The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-04-19
uvwpupry MARSHALL.

! htNEnHEr NhNNftNhh'
We had intended to note the sudden
death Of this eminent Kcntuckian at the
tine Of It's occnurncc, ard should have
done % esccp, ,fom the .s'ct That al The
other papers a orr STATE, both Juily md
weekly, had lcpr accounts Of ds< ed If,
fair. We now recall 70 mind tic first
time We ever Locked upon hiS manh and
progressing forns II vrs duriae thc
exciting times cfthc l~sippiug ~ ~
war with Mexico. VA had been de-
clared by "the powers that be" in our own
country, against the ill-starrcd Republic
Union was in arms. Kentucky-never
behind any ono Of her sister States, bazcd
with bonfres. Her drums were beating.
and flies made merry music TO the tramp
Of her patriotic sons who are ever ready
to respond to country's call and vindicate
her honor. Volunteers from nearly all
her counties were pouring into Louisville
by companies, battallions and regiments
wewcre then mere boy, and the sight
Of so much martial glory filled our young
heart with Enlargement. We then lived
in Louisville, and at that time, old acorn
Island" now numbered among "the
things that were" had a focal habitalion
and name" Large forest trees and
sand willows covered it. 1t was about
three-fourths Of mile from the corner
Of Seventh and Water streets in that city,
to the timber ON the Island. At the
corner Of this street was the first place
upon which We ever saw General Mar
shall. An artillery company bad come
in from oakland where the Kentucky
soldiers had campcd, to experiment with
q new cannon which had just been re-
ccived from the arnory Cor perhaps made
in Louisville by some foundry, We do not
now remembcr). A large target had been
placed over on the island, and hundreds |
Of citizens had gathered to witness the /
firing. The artillorist-iu-chief had placed
the gun in position for a shot, whereupon |
General Marshall stepped forward with .
that sclfrcliant air and bearing which 4
characterized him, and fixing the sight,
had the torch applied, and away spent
the ball TO It's destination. Many shots
were fred by different members of the
company, and our distinct recollcctionis |
that General Marshall carried Off the |
flag Of victory as he best artillerist.
We mention tb' trifiing circumstance
only TO introdu, the thought to which |
we desire TO give expression, that General
Marshall was ever ready to lend bis aid
to his country in times Of war as well as
in times Of peace. His position in Con-
grcss Us a member, il not the ablest mem
her at the time from Kentucky, can never
be forgotten by those who remember the
debates in that body during his member
ship. The keenest' blade of the oppo-
nents of his party, feared to meet him in 4
combat, or trembled at the contact. A
reader speaker, OF more forcible one,
never brought down political assembly |
with shouts of applause. General Mar
shall, although not a quarrelsome man
by nature, never failed to delend himself.
or any case or cause he represented, with
a power and eloquence which won the APP
plausc Of all who listened or read. Con
nected by blood with the greatest Of our
American jurists, lawyers and orators,
he inherited much Of the same ability
which characterized his ancestors.
The. death Of no keftuckian, since the
leath Of Mr.. Clay, has been more sin |
,ercly regretted. He did not live beyond {
The days of his usefulness. Far from it. /,
Ills mind was as vigorous, his ideas as
progressive to the last, as the most re- {
nowned of our Kentucky statesmen. We {
mourn his death with real and unaf- /
fected sorrow, and breathea sigh over his i
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