The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-08
JOHN MARSHALL DAY
The Celebration I'm WashingtOn-Hon.
John w. Afken's Protest Against the
Celebration In

Washington, February 4.-John Mar
shall, of Virginia, was installed as chief
justice of the United States 100 years
ago today and at 10 o'clock this morn
ing the centennial anniversary of that
event was commemorated with impress
sive ceremonies in the hall of repre-
sentatives at the capitol.
The president and his cabinet, the
members of the supreme court, the
members of the senate and house, the
diplomatic corps and members of the
District Bar Association attended as
invited guests Representative Dalzell,
of Pennsylvania, called the assemblage
to order. He stated briefly the action
of congress in providing for the cere-
monies the selection Of Chief JUS
tice Fuller as presiding officer. The
chief justice, in his judicial robes, was
escorted to the chair by Representa-
tives GroSvenor. of Ohio, and Richard
son, of Tennessee. Rev. DIR. William
Strother Jones, of Trenton, n. j., a
great-grand-son of John Marshall, in
voked the divine blessing. Chief Jus
tice Fuller's address was devoted al
most entirely to the consideration of his
predecessors career as an ~expounder of
the federal constitution.
Hon. Wayne McVeagh delivered the
grafton.
The exercises closed with a benedic-
ton by Rev. Mr.. Couden, h chaplain
of the house. In one of the galleries
was F. Lewis Marshall, of Orange
Court House. Virginia, the Oldest de-
Scendant of Chief Justice Marshall.
Atlanta, Ga, February 4.-The men,
Dry of the late Chief Justice John Mar
shall was honored today in appropriate
exercises in the hall of the house of
representatives. Addresses were de-
1ivered by President Warmerholt, of
the Georgia Bar Association, Hon.. Bur-
ton Smith, Presiding Justice Lumpkin.
of the supreme court, and others.
A note of protest against the cele-
bration was sounded by Hon. John w.
Aiken. former president of the Bar AS
ISOLATION, who CAV out an open letter,
in which he says:
when the Georgia supreme court
marches into the hall of representatives
to lend its presence to the glorification
of this eminent nationalist, let Chief
Justice Simmons. an old Hickory
democrat, who slept on tented field and
field untented under the Stars and
Bars, remember that. according to John
Marshall. his neck should have graced
the halter; let Mr.. Justice Lumpkir
remember that. according to FOL Mar
shall, his distinguished kinsman, the
first Georgia chief justice. and his ably
associates, were all mistaken in theil
mastery deliverance in the noted cas-
of Paddleford. Fay & Co.; let Mr.. Jus
tice Little remember that, accordins
to John Marshall. his life time concep.
tion of the constitution is an airy
dream; let Mr.. Justice Fish remembel
that, according to John Marshall, tht
theory held by himself and his kinsmar
as to where allegiance first lay in 1856
is all erroneous; let Mr.. Justice Levi.
remember that according to John Mar
shall the brilliant family of which h,
is one have been all along mistaken
in their political thought; let Mr.. Jus.
tice Cobb remember that, according tt
John Marshall, his inustrious father
whe represented the south so molly II
federal councils. and his distinguished
uncle, who sacrificed his life at blood'
fredericksburg. were technical rebels
I'm speaking for the American Ba
Association. let Burton Smith remembe
that, according to John Marshall. hi
first born's grandsire, the noble Cor
don. committed treason every time hi
stainless sword leaped from its un
furnished scabbard.
IF M~arshaEism is right. then LIE
should have been hanged, Jefferso
Davis legally deserved the scaffold an
every confederate soldier, from Ma
nassas to Appomattox was in law
rebel deserving DEATH