Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-15

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GEORGE c. WING, Of Auburn, one
of Speakers at Maine Bar Meeting
centraliZing of industrialism.
The next speake, was the especial
guest of the Association, Hon.
Charles Warren. His mastery ad-
! dress Of the afternoon had made a
great impression upon the Associa-
ton. They appreciated exceedingly
his coming for this meeting. leaving
his professional duties in Washing
ton, and he was given a warm recep-
ton and hearty ovation, all the MEM
bers rising.
The speaker of the afternoon, Hon.
I Charles Warren, responding said he
was reminded of what Johnson had
said about the man who married for
the second time, that it was the tri-
umph of hope over experience. That
must be the predicament Of his hear
ers after listening to him in the af-
ternoon. He spoke of his first visit
to Maine when Werner Horn at
tempted to blow up the international
bridge at Nanceboro in the time of
war, of how there was dearth of
Federal law to protect us as neutralS
but how an ingenious Maine attor-
ney found because the explosion on
the Canadian side shattered windows
on the American side, we could hold
the prisoner on the charge of malic-
ious mischief. Later he was held on
the charge of transporting eXplos-
ives contrary to law; on such mad
equate legal grounds We're the Fed
eral authorities obliged to act at that
time.
The next speaker was George c..
Wing, Jr.. the Chairman of the Ju-
dietary Committee of the House of
Representatives.. who spoke for the
legislative department under the
Constitution and for the Bar. No
young man in the State is more
widely read or better informed on
the fundamentals of American his
tory and his graceful, eloquent res
ponse was warmly received.
MIR. Wing spoke in part as follows:
Response Of George c. Wing, Jr.
Sometimes the homliest sayings
have in them all the attributes Of
wisdom. That which is often on the
lips bespeaks the real inspiration of
the heart. Thus the average Ameri-
can frequently asserts his desire to
he good citizen. Place a man
where his conduct touches the public
interest and at once he affirms
his desire to be good citizen
This expression ito be a good citi-
zen stoutly asserted as pre-
, face or as a justiflca ton for conduct
wells to the lips of countless men
and women as they meet the re-
quirements of life and the criticism
or commentator of their fellows.
AS the law seeks fairness in terms
of justice, so the citizen seeks good
ir the sense of a desire to obey the
law. The desire to be a good citi-
zen finds ready response in the law
which requires all things to be fairly
done. II that which is unfair is Of
fered for consideration the citizen
IN his desire to be a good citizen
lnds immediate refuge in the law.
1t is to this compelling force of
fairness that we men of the bar
t,''1 wa AiiouSilL anu the btSI en-
beavers of our lives. 1t calls us to
the bar. Its influence never leaves
us. It's demands never forsake us.
Its duties we never shirk. BY it we
gain our livelihood and sustain our
regulations and cfara ers We too,
desire to be good citizens. To in
terpret this spirit of fairness is at
once our duty and our pride. The
vehicle by which we bring the rule
of fair play to citizens who desire
TO be good Is the institution of the
court. To gentlemen of the bar. the
court Is not an institution apart
from men, but 1t is an institution by
which because of its devotion TO
things fair We are able to bring to
troubled citizens in terms of law the
abiding verify of things honest and
OF good report. We may contend as
10 TINS or that, but the courts word
is due process. of law and thus fair.
70 II we yield obedience and respect.
80 IL is with pardonable pride. |
nope. that in this presence, I bring
TO the members of our court. the
fluctuations of our bar, and to this
occasion the respectful greetings of
tnat branch of our government of
which l am member.
the verbs which brought the Con-
being are 'ordain" and "establish"
The Constitution not only ordains
the fundamental law, but establishes
II. The court, finding our Constitu-
!lon stated in general terms always
III terms OF the particular keeps
pure the general. The reasons for
ordalning and establishing the Con
stltut1on eliminate in the sixth "To
secure the blessings of liberty to
ourselves and our posterity'. The
dressings of liberty We're OF ali
shin%s most desired by the founders
Tor themselves and for such as fol-
i u mem. In these late days the
discussion of liberty, its attributes
its responsibilities finds no place in
our modern thought. we have
turned from liberty to make the
world safe for democracy, From
individual thinking we have becoma
Immersed In group reasoning. From
,ie hpcrty OF the town meeting We
nave arrived at the "impa sse" of the
bloc. We have forgotten the indi-
.luuai. In our zest to regulate his
conduct by statute. The liberty
wllch the founders desired was
.ocdl ana primarily the liberty of
f f"e ,'o ~ but they never con-
FUSED 1t with license. Washington
IN his Farewell Address gives t b..
american conception of Liberty.
barrett Wendell has thus
epitomized the address I'm that
Farewell Address, accordinglv
we may find his most tbourhtfmI
assertion of the American ideal
OF Liberty. The address as
sumes this ideal so earnestly
mat you cannot help absorbing
It's spirit. 1t specifically asserts
me permance of our local in
dependence from foreign in