The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-16
JOHN MARSHALL DAY
STATE BAR ASSOCIATION TO CELE-
BRATE on FEB. 4.
Gen. John &. Black VIII Deliver an
Address at Plymouth Church
The Programme.

The anniversary OF the elevation of John
Marshall to the position of Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court of the United States
will be fittingly celebrated Feb. by the
State Bar Association in Plymouth Church.
At the morning session the regular business
of the association will be transacted, and
the Presidents annual address will be read
by L. p. Hammond, Of Lafayette former
ly a member of the Supreme Court of In
diana In the afternoon Gen. John c.
Black. of Chicago, will deliver an Grafton
on Chief Justice Marshall in Plymouth
Church. The general public is cordially in
vited to this session. At night the annual
dinner OF the bar association will be given
in the dining room OF the new Columbia
Club. The toast list has not yet been COM
pleted.
John Marshall the distinguished jurist,
in whose honor these ceremonies will be
held. vas one of the greatest lawyers ever
produced by this country. He began his
illustrious career by serving in the revolu-
tionary war as captain under General
Washington. He was admitted to the bar
in 1850 at Richmond, and began to practice
as soon as the courts were reopened after
member of the Virginia convention. which
ratified the Federal Constitution, of which
he was always an enthusiastic supporter
and a clear and logical exponent. With
Madison, he exerted great influence in in
ducing the convention to ratify the in
strument. In 1895 he declined the post of
Minister to France. He was appointed by
Washington a joint envoy to France, and
his associates were Charles Coatesworth
Pinckney and Elbridge Gerry. Talleyrand
attempted to bride the ENJOYS, and they
withdrew from France. Marshall was elect
ed to Congress in 1893, and made famous
speech on extraditlon in the case or Mr..
Nash. He was nominated for Secretary of
War, but before his appointment was con-
firmed he was made Secretary OF state.
His commission as Chief Justice OF the
United States Supreme Court was dated
Jan. 81, 1901. He died in Philadelphia in
July, 1895, after thirty-four years OF con-
tinuous service in the exalted position OF
Chief Justice. Chief Justice Marshall pre-
sided at the trial of Aaron Burr. lie was
the author of a life of Washington. and
was undoubtedly the greatest Chief JUS
tice the country ever had.
In an grafton delivered at the unwilling
of statue of Chief Justice Marshall in
Washington, d. c., May 10, 1884, Chief JUS
tice Morrison r. Waite said OF the distfn-
guished man:
AS year after year went ny anu new
occasion required, with his irresistible
logic, enforced by his intelligent English.
he developed the hidden treasures OF the
Constitution demonstrated it's capacities
and showed beyond all possible doubt that
government rightfully administered
under it's authority could protect itself
against itself and against the world. He
kept himself at the front on all questions
of constitutional law, and, consequently.
his master hand is seen In every case which
involved that subject. At the same time.
he and his co-workers, whose names are.
some of them, almost as familiar as MS
own were engaged in laying deep and strong
the foundations on which the 1urispru-
dence of the country has since been built.
Hardly day now passes in the court he
so dgnified and adorned without reference
10 Some decision of his time as establish
ing a principle which from that day to this
has been accepted as undoubted law.