The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-11-09
CHEF JUSTICE MARSHALL,S Eft,
go. LOGY UPON HIS WIFE.

.... LOGY UPON HIS WIFE.
Recently, while in ATTENDANCE at q
Sunday-school convention at Washing.
ton, Mason County, in this State. was
invited, with several others, to dine with
the family of the Hon. Martin P. Mar
shall, a resident of the village.
MIR. Marshall is one of the most gifted
and cultivated men of the State. He
was at one time somewhat prominent in
public affairs. He is now advanced in
years, however, and is living the life of
retired private citizen.
he is a. nephew of the Hon. John
Marshall, deceased, formerly Chief JUS
tice of the United States, and was in the
earlier years of his life a member of the
Chief Justices family. .....
In conversation in regard to his uncle
ne spoke in. terms Of the warmest ad-
miration of his character Daily inter
course with him had taught him to re-
we're and love him. He dwelt -particu-
!arly upon the simplicity and beauty of
his private life. He was his model of
what husband should be to the wife of
his bosom IN respect 10 the love which
he should cherish for her, the tenderness
With which, he should watch over her
and nurse her in failing health, ,sand the
fondness with which he should think of
her when death had taken her from his
arms.
Rising in the midst Of his remarks, our
host invited another gentleman and my
self, who We're listening to him, into his
private apartment, and there opening a
drawer, he took out and read to us pa
per written by the Chief Justice on the
flrst anniversary of his wife's death, in
memory Of his love for Her. and of the
excellences of her life and character.
asked him if the paper hadever been
published. He said that it had not; that
he had kept it sacred as a private legacy,
and had never obtained his1own consent
to let it be given to the public. Isaid
to him that I thought that it ought to be
published, as / believed that it would be
read with interest and profit by all into
whose hands it would come. Just then
we We're calledsto dinner. s@ @@FS2
Afterward the conversation in regard
to the paper was renewed, and before I
.leftthe house Mr. Marshall yielded his
consent to have it published, and handed
it to me for that purpose. asgaesszss
copy of it is herewith inclosed, with
the belief that its publication will in
crease the respect which the people of
this country already feel for the memory
OF ITS author, and at the same time en-
nance their appreciation of the domestic
virtues which were SO beautifully and
admirably illustrated in the life of the
great Chief Justice. D. S.
hESTuckH' August 20 1851: ,oo,
e. This day Of JOY and festirity' to the
Whole Christian world is to my sad heart
the anniversary of the keenest affiiction
winch humanity can sustain. While all
around is gladness, my mind dwells on
The silent tomb, and cherishes the re-
membrancesof the beloved object it con-
tains.z : SSk s&EE ~
''On the 25th of December it was the
Will OF Heaven to take to itself the COM
Spanion who had sweetened the choicest
part OF my life, had rendered toll a |
pleasures hadpartaken of ALI my feel
ngs,.and was enthroned in the inmost
recess of my heart. '.f* - ;
z.afsNeyer can | cease to feel the loss. and
TO depiore it. Grief for her is too sacred |
ever to be profaned on this. day, which
snail be during my existence devoted to
- ". i e. I
''On the Sd of January, 1888, I was
united by the holiest bonds to the woman /
adored. From the hour of our union
10 that OF our separation [ never ceased
70 thank Heaven for this its best gift
MOI a moment passed in which l did not
consider her as a blessing from which
'ee chlef. happiness of my life was de-
rived.
This never-dying sentiment, origin
atlng IN love, was cherished by long
ana close observation of as -amiable and
eestlmable qualities as ever adorned the
s. female bosom. "sE -ss c~r -
10 person which in youth was very
aSTaetlEe, to manners uncommonlv /
pleasing, she added fine understanding,
ana the sweetest temper which can ac-
ecohpanys just and modest sense Eof
what was due to herself.
:, L saw her first the week she attained
%es age OF fourteen, and was greatly
pleased with her.. 4sFs - .,r-s~ ss
.arls then came into company much
q sgs'rlier than atpresent. As my attentions,
aslougn without any ayowed purpose,
4of SO open and direct as to alarm, soon
Dcsme ardent and-assidueus, her heart
i,eeeived an impression which could never
sue eiiaced. Having felt no prior attach
meht. she became at sixteen most de-
voted wife. All my faults-and they
were toon1any -couh never weaken this
;sentlment. 1t formed part of her ex-
s'enee. Her Judgment was so sound ,
w SO safe that | have often relied upon 7,
s. IN situations of some perpIexity. l
! uo not remember ever to have regretted
sn sue adoption of her opinion. have
2 sOmetlmes e regretted its rejection. t
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