STATEMENT OF THE FARMERS' BANK OF 1 00 READING, NOV. 5, 1833. 1 50 Amount of Stock paid in, $300,360 00 Contingent fund, 20,893 26 268,412 00 2 00 Montgomery & Wagoner, for a piece of 7-8 As deserving of notice, the committee mention several remarkable productions of the past season, among which are the following. A number of very fine Carrots; Onions of a large size, raised from the seed by Mr. Matchem, of Danville; a specimen of Barley, by Mr. Gale; a Beet weighing 143 lbs. by Mr. Donaldson; a Cabbage weighing 25 lbs,; and a specimen of a new sort of potatoes recently introduced from Miami, Ohio, by Col. Paxton, of Cattawissa. The following gentlemen were chosen officers of the society for the ensuing year: President-CHARLES GALE. Vice President-WILLIAM HAYES. Treasurer-WILLIAM TWEED. Milton was chosen for the place of holding the next Exhibition. THE BAPTIST CHURCH. The Philadelphia Baptist Association, held its 126th Anniversary, at the First Baptist Church,Spruce street, on the four first days of October. The Rev. Joseph H. Kennard, was chosen moderator. the Rev. Levi Tucker, clerk, and the Rev. D. A. Nicholas, assistant clerk. The introductory sermon was delivered by the Rev. T. S. Jenkins. From the published minutes of the proceedings of the body during the session, we condense the following table, showing the number of Churches attached to the Association, the names of their respective pastors, the number baptized during the past year, and the total number of members. 300 65 209 111 Brandy wine, 27 Montgomery, T. J. Robinson, 16 96 Kingwood, W. Curtis, Southampton, First Church, Philad. New Britain, Amount of notes in circulation, Due Commonwealth, (tax,) Amount of bills discounted, 6,258 08 19,347 43 1,239 78 132,430 94 $748,941 49 $496,247 93 26,830 06 7,896 11 From the Philadelphia Gazette. Thursday evening, Nov. 14, 1833. In the absence of the President, Mr. Groves was called to the chair. The Chair presented a communication from the Trustees of Girard College, informing Councils that Mr. John Steele, late a member of the Board, has removed his residence from the city. Laid on the table. Mr. Meredith, presented a petition from sundry citi the reception of lost children, to be constantly attended zens, praying Councils to provide a suitable place for by a suitable agent. Referred to a special committee, consisting of Messrs. Meredith and Price of the Select, and Messrs. White, and Darragh of the Common Coun cil. Mr. Worrell from the committee on Franklin and Scott's Legacies, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas McGrath, praying for the release of Richard G. Lanning, one of his sureties for money obtained from the Franklin Legacy Fund, and the substitution of Frantz G. Cope, Esq. reported in favour of the petition. Resolution adopted. Mr. Price from the special committee, to whom the 431 subject had been referred, made report on the expedi 210 ency of consolidating the joint standing committees of Councils, accompanied with two ordinances, entitled62 294 "An Ordinance providing for the appointment of joint 66 Standing Committees, and "A further ordinance for 76 the management of the Girard Estates, and the Girard 444 College. 440 The Chair, read a bill entitled "An ordinance for the 48 improvement of Franklin square, providing for the 29 erection of a substantial iron fence round said square, 27 and appropriating the sum of $12,000 for the purpose. 28 Laid on the table. 10 15 J. H. Kennard, 133 J. L. Dagg, 55 S. Siegfried, 11 31 COMMON COUNCIL. 46 The Chair presented a communication from James 51 Hutchinson, President of the Board of Prison Inspect. 74 ors, informing Councils of the resignation of Dr. R. M. 29 Huston, as an Inspector of Prisons. 18 The next anniversary of the Association, will be held in the Baptist Church in Lower Merion, on the first Tuesday in October, 1334. The Rev. Jos, Matthias was appointed to preach the introductory sermon. During the meetings of the Association $132 13 were collected for Missionary purposes.-U. S. Gazette. Mr. Kirk presented a petition praying that Ashton street, from Market to South, be graded and paved. Referred to Paving Committee. Mr. Gilder presented a petition praying for the paying of Pine street from Broad to Schuylkill Front street. Referred to Paving Committee. Mr. Chandler presented a petition from Mary Magee widow of Michael Magee, who died from wounds re- Mr. Toland from the committee on accounts, report- adopted, and Judge King, with his usual promptness and intelligence, at once introduced into his charge to the grand jury, remarks and explanations instructive to the magistrates, and calculated to prevent a continuance in the practice which was complained of. Justices of the Peace and Aldermen possess an extensive, but a limited jurisdiction. The nature of their authority is fixed by established principles, and does not depend upon their own discretion. Their office is an important one, and the duties which it prescribes are such as deeply concern the public. As there is no limit to the number of Justices, they are often multiplied to a degree which renders it improbable that all of them should possess unerring judgments, or extensive know. which "the whole Christian World hath not the like, ledge. Sir Edward Coke remarks that it is an office of On motion of Mr. Chandler, a joint committee of three members from each Council was appointed to superintend the distribution of wood to the poor, as de-if it be duly