The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-10-28

webster was another poor lad
Lincoln answered. His fathers HON
was a log cabin In lonely land unit
about the time Daniel was born, whe
the family moved to small fran
house. His is the majesty Of q grea
intellect"
There was much talk OF this sor
until Mr.. Lincoln excused himself t
walk home with his two friends VIII,
had just returned from the North, be
Ing eager to learn of Samson's visit
The latter gave him a full account Of
1t and asked him to undertake the col
lection Of Brimstead's note.
I'll get after that fellow right
away" said Lincoln. I'm glad to gel
a chance at one of those men who
have been skinning the farmers"
They sat down by the fireside In
| Samson's house.
Joe has decided that he wants to
be lawyer" said Samson.
swell, Joe, Wen all do what we can
to keep you from being shotgun
lawyer" Abe Lincoln began. "Tve got
In letter which Rufus Choate had
written to Judge Davis. In it he says
that we rightly have great respect for
the decisions of the majority, but that
the law is something vastly greater
and more sacred than the verdict of
any majority. The law he says,
comes down to US one mighty and
continuous stream of wisdom and ex-
perience accumulated, ancestral,
widening and deepening and washing
itself clearer as it runs ON, the agent
of civilization, the builder of a thou
sand cities. To have lived through
ages of unceasing trial with the pas
sions. interests and affairs of men, to
have lived through the drums and
tramplings Of conquest, through revo-
luton and reform and all the changing
cycles of opinion, to have attended
the progress Of the race and gathered
unto itself the appreciation of civil
lied humanity is to have proved that
1t carries In 1t some spark of immor-
tai life"
The face of Lincoln changed as he |
recited the lines of the learned and |
lawyer of Massachu-
chusetts.
His face glowed like a lighted Ian
tern when he began to say those elo-
luent words" Samson writes In his
liary. HE wrote them down so that
Josiah could commit them to memory"
"That is a wonderful statement"
Samson remarked.
Abe answered: at suggests to me
hat the voice Of the people In any one
may or may not be in
pired, but that the voice of the best
len of all ages, expressing their sense
f justice and of right, in the law, is
nd must be the voice of God. The
pirit and body of its DEGREES are as
as the throne of Heaven. j
-ou can overthrow them but until /
leir power is re-established, as surely {
will be, you will live in savagery."
you do not deny the right of revo-
Ition." :
mo, but can see no excuse for 1t !
America. 1t has remained for us Y
add to the body of the law the idea
Iat men are created free and equal. ;,
he lack of the saving principle in the i
'des of the world has been the great
use of injustice and oppression" 7
Honest Abe rose and walked up and .
'wn the room in silence for a mo- !
ent. Then he added:
"Choate phrased II well when he :,
i'd: we should beware of awaking
e tremendous dIvinities of change
)m their long sleep. Let us think -
that when we consider what we .,
all do with the evils that afflict u.s." :,
The boy Joe had been deeply In
'ested In this talk. In
IF you'u lend me a book, I'd like n,
begin studying" he said. m
There's time enough for that" said
lcoln. First, | want you to under nj
nd what the law is and what the IL
7yer should be. You wouldn't want
be a pettifogger. Choate is the hi
hit model. He has a dignity suited III
the greatness of his chosen master. co
ey say that before a justice of the
zee, In a room no bigger than a as
emaker's shop, his work is done ne
h the same dignity and care that
would show In the supreme court loo
A newspaper SAYS go
I In dog case at Beverly he de,
tied the dog as If he were a lion
the grabbed old squire with the an,
sideration due a chief justice" vol
de knows how TO handle the Eng Ho
language" Samson observed.
He got that by reading. He is the
read man at the American bar
the best Bible student. There's
{ of work ahead of you, Joe, before
are a lawyer, and when you're the
lifted success comes only of the ish'
lcity for work. Brougham wrote all
peroration Of his speech in de- Its
e of Queen Caroline nineteen ligf
So
want TO be a great orator." the
exclaimed with engaging frank A
chill
hen you must remember that "a
acter is the biggest part of IT." tim,
acf The declared uNroo. ~ -