Indiana Gazette, Volume 6, Number 43, Corydon, Harrison County, 13 November 1822 — Page 4

POETRY.

To the Editon of the Argtu. The following poedcal fragment, composed fcyraj friend Doct. Pow rs, though an unfinhLtd piece , possesses in my opinion some meritIt was the effusion of the moment end suggested by a real incident It shews, at least, the feeling and sensibility of the Poet. Be pleased to insert it in your paper and you will oblige yoors &.c. C. W' THE WANDERER. Beneath a spread shade on Kentucky's jading border, A stranger sat nu?s in the twilight of eve; . From his high heaving bosom was teen his disorder. From his fast yielding eye-lids, ran floods to relieve. Oat alas! it was sorrow deep fixM in his bosom, Which his sighs could not waft nor his tears wash away. For he wept for a r. iend whom he never could look on And sighed (or a some which he never could see. 'Twai Autumn "and round him the leaves were fast falling," The coon-tide of life had spread over his brow; He thought cf that fiitNt who was gone past recalling, And he waked to remembrance cf what be was now A Wanderer aLcke in a land which he knew not, Far, far from his home which was ever bis thtmc. And he sighed, while his tears fell fas es the dew drop, , Which sunk on the banks of the rude winding stream. . 'Twas night etid the gioom o'er the arch ivas fast closing. While he toejif for the naid whom his bcsein hdddear; Afid I saw by the wildness bis eyes were disclosing, That the clocds of desp esdeace were hovering near ' I . ML II I . - .- From the Detroit Gazette. LAWYERS. Human ingenuity and the pride of letters have, for a long time, been at work, to render the path tu justice serpentine and intricate and it is now as impossible for a man of plain C"nmon sense and aound judgment to explore his way to her temple, without the aid of a learned guide of the law, as it is for a clown to circumnavigate, the globe. A man, nowa days would be deemed a madcap, were he to attempt to conduct hi cause in a court of justice without th$ aid of a profound lawyer no matter how pi tin his cage, or how tnod the testimony which he could pro du i he would find himself at tle. ery outset, .confronted by barriers which he. nevei dreamed of. This .being the case, it ha become absolutely necessary that lawyers, iu considerable number., should have existence in almost every community: and inasmuch as their profession leads them to a constant attention to transactions between man and man, with whom they are a sort of umpires, they consequently become possessed of considerable influence, and are bound to conduct themselves in such a manner as to be examples of urhanity, morality & honest. Lawyers claim, and custom litis given them a sort vi right to claim of the public, a reliance upon their integrity; and when an individual of the profession so much disregards his reputation, to violate that confidence, he should be frowned from the snc.c-iv of his brethren, ard In ked upon with contempt by every good citizen. V henever, in transaction's anions; men w ho are not lawyers, one heroines the agent of another, the agent is generally required to give security to his employer, equal, at least, to the amount and impurUucs cf

tho business lie engages (o accomplish. But such implicit reliance is placed upon the honesty of lawyers, that they are entrusted with hundreds and thousands of demands for collection, without ever being requested to give any security, in the common sense of the term, to their employers, either for a faithful discharge of their duties, or for a prompt payment of moneys which may fall into their hands. They are, therefore, bound by the obligation which a universal confidence in them creates, & which honorable mindsdeem as strong as any upon earth, to be strictly honest & strictly punctual. Indeed, so acred should a lawyer hold the moneys which he may have collected for his employer, that no pressure, no want of his own, should induce him to part with it. lie should suffer hunger and thirst, and be driven by hard hearted creditors from the shelter of his roof, rather than part with a cant of his employer's money to relieve himself. In this respect, he should go farther than other men would be expected to go, (in the display or exercise of unyielding integrity,) because of that confidence which his profession should command, & which the public repose in him. Thus much 1 deem correct, as to the integrity and punctuality of lawyers. Again Lawyers, in the pursuit of their profession become, in the estimation of men generally, learned, and possessed of that kind of knowledge which cannot fail to give them more influence in society, than falls to the share of any other class of men they are, therefore, the more bound to observe a strict propriety of conduct, Sbtri"in private circles and in public bodies. If, then, a lawyer so far forgets himself and the profession to which he belongs, as to be guilty of gross, indecent, or wicked behaviour, his brethren, from a respect to the clath.'9 if for uo other reason, (and there are many others, should "oust" him from their ranks. Yet justice and benevolence would dictate, that no harsh or percipitate steps bo taken. A brother lawyer should be considered as a mere man, and one, two, three, or a dozen notorious indencies should not, perhaps, forever shut him out from the bar. But if he be so far gjne as to be guilty of con-, staut lying constant cheating, or continual drunkenness then, indeed, it is proper that he be looked to. Of the improprieties, Lowev. er of which lawyers may be guilty, and to which I have alluded, there is not one, perhaps, which in heinou6nes, surpasses the one first named a violation of confidence. And a man of ordinary judgment, when once he detects an individual of the profession in an act of this nature, will need no farther proof in order to form a correct estimate of4be qualities of his heart. Having ventured to say thus much, I trust the individuals of , the profession will forgive me;

