The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-06-03
j0lH 5. WISE warns.
NOTED ORATOR PRr,DIcrs WAR
OVER CONSTITUTION.

Raps Roosevelt and Bryan-He Ad-
vtses Graduates of Baltimore UNI
veruAsy school Of Law to Read
BSnae.
The Baltimore University School
OF Law held It, commencement last
evening at Albansh's Theatre. nine
graduates in law receiving their d.
plomas. The orator Of the evening
Vas Ms. John Q. Wise. of New York
and Virginia.
AGs. wise's Address.
''lr. Chairman. Baby Brothers In
Law. Ladies and Gentlemen" was Mr..
Wiss's introduction. In speaking OF
special practice. he said:
The specially Of every lawyer IN
his youth and. indeed. OF every man
who. aspires to any business In
thought. In philosophy. in reasoning.
In correct apprehension Of his duty to
nh neighbcr and to himself. and In
! eorgsous imagery and feIicitous ex-
PRESTON. should bs the Holy Bible.
HI viii never master Il. yet II 10 the
greatest Textbook Of all for the man
Who - to know and to appeal to hu-
man nature. speak from . purely
worIoy standpoint would say the
same thing II my province here was
spiritual. II you have prejudice
against the Bibls read the Talmud.
if prsjudiced against the Talmud read
tps doctrines Of Confucius or the reii-
slen Of Buddha. n yon read them ali
you Win bs the better for II. without
the masnincspcs Of any Of them the
light n your soul will never be iit nor
sesn you appeal with fun strength to
humasity."
On the same subject ne said:
There u one speciality. however.
In which the most prominent Of irs
eeve(sss 90 not seem to have advanc-
- fAS bsyond their predecessors.
refer 10 constitutional law. II will be
long time before students Of that
spbJsct vim fnd out many things
about our complex Constitution that
wsrs unknown to John Marshall and
neoer b. raney. Men Of the Bryan
and Roosevelt type type will nnd Il
'vd10cuIt 70 convince the people OF
thls country that John and Roger did
nct know what they were taikins
soout That seems to be their pre-
ssns sGort."
DoRsonrd az Coassatutson.
<YsTthsr on IN hi address xr. wise
~:
~Ws have rsschsA time In our
pe1itiea1 hiseory when new school OF
ooon11a,rss has risen who advocate
~ eeona Of power IN the FEDERAL
oevjsnRsnt % 10 anytime which ap-
psoss - bs IN advantage 70 the citi-
seae % tho United etatss t~sardless
- ~ linisstious Of the Constitution.
The sroumsnt b snat changes socini
aD1 sconomsc. have arisen since tue
Ccastitution was constructed. making
. nsw constfuction Of its meaning ad-
snismb,s. In other words. that the
!. constitusion y an india-rubber thing
which can b. stretched 20 meet chang
- conditions social and economic"
Trained lawyers. who would CD
vocses these ideas. are rare. indeed.
have heard sf men In high places
vho have iamsntsd the lack OF arst
ciaas legal talent to advise them on
ehsss questions. and who. when told
that a or b. their close advisers. were
men posssssins such learning and
such talent. have replied: Yes. I
know. but they don't agree with me.
want advisers VINO agree with me-
IN 70 common thing. IN strong
dominating natures. with aboundins
confidence IN their own opinions. to
% impatisnt Of legal restraint OIL
YER Cromwell. when he bullied par
ifansns ignored the traditional ma
3ssty OF the parliamentary mace, or
dered II out Of his presence and called
that . bauble which had for genera
tions been used m q means OF bringing
men back to their senses and their
respect for law. Andrew jackson.
when ne wanted thing done. nrst
invoked the Eternal. then declared
what ne thought was law; would lis
ten to no argument that was not
law; would remove from once any
man who questioned his law. and
would appoint lawyer to the bench
who would declare the law to be an
ne wanted H. Sometimes we question
whether the builies and tyrants of this
class are all dead.