Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-02-05

nIarsnaI INTO the once or chief justice
: of the supreme court of the United
States. 1t is eminently fitting that such
an occasion should be honored by the
presence of distinguished senators and
representatives in congress of the states,
whose proper and abiding place i'll our
| governmental system was determined
| by him; by the presence of members OF
that illustrious tribunal the vast extent
of whose rightful jurisdiction was de-
ternined by him; by the presence of the
chief magistrate and members of the
cabinet, whose subsection to the law
was determined by him, and by other
citizens of the country, which, under his
forming hand, instead of becoming q
dissoluble confederacy of discordant
states, became great and indissoluble
nation, endowed with all the powers
necessary to enable it not only TO pro-
tect itself against enemies at home or
abroad, but also to accept and discharge
the splendid and ennobling mission
which has been confided to it in the
divine purpose for the education of the
world, and which he recognized when
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of America-that of securing to the
whole American continent government
of the people, by the people and for the
people.
IllustriOus Career Reviewed.
Mr.. MacVeagh then sketched the con-
dltion of the colonies as they existed
when Marshall was born, in 1775, the
growth of the spirit of liberty which
imbued him with the love of free insti-
tutions, and which led him to take up
arms as youth of 20, when the revolu-
ton broke out. He traced his career as
a soldier through the revolution, his
subsequent service i'll the legislature of
Virginia, in its constitutional conven-
ton, his special mission to the French
directory in the interest of peace, his
service In congress-, and as secretary of
state under Adams. He then reviewed
MarShall's 35 years of service as chief
justice, the great epoch-making deci-
sions in v<hich he participated, his tre-
mendOus influence in the settlement of
the great constitutional controversies
which made for the future glory and
strength of the Union, and concluded
as follows:
although many good and thou ght-
at what seems TO them an evil promise
of the future, as American lawyers we
must never for moment, in dark days
or in bright, despair of the republic
Differences Of opinion may we'll exist as
to the best methods of discharging the
grave and serious duties unexpectedly
devolved upon us by war begun with
the noble object of helping a struggling
people to SECURE their independence, but
let us trust that, however we may differ
as to the methods, we all believe that
the true glory of America and her true
mission, i'll the new century as in the
old, is what great prelate of the Cath
olic church has recently declared it to
be: TO stand fast by Christ and His
gospel; to cultivate, not the Moslem vir-
tues of war, of slaughter, of rapine and
of conquest, but the Christian virtues
of self denial and kindness and broth
erly love; and that it is our mission, not
to harm, but to help to a better life
every fellow creature of whatever color
and however weak or lowly. and then
we may some day hear the benediction:
Inasmuch as ye did it to one of the least
of these, my brethren, ye did it unto
me-.
The Nations True Mission.
"When we come at last to believe
that the true mission of nations, as of
men, Is to promote righteousness on
earth-that comforting liberty is wiser
than making gain; that new friends. are
better for us than new markets; that
love is more elevated than hatred; that
peace Is nobler than war; that the hum
blest human life Is sacred; that the
humblest human right should be re-
spected--then our own beloved country
can worthily discharge the sacred mis-
sion confided to her, and by her true
dignity and grandeur, setting her feet
upon the shining pathway which leads
to the sunlit SUBMITS of the olive noun
tains, and taking abundant care that
every human creature beneath her starry
flag, of every color and condition, is as
secure of liberty, of justice and of peace
as in the republic of God In cherishing
these aspirations and in striving to real
izs them, we are wholly in the spirit of
the great chief Justice, and we can in
no other way 80 effectually honor his
memory as by laboring, in season and
out of season, to make this whole conti-
nsnt of America 'one vast and splendid
monument, not of oppression and terror,
but Of wisdom, of peace and of liberty,
on which men may gaze with admira-
ton forever"
Mr.. McVeagh spoke for an hour and
three quarters. His peroration pro-
voked an outburst of applause, which
was led by the president, his cabinet
and the members of the supreme court
The exercises closed with the benedic-
tion by Rev. Couden. the chaplain of
the house. In one of the galleries was
=. Lewis Marshall of Orange Court
house, Va, the Oldest descendant of
Chief Justice Marshall