Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-02-08
john MARSHALL DAY.
sHNrEnNzAL OF THE CHIEF Jus.
EHcE's INSTALLATION
Is ehsef srstiee OF the United ssates-
The Event commcmorated wien
impressive ceremonies-Chter Jas
Tee Fastcr Delivers an Addr.s. ON
she Career OF the eres, suriss-Tho
Hon Wayne MacvcsEh Delivers an
Es9uent Grafton.

eTeu years ago to-day and at 10 o'clock
snas morning the centennial anntver-
eary OF that event was commemorative
vain impressive ceremonies in the Hall
ox Representatives at the capitol. The
president and his Cabinet. the members
ef the Supreme Court. the members Of
me senate and House. the diplomatic
csFps and members OF the District Bar
association attended as invited guests.
representative Dalzeii. or PennsyI-
vsnia. called the assemblage to order.
ne stated briefly the action of Con-
gress In providing for the ceremonies
ana the selection az Chief Justice Full
as presiding officer. The Chief Jus
oce. In his judicial robes was escorted
20 the chair by Representatives Grosve
nor. or Ohio. and Richardson. OF Ten
csSse'ftev. Dr. William Strother Jones.
trenton, N. j.. a. great grandson of
s0hn Marshall. invoked the divine
Chief Justice Fulier's address was
eevotsd almost entirely to the con-
seoeretion OF his predecessors career as
sxpounder OF the federal constitu-
eon; he referred briefly to the judicial
wax or the earlier days of the nations
history and chen presented the great
task which lay before Marshall when
he assumed the duties Of the chief
magistrate OF the land He quoted Chief
Justice AarshaIrs famous utterances TO
ehe eject that the Constitution must
Dc INTERCEPTED by Its Intention.
Chief Justice Fuller went on to saw
tnAt the powers and duties Of the va
+ rous brabches OF the government had
not been well defined and that there
vas Intense antagonisnn between them
winch * was necessary for the Supreme
Court to reconcile. Speaking of Mar
SAILS part IN this service, he said i'm
preoaiVely: To hold the balance true
between these jarring poles; to tread
shS nernfgft and narrow path marked
cut by law, regardless OF political ex-
Hedfcney and party policies on the one
hama and OF Jeafousies of the revising
power on the other; to reason out the
governing principle In such manner as
70 leave the mind free to pursue fits
own course Without perplexity and to
commend the conclusions reached to
the sober second thought; these de-
tnanded that breadth OF view: that
power OF generalization; that clearness
u expression: that unerring discretion;
that simplicity and strength of char
ecter; that indomitable fortitude. which
combined In Marshall. enabled him TO
tiscfose the working lines OF that great
republic"
Hon. Wayne MacVeagh delivered the
Hration. He said:
To-day Is dedicated to the law.
therefore speak TO you as a lawyer 1t
&A0 here. in the capital OF the country
be loved 90 devotedly and served so
faithfully. that he VIZ attended by
those patient and achieving years dur
Ing which his labore enrolled his name
among The few immortal benefactors OF
mankind. 1t is also enlinently fitting
that such an occasion should be honor
90 by the presence or distinguished
Senators and Representatives in Con-
press OF the States, whose proper and
aDiding place in our governmental sys-
tern was determined by him: by the
presence OF members OF that Industrious
tribunal the vast extent OF whose right
fii Jurisdiction was determined by him:
By the presence OF the CHEF Magis-
tfate and members OF tie Cabinet
whose subsection to the law was de-
termined by him, and by other citizens
81 the country which, undel his form
ing hand instead OF becoming a DISCO
lubie confederacy OF discordlnt States
became q great and indissolu>le nation
endowed with all the powersnecessary
to enable II not only to project itself
against enemies at home or aoroad, but
also to accept and discharge the
splendid and ennobling mission which
had been confided 20 1t in he divine
purpose for the education Of he world.
and which he recognized who first or
an men ne spoke OF the Empire OF
America, shat OF securing to he whole
American continent government of the
people. by the people, and forthe peo-
pie.'"
Mr.. Macveagh then sketchecthe con-
dillon OF the colonies as the existed
wten Marshall was born in T55. tn,
growth OF the spirit OF liberT which
imbued with the love OF freeinstitu-
tsone and which led him to AXE III
3 arms as a youth of twenty yeas wher
the reyolution broke. He treed h.
career as a soldier through theevolu
eisn. his subsequent service IN BE LEI
stature OF Virginia, In its constuticr
al convention. his special misssoito :
French directory in the interts
nRaEe his service IN Congress nd
EAePetary ef State under Adams
Mr. McVeagh reviewed Aaihalr
thirty-hve years service as Chit jus
ttce. the great epoch-making desions
tp which he participated, and h tire
ependous influence in the settiennt Of
tha great constitutional controversies
rhich made for the future glory and
strength of the Union.
nDifferepces OF opinion may welixlst
az 20 the best methods Of -diseh1gins
ne grave and serious duties lex
Dectedfy devolved upon us by a wsbe-
run with the noble object of helpg q
struggling people to secure their de-
v1.Adence; but let US trust that, NV
bgsg rye may differ as to methodswe
III believe that the true glory OF Abr
lea and her true mission In the ew
Scsbtury. as in the old. is what a Sat
preiane OF the Catholic Church hase-
Gently declared 1t to be: To stand ST
o. Christ and His gospel; to outline
f<nt the tdos1efa virtues OF var Of
ssangf1teS. of rapine, and OF conaut.
but the Christian virtues of self-dehl
ahA kindness and brotheriy love, h
thRk tt Is our mission, not to harm, L
- help TO a better life every fell
,reeatlsrs of whatever color and hs-
1sTer weak or lowiy.
wa oeherishing these aspirations q
81 striving TO realize them, we /
&Tholly In the spirit of the great CT
*uskice: and we can in no other way
effectuaily honor his memory as
1zooring IA season and out Of season
make thia whole continent of Amer.
one vast and splendid monument, !
81 suppression ana terror but of wisdo
~ peace and OF liberty, on which n
fEzae with admiration for ever"
The exerotsee closed with benedict
81 Rev. Eouden. the chaplain Of
3onse. In one or the galleries was