exercised." The due exercise of the office, vised by sundry bequests to the city. Committee of Common Council, Messrs. Chandler, Yarnall, and WarCommittee of Select Council, Messrs. Wetherill, Worrell, and Price. ner. Mr. Yarnall from the committee on markets, to whom the subject had been referred, reported in favor of the extension of the market house in High street, from Delaware Eighth to Tenth streets. Resolution laid on law, and to well understood and approved usage. It consists in a conformity to the plain principles of the would be contrary to both, for them to commit an individual to prison, or place him under any restraint whatever, unless he is charged with a specific offence, or unless there is reason to suppose that he is about to break the peace. In the former case, they either commit him for trial, or (if the offence be within their own cognizance as respects both the infliction of punishment, and the preliminary hearing) they judge of his The Ordinance providing for establishing a Preven- guilt, and pass upon him the sentence of condemnation tive System of Police, on motion of Dr. Huston, was re- which is in such cases provided by statute. In the latter ferred again to the committee, with instructions to in-case, they exercise the power of preventive justice, quire into what particulars the expense of carrying said system into operation may be reduced, without injury to its essential advantages. the table. which they enjoy as conservators of the peace, by compelling him to give security; and in the absence of such security, and for the want of it merely, they commit The Ordinance entitled "A supplement to an Ordi-him to prison Except in these instances, they have no When they nance providing for the management of the Wills' Hos- right to deprive any one of his liberty. pital, was taken up, amended and adopted. exercise this power, it is done by means of a commitment, in which the offence ought to be stated with reasonaCouncils met in joint meeting, for the purpose of ble precision, or the commitment is irregular. electing a member of the Board of Prison Inspectors, to supply the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Dr. Huston. Sansom Perot, Esq. was chosen on the first ballot. From Poulson's American Daily Advertiser. the commitment, cannot agreeably to the constitution A warrant of arrest, which for the most part precedes be issued, without "probable cause supported by oath or affirmation." This "probable cause" is some act which has been done or is apprehended, and it must thus exist and be stated in order to authorize the warrant. How then should the commitment, to which the warrant is only preliminary, omit the "probable cause," The Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries or in other words, the offence which has occasioned it? of Public Prisons, have had occasion to lament the ir-If the commitment be vague or indescriptive of the crime, regularities which sometimes take place in the commitment of prisoners. Justices of the Peace, in the exercise of this highly important part of their jurisdiction, are apt, inadvertently, to overlook the course of proceeding which ought to be pursued by them. Prisoners are often sent to gaol, without having their offences stated in the warrant of commitment, without having the time of their confinement specified, where it ought to be fixed, or without stating that the object is for trial before the court having jurisdiction of the crime. Evils hence are produced which unnecessarily aggravate the penalty of imprisonment. Not only is the period of confinement rendered vague, where by law it It may sometimes happen that the justice cannot comshould be fixed and certain, but it is made to depend in plete the examination at the return of a warrant, and a degree on the will of the magistrate. The evils allu- then he may direct the party to be detained in custody ded to have been greatly relieved by the benevolent until another opportunity. But the period of such deattention of the Court of Quarter Sessions to the sub-tension must be reasonable. It was decided in one case ject. During the last summer, a list of prisoners was (Scavage vs. Tateham, Cro. Eliz. 829,) that the time of examined every Wednesday, and such as had been im- the detainer ought not to exceed three days. This, properly committed were promptly discharged. These however, might be governed by circumstances. discharges have amounted to as many as sixty-three in a day. The Prison Society, considering the object entirely within the scope of their association, resolved to place before the magistrates a brief exposition of the law connected with this important matter. They therefore procured the opinion of their counsel, which is published below. The suggestion of an application to the Presiding Judges of the Criminal Courts has been the keeper of the prison could not return an adequate reason for the detention, in case a habeas corpus should be issued by a judge; neither could the judge himself determine whether the matter was within the jurisdiction of the magistrate. Dalton (page 552) states that "The Justices of the Peace which shall send any prisoner to the goal, ought to show in their mittimus the cause of the commitment, to the end it may appear, whether such prisoner be bailable or no." It is thus clear, for various reasons, not less than from established law, that the cause for the commitment should distinctly appear upon the face of it. Where a person is charged with an indictable offence, the magistrate, if he commit at all, must (except in the case just alluded to of a postponed hearing) commit for trial. In other cases he must commit for a specific time. These other cases are such as the law has placed either entirely within his own discretion, (as for "profane swearing," "drunkenness," and "breach of the Lord's day," where he inflicts a fine, and if necessary sends tion, Composition, and Declamation-to which is to be added Philosophical, Critical, and Classical Illustrations of the English language, and literature. It is intended that this shall be a prominent and efficient department. 