The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-05

eighty by the native wood notes wild of
Patrick Henry. On the other hand, john
Marshall lost no opportunity 10 MAKE
effective his cordial advocacy Of the con-
stitution He was assured that II he
would become a candidate aud would OBJ
dge himself to vote against ,ne Goa
stitution all opposition would be with
drawn otherwise he was warned that his
election would be contested. He declar
ed L will vote for the constitution if |
get a chance
THE convention. composed OF illustrious
representatives of the first families of
Virginia. met at Richmond on the End of
June. l7sS The people of the Southern
states, perhaps more than any others
rejoice in the opportunity TO hear the
Joint discussions of their famous men.
and the Virginia of that day afforded no
exception to the rule. The graphic pea
of William Writ, in his life OF Patric3
Henry, gives us a lively account of the
momentous gathering. Gentlemen writee
he, from every quarter of the state, were
seen thronging 10 the metropolis ana
speeding their eager way to the building
in which the convention held its meeting
Day after day, from morning until night,
the galleries Of the house were continually
filled with an anxious crowd, who forgot
the inconvenience of theiS situation in
the excess of their enjoyment
Marshall was ever prone more to listen
than to speak, but when he came forward,
with quiet intrepidity, as wise, as fearless
as IvanhOe in the lists of Ashby smOte
with the point of his lance, and rang
again, the shield of Brian dubois Gull
bert, so he launched his attack upon the
corypheus of the opposition, the rclown-
ed Patrick Henry.
The story of this famous debate is ia
m@iar history Patrick heuy SIT
every note of discord as only he could
dc, We shall have king he cried, the
army will salute him as a monarch He
seized upon the terrors of transient
thunderstorm and invoked the dreadful
flash Of lightning ana the crashing Of
| the thunder as marks of the displeasure
| of heaven under the proposed constttil-
ton. Marshall then but thirty-three
years of age, seems to have impressed
himself upon Henry as a veritabIe Nestor.
l have, said Henry. the highest respect
and Veneration for the honorable gentle.
man. :, ! have experienced his candor upon
/ all occasions Finally the resistless logic
OF Marshall, the temperate lucid impas-
slVe and adroit persuasions of Madison,
and the quiet but irresistible power upon
the hearts of his countrymen. welded
| by the Silent Waterman at Mt Vernon.
prevailed upon the sons of the Old Domln
ion, and on June %, by a majority. of ten.
she cast her lot with her sister states
! and voted for the constitution.
Washington. First president.
and now the constitution was adopted.
Washington the first President. riding
from Mt. Vernon to New York travers-
ing the scene of many stricken fields.
hailed by the acclamations of his country
men and by white-robed choirs of his
lovely countrywomen, singing odes of
welcome as they strewed flowers before
him, now seeming more the venerable and
| venerated sage than the fearless. reso-
Lutte warrior with stately ceremonial. was
inaugurated the first President of the
United States, the government like some
mighty machine began its rhythmical
movement and the nation was made
''Oh my countrymen, when we con
template our increasing millions. when we
perceive how they rejoice in the blessings
of liberty and law, when we view our
soodly heritage, stretching from where
! the waves of summer seas spray the
fronds and fruits of Porto Rico to where
the frozen tides chafe Alaskan shores.
from the pine-clad hills of Maine to where
the spicy breezes blow over the distant
islands of the South Pacific; when we
know that with all the past gIories our
mission for humanity is scarcely begun.
we dwell upon the memory of those great
men of our race who made this possible,
who made it sure.
ut was but natural that John Mar
shall, who took such great part in the
formation of our government, should soon
be called to assist in its administration.
in the Virginia Assembly, as Envoy to
France, as a Member Of Congress. as Sec
rotary of State he now successfully served
Of Ia
1t was but natural that Marshall should
have cherished the highest confidence in
the wisdom and patriotism of the Presi-
dent. and he accorded an unwaVering
support to those measures OF internal con-
Germ, aud foreign policy, advised by that
pure and exalted patriot, about which it
now seems impossible that there could
have been a difference OF opinion among
enlightened men.
Uebuke 10 TaIIeyrand.
Appointed. with Charles Cotesworth
Pinckney and Blbrdge Gerry, on spe-
dial mission to France TO demand redress
and reparation for the injuries committed
upon our mafitime interests, il fell TO
their lot 10 detect and expose the pertidy
OF Talleyrand. whose very name in di-
plomacy is the synonym Of an that Is
brilliant aud all that Is evil. Talleyrand.
notw ithstandiHg his skill betrayed his
ignorance Of the American character and
II was clearly proven by the famous y.
Y. H. letters, published in this country by
Marshall and Pinckney, that Talleyrand
had repeatedly offered all that America
required. provided the ENJOYS would pay
$4,000 Tor his private use and "a the same
time make a loan to tine Directory. We
all know the scorn aud Indignation with
which the proposition was repeiled.
THE services rendered by Marshall In
this mission 10 France were far-reaching
in their consequence upon the future OF
our country. They opened the eyes of the
quick-sightod French statesmen 20 the
probity and force OF the American char
astcr IL made them 10 understand the
confidence OF our people ia our vast but
wet unite ted powers While displeasing
to Jefferson, they doubtless contributed
10 The SUCCESS Of that measure Of his ad-
ministratiOn which adds most largely TO
his fame for a few years later Jefferson
was President and Napoleon was dis
patching powerful military force under
his brothor-in-law, 10 iutronch French
authority TO the Louisiana territory.
America determined io resist th. hrt
sonsu promptly alil t0 ouf cOun ry not
ONLY thc clt. of Sew Dr. 1ua ut tno
mighty Louis. lua NufDHu." west "i iho
Mississippi. now complains many of t4o
imperial ftates Of tno American Union.
The eject Of lhls mission upon Che Tor