The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-22

sSSlS llkeraor, OF Abinguoni Roy -. sHitl
j. Il 81 Roanoke, and over 3hundred. more.
There wes not over four hundred law
h IL Sers present wl,oi, the convention " a
called 10 order in tie ball-roctn ~ a
~, Patterson, Of Richmond. chairnln 9
~ Ithe Executive Committee. 'Thore WEI
W nearly as many ladies', wives and dnlgh
ID ters Of the members, OH the floor as tiier
were mon, Il M
JUSTICE WALTER CLARK.
\ Justice Walter Clark. or the suprem
Court Of North Carolina. and Mr.. Bryan.
favorite candidate for the fres.a a ~
X occupied a seat OH the floor near tne
q sthnd. Hon. John Goode, president OF IN !
late Constitutional Convention, was Z
prominent figure ncar ut hand. Eue 's.,
VS. q. Masse. of Richmond, was at the ue .s.
a ofathe secretary, position he haa oetu
Died for many years. John Wlhsso 9a9.
y 81 Richmond. was at Mi. Massle H.. .a"'e
az tho stenographer Of tho aaS,ito,,s
M. Patterson made very le .,e.,,in,,
.,.aa.,, ~ iva minutes, calling attention
a. tho fact that the association mas
4sat 81 the bewitchlng age OF siA. e',in,
'nns tbst n hahooved her to take espeI,a =
card that her head bs not tuiIleu ~ tha
s attention she was to rece'Ve, s ~ |, ~
American Bar Association, tne n ~ ,,nr ~
the profession, was apou. ~ ~ almost at
\ rnoetinr Mt the same place anu ai'''o''
tne sa I,o ,, . concluded by introducing
* "a q ~ Graham, Of Ta1eWeli, 10 ue-
, ,,..a ~. annual address. There was a
cn,nnlincntary round OF applause ,,,, =" :,
1nd1o Graham arose. His sun1ec. "1 Bit !.
carefully prepared paper pc ON ,awye eu,'
II oso' 4i1n y! GRAHAM'S ADDRESS.
49, oIdress WAS full Of deep thousn.
"a - though lengthy It's reading was
u.,arcd 10 with tho closest auei't, sa
nv following outline will give an luc'l
~ The scope of the address 49,, pill
n Mr.. Grahnm's subject vas va r.a :p 1t
osophy q tn the ~ lay tboughtful. The speak
W. was showed the influence welded ~ i az
sers in the trend Of .apn, ,n eh md
the establishment Of the We wei as vi XII
versal freedom of the present age 40 "a
though we arc prone 70 9ons grennes
az az veil as abstract thought and alth r3 En-
the flrst is undeninbly true It mu NJ ~, ~
renenbered that in the south tI,e OF 100 neo
tbeee were enlightened people, whose en-,
vIronments forced them into the hghesii
order Of philosophy ana .meta ap ~ r..
Askhow vIne no ~ lied school
& nf theolory:TI cnsting off arbitrary kinSs
md rulers, their wise men came ~ lorm INTEL.
10 solve. by the divine e,o pow rant n n
~ lSct tha human raace--how they should I've
and be governed In this world, ana ND, Wn ,,,
the mode oer eHisten0a r. IN ac ea one
mere must be law. TO solve the other;
man must be shown 10 have the ,lnmor,Iha.
spark OF Deity, Thus hand ~ ila NC 'n az
great moral philosophers of that age Ci
abstract thought taught us no, onlS
hoW 10 live, but how 10 die. 10 solve
4 these two great questions the applsn,,
r nan .. as s pre.s Men then must fall
hack ,,pon his own being: his innate per
ceptions OF abstract right ana ,Mo % rinsi
conceptions Of the Intellect; for ~ any
nre metaphysical inquiry knows no
bounds as long, as the mind IS sa''srNo
In this search for truth is it any wonder
that the eloquent Athenian declared the
4 law to be the invention and gift Of the
gods: That Ccero said 1t Vas . Goeva w, or
OF Supreme Jovc;;''. that Trihonlan so
admired the virtues Of Justinian his gra.
eious master as to affect {, R,ous wd 1Hnl
4. he translated TO heaven alive.
But the intellects OF these. great men
had no regard for the sacrcdness OF hn-
can mover be- substantial government
While Plato and his master We're con-
structing in their brains the REPUBLIC, a
marvellous creation Of morals and thso-
retical government there was not one day
during the whole OF thcir, lives when the
istenee Of Of any my considerable man was
z safer then than 1t would afterwards have
been at Constantinople or Cairo under
WITH W. a' sycophant 't to accuse. demngogu u
to prosecute tickle, selfish, nccessItous
\ court--in fact no court at all, only a
sands from the he publio assembly sitting in
the sunshine, directly interested in the
ca use--to pronounce Judgment neither
y the life nor the liberty of any man. how
n Cyrn on cftnI
s Without formal accusation. Cicero could
denounce and drive to, desperation. col
league IN the, councils, of Republic;
Caesar could be stabbed to death In the
portals Of the Senate; the throat of CT
Zero could be cut in his own door, his
tongue pierced with a needle In the hands
W. sent to the triumvirs In witness that
there was no longer Il single living and
formidable tongue to plead for the antique
virtue. the republican glories OF Rome :
aH5 Then came the gathering darkness; then
came that long night Of twelve centuries
ron 1!o me horrors horror of which q considerable
that during this decline OF ancient learn.
Ing; when the Philosophers We're unlver.
sally infectsf with superstition and so.
Bafb.rH ana tse seS asd a hSor1ns W
literature, maintained the same guot
sense sens IN their cir, reasoning and the same
sions - 9 '' eNp'e W
Viewing French character, relating t,
the affairs OF government. as we ar,
taught to do from history. we can scarce
y credit the established fact that he
lawyers and philosophers first made tn
analysis Of the various powers OF State
which is now the accepted political doc
trine of the civilized world IT was Mon
tesquieu. who found the palladium of
free government. as opportune az tn
statue which fell upon the city OF Troy
when no made analysis OF the esscntia
branches which form tile balancing pow
er OF such government.
NO CONSTITUTION.
Mr. Bryce in his american Common
wealth, says that the march OF democ
racy IN England has disposed tho Englis
writer's to TASK for n court to guard tn
British constitution, forgetting that Brit
ain has no constitution In tho America
sense. and never had one, except for
short space under Oliver Cromwell III
strongest court that might be set up /
England could affect nothing so lon:
RS Parliament retains its power to chang
every part Of the law, mcl,1ding ali III
rules end doctrines that are called constI
tutional.'
While England has no constitution I
the American sense, creating these la
ancihg powers Of government, her instltl