Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-06-11
Chser Justice n1nr.haIl.

'=A Chief Justice nEnrsham y
his CHARACTER As a MAN AND a LAWYER.
The Century newspaper has not its equal
among tho Weeklies of the country, us we have
before had occasion, substantially, to say-aud
among the many supcr.cxcellent articles which
have, during the brief period of its existence
adorned its broad, beautiful columns, none are
more to our mind than the two contributions on
"the personal traits of John Marshall" written
by some gentleman in Richmond.
It is but rarely We have read anything that
has captivatcd us more than this extract:
His intcllect--but what shall / say of that?-
SuperlatveS regarded with distrust Aud
yet supcrlativcs are necessary in speaking of
this great man. The brain of the boy who grew
up in the obscure fields of Fauquier, undOubt
cdy has stamped with an inefaceabe mark the
entire political philosophy of the American Con-
stitution. He found that instrument tho subject.
of heated contention between jurring factions,
when it tottered and waved i'll the struggle-he
fixed it's foundations in the eternal rock, and
lef his name engraved upon it. There may be
a difference of opinion upon the justice Of his
Federal vicws-of the immense mental power
brought to bear upon the questions, there can
scarcely be two opinions. lie was not very
learned man. He would say, am told, in the
Supreme Court, sometimes, "Brothcr Story,
that is my opinion; don't know that it is law;
you know about that-but it is right" And Of
this Court, and of its great judges, he was j
tellcctual dictator. His strength lay in lis as
founding acuncn. mo matter what the QueS
tion,' says Writ, "thoueh ten times more knot
ty than the 'gnarled oak, the lightning oC hcay-
on is not more rapid or rcsiStcsS, than his aston
ishing penetration. Nor does the exercise of it
seem 10 cost him effort" This writer says else
where that his vast genius trampIed with dis
dain upon the flowers OF fancy, which he did
not relish; but this is mistuke. Not the least
of the %onderu traits of this man the
exquisite appreciation of, and love for, poetry,
which was united with this intlexible genius for
logic Tie reasoned in such way as TO eek
tract the whole matter, the kernel of inquiry,
unbroken, c.ean and entire, without Supcriiu-
Gus thought or even word," says Francis Gill
mer; but nothing is more certain than that all
this was accomplished against the grain. His
delight, in his touching voice, to his little wife
to be, at Yorktown in his early manhOod-he
read it as fondly in his ol,l age Such man
could not possibly be Indifferent to the noble
and elevated. His feelings were as warm rs his
mind was powerful. Rightly viewed. his is
organization which shond excite the admiration
OF every real lover of greatness. In hard mus
cular force of the dialcctical intellect, he was
confcSSedly the first nan of his epoch. In
kindness and sweetness of feeling, he was un-
surpassed by any Of his contemporaries. Last
OF all, as the crownins grace and true "diadem
OF beauty" suimountinS the whole, was the
profound and childlike religions faith and trust
in our Savior which characterized him. be.
licVe he did uot commune, but am not sure
What is certain is this: that he leaned on the
arm Of the Master Of all, in life and death, and
submitted his great intellect to the tcnchings of
the Gospel, as II child learns the lesson which
its father gives it. have written this much
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in the character Of John Marshall that rare and
beautiful combination of line clements which
make him worthy standard for the youth OF
all time. Let them think of him, and measure
his greatness. He was not only famous man
he gentleman. It hard TO be gem
tlenan in this world-for the ingredients, SO TO
speak, of that noblcst Of all characters, arc
honesty, Kindness, sincerity, independence-a
love for our brethren, and diSdain for the
"pretcnces" Of life, and all the miserable
shams which environ us. This man was
not honorable and venerable because he was
Chief Justice of the United States He was
| worthy Of all reverence and love because he
was John Marshall. He did his duty in every
position he occupied to the best of the ability
which God had given him. That ability was
splendid4-itS uiumphs Supremcly great But
the extent Of his achievement is not-hlS glory.
1t lies in the motives Of his career. He assumed
the judicial crInine, as he put on the hunting
shirt aud shouldcrcd his rifle in the Revolution
to do his duty His memory remains to US,
as the memory of a great and pure rnan, model
citizen of our grand Rcpu5lc-onc Of those
names which shine so brightly that oblivion can
never sweep over them. He stands like light
house on q rock bound coast; To keep him be-
fore the eyes is to safely steer into the happy
and benifccnt harbor It is the pride of Vir-
gnia that he rose from her soil-from theplain,
old sturdy blood of rustic pIanter-but he
belongs to all America, and to the world.
WE clip the following sporting intelligence
from the Louisville Courier;
"SEvEN ur.-rhis noble game has lately
been brought into public notice by n matched
game, the preliminarics of which has just been
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