Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-07-16
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Thursday, July 10, 1898.
TIE LATE JUDGE MARSHALL
= The memory ofhe just
SmeiiS street and blossom IN The ,},s,

'NhtftS Stftff ana blossom I the 8yJsy
The few remaining Patriarchs of the Ro,.,
ton are gradually dropping off; and in the co,.
OF nature, there will very soon not one of Tho
OF that heroic age be left to remind lis Of TN,
OF other times.'' But fortunately, their dccJ
less pcrishable than their mortal frame,
though dead, they will still be present will =. "'
their immortal works.
Among the great men of an age, pecnar,,.
nowncd for the wisdom and virtue thai ADJ, =,
not one presents stronger claims to The adm. "
OF mankind and the reverence of his con,,,..
than the late John Marshall Gifted l., -.
with mind OF rare strength and compass. he L,I
diligently improved it by study, Observation
reflection, and it is hardly worth while IN Co.,.
this generation, that the most abstruse and
Plcatcd subjects, submitted to his decisio,
Invested OF their compleXity and intrieacy h. Il
operations OF an intellect, which if it did not ar,.
at plausible conclusions with intntiyc r,,;r.
marched with iniallible certainty 10 the tram -
the most lucid logical propositions Nor was L,I.
Marshall often led by prejudice into error. ar l.,
ri
were 50 happily mixed up in him, that he soo,,,,
to be exempted from most of the prominent r,,a
ties which 50 often accompany uncommon midi.
tnal powers, and the consequences of which b,,..
so frequently suggested doubt whether oon;..
were not more often fatal to its posSessor and
curse to mankind than blessing to either
The unostentaiious simplicity of JUDGE ,t,,
Shal'S character, and the quiet and nno btrr.; IT,,
tenor OF his 'Iie, contrast most happily with b;s
prr-cmincnt talents, like light and shade in Lo,.
niul landscape. So rare is it, indeed, to find ri.
ganuc mental endowmcntS united with child ;lo
humility of department., that the exf,ibitio, of H.
happy combination never fails to attract attention
and to WIN admiration and respect irronon,.
and superclousnc,s seemed to be as forcion 70 Ii,
nature as though the seeds of those too canine,
and srhlomrcbaked vices had never been imnl,c,
ed in his breast. Courteous both in hi. nors,,,
and official character, to all with whomtle dn,os n
social or public life threw him in conjunction I'll,
collision, he was always beloved no less by his ad
VerSarIeS than by his asSociates-and even thew
who could not appreciate the mdness Of his IL.
mcanor, could not fail to feel the influence If u
innate virtues Of which it was at once the o0snrr.
and the illustration.
Judge Marsha's political tencts were sunno,cd
to lean ra,herto an arisocratical than dom.
ocrdtical system of government vet. if il were On
his life furnished remarkable example Of ,Lo
trivial influence which political opinions Frequently
exercise upon human actions. Thomas Jefferson
himself, the great apostle of democracy. did no,
furnish III his intercourse with society a moro nrac
teal cXemplihcaion of his creed, than did John
Marshall, We may boldly challenge contradiction
when We assert that no man who ever lived in an.
cIcnt or modern times, manifested less resncct than
the late Chief Justice for the advcptitious and ar.
cldcnal distinctions of caste, which separate soci.
ety INTO classes, the boundary lines between which
at least IN this country, are dependent essentially
upon wealth \ mind like his knew too we'll how
to appreciate the worthlcssncss of such distinction,
He knew that
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