New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-04-02

Tke Louisville Com mercial says of the
Eass Humphrey Marshall, of Kentucky:
Ibs close of the war found him at New
ass~.eans. lie was one of the few men at the
Ssaa&o who possessed the comprehensive
IasalNgence to embrace the entire change
gz.srti had been effected in the relative
stNaGition of the white and black races.
Nc advised his friends in Louisiana to forth
-s.atsa call q convention to modify their con
S..su1on aud adapt it to the new order OF
ElkaEs.
ffe freely gave his opinion that the edu-
Gated and more cultivated portion OF the
African race and those who were owners OF
property, who embraced large class IN
Louisiana. should be Incorporated in the
icSy politic, and invested with full and
ss,arsal political and civil rights He thought
.asat chey would thus show the African
ass, their willingness to accord to them
r1u political rights as soon as they were
sfsn,petent to exercise them, and at the
snssIe time exclude from the ballot the cot
ss,n field and plantation hands, who, he be-
Lieved, were unfit at that time Tor the eXer-
s.rs~ OF suffrage.
R5s advice was not needed in Louisiana.
nslsher did his broad and liberal views pre-
wal in any of the Southern States. The
resuIs is known. The amendment to the
constitution and the reconstruction acts of
&ssrsre conferred upon the race the boon
esS universal suffrage.
Gseaeral Marshall was pardoned by Pres-
4lsn. johnson, and returned to his native
>Sate and resumed the practice of law in
E.a-isville, where. for the past six or seven
pears, he has resided.
There was hardly a suit of any import
zsgce in our courts, federal or State, in
Which he was not employed on one side or
sasa other.
Judges construed with more confidence
statutes or any legal question which had
seen subjected to his far-reaching scrutiny.
,1Eaile julies were entranced with his elo
zEuent and convincing logic.
Tke Louisville Comier-Jotr"al Of Friday
AIRS OF his last illness:
Gyaa. Humphrey Marshall died at his
residence in this city at half-past two
,SGIoek yesterday afternoon, OF general
iHs-afte bronchitis. The city was startled by
Ehe announcement, for his illness was of
stseh short duration that few had even
tn..z.Ui of it.
General Marshall went to Frank fort a
7xv,ek ago Yesterday on professional busi-
isesss- On Friday he ate a hearty dinner
;swd retired to his room for an afternoon
rsE, When he awOke he found himself
SsIalcring from severe burning and smoth-
t.rigg sensation in the breast. These symp-
tsseRs continued to affect him SO severely
Stat he came home on Saturday and took
Ia his bed. DR.. Force was called in on
Monday, and attended him during his short
.sszsi fatal illness. The smothel1ng sensa-
1iss2 continued SO severe that the doors
i.12d windows of the sick chamber were
sept open both day and night. Mrs. !
Marshall, his wife, was in Mercer county |
;s& she time, and though sent for as
Srpoas IS the Generals indisposition became
could not arrive until after his
rlsa.A. Two daughters and one son. and !
sSGIaer members OF the family, however, were !
III. bis bedside. He suffered severely. was
Gy.g-y restless, and sat upright in his bed |
lgys ca Of the time. lie seemed aware sew |
<Gal days ago of his approa hing end, and |
awaited it calmly. Yesterday afternoon |
SIC of his daughters, Mrs. Strader. assisted |
l.zaa 20 rise up in the bed. and while resting |
!sly0n Der arm, he suddenly remarked, ut is
Az oFer,' and then dropping back upon the !
pjslow, died without struggle. The body, !
after being laid out. was visited during the
afternoon by a large number of the mem
s,efs OF the bar and prominent citizens.
The General has been in feeble health
dRINg the whole of the past winter, and |
sa several occasions got out of a sick bed
20 attend to Important professional duties.