if I attempt to throw out eotno bints, in relation to what I deem correct demeanour io a court of justice. It is generally true, that the ablest advocates are, to appearance, the most liberal, fair, and honorable in conducting a cause before a court. No one can detect them in the petty tricks to which the more ignorant resort. If they have occa eion to refer to a precedent, they will not misquote; neither will they select here and there a Hue or sentence which ostensibly reads in their favor, in order to deceive the jury, but which subsequent passages would render void, and, alter reading, dash down the book and thunder away so as to prevent any interruption from the opposite counsel, or examination into the authorities quoted. Neither will an able and honorable advocate take advantage of an opportunity to make away with the bripf of an opposing brother; but in all thiugs he will conduct himself a9 a generous and enlightened man; and even feel half ashamed to take advantage cf any inadvertency or negligence of an opposing brother, and which the. rules of the bar would permit him to assume. In addressing the court and jury, his love of truth will not let him depart from the facts and the law relating to the matter. Neither the court nor the opposing counsel is put to the trouble of checking him for mistatenients as to the facts given in evidence and, without hindrance, or giving cause for angry retort, he goes on, without fatiguing, but enlightening the jury to tho close of his argument. There are some expressions which I have heard in courts that are disgusting, and I think that lawyer must be 'havd pushed' for an argument who will condescend to use them such for instance, as follows. Gentlemen of the Jury, you will remember the solemnity of your oaths and how, gentlemen, can you, if you regard your oaths, do otherwise than find a vordict for my clieut?" "Gentlemen of the Jury, you have heard me state the law and the evidence correctly and can you hesitate? no, gentlemen, you cannot, 6urely were I on that bench 1 could, without leaving it, find a verdict for my client!" "Suchj gentlemen of the Jury, is exactly the law in this case I assure you it is, and will pledge my varacity that this honorable court tcill so instruct you." These, with a number of other 6uniiar expressions and round assertions, are frequently beard in courts, but they are never used by sound and discriminating advocates. Now, if a lawyer has any regard for the veracity of his statements iu his argument, or truly states his impressions, and at the same tine makes use of terms similar to the foregoing, in what a sorry predicament he must stand, when ho finds the decisions of the court and jnry are against him! I may, perhaps, at some futaro time resume the eubject of

the foregoing remarks, or soq one naturally growing out of it, and will, therefore, at thin time, close my communication by hoping that no individual of the bar, residing in this city, will consider himself particularly pointed at by any observation which he may find in it A. Detroit, 9th Oct 1833. The Traherne Papers No V. J. M. CONSCIENCE. Is an eternal mirror, sometimes overcast with dust but wherein all the faces of our deeds appear, and will every one at length be seen. It is a marble pillar or a rock of steel wherein all the works of our lives are deeply engraven at with the point of a diamond It is God's inielligencer for the soul within. LI is Deputy and Vicegerent, an inward witness, judge aud overseer. It is au inward table containing the representation of all our sins and the pictures of our lives, drawn by ourselves wherein all out deeds while they are acting; without, are in a wonderfuY manucr painting within. It ia a book of record pertaining to the court of heaven, whose lively characters can never waste$ perish or decay It is an inseparable companion; every man's friend, yet the sinners foe. It is before the sin a bridle, after it, a ncourge. It is the voice of God speaking in the mind that ought with reverence, apd awe to he obeyed. A. . bosom counsellor, aud the best that is. The touchstone of

truth a goon man's feast. HUMILITY. Is the first step in Jacob's ladder the fountain of virtue the basis of goodness the; centre of rest the ballast o the soul a couching Lion, but fakhful and loving. A man's. truest grandeur. A way that exalts one by descending Humility is a tree whose roots the deaper they spread in the ground, the higher doth its brauches extend towards heaven. PROUD MEN. Are like the mountains from whose lofty tops the soil floweth down that fatteneththe rallies. The lowly are the vallies that receive the blessings;., the losty are the hills from whence they flow, the fatness leaveth those naked heads and enricheth the plains, which flourish with delights and a-' doming flowers, while the oth-! ers are bare and naked mountains. THE UNDERSTANDING Is the sun in the microcosm the eye of the soul, which makes it as large as heaven and earththat which makes the soul celestial. A mirror wherei.t the image cf God ard all thing elio are represented. The leader of men to virtue & eternal bliss. The world within fhe light of heaven an endless depth, an averlaViing mystery. The candle of tho Lord shining in the mind; but desolate and forlorn being niserable foraaken by sinful men autl therefore darkness becauca . burning alone in a desert room.