6th. Modern Languages-French, German, Spanish, and Italian. The studies of this department will the offender to prison,) or where he judges of the offence subject to an appeal to a higher tribunal, as in cases of vagrancy. He there commits for a specific time not exceeding one month; and if the parties conceive themselves aggrieved, their only legal remedy is an appeal to the next Court of Quarter Sessions The duty of a Justice of the Peace, when the accus-be optional to the student or his parents-it is intended ed person is brought before him, is stated with entire clearness by Lord Hale. (Vol. 1. p. 583.) "Lastly, what is to be done after the warrant served, and when the person accused is brought before the justice thereupon? "If there be no cause to commit him found by the justice on examination of the fact, he may discharge him. "If the case be bailable, he may bail him. "If he have no bail, or the case appears not to be bailable, he must commit him. "And being either bailed or committed, he is not to be discharged till he be convicted or acquitted, or delivered by proclamation." In the case of a commitment for trial, (as well as that for vagrancy,) it thus appears that the duty of the Ma gistrate is ended when he has committed the person to gaol. He has nothing more to do with him. If he has erred in a commitment for trial, the error may be corrected by a judge on habeas corpus, and the prisoner may be discharged or bailed. If he has erred in the sentence of a vagrant, it may be corrected by the Court of Quarter Sessions. But in neither case can the examination be made over again by the Magistrate himself. He has a right to settle cases of assault and battery, even after a binding over to appear at Court. But this is by a special act of Assembly. A similar power being withheld as to all other offences, it is not to be gathered by implication, and it cannot be asserted without an usurpation on the part of the Magistrate of authority which is wisely, and to the fullest extent, lodged else where. A departure from any of the principles which have here been stated, is an illegal act, and if injury be the consequence, it is within the reach of redress. If the wrong he an individual one, an action for damages may be sustained. If it be of a public character, the Magistrate may be indicted, or impeached before the Senate, or removed on the address of both houses of the Legis. lature. It is scarcely to be supposed, however, that errors would be persevered in, if they were clearly and authoritatively pointed out. If the presiding Judge of the Court of Quarter Sessions, and the Recorder of the city, would make these principles the topics of occa sional remark in their charges to the Grand Jury, there can be no doubt the evils could be prevented from arising, or if already practised, they could be correct ed. September 9, 1833. J. R. INGERSOLL. 3d. Natural Sciences,-Comprehending Natural Phi-] losophy, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Meteorology, Ge ology, Botany, Animals and Vegetable Physiology. 4th. Ancient Languages.-The Latin and Greek ~Roman and Grecian Antiquities. 5th. Belles Letters-Embracing Rhetoric, Elocu to meet the demands of the age, and enable the institution to offer every facility to a complete education. 7th. Law Professorship-This department is to be under the entire control of the Hon. Judge Reed, and it is expected to open the ensuing spring. There will be a class proper, intended for the practice of the law. Judge Reed will deliver a regular course of lectures on the general principles of law, and on international law; and on constitutions of governments, particularly our own. The students in college, at proper stages in their studies, will attend these important lectures. It should be generally understood by the public, that the College proper is not to be re-organized until the sum of $45,000 is secured, as an endowment for the professorships. The College will then be opened with an efficient faculty. The principal and two of the professors have already been elected, Rev. John P. Durbin, Principal, Dr. Harrison, Professor of Languages, and Col. Sudler, Professor of Mathematics. The other professors will be appointed, and take their places as soon as the classes require it, or the funds warrant the appointments. The trustees, friends, and patrons of this new enterprise, in behalf of Dickinson College, are deeply sensi ble of two things. First that the college course should be elevated and extensive, in order to meet the improv. ing condition of the country; they have therefore indicated the course of study which they propose to establish. Second. But they are also satisfied of the impos sibility of carrying out this plan, without extensive and permanent funds. The plan of studies is developed for the satisfaction of the public; they