The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-05-27

tendep. Helm, Wolfe. Wood and others. bat
il was universally conceded that Msrshalrs
snssch surpassed all the Others. An eye
witness saws that one sentence in hrs speech
cleared The accused. With an attitude !
Garrick would have studied and q tone /
Tslma would have envied, at the close of /
a climax, he exclaimed "Wil yon |
tear him from his girl wifeP' There was
not a dry eye in the Toom. and the |
iu6ge upon the bench sobbed like g child. |
He was once ore OF party OF huntsrsi in the |
mounteips of Kentucky. They had been en- !,
csmred for more than q week, sRd were |
composed OF the flower of Lexington, cul. |
tured gentlemen, yonng ard Ole: Wnen
night overlook them, and the evening meat |
prepsred and eaten, the party gathered |
around the camp FIRE and discussed every |
subject that offered food for the contempla-
tive mind. At that hour Aarahall was the
lesder. No other member OF the party was
so daring in 81 ejaculation or illustrated his
tbeoiies with such spiendor and copiousness
of imagery. Till long past midnight he held
his audience OF more than score OF cul-
tured and learned gentlemen entrauced. He
was more eloquent than when on the stump,
and often his listeners were still Gu
chained when dawn appeared in tbs
| East. One night it was proposed that
| he preach q sermon from any text that he
might select He chose the passage: THE
/ foxes have holes and the birds of the air
/ have nests, DaG the sun OF Man mas not Wnero
/ to lSy his head" For long time he COM
mented on the life and character of the Sa.
vior. He presented the theology of the
/ Nszsreue in novel and attractive light. He
disoouIsed Of love Snd preached sll OF bu'
mauity. al of human longing for peace and
! security He brought tear TO every eye,
and cent 8 thrill through eyeTy heart in that
company, more thar one OF whom had been
skeptcsi until that day, bu- were 50 no more
| forever.
When henry Clsy died, Msrshsll delivered
So eulogy upon his life and character that
! bse become classic. LongfelloT declared
that it surpaeseG anything ever uttsred by
| tina lips OF nan, end Daniel 8 Dickinson
said that he had rather have bsen the author
Of it than to have written Hamlet
With one or two anecdotes will close this
! sketch of this most gifted man. Marshall
| went into the town of Versailles one day
when John ]. Crittenden bad an appoint
ment 10 make stump speech. Marshall
asked ard received q division of time, and
the wool pulling" began. Many ladies were
present, and to show their dispIessure with
NsTshalls course, as well az to com Dliment
CrittendeD. they covered the latter gentle
man with flowers and waved their haadksr-
chiefs in approval. Crittendsn ackno vi.
edged the compliment in q graceful and
happy manner, and Marshall rose to reply.
He vas more than usually eloquent, snd
mace splendid speech. AT IFS close he
turned to the ladies and said:
mo bouQusts for noel Ladies, | was born
at that carly day in Kentucky when the
aesthetic bad not sUpOGDted the unlitaIiao,
wien gItls, inetssd oil eoltlvSting the useless
gTaces hat attract the frivolous, Practical
those habits of usefulness that fitted them to
bs wives Of brave men and mothers Of sturdy
children In the primitive day tbs maiden
had 10 bower where Flora hsld her court,
but, on the centrsfy, they planted and
Dourished ample beds Of mint ADD tansy. In
1 slo - ,k-Fo q
hold took down his 'siiuup cup and bregsd
beverage whose basis was old BOucbon.'
sucn as BacchUs never offered to OiymPian
deity, ard all the family. from eldest TO
youngest partook OF it In ccpious draughts.
and, ladies' You never heard OF child dying
of wOYns in that day. If FahnestOck bad
lived then be would have starved TO death"
skouts Of laughter greeted the concsits,
and the ladies pYeciDitetsly fed.
Ore more eDecdote: There lived In Kan
lucky. thirty or forty years ago, a man
nsmcd Pitcher IL would require the psn OF
Fielding and the license that permitted the
portraiture OF Squire Weston to properly
! sketch his character. He was q rude, uncut
tured, sapient man, with great natural
abilities; scorpion tongue, laden with the
poison OF ssps. He wss as dissolute ss John
Wilkes, aud his temper is fitsingly described
by 0COnnells epithet ''ram-cOt." BE was
q sort OF political Dalgetty, and, with ths
vulgar herd, q considerable force. He had
vsDquished every opponent who would con-
sent to meet him-even old Ben Hardin,
whom John Randolph said was kitchen
knife whetted en- q brickbat." But in in.
yective, bis most powerful weapon, he found
his master in Pitcher.
such was the man who was pitted agains st
Marshall. They met at Louisville on Corn
Island, lovely spot near the Kentucky
shore in Ohio. The crowd assembled just
at nightfsll, and was composed of the
beauty, wealth and worth OF the city. /!
was in the early days of Marshalns csreer.
when his budding genius gave promise of
the richest fruiti0n. The crowd was with
Marshall, though Pitcher had friends in the
/ ! throng-
, Marshall delivered the greatest speech even
he ever made. The audience was with him,
, | and be reveled in ecstacy of eloq uence.
. He seemed inspired with more than mortal
power, and swayed strong men and beauti
full women as the storm the ripening har-
| vest. In closing. he pictured the scene be
fore him, and made it as vivid 10 his hearers
as to his own prodigy Of imagination.
La Belle Rivere, the silvery moon and its
} soft light and balmy air laden with the deli
cate and delicious perfume OF seasons fru
ition the vaulted skies. studded with count
, lets sparkling gems, all passed in review and
I received the impress OF his matchleSs fancy
His audience hung breathless on his sen
; teDces- In the midst of a burst OF descrip
? tive eloouence he tuTned TO where Piichsl
| eot, lew leet OIL. IOluIluS us expressive
| | fpger and throwing into his classic and mo
: bile features a look of unuttera5le horror
be exclaimed: but, o God, there is Pill
t cherl'' 1t was the devil ia Eden. The aud
I ence broke all bounds and cheered, laughed
r end wept The orator sat down and Pitcher
: conquered once, declined to speak. He Ead
afterward that at the moment the look came
: upon MarshaIls features and his voice ut
tered those words. he felt himself to be tht
. vilest Of created beings.