Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-05

| Iype VI lie Liee auu sovereign AmeTl-
can citizen. And there are none
among us, however, many be our years
Or however high or however low be our
station who will not by the contemp-
lation of such a character be raised to
higher plains of intellectual and moral
life.
John Marshall was born at German
town, Virginia on Sept. "a 1855. He
died at the City of Philadelphia,
whittier he had gone for medical treat
ment, on July 6, 1885, having nearly
completed eighty years of life. His
boyhood days were spent for the most
part on farm on the east side of the
Blue Ridge Mountains, locality more
celebrated for the salubrity of the eli
mate than for the fertility Of the soil.
1t was an excellent place for the de-
velopment of the physical man. Of
schools there were none. The entire
classical education of John Marshall
consisted of two years study of latin
undsr private tutors.
But by reading and study he ac-
qutred a vast fund of information,
polite, and ornamental as we'll as USE
full, so that he was fit for any So
ciety and for any station. For much
OF this he was indebted to his worthy
father, Thomas Marshall, who was
one of those robust and sturdy pa
triots for which the old colony of Vir-
ginia was noted. He was a land
surveyor, a man with some mathe-
matical education, and some knowl-
edge of astronomy, and such love for
literature that his private library en-
braced nearly all the standard vol
umes OF the day. 1t was from these
sources that the keen and active
mind of the son drew it's information.
The father, Thomas Marshall was a
boyhood playmate and lifelong friend
of George Washington. Their rela-
tions were always close. The Elder
Marshall served under Washington
with the rank of colonel during the
entire revolutionary war. l mention
this to show that John Marshall grew
to manhood in familiar acquaintance
with, and absolute reliance upon and
faith in George Washington The fac,
had it's influence in Marshall's afte,
life. The first public view that his.
tory gives us of John Marshall oc.
curred when he was 19 years of age.
!, 1t was just after the battle of Bun
ker's Hi. News of that historical
event had spread rapidly over the lanc
and had reached the mountain dis
tricts of Virginia. The whole lant
was a field of intense excitement Il
was generally accepted as a fact thai
the momentous hour long seen ap
preaching by the master minds in tn,
colonies, long dreaded, yet long hopet
for was at hand and that the colonies
were about to measure strength with
. the Mother country. Not less in Vir
ginfa than elsewhere had preparations
been made for the struggle Youns
, Marshall had devoted much of his
time to militia tactics for two years
past. He was lieutenant in militia
company. The members of the com.
pany were much scattered and not a
newspaper taken in the whole district
Word was sent around that the com
pany should assemble at designated
rendezvous upon a certain day. The
spot selected was ten miles from
young Marshall's home. He attended
on foot carrying his mllsket with him
Being the ranking officer present he
assembled the company around him in
a circle and explained to them the
situation SO far as it was known to
him. He told them there had been
fighting and gave the result He said
that he believed that much more
fighting must follow, and that calls
would be made for soldiers and that he
for one proposed to be ready. He
then instructed them at length in the
manual of arms, himself giving them
the examples. Afterwards some hours
were spent in good natured athletic
contests, in fast running, jumping
quo1ts, etc., and he reached his
fathers home at sun down. There
was days work that would test to
the limit the endurance of our best
,, collegegiate athletes of today, and il
shows that John Marshall had the
physical endurance that is required in
, long sustained and intense mental
effort. Would you know how JohI
Marshall appeared at that time? He
is thus described by an eye witness
, Nearly six feet in height but rather
, slight, with well knit frame that in.
dicated activity, his head not large
but finely formed, a complexion
swarthy, eyes dark to blackness, hail
!, abundant, and raven black Ado
to this attractive type of the physica
man, an equally attractive menta
constitution, patience that was wei
, nigh inexhaustible, a temper that moth
ing could ruffle and self-poise tha
, never failed him and you have Joh1
Marshall in his younger days.
| At the first call for troops he re
2 sponded and was duly accepted ant
commissioned as a lieutenant. Fo!
t six years his sword was unsheathed
| In many a skirmish and in the bloody
| battles OF Iron Hill, of Brandywine
) of Germantown and OF Monmouth, b,
, demonstrated that he possessed al
, those traits, then and now charac
= teristic OF the American soldier. COO
3 head, a steady hand and a fearles,
! heart. ~ Not fearless In the vulga,
!, sense that he did not appreciate dan
D. ger, but fearless in that noble ant
Z patriotic sense that he was ready tx
/ dare any danger in the perfeTmanc,
) Of duty And the camp at 1Valles
!, Forge with its cold. its hunger, it
/ desolation and despair he shared. Hi