The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-02-13


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Justice because he was not onIv No.
| litical but a personal onon,,' IT, r.
came from his own state and ne.,hbor-
hood, and had formerl, bccn ono or
his disciples. There was NO , " y;
public life at that time moro oh,n,; ;' 90
to him-nut even Hamilton hin,s,ir
| For these rcas ms il was - ,l,,,at;,,
situation when John Norshnm n
peared for the first timo in ,ho li
! OF the Chief Justice b,v;r, l,
sworn in but few moments hornrn
| FOR his first official act to ,d nini.,or,L
| oath Of Office as President nf tIn IT,,;,,
| States TO his bi;;2Tyst rnrmv i,m
son and Marshall were bnih nan f
too much dignity to ALLOW ,hnir ,
sonal animosites to interfere wi,I
solemn ceremonial of his k;rL 't
they treated each other with nroiuunI
respect.
During the eight wears following, INA
President and the Chief Ju.,irn ,.n,,
continually at war. Mr.. .lcIt,.rson y...
opposed to permanent indir,o,.v l,n
wanted tn amend the constitution hv
changing the lie tenure or iuh,,n. -,
terms of four and six wears and .uI,
jcct them to removal bv Inc prr.iLnn,
like all other officials of ,hr unvn,n
mcnt, oil the theory tho Hrn ,ni,.,.
were contrary to the spirit of rcnmIH;.
can institutions. lie iDdulurJ ~ frn.
qucnt criticisms Of the court and mr.
ticuarly Judge Marshall's intrrrrrt,
tons OF the constitution, which were
not at all in accordance with his yirvs
| He accused Marshall of trvjno ,o over
awe Congress and Of DESIRING .slo he
come an iuuuiSitOr on the Freedom ,r
| speech, OF writin" and OF principlr =
lie was compelled to coin The word
= twistiiications y to define Alarsholl's
construction Of the constitution. and
referred to the cunning sophistrcs
with which ne is able to cnshroud HIM
SELF "Thc Supreme Court of the
| United States, he said, " can be com
pared TO subtle corps Of sappers and
miners, constantly working under
ground 10 undermine the foundation
OF our government and the indcpcn-
dent rights Of the State and TO conccn-
| trate all power in the hands of that
government in which they have so inn
portant freehold stake"
Naturally Judge Marshall did not
relish these criticisms from the prcsi-
dent, but from his lofty position upon
the bench he could afford to forget per
sonal animosites and did rot permit
his Interpretation of the constitution
to be influenced by such considcra-
| tions, but he never lost a chance tO
make Mr.. Jefferson unhappy, and the
trial OF Aaron Burr afforded an oppor.
tunity to torment him.
The apparent indifference OF prcsi,
dent Jefferson TO the Burr conspiracy
when all the rest of the country was
excited and alarmed has never been
explained and probably never will be
He made light Of il in his message to
| Congress and in his private COrrcSpon-
| dcnce. lie compared Burr to Don
QuiXote, but when the crisis came the
President discovered, to his chagrin
and alarm, that his bittercst enemies
were TO be the chief actors in the great
historic drama enacted in The courts at
| Richmond. The rcntless Randolph Of
Roanoke was the foreman of the grand
| jury, and nobody hated Jefferson more
than he; John Marshall, who was even
more formidable as an enemy, although
net so vicious and vlndctive, was the
presiding Judge, and Jefferson believed
that they conspircd to force him into
the attitude of an attorney for the de-
tense.
There Is no evidence that Jefferson
had any sympathy with or knowledge
OF Burr's plans, but he mconsciousIy
promoted them by the assignment Of
Gen. Wilkinson, 3urr's most intimate
Trend, to the 9ovcrnorshiD of the new
louisiana territory and by the ap.
pointmcnt OF Buw's brothcr.im-law as
secretary to the new government and
his stcpson to he Judge Of the primci-
pal court at New Orleans. These re-
lati0ns OF the Vice President were ap
pointed to office in defiance OF .Jcllcr-
sons long and loud sermons against