The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-05

ruptcy; to restrain unconstitutional pow
crs attempted by the states To strike
down the valueless state currency at times
emitted: to uphold the obligations OF cou-
tract to promote internal Improvements;
these are but few OF the vital queS-
tons to which his judicial labors have
extended The very structure iu which
we gather. its marble walls. its exquisite
architecture the radiant lights which
here shine DER fair women and brave
men, the conVcniences 90 the people OF
the great city the deep waterway from
your city 10 the sea. the wharves throng-
ing with ships, bearing the flags of every
nation the mighty transcontinental rail-
way lines, the mighty isthmian canal
these things and multitudes Ike these,
all contributory to the welfare of the peo-
pie we owe TO the constructive genius
the massive mind. the immOVable hrm-
ness. the Astounding patriotism OF John
Marshall and the great judges who
thought with him.
81 cannot further enlarge upon inc
great decisions OF Marshall compreheuded
in thirty-four volumes of the reports o.
the Supreme Court of the United States
and familiar to every genuine student oil
our constitution and our laws.
Death worthy of His Life.
when old and worn. upon his vener-
eble eyes fell the vision of that portent-
Gus cloud looking above the horizon,
which was to bring in its wake the fiery
| storms of revolution, sweeping away
| millions of property and thousands ~
| priceless lives, but around his dying
head burned the glories of an imperish-
| able past lighting up monuments OF
| judicial achievements which Will 1--we
| while the nation lives.
1T fen to his lot to survive most IL no.
Of fgb
| laid. and cemented with the blood OF
many. the foundations of American
liberty and who had constructed there
on the shapeliest and strongest scheme
for the government OF freemen the world
has ever known. His beloved command
er. the idol of his heart, had been long
sleeping in that spot on the romauc
banks of the Potomac, now and forever
10 remain the shrine Of nations love.
The ashes of Alexander Hamilton
formed for all parts and in all allie
shining variously great" for many years
had reposed in an untimely grave. The
mild and persuasive Madison who near
~ half century gone, his colleague ana
Joint laborer I'm the Virginia Convention
to adopt the Constitution, penned with
tremulous hand his last pathetic warn
ing to the people whom he loved, against
the dangers of notification and disunion
fiery and incorruptible patriot who had
been rocked i'm every storm of the Revo-
luton and who declared in his old age
that his gift of John Marshall to the
people of the United States was the
proudest act of his life, and Jefferson
the author of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, nine years gone We're both
oedd on Independence Day Marshall
was now nearly eighty years Of age.
The sweet Virginia maiden who more
than fifty years before had won the love
Of the impulsive, affectionate, strong
young soldier coming from the war the
true and tender helpmeet in all the trials
and anxieties of his wondr0us career
she toos as he said sainted spirit had
fed from the sunerings OF life
"The messy marbles rest
on the lips that ne had pressed
In their bloom:
And the name he loved to hear,
Has been caTssd for many year
on the tomb"
Afflicted by the maladies common 10 ok
IRENE old age, the venerable aud yener
ated chief Justice, who knew his Bible
aud loved his God, no doubt often dwelt
upon tne mOuraful majesty OF the P,asm-
is when Ire exclaimed: The days Of our
years are threescore years aud ten; AMI
III Dy It8FOn o. futHAtH th'g W ADil~
score years. vet Is heir strength labor
aud sorrow. SO with his mighty intellect
unclouded TO the last. on the 9th OF july.
1885 about . O'Clock I'm the evening. nc
parsed away in peace.
Though dead, in the love and venera-
ton OF his country he lives and shall
live in glorious memory 20 tn latest
tiTles, and On this day from tho very
flower of the cOuntry's purity aud patriOt-
ism. from famous law schools aud uni
vereities from great cities ana from
nan.ets. from the Supreme Courts OF air
the STAKES and from the Supreme Court
OF the United States, from the President
on1 from the senate and House Of Rep
rcsehtatves. from the grateful hearts of
nearly eighty millions of people ferventiy
come acclamations to the fame OF this
noble American. Who taught to the people
the imperishablc truth so essential 80
our happiness and strength az home ana
our strength aud honor abroad: He best
serves ana loves his state, who country
serves and loves the best"