The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-03-01

CELEBRATING ELEVATION or JUS
TcE MARSHALL TO The BENCH.


For lts Greatness.
In celebration when the life Of a
great man IS held up for the admira
ton and emulation Of 4 nation. there
Is 100 often reverse side Of the pic
ture. which must be concealed. lest the
effect be morred. writes Gilberta Sin
clair Whlttle, 20 ihe Philadelphia Rec
ord The pohess character Of Chief
Justice Marshall. however. symmetrl-
cal In outline and colossal Ia proper
li0ns. resembles a heroic marble statue
rather than a painting. and surveyed
on every side challenges examination.
Dr. Johnson defines genius MS great
ability accidentally directed into par
ucular channel and Carlyle contends
thar ne qualities from which distine-
ton springs, lei the eTorescenee be
that of the poet. statesman. military
hero or what not. are the same. theo-
rles which the career Of Marshall-re-
nowned in turn as soldier jurist.
statesman diplomat aud judge-illus
trates.
The family. of British origin eollat-
orally descended from the great Earl
Of Pembroke. the wise governor Of the
young king Henry IIIs dates in
America about 1850 a singular clrcum-
stance being that the eldest son in
each generation has been alternately
John or Thomas
The father Of the Chief Justice was
q native Of Virginia. and removing 10
Fauauler. in the same colony. he set
tied In Germantown. now Midland, a
station on the Virginia Midland Ran
road. and there. on September "A,
1855. bis nlustri0us son. the eldest Of
nfteen children IAN Of whom the par
ents lived to see established in life and
married. was born Fauquier was
then thinly settled frontier county.
possessing almost 20 educational facil-
titles
Colonel Marshall. therefore person
ally directed his children's studies.
grounding -them IN mathematics and
other sciences. and his wife, Mary
Keith. the daughter Of an Episcopal
clergyman and the greatgranddaugh-
ter of William Keith. Earl Mareschal
i 81 Scotland. being "a woman OF cul-
fure. they were reared 10 an intellec-
tual atmosphere. becoming early fa-
miliar with the best English authors.
AZ twelve years old John had trans
scriped popes Essay on Man and
meinorlzed many OF its striking pas
sages. when he was fourteen he was
sent 20 Westmoreland County to
school. attending the Institution IA
which hls father and Washington
were educated and having as fellow
pupil James Monroe. the future Presi-
dent OF the United states.
Returning home al tie end OF a
wear. he continued his studies with a
tutor an Episcopal clergyman Of Scot
land. and a granddaughter. stu living.
states that. Ia order to prevent trivial
conversation 40 dinner. each child was
rsonlrcd 10 tell an that he could re-
member OF the mornings lesson IN MS
tory. AZ eighteen he took his first step
toward his chosen profession by read.
ing Riackstouc's Commentaries, then
Just published
Meanwhile the war clouds which
had been gathering burst upon The
country. Eager 10 equip himself iol
service. Marshall walked ten miles Ga
\ muster field. returning on foot when
ihe drlu was over and the captain
who had called the company together
failing 10 matcrialize. be was made
lieutenant and placed Ia charge Of tht
raw recruits. AT their head be TOOK
mart IN almost every important en-
; ragement ~ the troops under WASH
iugton's immediate command. h'
was also NJ Valley Forge. bis cheerful
J ness during that fightful winter o.
hardship ard privation beng oni.
coualled by hss courage In the Held
A this time. too. his judicial ability
sim in embryo was recognized. h'
was frequently called upon 70 sft'il
differences among the officers anV
4 men aud became. in saori ihe lndx
I, Advocate OF the army
{ IN 1899. being selected g assist j
4 raising recruits be- seized an oproi
0 tunity Of Attending the law 'laeS "
Chancellor wylhe professor OF VIII
s lam ana Mary College. aud the lee
iurcs ON natural philosophy Of Bisho
r Madison. The President Of the ins'i'u
: tion thus enabling him the foliowin
/, sunmcr ,o Obtain license 70 nractie
( law.
During ihe spring q l1l0 whlle va
,roops tarried briefly at Yorktown
Marshall lost his heart with Mar
willis Amhlcr. daughter Of colon'
Jacuueline Amber aftcrward Treas
nrer N ihe new Commonwealth. aud
descendant Of the mobile Hngueno
Iaeoueilucs of Franee
aiiss Amber was only fonriee
wears old anfaso >hy that when 'n
dashinr officer lupen whose hanne
was the figure o' cailed ratllesnak'
with the Legend Don't Tread q
Z Me- ana whose shirt front bore "a
] motto Liberty 81 Death. propose
. ii her her lips faitered -No.' whe
IS her heart said Yes Marshall we
very ardent. however. and one Of b,
,,esi,,. 4cndfnr him surrcnlitiOuSl