now look to the liberality of the community to enable them to carry this noble plan into execution, which they earnestly desire to do next spring. They have hopes of succeeding as a good subscription has already been obtained by the Rev. S. G Roszel, (agent of the Baltimore conference,) chiefly in the region of country around Carlisle; this has been raised within a short time to about $10,000, notwithstanding the indisposition of the agent. Nothing, we are persuaded, is wanting, but the immediate co-operation of the friends of the institution. As preparatory to this great result, the Trustees have directed the buildings and grounds to be improved and put in thorough repair immediately. The preparatory or grammar school is now in suc cessful operation, on the following plan. It is expected that the pupils for admission into this department, shall have a good moral character, and that they be able to spell and read the English language correctly and intelligibly, and understand the first principles of Arithmetic and English Grammar. When admitted, they shall be taught the Latin Grammar; Adams's, by Gould; Walker's Latin Reader; Jacobs's Latin Reader; Cxsar's Commentaries; Virgil; Mair's Introduction to the speaking of Latin; Cicero's Orations against Catiline, the Greek Grammar; Fisk's or Goodrich's Greek Read er, and the New Testament; the elements of plain and solid Geometry; the higher branches of Arithmetic, and Algebra to the end of the Quadratures; Ancient and Modern Geography; Writing; English Composition, &c. The present teacher, (Mr. Dobb,) is well qualified for the situation he now occupies. It is intended that the principal, in this department, shall be an accomplished scholar and teacher, so as to make it an elevated and efficient academy. By order of the Board. Printed by Wm, F. Geddes, No. 9, Library street. HAZARD'S REGISTER OF PENNSYLVANIA. DEVOTED TO THE PRESERVATION OF EVERY KIND OF USEFUL INFORMATION RESPECTING THE STATE. EDITED BY SAMUEL HAZARD. VOL. XIII.-NO. 22. PHILADELPHIA, NOVEMBER 30, 1833. NO. 308 SCOTT'S ADDRESS BEFORE THE LAW ACA. becomes itself the victim of the satirist's scourge, a DEMY OF PHILADELPHIA. An Address delivered to the Law Academy of Philadelphia, at the opening of the session, in September, 1830, by John M. Scott, one of the Vice-Provosts of the Academy. Gentlemen of the Law Academy: It is your request that the exercises of the session may be opened by an address from the Chair. The paternal character of the intercourse between the members of this institution and the officers who are selected to preside over its discussions, makes a compliance with your wish a source of pleasure to him on whom the duty devolves. Your own pursuit and intended career in life, shall form his theme. The object of each member of this academy is to superadd to its honors those of the Bar: to assume when he lays down the mantle of the academy, the forensic gown; to attain membership-to be received as a brother of the Bar of Pennsylvania-of the Bar of the United States to obtain the patent which shall authorise him to proclaim himself the asserter of their rightsthe avenger of their wrongs-the protector of their estates-the defender of their fame, to tlie free citizens of the freest nation upon earth-a patent far surpassing in real nobility, those, of which the emblems are rib bands and tinsel, the origin, the breath of princes,the cause, too often, subserviency to their will. The hope of you all, the destiny of some, is, to attain the highest excellence in this noble pursuit—to reach "The steep where fame's proud temple shines afar." It is an animating hope, a brilliant destiny-worthy of the young, the ardent, the aspiring spirits, whom I address. The portals of this temple, Gentlemen, are open to all; in this land of equal institutions, to all, who have courage to dare, and perseverance to accomplish the ascent. There is here no hereditary right to excellenceno exclusive ancestral claim to honors. Each individual may and must be the architect of his own fortunes. Be not however deceived: do not suppose the path you are to travel is strewed with flowers, and redolent of sweets it is rough, precipitous, arduous: and when surmount ed, its termination beholds the votary not effeminated by ease, but braced by toil, and hardened into vigorous manhood. mark of obloquy and scorn. Gentlemen-there are attributes almost of holiness belonging to this profession. Men repose upon you with unwavering confidence-they stake their fortunes upon your counsel-they entrust to you, their estates and those of their descendants-they put their fame into your keeping, the precious treasure of their reputation -they submit to you their private griefs, their domestic secrets-they open to you the inmost recesses of their bosoms, and with a sincerity suited to the confessional itself, admit you to a knowledge of all that passes within that region of storm and passion, of weakness and of folly, of blighted hope, of wild ambitionthe heart of man. All this they do, and ask for your aid, your counsel, your sympathy, for your discrimination between right and wrong, for your guidance of their bewildered course. They throw themselves unreservedly upon you, and take the colour of their future fate from your hands. It is a splendid confidence which is reposed—a profound responsibility that is thus creat ed. The advice given may preserve integrity of character-domestic peace-moral worth--or make utter shipwreck of them