Castlereagh.
10 that highest ot all tribuca,s \ bra
ham lincoln called our iri1ud, bat be
lived long enough 10 honor tie supreme
court Mere than 1t had ever houored
LiA. For more than 81 Years lie sat iu
the presence Of this nauon and Of all
nations model jaduc Feariessness,
Integrity. devotion to principle, char
acterlzrd him NJ 5li0e eecr touched
bis hand. No protane word ever
scalded his tongue No b!emi>h OF
wrong ever uarred his character. Fully
qualified was he TO have i.i, ua,rc as.o-
clated IN the history OF this cuuatry
with tbs greatest Of the Judiciary.
As at y clock day b., day Oh ondel
hill the gavel falls il the supreme court
room, aud II /, aun"unevd that the
chief justice OF the Cuited States aud
the as>uclate ia tees are :: bout tuenter.
anu all cUuusc!or> at Tie bar and all
Spectators rlse TO greet chem, and the
oflter With tie words, 'OyeZ. u1ez,
olez. auuouuces that all Is bow ready
for hearlug AID eXciaiuys, "Gud save
the Onlted States OF America, So
wish We could III Imagination ga.h.r
together those "ho have occupied that
high judicial place il this aud other
lauds, auC they might enter. and after
the failing Uf svme mighty gav,I i.;2G
cemanoeu at;en:lnu We could look upon
theni-Nars hail, the giant OF American
jurisprudence. aud J"hu jay. # h"ln
Daulel Webster said Ia characterization.
W hen the spotlc>s cinilIe of the ju
dlclal robe fell Oh John Jay. it touched
nothing less spOtleSS than lt>rif, and
Rutledge and Gushing anu Ellsworth
aud joseph Storey, called the Walter
Scott VI common law, and Sir Matthew
Hale and LORD EIdon and Lord Tert'r.
den and Sir James Mcintosh and VI
field aud the long line Of lord cha: 49,.
lors aud the great judges from l";h
sides of the sea, and after they trad
taken their places in our quick, aed
imagination the distinguished cases Of
centuries which they decided nigh,
sga.o be called on, after the assembled
nations had calculated, God save the
United States of Ameri, a, God save
Great Britain" God save the ma
tions. "
All, how the law honors and sancti-
ies everything it touches. Natural
law. Civil law. Social law. Com
mercial law Common Law. Moral
law. Ecclesiastical law. International
law. Oh, the dignity, the impressive,
ness, the power of law! 1t is tue only
thing before which Jehovah bows, but
he bows before that, although the law
is of his OWE making. The law! By it
worlds swing. Bv it the fate Of centu-
ries is decided. By it all the affairs of
time and all the cycles of eternity will
be governed We cannot soar so high,
or sink so deep, or reach out so far, or
live so long as to escape it. 1t is the
throne on which the Almighty sits.
To interpret law, what profession!
What responsibility! What an exc
Grafton when the judge be Lord JEFF
reys! What a benediction if he be a
Chancellor Kent
In passing let me say that for this
chief tribunal Of our country congress
should soon provide better place Let
some of the moneys voted for the i'm
provemeut Of rivers which are nothing
but dry creeks and for haroors which
will never have any shipping aud for
monuments to some people whom 1t Is
not all important for us to remenI Der be
voted for the erection of building
worthy of our Uui ed States supreme
court. John Ruskin, IN Stones Of
Venice. calls attention to the pleasing
fact that in the year 6l3 the doge OF
Venice devoted himself to putting up
two great buijdiugs-St. Marx S, for
the worship Of God, and 4 palace for
administration of justice to man. III
its appreciation of what is best let not
1899 be behind Sl3 With such granite
in our Quarries aud such architects
capable Of drafting sublime structure
aud such magnificent sites on Which TO
build let not another year pass bsfore
we hear the trowel RUG on the corner
stone of temple TO be occu pied by the
highest court IF the land.
Have you ever realized how much
God has honored law in the fact that
all up and down the B bic he makes the
judge t! pc Of hiinse.f and employs th''
scene Of courtroom to set forth the
graudrurs OF the great iudeu:vnt day?
Book Of Genesis. Shall r.,t til" jrdg~
of all the earth DO right? Book Of
Deuteronomy, The L 'rd Shall jude
his reopIe' B 'ok OF Psalm, God Is
Judge himself Book Of the Acts
Judge OF quick auG dead Book of