Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-09-01
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legislature fhNn within H. NJ spoke
III the Influence 81 lawyers in tho
new world In public affairs. which,
no said. was very striking 10 the OBJ
server lle quoted from Freeldent
Wilson. nn folloWat "rho country
must find lawyers of the slight sort
and the old npirlf 10 advise IL. or "a
must stumble shrounh a very chaos
Of blind experiment. Nd never need.
81 lawyers who are also statesmen
more than Il needs them now: needle
them In IT. courts. in ita legislatures.
In ~ seats ~ executive authority.
lawyers who Cpn think In the terms
of suciety ITSELF
Lord Haldep, then dwelt at some
length anon the difference between
Formulated law, whether civil OF
criminals the moral rules unioined
pr private conscience and the spirit
Of the community for which tire EnE-
liah have NO name. bai which Tire
OcrmNns caii "s,silichkeii." ana
which he defined as the system OF
habituai OF customary conduct. eth
icol rather than legal which en-.
braces all those ohiiFatlops of the cit-
i2en which a 10 bad form" or mot
the thing 10 disregard. the social
penalty for which il being "cut" or
looked on nskance. Tie pointed oui
that without such restraint there
could be no tolerobio social iifc, and
said that Il was this instructive sense
OF what 10 DO and what not 20 do inI
daily life and behavior that was the
source Of liberty and case. and that
. A.
wis the chief foundation OF society
flo descrlhed "sittllchkoit as those
principles OF conduct which regulats
people In their relations 10 each 9TH
or. and which have become matters
Of habit ana second nature az the
stage of culture reached. and oi
which therefore We are not explicitly
conscious" After calling attention
60 the moral organism Of the COM
munity which Is nctmated by the gem
oral ethical will he distinguished this
general viii from the Win OF a mob.
which he characterized as a mere ag-
grcgatiOn Of voices tie pointed out
that In timc OF crises history abounds
with Illustrations Of the general VIII
rising to heights OF which few indi-
vlduai citizens have ever before been
conscious.
Enlarging on this idea. Lord Hal
dane advocated the development of "a
fun international "Sittlichkcit or
ethical habit among nations. a. we'll
as within nations lie recognized that
It's development was more hopeful an
the case Of nations with some special
relation than within mere aggregato
OF nations. In this connection he said
that recent events In Europe and the
wny In which tho great powers had
worked together to preserve the
peace Of Europe as II forming one
community. pointed 10 the ethical
possibilities Of the group system aH
deserving Of close study By both
statesmen and students Drawing his
address 20 close. Lord flaldanc
pointed Ia the century of peace which
has existed between the United States
and the people of Canada and Great
Britain. during which the peoples oi
these countries have come to a great
or possession OF common ends and
ideals natural "a The Anglo-Saxon
group. The binding quality OF this
international "sittlichkeit." nc de-
clared, resulted In the fact that a
vast number. Of citizens would not
today count Il decent 10 violate the
obligations which that feeling sug-
gosted.
lie advocated the settlement
differences between these three coun-
tries IN the spirit and IN the man
ner IN which citizens settle their diff
ferenccs and In this connection he
said Il was splendid example "a the
world that Canada and the United
States should have nearly four thou
sand miles of frontier practically un-
fortified.
The lord chancellor then pointed
out the special responsibility Of lave
yers for the preservation Of the fu-
turc relations Of friendship between
the United states, Canada and Great
Britain, In the fact that lawyers play
"a large part Ia public affairs and I'M
fiueuce their fellow men In questions
FAR beyond the province Of law. and
extending IN the relations of society
20 that "SttHchkeit" OF which he
spoke. In connection he added
Il believe that IT, In the language
az yet another president. IN the IA
nous words OF Lincoln, We as body
IN our minds and hearts highly re-
solve 60 work for the general recog-
milton hy society of the binding char
actor of International duties ana
rights. as they arise within tho Anglo
Saxon group. We shall not resolve IN