Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-05

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day. to the immortality Of fame Of Thomas |
Marshalls soul; powers administered so |
Of such transcendent consequence.
At the conclusion Of Justice Fuller's re-
marks Mr.. MacVeagh delivered his grafton |
1t was thoughtful. scholarly production |
and was several times interrupted by ap-
plause. lie said in part:
Dedicated 10 Law.
Today is dedicated to the law. I there |
rratulate YOU mat If is part Of our happy |
fortune that the occasion which brings us |
together offers In itself It's amplest and
completest justification. II would indeed |
have been a grave derelction OF duty OF |
the brotherhood of American lawyers, on |
the bench and at the bar, had they not |
assembled to honor with fitting obscrv |
auces the centennial anniversary of the |
entrance by John Marshall into the Office |
of chief justice of the supreme court of
the United States.
And the place where we are assembled is
OF all places the most fitting for these
ceremonies for it was here in the capital
OF the country he loved so devotcdly and
served go faithfully that he was @ attended ,i,y
ing which his labors enrolled his name
among the few immortal benefactors, OF
such an occasion should he honOred by the
presence of distinguished senators and rep
resentatives in congress of the states.
whose proper and abiding place in our gov
ernmental system was determined by him;
by the presence of members Of that Illus
trious tribunal the vast extent of whose
rightful jurisdiction was determined by
him; by The presence of the chief magis-
subjection to the law was determined by
him, and ty other citizens of the country,
which, under his forming hand instead OF
becoming dissoluble confederacy OF dis
cordant stat ties, became great and in
dissoluble nation, endowed with all the
| powers necessary to enable II not only to
protect itself against enemies at home and
| abroad, but also to accent and DISCHARGE
the splendid and ,ennoblng mission which
| had been confided to IL In the divine pur-
| pose for the education OF the world, and
| which he recognized when first of all men
securing TO the whole American continent
'government OF the people. by the people
and for the people"
| sketches NnrsbaIts Life.
Mr.. Macveagh then sketched the con-
diton of the colonies as they existed when
Marshall was born in 1855. the growth of
| the spirit Of liberty which imbued him
with the love of free institutions and which
led him to take up arms as youth of 20
when the revolution broke out. He traced
his career as a soldier through the revolu-
ton. his subsequent service In the legis-
lature OF Virginia. In its constitutional con-
venton. his special mission to the French
directory in the interests of peace. his
| service in congress and as secretary OF state
under Adams, ending this part OF his ad
dress by saying
! The brillancy. the wisdom and the en-
during value of his contributions to the
have naturally diverted attention from his
valuable and fruitful labors as a statesman
gotten, as they help to exhibit in it's true
proportions that consistency of opinion
which made him, from first to last such a
powerful factor on the side Of liberty and
union.
| Lesson of the Hour.
While our hearts are full OF gratitude for
uneNampled material blessings let us, on
this day of all days, when the memories of
the fathers cluster closely about us,
aSSknowIeedge ,SRi as they always acknowledge,d
was because of such conviction that they
chershed' chhershhed' ,, ana ,r,f we have heretofore
tional greatness; and our fidelity to that
ideal, however imperfect 1t has been, en-
blessing for having offered an example TO
the world for more than an entire genera
ton OF how a nation could maryelously IN;
material ,i,s i prosperity whilS living in peace
promise OF the future, as American
public. Differences Of opinion may well
the grave and serious duties unexpectedly
devolved upon us by war begun with the
noble op1ect OF helping n struggling people
to secure their independence; but let MS
methods we will. believe that the, true glory
new country. as in the old is what a great
prelate of the Catholic church has recently
and His gospel; to cultivate not the Mosiem
virtues of war, of slaughter, of rapine
and of conquest but the christian virtues OF
self-denial and kindness and brotherly love
and that 1t Is our mission, not TO harm, but
| q whatever
lowly; and then we may some day hear the
benediction: ,lnasmuch as ,ye did It TO
one of the least of these My brother ye did
1t unto Me-"
When we come at last to believe that the
true mission of nations as of men Is to
promote Righteousness on earth; that con-
ferring liberty is wiser than making gain;
that new friends are better for us than new
markets., that love, is more elevating than
hatred; that peace is nobler than war; that
the hTmSsst fG is aSEed that
spected, and It is only by recognizing these
truths. which can never fail to be true.
that our own beloved country can worthily
discharge the sacred mission confined to II
and maintain its true dignity and
, ing pathway which leads to the sunlit sum-
mits of the OLIVE mountains and taking
beneath its starry flag, OF every color and
condition. Is as secure Of liberty, of Justice
In cherishing these aspirations and in
striving to realize then,
the spirit of the great chief justice, and we
can in no other way so effectually honor his
memory as BY laboring In season and out of
season to, make this, whole continent of
America zone vast and splendid monument,
not of oppression and err .. + isd m
OF peace and of liberty, on which men may
| gaze with admiration forever
The exercises closed with benediction by
Rev. Couden the chaplain of the house In
one of the galleries was f. Lewis Marshall
of Orange Court House. Va, the oldest
descendant OF Chief Justice Marshall.