Evening star., 1901-02-04

| ing principle in such manner as to leav,
| the mind fre. to pursue its own course
| without perplexity, and to command tht
| conclusions reached to the sober secon(
! thought; these demanded that breadth OF
i view, that power of generalization; tina,
| clearness of expression: that unerring dis
| cretion, that simplicity and strength OF
| character, that indomitable fortitude
| which, combined in Marshall enabled him
| to disclose the working lines of that great
republic, whose foundations the men OF
| the revolution laid in the principles of
| liberty and self-government lifting ur
| their hearts in the aspiration that they
| might never be disturbed, and looking to
! that future when it's lofty towers would
| rise into the midst of sailing birds and
| silent air. -
| Striking PeroratfOn.
In closing, Chief Justice Fuller said:
And so the great chief justice, reconcil-
| ing the jealousy of freedom with the in
dependence of the judiciary for a third of
a century, pursued his stately way, estab-
| dshing In the accomplishment of The work
| given him to do those sure and solid princi-
pies of government on which our constitu-
tfonal system rests.
| 1.-The nation has entered into his labors
ana may well bear witness, as it does today,
to the immortality of the fame of this sweet
| and virtuous SOUL whose powers were so
admirable, and the results of their exercise
| or such transcendent consequence"
r
FullerS remarks
Mr.. MacVeaEh's Grafton.
He then introduced Mr.. Wayne Mac
| by Mr.. ]. j. Hemphill.
Gen. MacveaRh's Grafton.
The address Of Gen. MacVeagh was a
scholarly effort. He reviewed the career of
the chief Justice throughout his long and
honorable service, and spoke Of the varied
walks of life he had followed with ability
and high sense of duty
1t was eminently fitting, he said. that
these ceremonies should take place at the
capital Of the nation. for it was here tbat
Marsnail was ATTENDED by those patient
ana achieving years during which his Ia
tors enrolled his name among the few i'm
mortal benefactors of mankind
1t is also,' said the speaker. "eminantIv
Htl!ng that such an occasion should he hon
ofed oy the presence of distinguished SEN
ators and representatives in Congress of the
states, whose proper and abiding place In
our governmental system was determine1
Wy Hiil' Dy the presence of members of
that lllustrtous tribunal the vast extent of
whose rlghtful jurisdiction was Determined
py MIN; by the presence of the chief mag
lstrate and members of the cabinet. whose
supJectlon to the law was determined h,,
him. and by other citizens of the country
Wnlch under his forming hand. instead Of
becoming a dssoluble confederacv OF die
cordaht states, became a great and indis
s%oiuole % nation, endowed with all the
powers necessary to enable 1t not only to
protect itself against enemies at home or
ABROAD, but also to accept and DISCHARGE
the splendid and ennobling mission wbich
lis liau psen conhded to it in the divine pur-
pcse for the education of the world and
%nich he recognized when first of ali men
ne spoke OF the empire Of America-tbaf of
securing to the whole American continent
So so.eliii.eilt OF the people, by the people
ana for the people,
In Small Virginia Hamlet
Inc small Virginia hamlet in which Mar
snaii was born on the oath Of September.
100, almost with sight Of the terrace q,
.iie capitol was referred to, his birth be-
ing almost half way between the onenine
u '"e seventeenth and the opening Of the
twentieth centuries-midway of the tbrse
centuries which. in many important re-
spects of all the centuries have heen ,ba
most fruitful. the most interesting and the
most beneficent ~ "
Know not how others may feel" said
zen MacNeagh, but l have never been
able to read single page Of the marvellous
story OF the settlement of America with
out an excess of generous enthusiasm and
Oh seeming to be lifted into purer and
sereher air. The men engaged in those
transforming labors were fully conscious
OF the greatness of the work given them
TO do; and they addressed themselves to II
as co-Workers with God for the advan-
tage. not only of themselves and their
children, but of the future generations
winch We're to rise up and call them
blessed as age after age entered upon IT'S
inheritance of the free institutions pre-
the unwitnessed sacrifice by the lonely
vigil and the drear winter, by the fear Of
sudden massacre and the absence from all
accustomed joys, by the unshed tears and
Dl< h.
these shores.
America the Heritage of Mankind
ut is too often forgotten that we are In
almost all essential things only their law
full heirs, and such will be our children's
children to the last syllable of recorded
time. We sometimes talk with duh mis-
apprehension OF our inheritance, as if the
mingling here of the different nationalities
Of the earth was mere accident of our
own time, and as If because some of orr
misfortunes are traceable to n we orc
pflViiesed' to deny to any less fortunate
brother such opportunity to seek a home
upon thls free and bountiful continent as
our ancestors enjoyed. The truth is that
the citizenship to which John Marshall was
born, with all its far-reaching opportuni-
ties and inspirations, was due to Just such
ningling of the blood Of different races
as we are now witnessing. A Jesuit father
Is authority Tor the statement that eigh-
teen different languages were spoken in
what Is now the city Of New York two
centuries ago, and probably no greater
number is spoken there today; while as
early as 1861 1t was declared by very
competent authority that the diversity Of
peoples. religions, nations and languages
in America is prodigious.' Certainly the
Dutch, the English, the French, the Ger
mans, the Scotch and the Swedes, Prot
estants and Catholics, were all self assert
ing and aggressive agencies in the era
Of our colonization; and each stock and
each creed made contributions Of the great
est possible value to the foundations of
the enduring structure of our nationality.
Let us, therefore. always have the faith
to believe that America is the heritage,
not Of ourselves alone, but Of mankind
destined as well fitted to receive all
who come to her, and able to ameliorate
their distresses, to diminish their differ
ences, to cultivate their self-respect and
to fuse them, in the processes of the un-
counted years, into one great and free
and happy people.
Home of True Equality.
He believed America was also charged
with the mission, that Of being the refuge
and the home of true equality, and of the
republican form of government.
ITO properly estimate the true grandeur
of character of any great man it is always