Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-02-07
HONOR TO MARSHALL.
Observance in Memory of The Great
Chief Justice.
Chief Justice Fuller Acts as Prssic-
ing Off Ger and Hon. Wayne nc
Veagh Delivers tin. Grafton

Washington, D c.. Speciai.-John
Marshall. Of Virginia, was installed as
Chief Justice Of the United States 10l
years ago. and at 10 O'Clock Monday
morning the centennial anniversary OF
that event was sEmemorated with
impressive ceremonies in the hall OF
the House OF Representatives at the
capitol The President and his cabi-
net, the members OF the Supreme
Court. the members OF the Senate. the
diplcnatic corps and members CT the
District Bar Association attended as
invited guests. Representative Dali
zell, Of Pennsylvania, called the as
senblaga to order He stated briefly
the action OF Congress in prOVid-ng fOr
| the ceremonies and the selection OF
| Chief Justice Fuller as presiding Off
| Ger. The Chief Justice. in his judicial
! robes. was escorted TO the chair by
Representative Gr0sEenOr. OF Chic,
and Richardson. OF Tennessee. Rev.
DR.. William StrCther Jones, Of 1ran-
| ton, n. J., a gre2t-gTandsOn Of John
| Marshall, invoked the divine blessing.
Chief Justice Fuller's address was de.
voted almost entirely to the consideTa-
J ton of his predecessors career as an
expounder of the Federal constitution.
| He referred briefly to the earlier days
Of the nations history and then pre-
sented the great task which lay before
! Marshall when he assumed the duties
Of the chief magistrate Of the land. lie
quoted Chief Justice MarshalIs fam
Gus utterances to the effect that the
| constitution must be interpreted by us
intention.
Hon. Wayne MacVeagh delivered the
Grafton. He said: "To-day is ded!-
Gated to the law | therefore speak to
YOU as a. lawyer 1t was here, in the
capitol of the country he loved so de-
yotfq1lv and served so faithfully, that
John Marshall was attended by those
patient and achieving years during
which his labors enrolled his name
among the few immortal benefactorS
of mankind.
ut is also eminently fitting that
such an occasion should be honored
by the presence Of distinguished Sen
ators and Representatives in Congress
of the States whose proper ana aold-
Ing place is our governmental system
was determined by him; by the pres
enoe of members Of that ilustrlOus
tribunal the vast extent OF whose
rightful jurisdiction was determined
by him; by the presence Of the chic
MAGISTRATE and members Of the caDl-
net, whose subsection to the law was
determined by him, and by other cltl
zens of the country under whose form
ing hands, instead Of becoming ads
soluble Confederacy of discordan
States, became a great and lndlssolu
BILE nation. endowed with all the pow
ers necessary to enable it not only tt
protect itself against enemies at hons
or abroad, but also to accept and dis
charge the splendid and ennoblin5
mission which had been confded tt
him in the divine purpose for the ed
ucation of the world and which N
recognized when first of all men h
smoke Of the empire of America-tha
Of securing to the whole America
continent government OF the people
by the people and for the people.
Mr.. MacVeagh reviewed MARSHALL.
95 years service as Chief Justice, th'
great epoch-making decisions IN Wnlcl
he participated, and his tremendou
influence in the settlement OF the grea
constitutional controversies which
J made for the future glory and strengtl
Of the Union.
The exercises closed with benedlc
ton by Rev. Couden, the chaplain
the House. In one of the galleries wa
F.. Lewis Marshall, of Orange {. H
Va. the Oldest descendant Of Chief Jus