The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-11
py ]. S. culJnan.

by J. S. culynan.
Continuing the discussion OF the AZ,
ministration of Justices let us inquire
What is Justice?' ose OF the great
est thinkers Of antiquity is credited
with saying that justi3 was the treat
nent of persons according 70 thef
deserts. James Madison said that
f,sfica vas the endsof government
Alexander Hamilton paid that mus
nee was A eapiai fimperfecGion in
government ard Benjamin Franklin
said hat injustice va plundef. fresi'
1ent Wilson. in discussing Justice re-
,entlv said. 81 dog know that the
United states in iu judicial pro.
aeaure is many Decades behind
every other civilized government
In the world; and say that
Il Is an immediate and impera-
tive call upon us to Fecufy that Dc
cause the speedinesss of Justice the
,reyoeneiveness OF Justice, the ready
access OF Justice is the greater part
of Justice ITSELF. The President
conclusions are especially Ashincahl'
"a onr government MAS formed for
the ayowed purpose pf establishing
Justice. yet today mary citizen WI"
,oIun4ari,v accent inllstlce as more
speedy. inexpensive ard ready OF ao-
cess than Justice.
Honest Men FeaF the Law.
~ IN the course Of human events,
We have reached point in govern
ment where speedy initstice Is more
desirable than delayed Justice, where
the penalty OF guilt iss cheaper tnen
the reward Of innocence, where the
certainty OF wrong is preferable 70
the uncertainty of rigbt. and Wnefe
good citizens tremble b. the Temple
OF Justice like ehildrea on stormy
night, then we have Travelled long
way from the traditiqn of our fore
fathers. Whose government is this
that honest men need fear it? If we
have reached a point IN government
where any good citizen must cringe
and cover before the law like vassal
slaves before their master, and dickef
for Justice as though itswere special
privilege. then if we ae true TO the
teachings OF Washington and Jeffer-
son, il is not only the bright, but the
duty Of the citizens 10 abolish govern
ment
The men who signed the Declare
ton Of Independence aud the Constitu-
ton Of the United States said they
were forming a government by the
PEOPLE and for the people. But We
seem TO have degenerated into a gov
ernment by the lawyers and for the
lawyers. This country is suffering
rom 'leralism" far morethan Germany
has ever suffered fromk militarism,R
and the more legalized we become the
more inefficient we are
We need NOT go to war TO throw OF
the yoke of elegalism.' Fhat is tyran-
mixing the liberties and threatening
the freedom Of the nation. We need
only to think and to act The legal
profession has given the nation some
of her most profound thinkers, and
when call to mind Members of the
Texas bar who are the soul Of honor.
whose lofty characters tower above
business and partisan strife and who
daily make professional sacrifices to
the highest ideals of citizenship. ii is
with effort that | can &c other than
slorify that protession{bu as a citi-
zen under contract wifi my govern
ment 20 discharge my tuty as sew
ereign. am compellad 10 speak the
truth as see o.. IN nd hope of help
ing the better element o. the legal fra
ternity to restore and improve the
ethics OF that profession
Legal Ethics NeedkReforming.
/ am fully in accord with the Presi-
dents suggestion or reform of court
procedure. but do nst feel that It
viii correct the evils Which We suffer
in the administration OF Justice. The
ethics OF the legal proee ssion. as prao-
uced by many memoirs Of the bar,
need reforming as wsl as court pro
eeaure, aud more II shteousness and
patriotism ia The whole fabric OF so