Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-19

president Of the Iowa State Bar AS
ISOLATION, before that body in annual
at Oskaloosa, in June, 1911,
was a valuable contribution to the
legal papers Of the state. 1t was O..
forceful address. an admirably con-
grafton, and worthy tribute
to one of Americas foremost citizens.
Mr.. Carney chose as his subject John
Marshall" and his address. which has
Just appeared in the printed proceed
ings of the association, was as fol-
lows:
1.-The selection OF subject for an oc
casion like this, when representative
members of the bench and bar of the
state are present, is a duty requiring
grave consideration. Believing that at
eur annual meeting 1t is well at times
to review the history Of some of the
distinguished lawyers Of the past and
that the annals of the Iowa State Bar
Association should bear testimony to
the respect and reverence we feel for
the subject Of this paper (altho such
sentiments may be conveyed by one
determined to invite your attention to
q fitting subject for this address. 1t is
hardly necessary for me to observe
that no stilted eulogy or fulsome praise
is needed. and indeed such treatment
Of such q, subject would be entirely
misplaced.
"John Marshalrs name and fame rest
secure upon great labors conscientious
~ performed for humanity and the
c,,<,, No,,
as 1t were, while he was chief justice
of the supreme court. in the hollow Of
his hand. No great man, whether a
ruler or lawgiver, has In the history Of
the world been given a greater tribute
than was given the subject of this adj
dress, on the one hundredth anniver-
sary Of his taking the oath of office
when thirty-seven states and territor-
les of the union, by united and con-
certed action at appropriate places
within their borders, in meetings of the
bar and judiciary, gave voice to the
tributes of praise for the conscientious
and imperial services John Marshall
had performed as chief justice Of the
supreme court: In this labor of love
Iowa and this state bar association,
thru its officers and appointed speak
ers bore it's fair share, and now. after
ten years have elapsed, it is fitting to
recall some Of the most impressive
lessons to be learned of a life that
called forth such magnificent memoir
ial from free people.
George Washington, John Marshall.
and Abraham Lincoln are, in my judy
ment. the three great names in Ameri-
can history, and while 1t is impossible
to justly compare the value of their
services to the republic, it may at least
be said without fear Of successful con-
tradiction that while Washington, the
soldier, established the independence of
the United States. without the thirty
four years of invaluable service the
lawyer and Judge rendered to his
country, there would not have been a
united country for the south to have
sought to sever, or for Lincoln. the
statesman. to have saved. 1t was the
bond OF the union, the constitution,
which needed Strengthening when Mar
shall came upon the scene Of action
and in the providence Of God this
predetermined, sane and incorruptible
patriot appeared to accomplish the
needed work. He was not born to the
purple or in one Of the high places of
the earth. Springing as he did from
an ancestry faithful to the new as
pirations for freedom and independ-
ence. his father being an officer in the
French and Revolutionary wars. born
as he was in 1855, he early imbibed the
martial spirit, and at the age of IS left
the study Of the law to become a SOL
Gier of the revolution.
"John Marshall had comparatively
little Of the knowledge impaired by
the schools His father gave him his
earliest instruction which aided by two
years with a tutor and one year in an
academy Of the neighborhood, with no
college training whatever. comprise
all the educational advantages which
this teacher OF teachers, this leader of
the bar. this chief judge Of judges ever
had. Accustomed as we are to believe
(and rightly SOY that the learning of
the schools is bulwark Of power, we
are led to reflect upon the strength OF
character the almost unaided power OF
intellect, which made this man during
his day and generation the unerrine
arbiter of the greatest questions af-
fecting the well being of millions yet
unborn. the Judge Whose, judgments
gather strength with the revolving
years.
Reject, II you please, upon the con-
dition of our government in that child
hood Of the republic when John Mar
shall accepted from the nands OF
President Adams, in the early days OF
1901, the position Of chief Justice OF
the supreme court We are accus-