The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-13

I'm discussing the movement % commem-
crate February 9Th as Marshall Day, the
Fredericksburg Free Lance says.
Several of the recent references 10 the
great iurist which we have seen in tae
public press show such want OK corrct
information touching bis life and Ollie
cial career as would seem 10 make the
Observance of a Marshall Day. par
tiu.ariy appropriate from am educa-
ti0nal standpoint. only day OF two
since SO prominent 90 paper ass the Ate
lanta Journal ascrIbel t0 President
Washington the appointment of Mar
shall as Chief Justice. while about SIX
weeks ago one of the s0-ca.led syndicate
Washington letters that went the round
of Che press contained "reminiscences
Imaginary no d0ubt) NJ am aged ohl-
Ger OF the Supreme Court n which
these two expressions occur: "Ile
good that mankind received through
h.s elevation 10 thc bench. nrst as a
circuit judge in Virginia and later as
Chief Justice of the United States
Judge Marshall WAS well past
middle life when appointed Chief Jus-
tico hy President Jefferson This
erudite syndicate letter found its way
into so e,l-iniormed a paper as the
Lvnohhurg Vows. iu its issue of July 3th.
Vow the fact is that when Marshall
was appointed chief Justice. Washing
Ton bad ben dead year. month and
seventeen days. and it WAS yc- n month
and four days before JeHers0n's first
Inauguration. lie was appointed hy
John Adams in the expiring weeks of
his administration ON the last day or
January. r0i. you viii often see. by
the way the statement made that Mar
shalIs was One of tha memorable
midnight appointments That is
NOT So THE Adams administration and
the Federal party had at the last mo-
ment hurried through Congress an act
creating additional United States Dis
trIct and Circuit Courts and as late as
o O'Clock ON the night of the 2d 81
March some of the nominations 10 these
new judgeships We're sent Boa by Adams
10 the Senate for confirmation. These
received. the designation of the mid
night appointments a few hours
after these be.ated nominations the
irate old gentleman gathered up his
"beongings' and shook the dust of the
White House from his feet. Hl left
the city of washington boy sunrise next
morning. resolved upon not seeing JEFF
fers0n adjust his Democratic corporosity
IN the Presidential chair
Marshall was Adams Secretary OF
State when appointed Chief Justice
and il must always seem an inconsist-
ency i'm a man Of his elevated charac-
ter that he yielded 10 the request "f
Adams to retain the place of Secretary
OF State while performing the functions
OF Chief Justice: for without reiin-
gushing the portfolio OF State he pre-
sided over the supreme Court from the
4th to the eth Of February.
The raudn~a ~ the Free T4nra Will
remember that the publication In this
paper OF a report that went the rounds
that the grave OF Marshall was I'M
marked and In dsgraceful neglect, cali
ed forth a letter from Judge Beverley
II. Wexford Of Richmond, stating that
this report was without foundation. and
that Marshall was buried in ShOckoe
Graveyard by the side OF his wife. and
that there was over his grave we'll
preserved marble tomb-stones similar
10 the one he himself had placed above