Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-02-01

gratitude of his colleagues to Washington.
and incensed by the blind intemperance OF
their speech Marshall resigned his seat In
the legislature in 1892. and returned to the
practice of law. He was reelected against
his Will In 1i6. Washington offered him
the post of Attorney General in his cabi-
net. and also asked him to become minister
to France, but he declined both proffers.
With Pinkney and Gerry he was sent to
France in 1877 to avert hostilites with that
country and seek more perfect amIty The
result OF that mission is one Of the most
remarkable pages in American history.
me me negotiations which were carried on
from the first in somewhat irregular
fashion, led up to impudent request
ina, me United States would pay bride
Oh l,S@,ooo francs to Talleyrand. 1t was
Jonn Marshall who told Talleyrand very
pialniy, on leaving the French capital that
,he conduct of the French government had
Deen indecent and inconsistent with inter-
national proprcty.
The Following year he refused a seat on
the United States Supreme bench, having
promised Washington 10 stand for Congress
much against his own WILL He was elect
ed, and one of his first duties there and the
saddest of his public career was To make
the formal announcement of the death or
his illustrious friend He left Congress TO
enter the cabinet of President Adams as
Secretary of War.
"a Plain Man."
In November, 1900, when President
Adams term of office was approaching It's
close, he consulted Marshall. then his Sec
rotary of State, about the choice of a sue
cessor to Chief Justice Ellsworth. Mar
shall, having thought the matter over,
came to the President some time later with
new name to suggest, and was informed
that choice had already been made
II am happy to hear that you are relieved
on the subject" said Marshall. May 1
ask whom you have fixed upon?"
And the President then told him that his
ghn hn1 fl1 ,t,,f. Ian
plain man, by the name of John Mar
SHALL
The appointment. made by the President
on January 20 1901. was confirmed a few
days later, and the new chief justice was
installed on February 4. The term of Of
fice' during which he did so much TO lay
the foundations of American law, lasted
until his death at Philadelphia in 1896.
He was buried at Richmond, Va He
was the first president of the American
Colonization Society. the first president of
vice president of the Bible Society and a
prominent member of the Masonic order.
He wrote the Life of Washington at the
request of the family, who placed their
He also wrote the History OF the Colonies
Planted by the English" Princeton con-
ferred upon him the degree of LID.
Such, in brief was his history. AS hon
ored in craftsmanship as he was eminent in
law his character and attachments are
precious heritages of the Union. and his
name will be the epitome of Americanism
as long as the liberty which that term sig
nifies and inspires shall last.
Movement to Preserve Old Home.
In view of this forthcoming celebration
it is interesting to note tfSt the general
assembly of Virginia has chartered the
John Marshall Memorial Association, or
ganized for the purpose of buying his old
home at Smith and Marshall streets, Rich
mond in order to preserve 1t as a perma-
nent memorial The association Will en-
deaVor to keep the house in its original
form, and furniture books, manuscripts,
portraits and other relics possessed by him
or connected with his career will be col
lected and used to furnish and decorate
the old home. The association includes
among It's members Chief Justice Fuller,
ster, Senator George f. Hoar and many
other well-knOwn statesmen and lawyers.
The Marshall House was built about 1I95.
Alphabetically this colonial house Is large
and commodious. 1t is built OF brick and
is two stories high with the massive walls
and the steep, sloping roof SO dear to the
heart Of the last century architect. The
rooms, opening on each side of the main
hallway, are lofty and spacious, with walls
paneled in wood to the ceiling. In nearly
every room there Is tiled fireplace. The
exterior has never been remodeled. The
place remains exactly as it was built for It's
first owners. The old garden, however, In
which Marshall used to indulge in his ia
vorite game of quots, has disappeared 1t
sold many years ago and is now oc-
cUpied by long row of dingy brick build
ings, but despite this fact the Marshall
house has lost none of it's nobility.