Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-02-08

during that trying period. his
reputation, character and iud0
ment were of exceptional value
to the nation. But while his leo
islative, diplomatic, and execu
tive services were sufficient e
give him high place among the
statesmen of his time, the climax
of his career was not yet reach,
ed. The judicial system of the
new government under the
American Constitution was &c
have unparalleled Importance,
but it was to be his duty and his
glory to guide in its develop.
ment.
As Chief Justice of the United
States John MarshalPs career
gave him a fame that will doubt
less remain forever unequaled
A new dignity and power beyond
that ever conferred upon court
had been given to the Supreme
Court of the United States bv the
Constitution. The court was
made real, vital, and in some
sense supreme, branch of the
government. 1t was the work OF
that court, and in an especial
sense the work of John Marshall.
to lay the foundations and rear
the framework of new kind of
Jurisprudence, in which the mat
ters of litigation are enlarged to
include the most profound ques
tons OF craftsmanship, and the
very structure and power of the
governments itself. In all branch
eS of law he was a great Judge.
but in constitutional law his IRE.
eminence is unquestioned and en-
during. At the time of his an.
polntment the court had been in
existence but eleven years, and
less than 100 cases had been de-
clded. During the long period
OF his services on the bench near
ly all the fundamental questions
OF our constitutional law were de-
cided. On nearly all these cues
tlons and In nearly all the famous
cases, such as Marbury V. Mad,
son, Mccullough V. Maryland
Dartmouth College v. Woodward.
and Gibbons V. Ogden, he wrote
and doubtless in the main deter.
mined, the opinion of the court.
He dominated the court, not will
fully but by the sheer mastery of
his extraordinary mind. His
fairness and judicial temper kept
him as Judge from becoming in
any case a partisan or an advo-
cate. The clearness of his anal
yslS and reasoning made com
pick matter seem simple, and
that supreme quality of mind
that enables one To see things in
their just relations, true cnarac-
ter, and comparative impor-
lance enabled hun 10 exercise a
discriminating and sound Judge
ment, in which his asSocIal es
learned to trust. He would have
been honored as Stateman If he
had not gone upon the bench,
but his nObleSt title will ALWAYS
be that of the great Chief Justice.
The manhood of John Marshall
was of the highest type. Sim pie
III habits, free from false pride.
and strong In homely virtues he
was one Of those genuine men
who honor the human race.
Anecdotes illustrating his char
acter are part OF the common
stock of our literature. Thew
have been read in the schools bv
multitudes of boys and girls, who
thus gained their first knowledge
OF Chief Justice Marshall.
The appointment of February
i, 1901, DIS "John Marshall's Dav"
proves that "a nation may honor
a great judge no less than q man
on horseback wearing CAPABILITIES
The power which this Republic
has attained among the nations of
the earth has been due to MANY
things; but IN no small measure
IS 1T due to the welding force of
,he constitutional doctrines of
ohm Marshall, and most of all
s it due to the intellectual and
moral qualities of it's people,
Which reach the highest develop,
nent in their chief Justice.
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