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SPIRIT OF THE LAw.-The following eulogy
Southern Literary Messenger:


"The spirit of the law is all equity and Justice,
In government based on true principles the law
is he sole sovereign of nation. Itwatches over
its subjects in their business, their recreation and
their Sleep 1t guards their fortunes their lives,
and their honors. In the broad MONDAY and the
dark midnight, it ministers to their security It
accompanies them to the altar and the estal board.
1t watches over the ship of the merchant, though
thousand leagues intervene; over the seed of the
husbandman abandoned for season to the earth:
the studies of the student, the labors Of the
mechanic, the opinions of every man. None are
high enough to offend it with impunty, none so
low that 1t scorns to protect them. 1t is throned
with the King and sits in the seat Of the Repub-
lican Magisrate but it also hovers over the couch
of the lovely, and stands sentinel at the prison.
scrupulousy preserving to the feon whatever
rights he has not forfeited. The light of the law
ilIumines the palace and the hoyel, and surrounds
the cradle and the bier. The strength of the law
laughs wickedness to scorn, and spurns the in
trenchments of iniquty. The power of the law
crushes the power of man, and strips wealth of
unrighteous immunity. It's the thread of Dada-
lus to guide through the labyrinths of cunning.
1t is the spear of Ithurel to detect faIsehood and
deceit 1t is the faith of the martyr to shield us
from the fires of persecution-it is the good man
reliance-the wicked ones dread-the bulwark
of piety-the upholder of morality-the guardian
of right-the distributor of justice--ts power is
irresstable-its dominion indisputabe 1t is
above us, around us, and within us-we cannot
fly from its protecton-we cannot avert its ven
geance.


Such is the law in its essence; such it should
be in its enactments; such, too, it would be, if
none aspired to its administration but those with
pure hearts, enlarged views, and cultivated
minds.'