all. These influences and these responsibilities pertain to almost every member of the profession, however hum ble the sphere of his action-however modest his pretensions. There are, moreoever, towering pinnacles reached by few-elevated platforms for chosen spirists alpine heights, perilous of ascent, rich in reward. It can happen but to few, to be called to the defence of a royal female-to stand like the talented Brougham, between the rejected consort of a king, and the anger of the throne, and the vituperations of a powerful aristocracy-to assert with fearless independence the cause of the prostrate princess upon an arena, surrounded by the nations of the civilized world as spectators of the contest. To you, this can never happen. You have to be grateful that your lot is cast in a land, where kings and queens and powerful aristocracies are known but as the pageants of history-as shadows which once overcast the land, but have been long since dispersed by the light of freedom. But your own country at this moment furnishes the spectacle, far more impressive, of a nation-a whole people-humble it is true-but still a whole people-a part of the original lords and native proprietors of the soil-primitive occupants of its magnificent forests-the first navigators of its bold streams-of a whole people maintaining their right to the homes of their ancestors, to their dwelling places in the wilderness, against a young and powerful and vigorous race, which has sprung up amidst and around them, and choked the springs of their prosperity-and calling to their aid, and selecting as the champion of Your profession-for yours, and that of each of you, their rights and the arbiter of their destinies, a member I trust it will be-yields in the respectability it confers, of your elevated profession. This too is an event which and in its influence upon society, to none but the minis is not of probable recurrence. But what other questry of the altar. Pursued by an upright and honorable tions of as great interest may occur in this republic, it mind, it frowns upon crime-it spurns at baseness-it is impossible to foretell. Our situation is peculiar, and abhors fraud-it advocates pure morality-it upholds is daily creating subjects of contest which agitate the truth-it illustrates virtue. In the grasp of an unwor. nation, and exercise the talents of the profession in our thy intellect or a depraved heart, it becomes the instru- legislative halls, or in the national judidical forum-ment of oppression-the pander of vice-the patron questions which involve the stability of our government and partaker of crime: and while it preys upon others, the ultimate destinies of this people. How they may Reflect a moment upon the dignity and character of this profession: upon the duties it imposes towards so ciety--upon the stations it may call upon you to occupy, and you can then better estimate the nature and degree of preparation requisite to the attainment of success. VOL. XII... 43 multiply as these united sovereignties shall multiply, as ples of unblemished purity, a powerful aid in supportthis vast continent shall double and redouble its popu-ing the rank to which it is entitled in the public eslation, and this nation shall extend wider and wider the teem. limits of civilization, no eye less than prophetic can But, what is to be the preparation, what the disci foresee. You may be called upon to bear a part in th se pline, what the training, which is to fit the youthful spidiscussions-prepare for the task: if you attain the abi- rit for the career which has been referred to? Be as lity, there is little doubt the occasion will arise to call sured the task you have assumed is not easy; the labor your powers into action. Here the knowledge and ac- is not light. It demands from you unceasing industry, quirements of the statesman are as much a part of your untiring vigilance: not only during your period of proprofession, as is an acquaintance with the rules of pro- bation, but after you shall have been admitted within perty. It is not intended by this remark to arrogate an the pale. The foundations of success should be laid in exclusive claim-a claim which would be false in princi-early life in a liberal education: and though there may ple, and repelled by historic truth, but simply to inti- be in your ranks, honored members, worthy of all mate that among your body the country has a right to praise, who have not possessed this advantage, it is look for a portion of those who are to guide her counpressed without hesitation, because the deficiency may sels, and controul her destinies. still be supplied by their own exertions. There is cerThere are however stations in this government which tainly no part of these United States in which access is should be occupied by you alone: stations of great mag- more easy to all the means of education, than in this nitude and infinite responsibility-the judgment seats city. Accomplished professors abound in every branch of the land. You may be called upon to fill the posts-public lectures are delivered in every science-libra which have been illustrated by the talents of a Marshallries are offered to the studious, adapted to all tastes-a Tilghman-a Washington; to sit in judgment upon admirable collections of philosophical and mathematical property and upon life-to decide those great constitu apparatus exist-museums in every department of na tional questions which are still to be elicited from the tural science