Celebration of John Marshall Day February 4, 1901 at Seattle, Washington; Report of the Proceedings Including Orations (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901. Excerpt: ... "The Government of the United States, though limited in its powers, is supreme, and its laws, when made in pursuance of the Constitution, form the Supreme Law of the Land."--John Marshall. JOHN MARSHALL THE GREAT EXPOUNDER OP THE CONSTITUTION AN ORATION By C. H. Hanfobd O DELIVERED AT SEATTLE ON THE OCCASION OF THE CELEBRATION OF JOHN MARSHALL DAY, FEBBUABY 4. 1901 Thomas Carlyle's "Latter Day Pamphlets" contains a description of the conditions existing in the middle of the century now just closed, as they appeared to that author's cynical mind, in which he expresses his contempt for our country in these words: "My friend, brag not yet of our American cousins Their quantity of cotton, dollars, industry and resources, I believe to be almost unspeakable, but I can by no means worship the like of these. What great human soul, what great thought, what great noble thing that one could worship, or loyally admire, has yet been produced there? None." Perhaps no better answer to Mr. Carlyle's challenge can be made, than by quoting the words of England's Grand Old Man, Gladstone, who said: "As the British Constitution is the most subtle organism which has proceeded from progressive history, so the American Constitution is the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man." The Constitution of the United States was ordained by the people of this nation as the supreme law, binding the government as well as each individual subject to its authority, and that this experiment of a government under a written constitution, has been a grand success, instead of a dismal failure, is due in a large measure to the fact that from the beginning we have been blessed by having a Supreme Court to expound and enforce its principles, composed ...