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1 Observations on the Pernicious Practice of Law 1819

handle is hein.beal/opplw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: OBSERVATIONS, &c. 4Xo. I. When will Benevolence the country warm? Or when plain Honesty the courtier charm ? How flames my blood, indignant at the thought, Should laws be barter'd ; traffick'd passions bought If men no more the soft sensation feel, And gold, curs'd gold, the bosom turns to steel. THE following observations are meant, in general, to apply to the practitioners of the law in their mal practice, and not intended to reflect on them in their particular character, as many individuals among them are gentlemen of high esteem and confidence. But as it has lately been asserted, by a person under the signature of a Free Republican, in our public papers, that they are a necessary or- der in a republic, it is presumed the subject is open to inquiry, and consequently there can be no objection in applying the general practice to support a contrary hypothesis. Among the multiplicity of evils which we at prese ,t suffer, there are none more justly complained of, than those we labor under by the many pernicious practices in the profession of the law. It has therefore, become a sulject of serious inquiry, whether this body of men, in a young repuhlic, ought not to be controuled in their pleas. Laws are necessary for the safety and good order of society, and consequently the execution of them is of great importance to be at- tended to. When therefore,finesse and gross impositions are prac- tised, and under sanction of the law, every principle of equity and justice is destroyed, the persons concerned in such pernicious mea- sures ought to be brought forward, and their conduct arraigned before the impartial tribunal of the people. The study and practice of the law are doubtless an honourable employment; and when a man acts becoming the dignity of the profes- sion, he ought to be esteemed by every member in the community. But when any number of men under sanction of this character are endeavouring to perplex and embarrass every judicial proceed-

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