The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-02-07
MARSHALL DAY
b. c. Hodges Delivers a
Fine Address
LOCAL BkR PASSED
ItionG in Honor CT the Gre; (
Chief Justice.


h NarsEall, OF Virginia, was in
as Chef Justice Of the United
February Ith, ere hundred
aco, an4 NJ 10 o'clock last
az i. he S,nate chamber OF
anl.ui. the centennial annlvcr-
Of inat event was cCnmcmo-
with suitable ceremonies by the
has>,e Lar.
Ie Governor ard his cabinet, the !
es OF Tie suircme Court, the
hers Of tie Railroad Comnl>-
ard 4 rrn crcus audicuce Of
and gcntlcn en attended rs IL
crc>.S. Mr.. Roht. w. Viii
cai;> q tie a,>cm!,lfge TO order,
taliro he 2cjion # the loca! bar
rC Geen ed It proper TO hol"
e exercises and to pass TeS"lu-
in honor of the hame Of the
It CHEF Justice.
hicf Justice Taylor was asked TO
kide Over tie ccrt monies. and, a.
dirc the rostrum, called the
II l,:a"e 10 crdcr. 1t WIS moved
carried, that the other members
bur Supreme Court, Judges Mabry
Carter. lie requested 70 occupy
on the rostrum with Justice
IlOr.
ir. John Nicely. of the TalIahas-
bar. Was unanimously chosen a.
retary of tie meeting. The first
mder oi business WAS the report
the Committee CD Resolutions,
Hon. James +. Whitfield. re
ted the following resolutions
nmcmorat;ng the lie and works
John Marshall:
John Mar>hall was hOrE at Ger
ntown iii Fauqmer county, VIZ
lila, September 24th, 1755. His
her, Colorel Thomas Marshall.
! a gentleman OF ability ana cul-
& ard a DISTINGUISHED patriot ot
revolutionary war. His mother
Mary Keith, of one of the mOst
minent and highly esteemed fami-
of Virginia. lie was the eldes'
Fifteen children. Though not o
ecialIy stud;ou$ habits he, at an earl!
e, manifested unusual capacity 10
quiring useful information which IL
tier years enabled him to display t
dvantage his natural gifts OF per
Dnal wcrth. lie commenced tn
tudy of law at the age of eighteen
Tut there was an interruption IN hi
tudies while he served with distinc
ion in the revolutionary wal
When not actively engaged in mil
ary campaigns he pursued his stud
es and attended a course Of law le(
ures delivered by Mr.. Wythe at Wi
lam and Mary College at the tow
pf Williamsburg, Virginia. In l1o
be was admitted to the bar, but col
inued his service in the army until b
resigned in 1881. In 1882 he was
member of the Virginia House
Delegates from Fauquier, and in ii
same year was appointed one OF ii
Council of State. In 1888 he ma
ried Miss Mary Willis Amber, an
resigning his seat in the Executl1
Council, removed to Richmond, Vi
ginla.
He was a member of the Virgin
State Convention which on Jul
26th, 1888, ratified for that State Il
present Constitution of the Unite
States which had been prOmuIgat'
by the Convention organized und
authority of, Congress in Philadelph
On May 25th, 1877. His defense
the Constitution against its assailar
was mastery and gave evidence
his'powerful logic and convinclr
faculty of reasoning. From 1889
1892 he was a member of the Assel
bly Of Virginia from the city OF Rlc
mOnd. During the years from II
to 1895 he devoted himself exc
EVely to the practice of law, and "
recognized as one of the ablest m
OF his State. In 1895 he was aga
IN the House of Delegates and cha
pioned the famous jays Tres
which was violently assailed as
national policy. About this ii
President Washington offered 10
Marshall the appointment of Att
ney-General of the United Sta
which was declined on account
MS large private practice. In II
Marshall declined an appointment
Minister to France for the same r
son. President Adams in 1877, s
John Marshall with Pinkney
Gerry on a special diplomatic n
slon to France. While a candid
Tor Congress in 1899, he declined
appointment TO the Supreme Ct
OF tho TI.;1l C4oAo aD1 he