are established-refined society may be jarring elements of our confederacy, and by your deci- enjoyed of every European tongue; and for the intersions to allay or exacerbate intestine tumult. You ought vals of recreation and of leisure, abundant enjoyments to anticipate such a destiny as is natural and probable; are provided, intellectual in their character and promoand should be prepared to discharge the duties it in- tive of good taste. All these accessaries to the main volves with ability, with fidelity and with honor. And design are attainable at a moderate expense: and, using if, Gentlemen, you are to occupy these stations, how them well, what may not a fresh and vigorous intellect accurate and profound should be your legal acquire-accomplish in that green and bright and glorious period ments-how calm and subdued your passions-how of existence which precedes the full maturity of manpatient and investigating your habits-how stern and incorruptible your integrity-how urbane and conciliatIt has been the fashion of late years to decry classical ing your deportment! All these, and more than these learning, and a knowledge of the ancient languages, as qualities are indispensable to the character of a Judge unnecessary in a country like ours, where active exerwho is worthy of the ermine: and it cannot be doubted tion and laborious effort are the lot of all—where forests that high as is now the standard of excellence which an are to be subdued, wildernesses to be cultivated, comoccupant of the bench is required to attain, it will be-munities to be created, nations to be formed; where come with the progress of time more and more elevated every thing is energetic, and where amid the general -and the rewards for judicial services be so far increas- bustle and universal commotion of the scene, there is ed, as to render these seats worthy the aim of honorable no resting place for the literary idler, ambition, and their acceptance consistent with a pro per regard to individual prosperity. Gentlemen—whether your future career shall be that of the advocate, the statesman, or the Judge, you owe it to your profession to signalize that career, if not by the exhibition of brilliant talents, at least by undeviating uprightness of conduct, and strict abstinence from every thing which can engender reproach. Conspicuous to public view, the conduct of a professional man is peculiarly exposed to public criticism-and his errors obnoxious to public censure. Jealousy of supposed pre-eminence, quickens perception of his faults, and adds bitterness to reproach. The follies or crimes of the individual are seized upon with eagerness as cha racteristic of his class, and made to reflect disgrace upon all who are embarked in the same pursuit. Our profession has suffered deeply from the unworthiness of individuals who have worn its garb without adopting its principles. Hoc fonte derivata clades. hood. "patulæ recubans sub tegmine fagi." This has been the fashion, and it has been ably and suc cessfully denounced by scholars of whom this city has reason to be proud. The argument will not be resum ed here. But as connected with your profession, be assured, Gentlemen, that an accurate acquaintance with the dead languages will be prized by those who possess it as immediately subsidiary to professional success, and an entire deficiency will be deplored as an inconvenient obstacle, and be felt as a source of pain. That the finest specimens of eloquence are to be found in those languages is not denied that the Latin is the original language of our science, and still embodies many of its apothegins. and retains possession of its technical terms is equally true: and derivatives both from it and the Greek are so interwoven with our own tongue, that it may be safely affirmed, that tongue cannot be as tho roughly understood, its beauties as fully appreciated, its shades and distinctions as thoroughly comprehended as they should be by a public speaker, without a knowledge of these, the sources, from which it has drawn so largely. Let those therefore who possess these advantages, be studious to retain them by frequent recurrence to their collegiate pursuits-and where the acquisition is still to be made, let it be attempted with zeal and assiduity, and the attempt will not be unavailing. In the drama, and in the productions of the novelist it has long stood forth in most unenviable relief; and in the affections of men it is to be feared its rank is not high. In this state, we know, it has at times been the target of obloquy and the victim of injustice. He, of our body, who commits a wrong, is responsible not only to the injured individual, but is morally amenable to To refer except in very general terms to the course all his brethren. His conduct obscures the medium of your legal studies, would be an improper intrusion through which theirs is viewed - and presents them in upon the duties, faithfully and ably discharged, of the distorted shapes and unnatural colors to the public gaze. gentlemen of the profession, whose aid you have indiFrom you, gentlemen, and from each of you, the pro-vidually invoked. I may however be permitted to refession anticipates an increase of respectability, and an mark, without being obnoxious to the charge of indeli additional portion of general regard. It hopes from cacy, that in Pennsylvania, and I believe in all the you, reared amidst a bar which presents many exam-states of our Union, a member of the bar is presumed |