The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-04-28
JOHN MARSHALL.
ny RooxAN lEK.

preliminary so fcrrninx sreasy. bus fAil- ing. Marshall and Hackney returned 10 the United States. while Gerry remained. Tailey,and concluded to see him. and |, vas supposed that he stayed m the in teresi of Mir. Jefferson. ~ho was inclined to run a side show of hts own in the way of diplomacy independently ot the presi- dent. and who was well up in the Preach political methods. The returning diplo- mats were received al Philadelphia with grand ovation. and twenty thousand peo- pie wen, out on the New York road six miles 10 escort them to the city. Taliey- rand asserted that Marshall and hnkney were under British influence and no, de siroes of cultivating an alliance with France The enemies of Jefferson charged him with a desire to ald the revolution ary party in France by loan from the Cni;ed States. and a supply oi soap for the personal benefits oi the friends oi the di- : reetor. but. however 1t vas. lohn Mar shal dld no, like that way of oonmen- elng business by the new government and would not be an ageat in II.
 Alter he came home m I-oS. ludse Wilson of the supreme bench was re- moved by death. and Marshalrs reputa- ton for legal learning and judicial iair- ness caused a general demand for h,s ap- po,n;meni 10 Inc vacancy there was h,,ch. Bushrod Washington. nephew of George. wanted the place, and, wha, was of more consequence, George wanted him 10 have II. as uneles sometimes do wish 10 provide for ,he.r own. To bring this about an arrangement was found nee ecssay. old john Adams was prcsi- dent and Tn favor ot Marshall IL Was known a, tha, early day ,ha; the Adams family never yielded their preferences, and that Tohn dtd not propose to let 1 Washington be chief magistrate after his hs4l- esn.sea, Il -aseaIds. ingly persuaded Marshall ;o decline the Iudgeship and run for congress, and thus i leave the way open for Bushrod to go on 1 tue bench Tha, IS. they l" fiNed things. a practice noi ye, altogether out oi fash ion when nephe~s are concerned Adams nominated Marshall and he declined; { then Bushrod eo; the place.
 Il .s related that daiius the penteney of these negotiations | be ane 'uiPoti- ant ia haze conference oi the long heads and. a> Washington was too dig nlfed to go out ea paIlils ..l ln'' sac NJ .rshall and Baskfoi went 90 Mount Vernon. As usual. the ourne, was made on horseback and | beng d mu,dal at- far, they adopted the cooperative pssn- ciple to the further extent oi Gsing the same saddle bags for their change oi linen and per soaal arcoaiemenis. Be ,ng we, through by ram when they a. rlvea. they were both m Il hurry 70 get al thei things, and the sadile-bags be- ing brought into the great hall Marshall proceeded to open his side. when. To- on top of the clothes were a snack of corn bread and ham and s huge plug oi tobacco. He was amazed bat con- ciudsng wi.h his quiok judicial ialnd that he had opened the wrong s,de of the i b lgs. turned |, over 10 Bushrcd. who dis 1 aimed the ownership. George sa; there ' looking on with deep in,cres, ~h.ch such a contcs; always eNeitcs Tn men oi aiialfs. When the dispute had run IL career ihe other s.de was opened. and out came A bottle of whisky 10 eonfodnd them again.
 This almost sent Geoige tato ConYai. sions. bu, when lc mad pAri,4l., recovered finding he llquor of good quality. the ihreeN proceeded ,o drnk the health o. ] the m an who had exchanged saddle-bags ~ith them. and they had one of the bvcl, times. which made Mount Vernon 50 attractive.
 Marshall was elected ,o congress by a ] small federal majority. Washington's in ! riuenoc was waning. The people hated Great Britain as an oppressor. France had been our friend, and ~e were graie- ful ; so the French party in the United States grew rapidly and soon bec anne too many for Was lington and Adams. who disliked French methods and douofel the honor of the Bellamys and Talley rands. How strange arc the ways of providence The firsi irnpouan; duty which fell ,o the To; of Marshall was ,o announce the death Of Washington, which ! he did Tn chasse language and with deep feeling. reading the celebrated resolution drawn by General II. Lee, which de clzred him :" flrs, IT war. nrst :n peace and frs, in the hearts of hts countryman." Marshall left congress al the end Of his frs, term. l. so happened that lohn ! Adams was ou, ~i,h his cabinet. He did TO, like Tim Pickering. secretary of state Adams thought him stubborn and guilty of violent pfcjudices. and sad ,ha;
 
 s,raigh; har he concealed an ardent am bItion, as though badness and ambition never got together in any family at QuIncy. He removed Pickering and made Mar shall secretary of state, and finally chef lustice IL was narrow chance for John Marshall, because Jefferson was coming in and there was undisguised hostility be- tween the two. Marshall even went so far as 10 prefer Aaron Burr 10 Jefferson until Alexander Hamilton made him ac- quain,ed with Bur's character and .ac- ;lcs. when he felt obliged n give his in-
 auenoe to Jefferson. and of course had Adams TO, appointed hIfn chief Jus,ice he would never have filled tha; grea; of f .e.
 The course of Marshall as judge is so ~ell-kno~n that | shall no, follow ii. Webster said he had more respect for his intellect than for any mans he ever saw. and all the grea, lawyers north and south confessed to the mastery and im- partiali,y of his mind He held the of-