The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-05
Mr.. JUSTICE GRAY'S GRAFTON.
a Splendid Tribute to the Life and
WOrE OF Marshall

An ovation greeted Justice Gray as he
arose ana came forward. He is q man
OF most striking appearance. Lincoln Is
SAID to have relnarneu OF q distinguished
American. He could eat salt the top
of my head Justice Gray is taller than
Judge Keith, who must De as tall as was
Lincoln. he is a man of most command
ing presence, his massive head and pro-
jecting brow indicating intellect OF an
order worthy OF the nan who sits as q
member of the greatest court in the
world.
Justice Gray is not an orator. His voice
is not strong, though remarkably clear
His pronunciation is more like that of L
Nirsinian than OF son of Massachus-
etts. He read closely from manuscript
He never used a gesture. Yet there wa,
his audience was lost. There was fire.
qUent applause.
JUSTICE GRAY'S ADDRESS.
The address was essentially a lawyers
study Of the chara cter OF the ilustrious
jurist. and the estimate which a pro-
found lawyer puts upon the achieve
ments of the great Chief Justice. His
tribute TO Marshall, couched in the
simplest language, was superb, and
elected tremendous applause from the
audience OF Virginian men and women
who heard it.
Justice Gray addressed himself to Cen
tlenen OF tie Bar Of the Commonwealth
of Virginia and of the City of Richmond.
The early portion OF his speech was his
turica: almost entirely. He began:
.'One hLllGred years ago tt day. tao Su-
preme Court of the United States. after
sitting for a few years in Philadelphia.
met for the first time in Washington, the
permanent capital % the ration; and
John Marshall, a citizen of Virginia. hav-
ing his home in Richmond, and a member
of this bar took his seat as Chief Justice
of the United States.
In inviting a citizen of arcthe" ancient
Commonwealth to take part in your COM
memoration of that epoch in our national
history, by addressing YOU on the Life.
Character and Influence Of Chief Justice
Marshall You have been pleased to mem
tion that it was President John Adams. OF
Massachusetts,. who gave Inief Justice
Marshall TO the nation. and that ] am a
citizen OF Massachusetts and a member of
the court over which Chief Justice Mar
SHAH presided: and to refer ito the most
cordial relations formerly existing be-
tween your State and my own, now hap
PLY restored and, as we all TRUST, being
re-established in a closer degree.
Heartily reciproCatlng your kindly SEN
timents and deeply touched in my irmnost
feelings and convictions, Your invitation
has had the force of a summons that could
not be gainsaid
Permit me- i'll this corlnDstction, to re-
call one or TWO allusons by Marshall him
self TO the sympathy which existed be-:
tween Virginia and Massachusetts, in the
trying times OF the Revolutionary War
and of the Continental Congress.
VIRGINIA AND MASSACHUSETTS.
'In the earliest known speech of his Gas
described by a kinsman who heard it,.
made in May, 1ilo, when he was under
twenty years old, upon assuming COM
mand as lieutenant of company of the
Virginia militia, he told his men that he
had come to meet them as fellow-soldiers,
who We're likely to be called on to defend
their country, and their own rights and
liberties invaded by the British; that there
had been battle at lexington in Mas
sachusetts, between the British and
Americans, in which the Americans We're
victorious. but that more fighting was
expected; that soldiers We're called for,
and that it was time to brighten their fire
arms and learn TO use them in the field
Many Years afterwards. in a letter to
friend. Quoted by Mr.. Justice Story, to
whom it was perhaps addressed), he
wrote: When recollect the wild and en-
thusiastic notions with which my political
opinions of that day We're tinctured, I
am disposed to ascribe my devotion to
the Union and to Government compe-
tent to its preservation. at least as much
to casual circumstances is to Judgment.
l had grown up at a time when the love
of the Union and the resistance to the
claims of Great Britain We're the insepa-
rable inmates of the same bosom; when
patriotism and strong fellow-feelins
with our suffereinG fellow citizens OF Bos-
ton were Identical: when the maxim,
United we stand; divided we fall was
the maxim Of every orthodox American.
And l had imbibed these sentiments so
that they constituted a part
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