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The forlorn and despised
wretch finds in his advocate, for the occasion,
an unyielding friend, whom no blandishment
can seduce, nor threats terrify. However
timid and sensitive his nature, the exigenicies
in the profession, the influence of his bretheren, and
public opinion, all demand unwavering ferventness,
and the has long since acknowledged, by their involuntary confidence, that
in general the equisition is fulfilled. The
man from whose lips are often heard bold
and moving denunciations of oppression, strong
and manly reasonings upon mutual rights, and
eloquent appeals to the softer emotions of the
heart cannot but be the depository of popu-
lar grievancies, and the championof popular priviliges.

The whole professional training of lawyers, &
the whole tenor of their professional career, tend to make them
be viewed by the people as the peculiar guardians of their
rights. The distinctions of social right doing, - between what society may, must, or must not do, are the subjects
of their daily investigation, and they are engaged incessantly in maintaining these
distinctions by public argument. It is not strange, therefore that they soonest snuff the tainted
breeze of tyranny, and most clearly discern the remote
tendencies of illegal power.