Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-10-20
RUTLAND HERALD.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1854,
,rnomas II. Marshall.

The papers announce the oealh vi
this gentleman, which occurred the I'd
ult., AZ his residence, near Versailles,
W GO" y, Nv, in the Gath year
orhis age 2r shaa was q man OF
b. liant natural lai,nts ~ easy grace
full orator, somewhat imaginative, hasty
and superAcn. In his modes of thinking
Twenty-Five vrtrs apo he was able TO
exert no incoGs.J, Ctno tuauence In po-
lltical circles. He was said to have
been not on very friendly terms with
Henry Clay, and In the Convention OF
1870, he exerted his influence in prevent
Ing that gentleman from receiving the
presidential nomination. He was one
OF the electors at large for the State OF
Kentucky, which gave a majority of 26,-
600 for Harrison, larger majority by
four fold than that State ever gave for
any other Whig candidate.
Mr.. Marshall was, unfortunately very
strong y addicted to the use of intoxicat-
Ing beverages, and during the last years
OF his life be sank into obscurity and
oblivion In consequence. He made sew
era efforts TO reform himself and for a
sea on would run WELL" At one time
" n be was member OF Congress, as
he Ms elf has related, he became so I'M
pressed with the idea that he was q
ruin,,i man, unless he turned over
new leaf" that he began to enquire OF
e., So 40 hot hn oh
alas, they were all in nearly as bad
a condition as himself. " Is there no
body here" said he, that can give me
any advice or assistance In my effortsl'
"Why," says one, there is the member
nom Massachusetts, GeorgeN. Briggs, q
regular teetotallcr-ir any body san
help you, he can" To him therefore he
went, and was received with character
istic sympathy and kindness; and the
result was he signed the PLEDGE, and
Joined the Washingtoniaus, who were
at this time in the full tide Of success
He went home and lectured through the
State on Temperance. With melting
pathos ne told his experience" and
with charming eloquence he urged upon
all, the practice of total abstinence. ut
seems said he, "Gs If breathed new
atmosphere, 1t really seems as If an
unseen influence pervaded the atmos-
pherelmpelging me and others to forsake
OF vicious courses, and enter the paths
OF virtue and sobriety,n Thus he, with
hundreds Of others, continued for few
months till the time of the Christmas
holidays, that terrible bridge of South
ern reformed inehriates, through which
nearly all Of them unfortunately fell.
One Of the events of his life, which be
PROBABLY remembered as long as he re-
membered anything, was his encounter
with John Quincy Adams. A few men,
women and children in the town of Ha-
verhill' Mass, signed a petition, praying
that or account OF slavery measures
might be taken for peaceable dissolu-
tion o. she Union. This was entrusted
to Mr. Adams as the great champion Of
the right OF petition, who of course pre-
sent 5. It was then that Mr.. Mar
shat bought he saw golden opportu-
nifty immortalize himself. He de-
nour ed Mr. Adams as traitor to the
Unit and forthwith introduced reso-
lntion expelling him from the House.
1t Is hardly necessary to say that Mr..
Adams, while he felt it to be his duty to
present the petition, entirely disapproved
of its object, and it was his intention to
move that ii be referred to a select COM
mittee, OF which by parliamentary eti-
quette, ne would have been appointed
chairman, when he would have reported
adversely TO the prayer of the petition
ers, He received the onset OF Marshall
with that cool contempt for which he
was SO remarkable, and simply replied
that the gentleman from Kentucky was
ayoung man Of some promise, and he
would give him word of advice which
might be Of service to him as lawyer ;
"Always be very careful OF your FACTS. F"
BY this time Mr. Marshall had found
that his bubble Of glory had burst. and
he was nobody. He never distinguished
himself IL congress ana never went
agar. ..... s.. .ss.
Humphrey Marshall, of whom we
used 10 read so much In connection
with rebel movements in Eastern Ken
lucky and Western Virginia two or
three years ago, but has now disap-
peared entirely, is relative Of Thomas,
though not brother.
Il In the course of some remarks at
Worcester, Wednesday evening, Hon.
Hei Wilson said;
d" nmond is doomed (cheers,) and
he wed that within hundred days
We shall see, what many eminent men in