The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-07-15

Marshall said nothing at all, but on going
away, left letter with one of tho family
for Mr. s.. That gentleman opened |
II aud found n cncck for tho SO 900 which |
he needed. But his sensitive nature reyol-
ted at tho apparent begging of his guest !
Ho spurrcd after Marshall, refused to ro.
ceivo IL, ami only consented to do 90 when. |
after long friendly encounter. his friend |
took security but ho never called for pay
ment.
hayo described his porson. II was not
graceful. HIS manners had rs littlc Of the
petit md'!re finish OF Lord Chesterfield as
his aguro had of the elegance OF beau /
But he possessed, my father told mo, tho /
hnost and most exquisite tolitencss--that
poiteness which springing from unaffected /
bencvoiencc, is certainly tho noblcst aud !
most beautiful. Tho etiquette of Courts is. /
after all, but hollow show roai courtesy
must have its foundation in philan,hropic !
feeling. Marshall had this politcness In an
eminent degree. No gentleman of his
epoch exhibited moro plainly hs high
breeding" John Randolph, that pure al
istocratic aud infrcQuont eulogist oC any. |
thing or auy body, SAID that he was not only /
"simplo in his habits" and inexorably
just" no was. in addition, "a gentleman OF
.fHishcd Jrceding-of winning and propos-
sessing talk" IL was not the fuC robe
assumed for the occasion and thrown off
when it was no longer needed. IL was the
delightful sauvity Of the old Virginia gentlc-
man that was found in him, in it's purest
form. He was the type Of n race of men
who disdaiucd to mould their maunors to
the figure, so to speak, of tho person thoy
addressed. Tho parvenue and vulgarian
bows low, and bends his knee almost, TO the
powerful, or the celebrated, or tho wealthy.
whilo tho poor mud tho humble arc rassCd
over with coldnoss or insolence. 1t is tho
nature OF such bougs they but net their
! characters. 1t was the nature OF John Mar
shall to act has. His proud aud noble sim.
piicity looked to nothing but tho ,rorh of
tho man. lIo would have giyon his hand
to AN emporur ss ho gave it to the humblcst
marketmnu. lilo took off his hat to tho
servant who bowed to him, as politely rs
no would hayo done TO tho proudest noble
man of Europe. ll!s politcncss wns the
poitonrss Of tho heart, not of tho manner
and thus, in spite Of an ungainIy porSou,
aud awkward carriage, his cotomporarIes
regarded him us graceful.
His inteIlect--but what shall say Of that
Superlatves nro regarded with distrust.
Aud yet superatives are necessary in speak
ing of this great man Tho brain Of the
boy who grew up M the obscure fields OF
tho FauQnicr, undoubtedly has stamped
: with nm inrtficeabio mark the entire pOiti.
cal philosophy of the American C0nstitu-
: tion.
lIo found that instrument tho subject OF
heated contention bstween Earring factions
when il tottcrcd and wavered in the strug.
glo--he fixed its foundations in tho etorna
rock, and left his name engraved upon it
There may be difference of opinion upon
, tho justice of bis Federal views--of the i'm
n,cnse mental power brought to bear upor
tho questions, there can scarcely be two
Z opinions. He waa not II very learned man
, lio wonld say, am told, in tho Supreme
i Court, sometimes, "Broihor Story, that i,
!; my opinion Cont know that Il 10 law
u you know about tha,--but it is right.
And of this Court, aud of its great Judges
no was intellectual dictator. Ills strength
, lay in his astounding ncumcn. mo matte
q what tho question" says Writ, though ter
timos moro knotty than tho "gnarlod oak,
i the lightning OF heaven is not more rapi,
J or resistlcss than his astonishing pGnotra
r ton. Nor does tho exercise of it ecem t
}, cost him M effort" This writer SAYS else
u whero that bis vast genius tranpoiud will
disd"in upon tho flowers OF fancy, whlcl
't he did not relish but this is mistake
Is Not tho loast of tho wonderful traits of thi
% man has the exquisite appreciation of anC
u love for poetry, which was united with thi
i infexibIe genius for logic, llU reasoned il
u such way as 10 "Cxtruct tho whole matter
Il the kernal of inquiry, unbrokon, clean All,
U entire, withoat supeitiuous thonght o
y evon word says Francis Gilmer; but moth
,, ing ia moro certain than that all this wa